by mike | Oct 25, 2016 | Modeling Techniques, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Just a quick tour of the corner. North E Street with its concrete surface runs the length of the siding while the older brick pavement of 13th Street is still showing. Both use foam core sheet as a base with the top paper layer peeled off so I could introduce a water...
by mike | Oct 18, 2016 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Admittedly, it’s hard to get excited about a empty lot. However, that open space brings a lot of design muscle with it. In the scene I’m currently working on there’s a vacant lot at the corner of 13th Street and North E (photo above). Bounded by the...
by mike | Feb 10, 2016 | Modeling Techniques, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
When I removed the curve to the staging cassette, Canal Road also disappeared. That leaves only Mill Street, the crumbling platform by the Pole Track and the graveled access road behind the yard for vehicles. I don’t intend to add more pavement to the layout but...
by mike | Sep 23, 2015 | Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
At the Railroad Prototype Modelers’ meets I’ve attended, there is a good amount of interest in P48 from HO and N scale modelers. Invariably though, the same comment is voiced within seconds: “I like the detail but O scale is too big.” Modelers...
by mike | Aug 5, 2015 | Modeling Techniques, Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling |
I added a new page to the website on Monday, aimed at modelers who are stuck in the frustrating cycle of starting a layout, tearing it down because they’re bored, and then starting another one in the belief that this will be the one. Lots of people think this is...