tlnibert:
Good point. And it is ironic on the metal wheels part is it not.
I blew $450 for a five car Delton consist to pull behind my nice Aster C&S and they served well in Hawaii for a year, but now that I’m back to the Southwestern Desert, I know I’m going to have to put metal wheels on them eventually due to the track heat.
The idea of buying cheaper cars and bashing them to MY detail sounds better all the time.
A good sized, well aimed Rock will also do the same…[:D][:D][:D]
Right now, my baby is too precious for me to rough handle her like that in the previous post, but I would love to see the drivers do that. Maybe, when I get a second loco, and I have more experience driving it, but for now, I’d sooner take it easy.
The ten foot rule does not really apply to you, just to the visitors, or so I would think. You know where every flaw is. The ten foot rule, or standard viewing distance rule, does not apply to you.
I’m fairly new to any in-depth participation in the G-Scale hobby, but have had an interest for a long time. The “10 foot rule”, is only relevant on a person-by-person basis. We each join a hobby to work on it at a level we enjoy. If we want it to look good at 10 feet or 100 feet, it is each person’s choice. I am also into muscle car restoration and I relate this to “daily drivers” vs. “trailer queens”. If you want to just restore a car to the level that it will look good enough for you to be satisfied when you drive it, so be it. If you want to never drive it and have everything on it perfect to the day it was manufactured, so be it. We each have our level of satisfaction. If you want to compete, its a different story and then you have to meet the rules.
Thats why New Bright and Echo toy trains were invented, [:D][:D][:D]
There of no other use but for WONTON DESTRUCTION!!![}:)][:o)][:0][:p][:D][xx(][^]
This 10 foot rule in G-scale is similar to several others I have heard over the years, such as the 10 minute rule: A project that you think can be completed in 10 minutes will always require 60 minutes or more. And then there’s one I have experienced over and over, but I don’t know what the rule is – any project that should require only one or two simple hand tools will eventually require every tool in your toolbox, plus one or two that you don’t own yet. It seems that every time I begin to build or repair something, I need practically everything in my two tool boxes, plus some things I don’t have. The most irritating of all is to buy a kit of something, regardless of scale, and find out that a part is missing from the package right as I get near the end of the project. I guess that’s why the instructions always say to check the contents before you begin construction, but I’m too stupid to follow the instructions. The most recent example of this was an HO scale boxcar – I got down to the very last step and discovered that one of the screws that fastens the truck was missing. And, naturally, it was a unique size that no other manufacturer uses, so I didn’t have an extra one. Have you ever tried to pull a boxcar down the track with only one truck under it?
Hey all,
I agree with Deanscamaro. Being into Streetrods as well it all boils down into your intentions. For my railway each part of it will require different handling. For example I will spend much more time laying track as level as possible than I will detailing an outdoor structure. You have to stop somewhere or else be working on it forever. My buildings look nice but are clean and simple. For me let’s get to running trains. I think something can look good close up or far away if it is done simply. Have fun everyone. Later eh…Brian.
My version of the “10-foot Rule” is called “A man on a galloping horse.” It’s based on an old Ohio expression: … could a man on a galloping horse tell the difference?
Hey Mike,
Seems to me the man made a lucid case for his perspective (no pun intended)!
I always like to refer to Large Scale as the size where even half-blind people can be rivet counters.
As for the 10 foot rule, as mentioned the only “sins” it is able to cover is the tendency of people hoping that the next person won’t notice the discrepancy.
To prove that point all you need do is take a picture from ten feet with a standard 50mm lens and then tell me that you can’t see the 1:18 automobile in front of the 1:24 house which has a 1:20 figure on the balcony and the train running 2 feet in front of the house is 1:29.
Of course many of us don’t ne