Thursday, March 29, 2007, 02:09 PM
John K modified the FF to fit his narrow modules and also to tell a story. Not only did he change the arrangement of walls but added fire damage and boarded up windows.
Thom
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Thursday, March 29, 2007, 02:05 PM
John Kosma keeps sending. I'm going to keep sharing. Heres a fun scee with a modified furniture factory in the background. I'll post a couple of more pix of the furniture factory to show his inovative modifications. This guy is a master of story telling with models.
Thom
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Sunday, March 25, 2007, 11:12 AM
Model railroading has a few names that everyone recognises. In this laser cut,bass wood dominated time we forget that the great modelers, the ones who inspired many of us to get into the hobby were very comfortable working in paper.
Recently I was sent some copies of an article from the March 1952 "Toy Trains" magazine. Charlie Purin, a master modeler many will recognize from his published photos and articles brought it to my attention. Charlie had sent me the article to show me the "Hap Hazard packing company" built by the inimatable Frank Ellison. It includes a pattern showing how frank cut out the basic structure from a single piece of paper board. It goes on to illustrate how he then cut out the windows, painted and weathered the paper board and added the board lines and nails with black ink. The resulting model, of course is beautiful and a work of art.
Frank Ellison was among the great artist and guiding lights of our hobby. Their traditions inspired most of us. It's good to know that there are guys like Charles C. Purin who have taken up the torch.
Charlie is currently building his own Hap Hazzard packing company. As a matter of fact it's the third time he's built it because folks keep grabbing them as soon as there done. We are honored to be contributing our textures to this latest model. Modeling with paper is alive and well. It's never been better.
There are a few more names I'd like to add to the list of master modelers but thats for a later time.
Thanks Charlie.
Thom
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Thursday, March 22, 2007, 09:06 PM
Some time ago We started a special project. It was to be very ambitious and detailed to the extreme. Well, I was finally able to get some research that will help me to get it finished. this is a BIG kit. I don't yet know how many pages it will be but it will probably be over 20 (the new depot is 20 pages). So where are we on it? Farther then even I knew. I built the first white paper mockup from the computer model yesterday. It's big, physically. 62' X 35' X 32' scale feet. In O thats more than 15 inches long and over 9" high. And I have to say even in this state it's beautiful and instantly recognizable.
here's the interesting challenge I need to solve. the prototype for this kit is a famous model. Theres no high resolution images to work from. Still there is enough to get the dimensions and details.
The problem is that our reproduction will actually be better then the original. A daunting realization when you set out to reproduce one of the most famous models in the hobby.
Ok, ok I know you want to know more but you will need to be patient just a bit longer. I will start posting pictures in the next week or so. As soon as I get one wall complete with textures, I'll let the cat out of the bag.
Thom
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Friday, March 16, 2007, 02:25 PM - Models
This is interesting because the kit was designed in HO by John Kosma. John sent us his art and photography and we re-worked it for O scale. We will be offering most of the structures that John has made for his new module. Also just a quick glimpse of a new cinderblock garage.
Thom
PS John made the wheelbarrow from paper.
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