by mike | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I’ve written quite a bit about the concepts and different ideas behind the layout design process. Some time ago however, I decided to stop giving specific layout design advice to others. People who freely give this kind of advice usually default to their...
by mike | Aug 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The action in this photo, a preview from Vol. 02 of the The Missing Conversation, looks incomprehensible at first glance. Like some train set on steroids with trains going everywhere at once. However, when you know the track arrangement and what is going on, it makes...
by mike | Jun 13, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Imagine: It’s been a brutal week at work with long hours, constant project revisions and little time to think. Finally, you’re home. After making up lost time with the family, and knocking out some overdue household chores for the first half of the...
by mike | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Have you ever driven to a house for the first time and not known where to park or where the path to the front door was? That’s the power of design at work. In this case it’s poor design that leaves you confused from a lack of direction. What about a park...
by mike | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Anyone who has read my writings in O Scale Trains Magazine over the last 4-5 years, knows that I’m a contrarian where the hobby is concerned. I constantly questioned the practices most hobbyists consider “normal.” In doing this, I managed to upset...
