by mike | Jun 20, 2017 | Modeling Techniques, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Ghosts from the past whisper to me when I’m photographing trains. Before you think how daft I must be with a statement like that, I’m actually referring to the remnants of Richmond’s nineteenth century industrial heritage. The courtship between Richmond and the...
by mike | Sep 27, 2016 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience
If there is any agenda behind this blog, it’s to offer a counterpoint to the mainstream view. However, I don’t sit here week after week thinking of ways to be contrary, I simply write about how I see and approach the work. I’ve been active in this craft since...
by mike | Jan 19, 2016 | Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
I’m working with a friend on a story about layout design and it’s interesting to me because the hardest choices to understand and make have nothing to do with layout design, or trackplanning or any of the usual stuff we default to. In fact, my view is...
by mike | Dec 30, 2015 | Storytelling, The Missing Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Does this sound familiar? I need a long mainline. I have to have two yards. I have to have as much operation as possible. Slavishly adhering to these beliefs among many others has led modelers to embrace ridiculous solutions, like multiple decks that are optimized for...
by mike | Dec 16, 2015 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation
With the number of complex decisions involved in layout design, even modelers with many years of experience can fall into a rut. I have two friends who are stuck in this decision matrix. Both have modest and some would say, less than ideal space to work with. Both...