So one of the buildings in Burke that is iconic was the Catholic Church.
But this is after the 23 fire. There was a prior Catholic church which I am assuming burnt down the same time as everything else burnt down. That is the building I want to make a resemblance of.
I would love to put this on a stone foundation with the method Jim R is using for his challenge build and then build on top of it.
Putting this somewhere in my bucket.
Neat idea. I look forward to seeing it! (I suspect I may have to wait some time) 
Yeah we might both be dead before I get to it. After “The Burke” I want to tackle the big Hecla mine I started. That will be the showcase piece for the new theme of the railroad so I really would like to tackle that and it is going to likely take me years to get that done. But thats not to say they can not be built simultaneously. I need buildings so there are going to have to be others built while the Hecla is being built. Other wise it will be 10 years with no buildings while i try and complete one.
You will need a change of pace while building something as complex and large as the mine and probably somehwere to go for forgiveness during that time so might want to get to work on that church.
THEN you get a NEW nickname. 
Looks good ! Why is the mine going to take so long to build? Night’s occasional weekends you should be able to do it in a year. Get that nose to the grindstone , buckle down , get with the program, you don’t need to go fishing , ATVing weekends with the wife!!! LOL!
um yes I do!!! for sanity and control of the purse strings making momma happy is an important part of being able to do my hobbies.
A little more Computer Aided Modeling . . .it should be called CAM not CAD. But at any rate I did some more work.
The nice thing about doing full mock ups in CAD is two fold. Even though most of this building will be with styrene and other things and not printed it does help me visualize what I am after before I start cutting. Its nice to “see” the proportions. I then also design the detail parts right on the larger “model” so they will look right and then I can take them and make individual models of those parts for then printing. So this, for at least me, is a very productive process. And its quite fun also.
Nice work on the 3D model. I agree on all your point about the CAD mock ups, Devon. I actually design the model in 1:1 proportions first to get the feel of the size and look and then go back and re-model it in my chosen scale wich is 1:20.3 or 15mm/ft so I end up with almost 2 complete models.
What program are you using? Is it very difficult to learn?
Not Devon, but he is using Fusion 360. There is a learning curve but if you start out with simple designs and work toward more complicated ones, its quite straight forward. Heck, even Devon … never mind, i’ll be nice tonight. Heck, even I taught myself how to use it and I am about as dense as they come… its got something to do with that Alabama redneck, hick, vertical family tree or something. I don’t know.
There are many u-tube videos that start with the basics and there are several of us on LSC that can lend a hand.
BTW: Fusion is free to the hobbyist, at least for now.
Fusion 360. Free student version. Very powerful CAD program. Is it easy to learn. . . Honestly, no. It has a steep initial learning curve. But its mainly just learning what the program can do and how to make it do it. Once the basic skills are learned the curve becomes less steep. But how long have I been doing it now? And I just learned a brand new skill. But the skill wasn’t hard because it used the same basic principles. So once you get over the initial hump it becomes pretty intuitive.
It also helps to have Dan H around. He basically taught me all I know. He is an excellent teacher. And I vow to pay it forward and offer others the same help he offered me. He was very patient and even made home made PDF study guides for me. I cant say enough about Dan’s help. I would still be learning to draw a line if it wasn’t for him.
Hey if a guy with a real honest to God hole in his head can learn it, anyone can.
I myself am a A-B person, that is I finish one project before I start another one. My friends all wonder how I get so much done and then I look around there place and the answer is pretty obvious. A room full of unfinished projects to me just looks like a lot of money invested and not much return on your dollars spent. I will say here, it’s so much the dollars invested, but personal satisfaction in completing a project.
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I could really use some discipline in this area. I hear everything you are saying. I have scores of unfinished projects. I get to easily distracted. I really do need to buckle down and get some of them finished so I can have that satisfaction.
the one thing I have learned to really enjoy about CAD modeling is that I do it mainly when I am unable to do actual modeling. But on the flip side it contributes to the distraction away from other things.
I gonna steal…… uhhh, hmmmm …… borrow that idea. Looks great, Devon.
