by mike | Oct 17, 2017 | The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
There are a lot of modeling pages and photo galleries online and while the work is often first-rate, some of it doesn’t seem right to my eyes. Modelers are drawn to extremes. The funkier, more dilapidated or derelict the surfaces and textures are the more we like...
by mike | Oct 10, 2017 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation |
After a long hiatus I wanted to complete work on the warehouse doors for the 13th and North E cameo project. I found a stack of door blanks on the bench and set to work adding the rails and stiles. Everything was fine until I laid out the intermediate door stiles and...
by mike | Sep 19, 2017 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
What color is track? The flippant answer is: it depends. More accurately, it depends on the locale, the volume and type of traffic; the age and a host of factors. The truth is that track isn’t a uniform single color but is comprised of multiple tones. I confess now...
by mike | Sep 12, 2017 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
It sounds simple. Spread some granular material along the track, tidy it up and bond it in place. That’s the extent of what we’ve been taught about ballasting track for decades. However, ballasting track is another opportunity to enhance the quality and...
by mike | Sep 5, 2017 | Detailing Track, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
An empty trail, a faint trace of weed-strewn path or a massive fill; by its nature, a railroad right-of-way leaves a distinct mark on the landscape. The Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, chartered in 1847, and renamed the Indiana Central in January of 1851, was the...
by mike | Aug 29, 2017 | Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Last year, my wife went on a crusade against clutter in the kitchen, pantry and laundry room and in the process, we discovered The Container Store. (In all fairness to Susan, going there was actually my idea.) Wandering through this temple of organization is enough to...
