by mike | May 1, 2023 | Storytelling, The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
One of the true joys of using Proto48 standards is the ability to have scale width flange ways at switch points, frogs, guard rails and grade crossings or street trackage. It may seem like a small thing but these finer tolerances create a tremendous level or realism...
by mike | May 3, 2021 | The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Inspired by a post on Jack Hill’s blog, Chris Mears wrote a lovely post of his own about the Manheim Industrial Railroad, a shortline that serves a single LPG customer in Manheim PA. At less than two miles in length with only a single turnout, such micro operations...
by mike | Apr 11, 2021 | The Missing Conversation |
In Mill Road, I wanted to reduce a scene to its essential core, both visually and operationally. Such a focus gives the layout a strong sense of place and power for the imagination. Similar to how we interact with the railroad, you are here, in this place and there...
by mike | Aug 10, 2020 | The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Operation is one of those loaded terms that everyone thinks they understand. After watching this short video and seeing what the engineer sees, I won’t look at it the same way again. I was truly surprised at how restricted the sightlines can be. I knew it in theory...
by mike | Aug 10, 2020 | OST Believes, The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation
How do you enjoy the railroad? Do you like chasing a train to catch it at multiple locations, or content to stay in one spot to see what happens? Have you ever considered how this preference might impact your thinking about layout design? How do you look at the world?...
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...
