A Proxxon 230D lathe is one of the recent additions to my workshop. It is so small that most engineers will consider it a toy.
January 14, 2007
It´s alive!
There has at least been some progress since the “Paralysis by analysis” post.
The engine is now actually in running condition!
A great milepost for the project.
Those raw brass parts in the PBA post looked quite difficult to get together, but in the end I was able to assemble them into a functioning mechanism. As a self-trained model engineer I had to go real slowly. But even then I was not able to achieve standards anywhere close to professional engineers. But the rubber band drive is quite a good idea for amateurs. In theory, this is a very crude concept. But it is very forgiving to engineering sloppiness, so I think the engine runs far better than it would have done with a gear tower transmission.
April 28, 2006
Where are all the Model Railroad blogs?
The blogsphere is supposedly full of blogs of all kinds.
So why is it that I find so few MR-related blogs when I search for them on Google?
I would like to get tips on good (or even bad) MR-blogs. They just have to be out there somewhere, right?
Thinking about it, I would like tips on blogs dealing with all kinds of scale modelling.
Some oft the best modelling I have seen is by military modellers.
For instance, check out this site:
Missing Links
To balance thing out, here is a link to a photo-gallery of some of the greatest civilian modelling I have seen:
Chuck Doan´s photoalbum
Never mind that the greatest diorama on that site contains a barn and a fordson tractor. No trains…
Well, “modelling racism” is not my thing!
But here is a great model railroad link:
Railroad Line Forums is the best US discussion forum when it comes to MR.
But what do you think?
January 11, 2006
Paralysis by analysis
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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January 7, 2006
Searching for gold…
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 Railroad (Thamshavnbanen)
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.
Weathering wood
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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Obviously, modelling is a part of the picture
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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Confessions of a Melancholic Train Nut
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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