tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144508272011-04-21T21:30:47.417-03:00architectural drafting and design, what I think, how I work, and where I think I am goingchrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1146456731504172902006-05-01T01:10:00.000-03:002006-05-01T01:12:11.503-03:00

I thought I had a shot of the car with the hopper tipped but I must have deleted that shot from the camera, and it's late enough for me to claim laziness. I'll be back at the car later for more detailing and I'll get the shot then.Chris

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1146456627189864002006-05-01T01:05:00.000-03:002006-05-01T01:10:27.190-03:00

As the title says...I'm fairly pleased with this little car so far. It's entirely scratchbuilt using only card, paper, and some balsa wood for materials. The only thing I've not built myself are the wheels (these are some old Life-Like brand HO scale wheels).

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Inspired by the creativity going on over at Gn15.info I couldn't help but want to create something on my own. Here it is (so far)...

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A new model for myself is this little Gn15 transfer table. It will be part of a small diorama I am working on...

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This one I would build in Nn3. I'd love to see a pair of little steam engines working together to get through those switchbacks...

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I created this layout design some time ago for a model railway builder in the United States. We were never able to get together on this one. It was a real shame as I really enjoyed working with him, and I keep coming back to this plan.I can't remember the scale, but it was probably a HO layout. Meant to be a suburban, commuter style, theme. I pictured it littered with all forms of commuter

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1138601603244321752006-01-30T02:11:00.000-04:002006-01-30T02:13:23.243-04:00

Looking through the blog it appears that I am getting spammed by someone who obviously has more time on their hands then the ability to be constructive. I want to strongly urge you to not use links posted in any blog post that I've not put up here. It's always interesting to see what the latest spam is, wish I could write back...

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I've been working on a 1/87 scale model of Lake Shore Electric flat motor #404. Based on an original drawing in the Carstens Publications book. I was having trouble interpreting the drawing, so I thought I might try and build a quick 3d model in CAD, then interpret my model based on that. Here's what I have so far...

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1137287873048096082006-01-14T21:15:00.000-04:002006-01-14T21:17:53.066-04:00

Just playing around with a servo bracket idea I had. The real thing is not that big, but I thought I would work out. The picture here is the AutoCAD drawing with a little photo editing (filters) applied. I liked how it worked out and like the brake caliper shot I uploaded elsewhere, I wanted to share it for it's artistic merit more than anything else.Chris

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One new years resolution was to actually start cleaning up my drawing folder, and try creating one new image per day for my own library.For the most part, it's updating the image and adding to a stock collection. The big drawing card for all of us when we started digital drafting was the "cut and paste" aspect, funny how after time, you don't import blocks from particular drawings, more I find I

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1132723940120917182005-11-23T01:29:00.000-04:002005-11-23T01:32:20.120-04:00

Found this while searching through photo files on the computer for something completely different. I can't begin to express how much I miss this car, and what I'd give to get in and go for a run this evening.It's so silly to get attached to "things", but I've always had a soft spot for cars, and in a way, I can't help but observe a cars ability to reflect my life, and represent my identity at

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1132723718110804992005-11-23T01:25:00.000-04:002005-11-23T01:28:38.120-04:00

I am working on some models for my own interurban inspired layout in N scale. A couple of evenings ago, I started a model of a Cincinnati & Lake Erie trailer car. I'm really pleased with how this project has progressed so far, and I am trying to do a little on it every evening to see that momentum on the project does not slow.Here are a couple of shots of the work so far, one to show the car as

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1124934258225050422005-08-24T22:38:00.000-03:002005-08-24T22:44:18.230-03:00

A black day today. After a weekend like I would have never imagined, the post-fire remains of our Mercedes were loaded onto a truck and shipped to their new home in Stratford. My brother had been welding on the car, and a fire began in the fire-wall of the car. Here are some shots of the remains from that fire. I took these this evening, as the car was being loaded onto the truck.Rainy day and

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I think this is where I clean up my workspace and get to other tasks that are on my "to do" list for this evening. After marking out the base in pencil to locate the different scenice elements, I have begun to rough in some of the scenic and structural elements of the display.The most prominent feature, almost centred in the display is the core for the platform itself. On the prototype, this is

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1122517473504884602005-07-27T23:08:00.000-03:002005-07-27T23:24:33.506-03:00

Just taking a break while I ponder my next step and thought I would look up some prototype information. I found this link from the Metra (transit) webpage, looks like you can still catch a train to Mayfair:http://www.metrarail.com/Station-maps04/15090.gif

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Finally, something really new. After looking over the plans forever, I have started this project. As you may be able to see from the open magazine, I am working from a published article. This article is from the April 1976 Model Railroader (magazine) and will be a model of a Milwaukee Railroad train station, particularily the one located at Mayfair, Illinois.I will be modelling this in 1/220

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1122315083339914662005-07-25T15:09:00.000-03:002005-07-25T15:11:23.346-03:00

A pair of photos (quick) of a little 1/220 scale wood sided boxcar. I have fabricated everything on this car. Somehow, through perhaps a little oversight, the roof developed a frustrating and curious sag.Argh!

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Something old, something new. I have this little English cottage that I built in 2mm skill based on a similar 4mm scale version by Mike Gill.For the past year or so I've become very interested in models and model railways in 1/220 scale. The paint on the 2mm version had only just started to dry when I started cutting out the bits for the smaller version. This should be fun.As with the larger

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More in this to follow

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I've been involved with this hobby for over twenty years now, and I'm getting pretty good at it. To that end, I have been fortunate enough to be able to work on a number of professional projects. These range from single models to actual complete displays.Recently, I was fortunate enough to partner in part with a model railway company in New England. One of our first design projects was this one.

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Playing around with some new rendering software, I'm really enjoying this and can see the potential, this is the same software used to produce the images for "shadows". Compared to what I would normally use here in the studio, it has some very attractive potential. I'm not convinced if I am sold on the output of this compare to other rendering software but it has some real potential in developing

chrismearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046963721389195316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450827.post-1121266966851581142005-07-13T11:50:00.000-03:002005-07-13T12:02:46.856-03:00

I had a request from a local farmer lately. Something a bit different, love a challenge. He has an existing barn on his property, and wants to build a second identical barn next to it. The challenge is that he doesn't want to have a shadow from the first barn ever fall on the new barn. So using some rendering software and a bit of design luck I was able to model several variations of where a

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I guess we all have this obligatory first post. After all, where would we begin were it not for the beginning. At the risk of sounding silly, I draw this to a close. I was surfing through the net the other day and came across this website: http://www.chriscomport.com/index.php I've never met the man, and can only speak of his work from what I've seen on his website, but we share kind of

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