by mike | Jun 20, 2017 | Modeling Techniques, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Ghosts from the past whisper to me when I’m photographing trains. Before you think how daft I must be with a statement like that, I’m actually referring to the remnants of Richmond’s nineteenth century industrial heritage. The courtship between Richmond and the...
by mike | Jun 7, 2017 | OST Believes, The Modeling Conversation |
Recently my reading material presented a theme of change. Talk of change makes many people nervous. We seek consistency and stability and take comfort in the familiar. I suggest however, model railroading could benefit greatly from changes to the following areas. A...
by mike | Jun 2, 2017 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation |
You ever hear of the word telic? I hadn’t until listening to Jay Acunzo’s Unthinkable podcast recently. According to Jay, it comes from the video gaming community and refers to a task you have to do in order to do something else, like having to repeat a game level...
by mike | May 16, 2017 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Beyond the obvious two rails and crossties, what does track look like? Most of us think we know but do we? Historically, our literature has focused on the mechanics of laying track aimed at the worthy goal of reducing, if not eliminating derailments. Stuff like...
by mike | May 9, 2017 | The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
A sixteenth of an inch is the only real difference between traditional O scale track and P48. It isn’t that much but in the 1950s that sixteenth of an inch often meant war between traditionalists and those who saw the potential of closer to scale wheels and a...
by mike | Apr 26, 2017 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
We think of space in terms of walls, doors and windows and the ways in which they define an area. With layout planning we are used to thinking in terms of room-sized spaces such as a basement, an attic or a spare bedroom. And, of course, there is never enough space...
