I´m probably one of the worlds slowest modeller (I am probably the worlds slowest student of architecture as well, but thats another story).
It takes time to get things done. That Westinghouse Engine (WE for short) was started some 15 yrs. ago. But the problem is not that I am an especially slow modeller.
The scary truth is: I See High Thresholds.
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Research is everything when it comes to fine-scale modelling. And its fun, too! Well, maybe not when you have to dig through dusty archival drawers in an unheated concrete building on one of the coldest days of the year…
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The Thamshavn Railway is in many ways a very unique railway. Not primeraly because it was a narrow gauge railway. Most of the Norwegian railway lines were originally built as narrow gauge lines (1067 mm) and later converted to standard gauge.
Old stuff shows its age. Since what we deal with here is mostly old stuff, techniques that makes stuff look old will often be covered. Todays topic is wood.
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I also like modelling trains. And I go for the really slow modelling where you try to include as much details as possible, and taking as much time as it takes. This is Slow Modelling.
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I really like the trains of the past. But they make me kind of sad.
Because most of them are gone. Just like my childhood. I dont really think the old trains in museums count. Again, my childhood is something different than the childish behaviour I can be prone to in my middle age.
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