03-12-2011, 09:56 AM
Thaks biL. Funny thing is though, my modeling skills aren't that great in my opinion! Well, maybe I do have skill, but my impatience and laziness detract from that. I typically rush through my modeling without taking great pains to keep everything square and uniform. As an example, one of the bigger dumpsters in the photo above is so lopsided that I had to put a "cripple" under one side of it to make the top level when it is sitting on the ground. :oops: So, the quality is only of the "3 foot rule" variety and maybe even of the 4 foot rule!
As I was building that dumpster, I didn't notice it was so crooked... after I was finished, I looked at it and saw "UGH!" Still, it will work on the layout if I turn it so that the cripple is at the back of the layout, maybe even some trash and junk set out to camoflage the crookedness.
Anyway, I typically trade accuracy for speed. Sometimes my mortality is in my mind, and with 170 feet of layout shelving to put scenery and details on, and 15+ large buildings to scratchbuild, well, I better get a'crackin!
For now, I'm off to the backyard to see how cutting these from wood will work.
As I was building that dumpster, I didn't notice it was so crooked... after I was finished, I looked at it and saw "UGH!" Still, it will work on the layout if I turn it so that the cripple is at the back of the layout, maybe even some trash and junk set out to camoflage the crookedness.
Anyway, I typically trade accuracy for speed. Sometimes my mortality is in my mind, and with 170 feet of layout shelving to put scenery and details on, and 15+ large buildings to scratchbuild, well, I better get a'crackin!
For now, I'm off to the backyard to see how cutting these from wood will work.