02-09-2011, 10:21 AM
More snow and ice today here in DFW, ice is pretty thick on the roads, so I'll close the dive shop and stay home to work on stuctures. :mrgreen: Might even start trying my hand at sketching preliminary drawings of Wonderland.
More good advice and thoughts....biggest reason I am leaning toward working with wood is because I enjoy it more so than styrene. Also I thought it would obviously look more "woody" once stained and painted. Although I have seen a lot of styrene work here on BB that looks "woody"...Wayne and Gary have proven that.
Even wearing a mask, I seem to have allergic like reactions to most CA and even the old-school Testors model glue we used as kids. 
Heavy sanding of the styrene gets to me as well. I didn't know that wood and glue have long-term problems...hmmmmm....
I like the idea of sizing it down a bit to give some forced perspective. I'll go over to Allan's this weekend and see exactly where the footprint is going to be in relation to the layout. With his permission, I'll snap a couple of pics of the area to post here. I have no idea how to down size from HO...is there some type of formula to use for measurements, or is it simply eye-balling???
hock:
Good stuff, guys, thanks.....
More good advice and thoughts....biggest reason I am leaning toward working with wood is because I enjoy it more so than styrene. Also I thought it would obviously look more "woody" once stained and painted. Although I have seen a lot of styrene work here on BB that looks "woody"...Wayne and Gary have proven that.
Even wearing a mask, I seem to have allergic like reactions to most CA and even the old-school Testors model glue we used as kids. Heavy sanding of the styrene gets to me as well. I didn't know that wood and glue have long-term problems...hmmmmm....I like the idea of sizing it down a bit to give some forced perspective. I'll go over to Allan's this weekend and see exactly where the footprint is going to be in relation to the layout. With his permission, I'll snap a couple of pics of the area to post here. I have no idea how to down size from HO...is there some type of formula to use for measurements, or is it simply eye-balling???
hock:Good stuff, guys, thanks.....