Jeez, I'd forgotten how small N scale is. 'Course, the last time I held one I was about 12 years old, so our diesel fit across my hand. Absolutely beautiful work, Rik.
Funny thing is, I used to think HO was small - or at least, 'normal'. N scale was so tiny I couldn't ever imagine working with it - let alone doing THIS kind of monkeyshines. Now, N scale seems perfectly normal and my HO stuff (still have some for sentimental reasons) seems positively Godzillian is size. When I hear HO model railroaders complaining about not having enough space in their locomotives to do...well, whatever... I want to beat them with a very large, very cold fish. Thanks for the kind words, Al. The lighting stuff was my biggest bugaboo - I've watched the electrical stuff you do with the R/C cars with great admiration. Wish I'd actually taken a few classes with Mr. Huntly back in the day - I never did as a high school yoot, but in Grade 8 they shipped a bunch of us up from the elementary school down the road to get a taste of life 'in the big house' taking some shop classes. All I remember is Mr. Huntly exploding a few capacitors to make a point... and something about 'Mr. Lazy Electron'. Oh yeah. And Paul Jardine throwing wrenches into the overhead fan in automotive class. We'd all bet where they landed. Best moment - it flew right back to the tool crib, knocking all the tools off the pegs. Sounded like a 747 crashing. Wait - that was Grade 12. I was almost an adult then. Oops.
Jeez, I'd forgotten how small N scale is. 'Course, the last time I held one I was about 12 years old, so our diesel fit across my hand. Absolutely beautiful work, Rik.
Funny thing is, I used to think HO was small - or at least, 'normal'. N scale was so tiny I couldn't ever imagine working with it - let alone doing THIS kind of monkeyshines. Now, N scale seems perfectly normal and my HO stuff (still have some for sentimental reasons) seems positively Godzillian is size. When I hear HO model railroaders complaining about not having enough space in their locomotives to do...well, whatever... I want to beat them with a very large, very cold fish.
Thanks for the kind words, Al. The lighting stuff was my biggest bugaboo - I've watched the electrical stuff you do with the R/C cars with great admiration. Wish I'd actually taken a few classes with Mr. Huntly back in the day - I never did as a high school yoot, but in Grade 8 they shipped a bunch of us up from the elementary school down the road to get a taste of life 'in the big house' taking some shop classes. All I remember is Mr. Huntly exploding a few capacitors to make a point... and something about 'Mr. Lazy Electron'.
Oh yeah. And Paul Jardine throwing wrenches into the overhead fan in automotive class. We'd all bet where they landed. Best moment - it flew right back to the tool crib, knocking all the tools off the pegs. Sounded like a 747 crashing.
Wait - that was Grade 12. I was almost an adult then. Oops.