by mike | May 31, 2016 | Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
If your gut says there’s a better way of doing something, there probably is. If your gut says you should redo a project, you probably should. After writing of my progress on the model last week, the next day I started over on the warehouse. I mentioned this to a...
by mike | May 24, 2016 | Storytelling, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience
There’s progress on the warehouse for the P48 display. Well sort of. I thought I would have to start over again because of errors I felt were accumulating as the build went on but, after a thorough look this morning, I decided I could live with those minor...
by mike | May 17, 2016 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Changing eras impacts the entire layout. It’s not enough to park a few old automobiles, swap out rolling stock or add vintage signs to a scene. One has to consider the entire story of a place and time. Many people are happy to fold, spindle and mutilate reality in...
by mike | May 10, 2016 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
The journey of the layout back to the 1960s began with a sheet of Styrofoam. My work on the P48 display warehouse got me curious to see how it would look on the layout. So I placed a piece of foam that was similar in size behind the interchange track, stepped back for...
by mike | May 3, 2016 | Pieces of The Puzzle, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation |
Small space living is a fact of life for many and a deliberate choice for others. Our traditions and conventions say that this is a disadvantage, even a hardship, which is nonsense in my view because we hamstring ourselves to outdated ideas and forms. I’m...
by mike | Apr 26, 2016 | Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
I look forward to this build. These Intermountain kits are as nice as they come however, the details are a bit heavy so I plan to upgrade them with aftermarket parts from Chooch, otherwise this build will be straightforward. The first thing to consider is what...