Thursday, June 21, 2007, 10:07 PM - Tips
Promised tip
Thursday, June 21, 2007, 07:07 PM Well, I promised a tip so here it is. While taking a break from some animation work I decided to build an HO kit. I'm not a master builder like my brother but then who is? It's likely that a lot of people who build our kits have different levels of skill. I decided to build a warehouse. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with how its going.
Here's the tip. Don't try to finish in one sitting. It's not possible anyway. I recommend that you complete one major section - then walk away. Its the old "work slowly" tip that’s in the directions at least twice. I'm finding that I need to follow my own advice. The temptation is to keep going. Each assembly is very satisfying, but your focus can get soft if you try to do too much in one sitting, so relax & enjoy the process. Work slooowwwwwllllyyy. Make crisp folds and clean cuts. So far I have only built the two truck bays and I took this opportunity to write the blog to get me to stop. Card modeling in HO is a challenge. Being patient is also a challenge.
I'll post pix as i go.
Thom
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