Dan Hilyer said:
Trivia: How many coffee stirrers has Korm used so far?
about 2,500 estimated.
i bought a box with about 10,000, and that’s still 3 quarters full.
i like to use them. not much cutting needed.
in my scale (1:30) they are 3" thick, 10" wide and 11’ 10" long. but anyhow i use them as boards, where the thickness is not noted very much.
now i’m entering into one of the boring phases of this build: glue some sticks, wait some hours… glue some more sticks, wait again some hours…
actually the interior of the third floor is in the make. as it will be visible only through the three small windows, i don’t have to be very Dunakinish about it.
Korm Kormsen said:
now i’m entering into one of the boring phases of this build: glue some sticks, wait some hours… glue some more sticks, wait again some hours…
You just need more weights.
Korm Kormsen said: Dunakinish
Hey, great word! (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
remembering a former build, i decided to mask the windowframes and the cracks between them and the wall while i still have easy access.
and i broke with a tradition!
insted of coffee stirrers i use plastic sheets for the interior walls.
Korm,
Whats the purpose of the masking? Great build I am loving this.
have you ever seen a model, where the interior lights shine through in the wrong places?
i have bought various of that kind over the years, but scratchbuilt just one such “shiny”.
Ah that should have been obvious. Good tip.
That here…
… was the reason to mask the window frames, and to make this:
Korm Kormsen said:
have you ever seen a model, where the interior lights shine through in the wrong places?
i have bought various of that kind over the years, but scratchbuilt just one such “shiny”.
Devon thinks it should be obvious, and I agree…however, I need to tear off the roof of my mine because when I tried to put a light in it, it looks ridiculous with all the light pouring out through hundreds of cracks. Plus, I didn’t glaze the windows and now I can’t reach them. I forgot about all that. So this should be fun for me. The time pressure of the Challenge must have gotten to me!
as i wrote, i forgot that too. once.
that proves, that even old guys sometimes can learn something new…
It’s best to do the flat black masks on plastic buildings too, for another reason. Light can show through plastic and make it “glow”. Having a plastic building glow in the dark kinda ruins the whole effect, unless the effect you want is a post nuclear accident effect.
in that case the figures should glow…
another option for masking is aluminium foil. that has the advantage, that the rooms need less light.
Looking great Korm. I gave up interiors on my outside buildings, our hard water puts a film on the windows and you can’t see inside. Good excuse anyway!
the “disadvantage” of being indoors. no excuses of this sort.
You could just paint the inside of the window “glass” black.
David Maynard said:
You could just paint the inside of the window “glass” black.
i could.
but then i would rob the people, who come and see my layout of many small “discoveries”
time for a rant:
i am a strong believer, that the “quality” of a layout depends on the pleasure, the visitors have.
if a visitor is called back by another: “hey, did you see THIS there?” - that is, when they really get interested.
all those little easter eggs - be it a woman in a bath behind a window, or a rabbit peeping out of a hole at the roots of a tree, or anything in between - that is, short of animations, but before detailism, the best, a layout can offer.
many mini-scenes, that tell many mini stories, are the essence of a good (indoors) layout.
for me.
/rant
Korm Kormsen said:
time for a rant:
i am a strong believer, that the “quality” of a layout depends on the pleasure, the visitors have.
if a visitor is called back by another: “hey, did you see THIS there?” - that is, when they really get interested.
all those little easter eggs - be it a woman in a bath behind a window, or a rabbit peeping out of a hole at the roots of a tree, or anything in between - that is, short of animations, but before detailism, the best, a layout can offer.
many mini-scenes, that tell many mini stories, are the essence of a good (indoors) layout.
for me.
Korm,
I am right there with you. I think it does depend on the environment on how that reaction might be accomplished but in each environment those little things will make the difference between some train track and a layout. No one will likely get on the ground to peer through windows of a ground level layout (don’t tell Ray I said this) but in those cases the external details count. Indoors at a raised height of 3 or 4 feet yeah interiors matter, all details matter. It the difference between run of the mill and over the top.
But also at the end of the day it has to be what makes the owner happy. Some people just don’t care to have the detail it isn’t their thing. A giant operations layout may capture as much or more attention than the details. It is all in the eyes of the beholder I guess. I am in your camp. The devil is in the details. But I also think for you and I there is more in the building than the running for us and that’s why it matters so much.
Detail is relative to what you like to do. I love this site because I get to see what is important to a variety of people. And most important all are welcome. Us nut jobs that invest hours into our builds are just as welcome as the guy who has purchased a ready to run empire. There is room for us all.
Here is a good example, No one noticed the guy butchering the pig , until it came up on the list of things to find, I had seen it just out of chance since it was not out front , but a “street behind main street”
We went on a club tour a couple of weeks ago with my granddaughter, the grandson was sick and had to stay home, and they really love the homes where there is a list of things to find, like a scavenger hunt. A couple of homes gave the kids a candy or a penny toy for finding all the things on the list, so Yeah Korm , those details count in keeping people looking. And after seeing a few of these little details, I find myself and have noticed others looking closer at all the buildings, industrial areas to see if they missed things. I also noticed they may wander around 2 or 3 times to make sure they got all the details, or to see if they missed some the first time around. On the lesser detailed layouts I noticed it was one trip around the layout and most went on to the next one.
On the way home from the tour my granddaughter was brainstorming ideas of things to hide or surprised for my railroad. So not only did it keep her interested, it has gotten her involved it adding things to my un-built RR.
so, what are we then? no rivet counters. but … ?
