by mike | May 1, 2018 | Detailing Track, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
At the far south edge of town a long track runs up the middle of South 8th Street for delivering coal to the city electric plant. Located off the former C&O line running from Cincinnati through Richmond and on to Chicago, this long spur diverged from the main at...
by mike | Mar 1, 2018 | Detailing Track, The Modeling Conversation |
As the author of a book on handlaying track, the following statement may sound strange. The Gorilla In The Room Let’s address the gorilla in the room from the outset: handlaying track with the amount of detail shown here is labor intensive, time consuming and...
by mike | Nov 13, 2017 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience
In this craft we accept a massive degree of compression and reduction without a second thought. According to my track charts, the siding I photographed in Part One is 1,893 feet long. Reduced to quarter-inch scale, that distance is 39.4375 feet. Take it down to HO and...
by mike | Sep 12, 2017 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience
It sounds simple. Spread some granular material along the track, tidy it up and bond it in place. That’s the extent of what we’ve been taught about ballasting track for decades. However, ballasting track is another opportunity to enhance the quality and...
by mike | Nov 25, 2015 | Detailing Track, Modeling Techniques, The Art of The Craft, The P48 Experience |
I enjoy handlaying track. I like the methodical nature of the work and with my favorite CD playing in the background, it’s relaxing. The section I’m working on for the P48 Experience is especially enjoyable because I’m working at the bench instead of...