Beach House by Jack Germsheid
I need to make a reason to build a model of this. It’s just too cool. Of course, it doesn’t match the theme of anything I model.
See the original image, and more photography by Jack Germsheid by clicking here.
First up, it seems that I calculated the radius on the Peco HOn30 switches incorrectly — they’re 12″ instead of 9″. No big deal, though I will look quickly at the Peco switches and track more closely at the show tomorrow.
Second up, I’ve looking at some stuff for bashing HOn30 locos. A fellow I’ve corresponded with in the past (Tom Bell) has designed several HOn30 items, which can be purchased through Shapeways. Here’s a link to Tom’s designs: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/tebee
Finally, Dallas Mallerich just posted this link on facebook: http://www.009.cd2.com/members/how_to/nouaillier_a.htm
A fellow who’s registered for the MADModules web site posted an interesting link on his blog — a link to the International Paper Modelers’ Convention. Amazing stuff made of nothing but paper and card. Very cool!
This morning, I added a few new links to the “inspiration” section of the links page. These are mostly modelers “down under.” Some of these guys are out-of-control.
After our disappointing visit to Searsport on Friday, it was very refreshing today to find the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. The museum is a wealth of information on ship-building in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I picked up a couple of books, and took several photographs, including this one of an HO scale model of a turn-of-the-century shipyard that was in Bath (the museum is situated on the original site, and features restored buildings from two shipyards).
We didn’t have time to go through the entire museum, but we’ll make a point of spending a couple of days at the museum on our next visit to Maine.