06-08-2009, 12:17 PM
You're right...! It's these little details that you don't really see every day that make a model so believable. Things that you notice if they aren't there, but that your eye (and mind) doesn't really register if they are there...
Tony Koester wrote a while back about viewing photos several times, each time looking for something different. His approach was something like - Pass 1 - Locos, 2 - Rolling stock, 3 - Buildings, 4 - Other structures, 5 - Track, 6 - Signage, 7 - Vegetation, etc, etc...
Whether you're looking at a photo or the real thing, it's good to remember that it's not just the trains that we're modelling!
Andrew
Tony Koester wrote a while back about viewing photos several times, each time looking for something different. His approach was something like - Pass 1 - Locos, 2 - Rolling stock, 3 - Buildings, 4 - Other structures, 5 - Track, 6 - Signage, 7 - Vegetation, etc, etc...
Whether you're looking at a photo or the real thing, it's good to remember that it's not just the trains that we're modelling!
Andrew