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Tag: TMTV

Hammertime

Ok after a frustrating couple of days and a plan not coming together I have decided to ditch my lightweight baseboard (well I thought it was so) as the flex is just too much even with more screws although I have not glued it on so I made the decision to scrap it and start again. There is no shame in doing this in my view as to recognise the error and rectify saving time and money it is far better than doggedly follow a plan that ultimately ends in failure and loss of mojo in my case.

So how do I move forward? There is always a way out and a cloud with a silver lining and all those other cliques abound and that route was found in the form of a Vid on TrainmastersTV if you have been there roll on over and take a look. There is much content that is informative and although the bulk of it is US centric ‘we’ can learn from all modellers and techniques and there  are meany things on there that i had no or little knowledge of but have been educated.

One of the episodes is about modular board building and this is what I am going to adopt as my process. The questions then arise shall I build modular and do a couple of boards rather than one monolithic one.. a bit of pondering needed before I set off to lumber merchants once again..

hamertime

Out with the old

ArmchairTV modelling

Just a quick post about the new (to me) Trainmasters TV.  I have just been able to join up and getting a discount for subscribing to MRH made it even more appealing. Although the content is predominately North American the modelling techniques are pretty universal. I am just working through back drop painting at the moment and have picked up some really useful tips. Although at the moment I am doing this digitally I plan to get some brushes and acrylic paints to have a go at a Alpine backdrop.. don’t hold your breath though as this is going to be a lot harder than I think and having seen the like of Troels Kirk’s work I won’t be happy till its right.

TMTV is not only about modelling and there are some interesting in sites into the proto railroads that normally I wouldn’t find that interesting. I think that the possibilities are endless when it comes to the content they can serve up and am looking forward to how they progress with this. Although you can find so much on Youtube  the content here has a much more polished feel to it and as its all in HD you get the full effect..

So for the price of a sandwich a month, you can get some really good quality content to sit back and watch and learn.

Oh and then theres Lionel 🙂