by mike | Jun 22, 2021 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience
A while back I wrote about a different way to construct foam bench work. (Post is linked below.) There’s a lot of potential in that design I want to explore in the future but for the extension to Mill Road, I stayed with the original form and materials. I want the new...
by mike | Jun 14, 2021 | The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
I’m aware that the decision to extend a layout is a no brainer for many people and that questioning that choice seldom if ever occurs. It can be hard to resist the spoken and unspoken pressure to fill empty wall space just because it’s there, or feeling like...
by mike | Jun 3, 2021 | Detailing Track, The Art of The Craft, The P48 Experience |
Consider if you will the lowly spur track. Once proud, well maintained and full of activity; now, it’s merely a remnant. Neglected and forgotten it’s the final refuge for rail and ties no longer suited to mainline service. Without an active customer, it’s a liability,...
by mike | May 17, 2021 | The Art of The Craft |
Staging has become such a given of layout design that often times the volume of staging track exceeds the amount of visible track on a layout. With a cameo design like Mill Road, where operations focus only on a handful of car movements, I don’t need a ton of staging...
by mike | May 3, 2021 | The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Inspired by a post on Jack Hill’s blog, Chris Mears wrote a lovely post of his own about the Manheim Industrial Railroad, a shortline that serves a single LPG customer in Manheim PA. At less than two miles in length with only a single turnout, such micro operations...
