by mike | Sep 7, 2020 | The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Way back in the last century when I was a child with a train set, I loved to run the locomotive flat out. It was a youngster’s foolish entertainment. Today, I’m more interested in faithfully recreating the mass and motion of a machine that weighs many tons. To that...
by mike | Sep 1, 2020 | General News, Modeling Techniques, The P48 Experience |
Mill Road: A Cameo Layout With a Sense of Place. A new ebook by Mike Cougill and OST Publications. Why?Because one approach doesn’t fit every need. Because time is precious. Because a satisfying layout doesn’t come from a formula. Who Is It For?This book is for...
by mike | Aug 10, 2020 | The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Operation is one of those loaded terms that everyone thinks they understand. After watching this short video and seeing what the engineer sees, I won’t look at it the same way again. I was truly surprised at how restricted the sightlines can be. I knew it in theory...
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...
