by mike | Nov 15, 2022 | OST Believes, The Modeling Conversation |
Think back to the beginning of your interest in model trains. The odds are you started from zero, knowing nothing or very little about the craft. So you read a bunch of books and magazine articles, or scoured YouTube and learned how to do stuff. Your knowledge was...
by mike | Nov 13, 2022 | OST Believes, The Modeling Conversation, Uncategorized
As I shared in the last post, the current build reached an important stage. With the underframe all but completed, it was time to evaluate the work. Having done so, I’m both pleased and disappointed. I’m pleased that most of the critical dimensions are on...
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...
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...
by mike | Nov 2, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
I want to thank everyone for their comments and encouragement from the previous post. I truly appreciate knowing when a topic is helpful for you all. Let’s get to it. Every build is a process: a series of steps taken in a certain order. As fundamental as that...
by mike | Oct 30, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation |
Soldering Small Parts The knee jerk choice in a post like this is to convey how pleased I am with these pieces, how they weren’t that big of a deal and went together with relative ease. What utter nonsense that would have been, because it minimizes the process...
by mike | Oct 26, 2022 | The Modeling Conversation
My Approach To A Subject There’s more than one way to approach a subject. My early approach to modeling was shaped by the general interest magazines. Being a rank novice at building, I wanted to know how to do things like capture the shape of the object, the...
by mike | Oct 23, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation |
Weathered A few of the older neighborhoods near the tracks in Richmond still feature brick pavement on the streets and alleys. This one next to Purina sneaks between two buildings and showcases a wealth of inspiring details. The asphalt patch is all that remains of a...
by mike | Oct 18, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
You don’t see images like this often. We tend to ignore and hide the mistakes and outright failures; a mindset that is fueled even more by the highly curated nature of social media. I think photos like this are important. They reveal the true aspects of what we...
by mike | Oct 16, 2022 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience
Invariably, the obvious solution to a problem shows up after you’ve tried plenty of other more convoluted ways. Because they are in separate sections, getting the center sills on the car level and straight from one end to the other was harder than I imagined. I...
