by mike | Jul 29, 2020 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Mill Road is built on the idea of creating a sense of place. On the surface the lack of specifics (this is the east end of the PRR yard at North 19th Street in Richmond, Indiana of 1965) may seem at odds with that theme, yet there are specifics within the generic....
by mike | Jul 13, 2020 | The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Long time readers know that I often return to the same familiar places time and again. There is comfort in the familiarity, along with a sense of belonging built over many experiences of those places. Mill Road attempts to capture a sense of place, an essence if you...
by mike | Jul 7, 2020 | The Art of The Craft, The P48 Experience |
Staging The Set We typically think of staging yards as massive affairs, holding enough complete trains for an entire operating session. Conventional thought says you can’t have enough capacity for them. With the modest size of my Mill Road cameo, a conventional...
by mike | May 4, 2020 | PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Some months ago a friend shared his impressions after taking his first serious look at quarter-inch scale equipment. He was surprised to learn that it didn’t seem as big as many working in HO believe. He also agreed that the level of detail in many cases is horrid...
by mike | Apr 27, 2020 | Modeling Techniques, PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
I have removed everything there is to remove from the Lionel car body. The last step I did was to mill away a small portion of each corner. On the full-size cars, you can see a quarter round opening at the lower corner of the vertical end sheets where they butt into...
by mike | Apr 21, 2020 | Modeling Techniques, PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
As you can see in the lead photo, I’ve taken the Lionel shell down to bare bones rather than work around someone else’s decisions and standards. In my experience, it’s simpler to start with a blank canvas. My reasoning centers on replacing the side sheets. These...
