When it comes to leisure pursuits, it’s not necessary to be particularly good at the activity in order for it to serve its purpose of being relaxing and enjoyable. For example, I enjoy running, playing basketball, fishing, and surfing but have no delusions of being particularly competent at any of them. Not only am I […]
Category: Construction
Modern Pattern & Foundry
Finally! Finally, I’m done with the MP&F structure. The sawtooth roof and trapezoidal entrance doors were challenging to say the least. I’m happy though. Although it’s not rail served, it is very representative of the industrial architecture of LA without appearing to be over the top or cherry picked as far as subject matter is […]
Photo Wallpaper
I added a section of photo wallpaper sample images for people to download in the How To section.
Illustration Board Cores
The core for Modern Pattern and Foundry was made from illustration board. Having depleted my supply of large styrene sheet material, I decided to try something different for my structure cores, illustration board. An email to a friend that has been using the board for years confirmed that it is viable and doesn’t warp […]
Chain Link Fencing
It’s a common modeling problem. We’re trying to model something we see on the prototype and the only part available is grossly out of scale. The problem compounds if the part in question is something we see every day. Do we omit the part? Do we include the crude “soap carving” so we can say […]