by mike | Mar 9, 2020 | PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
My first encounter with a genuine steam engine was a Norfolk and Western 4-6-2 at an Ohio railroad museum when I was a teenager. It was the first time I understood what old-timers meant when they said a steam engine has life. The sound of the pumps and exhaust, even...
by mike | Mar 3, 2020 | Modeling Techniques, PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
In his forthcoming book, Tony Sissons speaks eloquently about using photos of in progress models as a way to improve his work. Here’s a sample from the text. If you hang your hat on the concept of prototype modeling, then a camera will be one of your most important...
by mike | Feb 24, 2020 | Modeling Techniques, PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Model building for me is becoming a means to an end. Increasingly, my real goal is to spend quality time in the quiet and solitude of my shop, exercising my creativity to produce models that are meaningful and satisfying. The joy that comes from problem solving or...
by mike | Feb 18, 2020 | Modeling Techniques, PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
There is a gap in quality between professional work and that of an amateur. Noticing this gap is a good sign. It means you understand the difference between good work and a mediocre effort. The divide between my own work and that of experienced modelers is more like a...
by mike | Feb 4, 2020 | PS2CD 4427, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
It’s an ancient cliché that all quarter-inch scale modelers are master machinists with a shop full of specialized and exotic tools. In some cases that was true but certainly not for everyone. The quarter-inch scale of the past often demanded more effort from a...
by mike | Dec 30, 2019 | Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience, Uncategorized |
I have this recurring delusion that I know what I’m doing. Sometimes that’s actually true but then I look at my work…well, it doesn’t lie. Since I decided to add an extra cameo module to Mill Road I have to deal with the section joint between them. I’m using the box...
