by mike | Feb 26, 2014 | Detailing Track |
For many folks, track just serves as a means to an end, that being to guide the trains from one end of the room to the other. It doesn’t matter to these folks whether the setting is realistic or bare plywood, watching a train chug along is the main show. For...
by mike | Dec 18, 2013 | The Missing Conversation |
Volume 07 of The Missing Conversation is ready for download. From one era to the next and from mainline to secondary track, there are distinct differences that we seldom pay attention to. And, let’s get this question out of the way now. This is not just a rehash...
by mike | Jun 19, 2013 | Detailing Track |
I saw this photo by Barry Lennon that someone had posted on the O Scale Trains Magazine forum. If you promise to come back and finish the post, here’s the link to Barry’s Flickr gallery. I can’t help myself. I love photos like this. If you’ve...
by mike | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Last week I outlined my frustrations with a portion of the layout. The main sticking point being that this section (photo below) didn’t relate visually to other areas. The primary reason was that I felt these tracks were too neat and clean. As you can see from the...
by mike | May 30, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Sometimes it feels like I have two layouts that just happen to be joined in the middle. Although it doesn’t look that way from the photo above, that’s how it often seems to me. The two halves of my layout have a different feel to them and this is creating...
