by mike | Nov 21, 2018 | Modeling Techniques, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation |
“Now the bigger question, how to apply this in my own modeling.” That’s the question Craig posed last week at the end of his comment. Whether he’s being rhetorical or not, it’s the central question many of us ask about the work we want to do. Without specifics, all I...
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 | Aug 13, 2018 | Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Legend has it that I received my first model trains at the age of two. Somewhere in a long forgotten photo album there’s visual proof. In the years since, I’ve tried it all. I’ve had the 1960s plastic equivalent of Brio wooden trains, American Flyer, and countless HO....
by mike | May 29, 2018 | Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation |
After nearly two decades of hard times and the austerity of the war, life is back to normal in January of 1949. Incomes are steady, manufactured goods are available again and there is a new sense of hope as evidenced by the ’48 Woodie in the drive. The veteran...
by mike | Apr 17, 2018 | Modeling Techniques, Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation |
I’ve become more convinced than ever that we’ve barely scratched the surface of what this craft is capable of. I’m more driven than ever by ideas that I want to explore than by repeating ones from the past. I want to discover and learn how to...
by mike | Mar 30, 2018 | Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
How do you choose between two or more equally compelling options? That’s the situation a number of us will face at some point in this work. Two of my friends are dealing with this now and a third will soon. This post was prompted by Craig’s comment on my What Do You...