by mike | Apr 11, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation
I can trace my interest in freight cars back to childhood. When the local would spot a boxcar at the grain elevator, I’d make the pilgrimage up Water Street to check it out. My curiosity and interest back then was simpler and more innocent. The subtleties of builder...
by mike | Mar 20, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation
A Lazy Afternoon and Soft Brass A lazy rainy Saturday afternoon presented the opportunity to practice with scraps of brass. My purpose is to develop my machining skills. To refine my set up procedures, strengthen my awareness of what the tool is doing and how the...
by mike | Feb 7, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
More Experiments With Color (Above) You might recall from the previous post, I placed some “trees” at the threshold of staging for evaluation. (Below) I planned for a screen of tall mature trees in this area and began to place more vegetation and shrubbery...
by mike | Feb 2, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Experiments With Light and Dark It’s been nearly twenty years since I converted from HO and in that time I’ve clarified and focussed my thinking about what gives me genuine pleasure with the craft. In addition, my views on our design practices have changed. Design is...
by mike | Jan 4, 2022 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation |
Cameos of Railroading I recently completed these two compositions. Both were made for fun and as a way to practice techniques and play with different materials. Composition No. One: When The Railroad Leaves TownIn this one I used a triangle shape to break from the...
by mike | Nov 30, 2021 | Modeling Techniques, PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation |
It’s said that you can spot an artist in a museum or gallery by the way they look at paintings. Most people simply amble along spending a few seconds with each work. An artist however, will linger by certain works, move in close and then step back. Move in again and...
