by mike | Sep 21, 2020 | OST Believes |
The First Encounter Do you remember your first encounter with trains? When I think of trains, memories of sights and sounds that I can’t experience firsthand anymore come flooding back. I recall the joy of watching a train from the window of my childhood home, of...
by mike | Sep 15, 2020 | OST Believes, The Modeling Conversation |
It’s a simple crossing, a nondescript two-lane road that could be anywhere. It’s a chance to study a piece of the real world and duplicate it in miniature. The road intersects two tracks, providing for some extra modeling enjoyment. The flange ways faithfully portray...
by mike | Sep 7, 2020 | The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience |
Way back in the last century when I was a child with a train set, I loved to run the locomotive flat out. It was a youngster’s foolish entertainment. Today, I’m more interested in faithfully recreating the mass and motion of a machine that weighs many tons. To that...
by mike | Sep 1, 2020 | The Art of The Craft, The Modeling Conversation |
Designing a layout is hard. We’re not civil engineers or traffic managers. Layout design articles tend to focus on arranging the maximum amount of track in a space, while leaving everything else to chance. I’m of the opinion the mindset, beliefs, even the language we...
by mike | Sep 1, 2020 | General News, Modeling Techniques, The P48 Experience |
Mill Road: A Cameo Layout With a Sense of Place. A new ebook by Mike Cougill and OST Publications. Why?Because one approach doesn’t fit every need. Because time is precious. Because a satisfying layout doesn’t come from a formula. Who Is It For?This book is for...
