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I'll add one to this weekend's group. I've finally finished the signage for and weather of, the structures on this part of the layout. CNJ999

In reality, G gauge is not a true scale like all the others. Rather, it is a banner under which a range of larger scale model trains that mostly run on the same 45mm-gauge track (some as narrow gauge, some as standard gauge) are incorporated. As I recall, G gauge includes 1/20.3, 1/22.5, 1/25...

Perhaps it might have surprised Mr. Marklin in the 1900's had he known how the hobby would evolved by the mid 20th century but, just like N gauge, LGB's #1 narrow gauge equipment had established itself firmly in Europe well before it ever ventured across the pond. That LGB, et al. went into...

TT (Tabletop Trains, 1/120 scale) were (1) just too close to HO (1/87 scale) to have much of a chance at real popularity and (2) availability of locomotives and cars, to say nothing of support details (bridges, structures, etc.) and was always extremely limited. The equipment that was on the...

Correct up to a point. English hobbyists of the time (1930's) split into two distinct groups, the OO-scalers with their over-sized equipment done 4mm = 1 ft and British HO, which was 3.5mm to the foot. These two groups co-existed and still do (today accompanied by yet a third wing - Fine Scale)...

Since I don't know how to reproduce a tabulation on this site, below I'm listing the percentage difference between in number of hobbyists in the case of HO vs O between 1936 and 1949, published by Model Railroader magazine. 1936 -12% 1937 -16% 1938 -12% 1939 -1% 1940 +12% 1941...

Honestly, I don't think it influenced much. Around that time, 1938, you had very little choice in RTR scale model trains. Serious hobbyists had trouble accepting Lionel or Flyer O-gauge as realistic and O scale already built-up locos were unbelievably expensive. At the same time, kits for these...

I'd have to question the logic in that. Unless the court is going to require that the photographer submit the orginal negatives, how does one proved the method (digital or film) by which the printed images shown in court were obtained? I should likewise think that producing falsified negatives...

Quite honestly....NO! At the time, HO was horrendously difficult to ever get to operate. Just as with O gauge, scale locomotives back then, it was a time of outside third rail power. The tolerances necessary in HO would give a machinist nightmares! If your third rail bench was ever-so-slightly...

HO : referred to disdainfully as "the watchmakers scale" by its detractors in the '30's. CNJ999

What orginally existed as sub-O (actually 0) gauge trains were OO (really 00 and considered approximate 1/75 scale at the time) tinplate toy trains produced in Europe around the teens. British and American HO scale was born out of adopting a size of one-half British O gauge (7mm) scale models...

88 - However, one has to consider of what value is the manipulated picture (beyond simply nice to look at)? It conveys absolutely nothing about the modeler's abilities or layout scenic accomplishments. If we didn't have the second photo, it might well have been just a loco set on some track...

I guess it all depends on the purpose/use of the "photo". If the shot is simply for weekend sharing on-line, that's fine. However, if intended for any photo contest, I completely agree with your father! There is an entire additional layer of talent required in the creation of a realistic model...

Nice shots but be careful in merging images that the light is always coming from the same direction in both. In the first image the clouds are clearly being illuminated from the right, while the train has the light coming from the left. CNJ999

A point I touched on briefly in a previous post but worth returning to on the subject of realism - there are "interesting" scenes and there are realistic ones and the two aren't necessarily the same. Now I've never seen this module, nor know the exact era it depicts, so I have no way of judging...

Here's a shot I don't think I've posted on this site before. From an era when being held up at the RR crossing by a passing train was an event that was relished, not cursed about. CNJ999

If you, or anyone else here, is seriously interested in learning how to do models of the sort I build, I can recommend a source of excellent instructional videos. While they aren't specifically aimed at "scratchbuilding" they do address construction of advanced craftsman kits, which are...

I most definitely concur that working from photos is far and away the best approach (I do it in my own modeling). Nevertheless, I've found it very common for an outsider to view a less than accurately modeled scene and almost immediately comment, "I really can't put my finger on it but...

For either the hobbyist or a member of the general public to consider a layout scene to be preceived as real(istic), it should match reality. Anything less will make the scene appear oddly unfamiliar or unnatural, even if the offending feature can not immediately be pointed out by the viewer...

Yes, Gus, the clapboard siding is commercial, by Northeastern Scale Lumber. Being more irregular and rough-looking than their standard clapboard, it goes by a special name but I don't have my Walthers catalog handy to look it up at the moment. The walls are only the thickness of the NE lumber...