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Design Your Thinking Part Five: Alternatives To The Sky?

by mike | Jan 23, 2023 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience | 6 comments

To recreate the expansive space that we experience outside, we resort to tricks ranging from a plain blue color on the walls to large custom made photomurals. As I’ve progressed through the craft, I’ve reached the conclusion the backdrop is not as...

Design Your Thinking Part Four: Time To Let Go of The Box?

by mike | Jan 16, 2023 | OST Believes, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience | 5 comments

As much as I’ve sung the praises of shadowbox construction, my tastes are moving toward simpler forms. Even though there is a lot to love about the shadowbox format, looking at Mill Road today the eight-foot long x 24 inch high modules seem clunky and overbuilt...

Design Your Thinking Part Three: Borrowed Space

by mike | Jan 8, 2023 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience

Our kitchen is small by any standard but it works for our needs. It’s just the two of us and our cooking and food prep are modest. We wanted more counter space but there wasn’t room to add any in the kitchen itself without creating an awkward bottleneck at...

Design Your Thinking Part Two: Frameworks

by mike | Jan 3, 2023 | OST Believes, Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience | 1 comment

One framework of contemporary railroading is the idea of MASSIVE . Gigantic locomotives and freight cars; huge facilities and heart pounding, in your face action. That’s not the whole story though. As seen in the following images, the modern scene also includes...

It Rolls!

by mike | Nov 9, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience

Cataract surgery on my right eye had me down for a couple of days this week. The procedure went fine and the follow up visit with my optometrist seems to indicate a good outcome for my future vision. Throughout my life, I’ve been extremely nearsighted and I...

Soldering Small Parts-2

by mike | Nov 6, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience

Soldering Small Parts-2 The striker plates are the heavy metal pieces that protect the ends of the center sill from damage. They can be a single casting, or individual components. With the addition of the striker plates on the front of the center sill, I’m...
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