by mike | Jan 21, 2019 | Modeling Techniques, OST Believes, The Modeling Conversation |
There’s value in doing hard things; in setting a standard and doing what it takes to meet that standard. At the end, there’s a sense of accomplishment that only those who have done it will understand. Having a standard means making judgments. If I’m working from a...
by mike | May 2, 2017 | General News, Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft
New from OST Publications: Coming in late June: a blue box bash Tony Sissons style I haven’t done much modeling lately. Final preparations for Tony’s first book has been all consuming for me. It’s now at the printer undergoing final proofing and as I write this, in a...
by mike | Jul 19, 2016 | Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation |
Patience and determination pay handsome dividends in modeling. These qualities are grown over time by dealing with mistakes and by having a set of personal modeling standards. One modeler who epitomizes this is Tony Sissons. Tony’s work is well known on the Railroad...
by mike | Jul 28, 2014 | The Missing Conversation
Weathering models brings out the best and worst in people. Folks seem to fall into one of two camps: pristine/barely weathered, or the falling apart, rust bucket school that is so popular now. My hunch is that the pristine/barely weathered crowd is terrified of doing...
by mike | Jul 21, 2014 | The Missing Conversation |
Work on I&W #38 continues. Over the weekend I completed the body and the pilot details and felt it was time for a paint job. Airbrushing is something I do infrequently because I lack the proper set-up to do it safely indoors. When needed, I set up shop outside to...
