Well it stopped raining in the paint shop.
I find it’s all very well to scratchbuild one item, actually it’s not; the idea how to make the item may not immediately come to mind and then sometimes I try hard to complicate the build and also over engineer the process. Case in point these davits, I only want them to “look about right” not actually work and have to support the weight of a life boat. Usually I draw a picture to make sure the dimensions not only look about right but that the item will fit in its allocated space and ties in with the surrounds. Having done that, I still find that while building the item it’s often a case of “suck it and see”.
Having made the one item and decided it does “look about right”, and that’s not always a given,
the real challenge is to then duplicate accurately the rest.
I can see the differences but as long as I stick to the “Three Foot Rule”(with one eye closed) i’m pretty happy with these.
Thanks for looking, Cheers, the Bear.
I find it’s all very well to scratchbuild one item, actually it’s not; the idea how to make the item may not immediately come to mind and then sometimes I try hard to complicate the build and also over engineer the process. Case in point these davits, I only want them to “look about right” not actually work and have to support the weight of a life boat. Usually I draw a picture to make sure the dimensions not only look about right but that the item will fit in its allocated space and ties in with the surrounds. Having done that, I still find that while building the item it’s often a case of “suck it and see”.
Having made the one item and decided it does “look about right”, and that’s not always a given,
![Wallbang Wallbang](https://bigbluetrains.com/images/smilies/extra/wallbang.gif)
I can see the differences but as long as I stick to the “Three Foot Rule”(with one eye closed) i’m pretty happy with these.
Thanks for looking, Cheers, the Bear.
![Smile Smile](https://bigbluetrains.com/images/smilies/smile.png)
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