huge layouts :yay:
Maintenance :boo:
big layouts need to be clubish or have friends over to help.
If you work it right, you can have a biggish layout in a small space, but its all about fun and how to work that out.
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
wallyworld wrote:I picked up a copy of the March MR. It has been a couple of decades since I had last read it. Good grief. One layout was not even built by the owner. The whole mag seemed to be geared toward either newbies or extravagant works of art.
I picked up a copy of the March MR. It has been a couple of decades since I had last read it. Good grief. One layout was not even built by the owner. The whole mag seemed to be geared toward either newbies or extravagant works of art.
That, Wally, is exactly what I said way back at the very beginning of this thread!
CNJ831
CNJ831 ,
I thought perhaps I was off base-I guess not. If anything, I second your perspective. The hobby certainly has changed. I remember when it was a space saving scale not an entire philosophy of kinda like here buy a starter set...now replicate October 19, 1952 or something similar which is fine for others but not for the kid..it would give me a headache...oh well the editorial content seems to be geared to these two extremes with no middle ground... I would have liked to have seen a price tag for the project layout -whats your guesstimate?
SteamFreak wrote: Seriously, Dave, I agree with many others here that you should submit to MRR pronto. If you want to see more instances of more moderate layouts in their pages, than why not yours? You're scenery and detail are excellent. One wouldn't know from your closeup photos that the layout is as compact as it is, anyway. Do you feel insecure about your work?
Seriously, Dave, I agree with many others here that you should submit to MRR pronto. If you want to see more instances of more moderate layouts in their pages, than why not yours? You're scenery and detail are excellent. One wouldn't know from your closeup photos that the layout is as compact as it is, anyway. Do you feel insecure about your work?
No, I'm not insecure about anything. As I've stated in this and other threads, what's keeping me from submitting my layout is MR's photography standards. I don't have the equipment or skill to do that, and frankly I'm not looking to get into photography as yet another hobby. I would like to submit my layout this year, if I can find a friend with the photography skills and ability. The digital photos I posted will not cut it for MR.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Got it, chip.
Turns out my wife's friend is a serious photographer with all the cool gadgets. We're going to ask her for help.
Model Railroader (and RMC) publishes what sells. I buy it. I think they give me enough small layouts for inspiration and enough big ones for fantasy.
When i get rich I ain't gonna be modelling in a 10-foot-square room any more