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The story behind the showApril 8th, 2012Modeler John Longhurst approached us about doing a feature on The Model Railway Show for his blog. We thought it would be fun and that some of our listeners would be interested – so John emailed us some questions and Jim and Trevor put their heads together to provide answers. The result is in three parts: Part one – Why we started the show, how we put it together and the response. Enjoy if you visit – and thank you to John for floating the idea! (By the way, there’s lots of interesting stuff on John’s blog – Jim and Trevor are both regular readers.) |
David Woodhead's 4-4-0 on Dave Burroughs' On3 layout.
The Model Railway Show – Episode 0038May 14th, 2012This episode of The Model Railway Show is made possible with the support of the National Model Railroad Association. Visit Grand Rails 2012 – the NMRA’s national convention website. Creative Layout Design In this episode… Iain Rice, layout designer and author. — It’s all good! What do you do if you can’t pick a single modeling subject and stick with it? One of the most well-known layout designers to address this problem is Iain Rice. Iain is known in North America for modeling a Proto:87 (finescale HO) North American-based layout (Roque Bluffs, which became a project layout series starting in the October 2003 issue of Model Railroader magazine). But at home, he also models a Dutch narrow gauge layout and a number of British themes in 4mm scale. Iain joins Trevor to discuss how he became a layout designer, how he juggles multiple interests and some techniques for making it all work. He also shares his layout-building philosophy, which he has captured in many books on both North American and British themes – most recently, Layout Design (part of the Realistic Railway Modelling series). As North American lifestyles become more mobile, hobbyists may be looking more closely at the creative layout design and construction approaches used by British modelers. Therefore, Iain describes how many of these ideas from the British School can be used to benefit larger, more permanent layouts. — The Blob, the Oval and Nodes What’s a Blob, you ask? Students of the late Dean of Track Planning, John Armstrong, know it’s the loop at the end of a peninsula that allows trains to turn back on themselves. Brian Scace – who had the opportunity to discuss the Blob and other layout planning concepts firsthand with John when they were neighbors – also knows them as the worst enemy of layout planners working in larger scales such as O. (He’s not the only one – many others, including Craig Bisgeier, have written on the problems of the Blob. Here’s what Craig has to say.) Brian – a one-time editor of O Scale Trains magazine – penned a five-part series in Issues 53-57 (available to order here) in which he presents his thoughts on planning layouts for larger scales. Brian joins Jim to discuss the Blob as well as why he feels the Oval may be the O scaler’s best friend, and what we can learn about layout design from computer networks. — How to listen: If you have iTunes… If you do not have iTunes… Or, it’s possible to download this episode directly from our server. Follow this link for more Episode Guides. Show off your good taste in podcast listening: — Listen to archived episodes at TrainLife. Next time on The Model Railway Show: Jim, Trevor and the rest of The Model Railway Show crew are taking a summer hiatus. We’ll be back in September with more insightful and entertaining interviews with the thinkers and doers in the hobby. |
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