by mike | Oct 2, 2018 | Detailing Track, Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
The discussion about detailing track tends to focus on tieplates and four spikes per tie. While the myriad details are important, so is the right of way itself. A mistake I made on the old layout was making everything flat. I did raise the track up a bit, but could...
by mike | May 21, 2018 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Over the last week I stripped off the top layer of foam core and applied a thin layer of premixed drywall compound, a process I’ve used many times. While it was good to explore different materials, I don’t have time for shortcuts anymore. Let me explain. I...
by mike | May 15, 2018 | Detailing Track, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
With more work on the sample, this is what I came up with. Some things worked and many others didn’t and I’ll say from the start I’m not happy with this outcome. The foam board is lightweight, which is a plus, however, I don’t like the way it carves. The cracks are...
by mike | May 8, 2018 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Chris Mears posed a question on his blog about motivation. He wonders what motivates us to do what we do? What draws us to the workbench and our subject matter? As he suggested there is no single answer as we’re all unique individuals with equally unique motivations....
by mike | May 1, 2018 | Detailing Track, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
At the far south edge of town a long track runs up the middle of South 8th Street for delivering coal to the city electric plant. Located off the former C&O line running from Cincinnati through Richmond and on to Chicago, this long spur diverged from the main at...
by mike | Apr 25, 2018 | Detailing Track, The P48 Experience |
A prime reason I enjoy P48 so much is the opportunity it affords me to model the details I love. That potential is what drew me to quarter-inch scale and there was never any hesitation in my decision to go all in with track modeling. Details like joint bars set the...
