goscrewyourselves
I'm the one
To the point - what is more important to you guys - absolute realism, 100% to scale correct OR what looks visual good and possibly not 100% scale correct?
Definitely visual for me, your power poles being a case in point rgarding the insulators, so small even if you fitted them would anyone be able to even see them ?To the point - what is more important to you guys - absolute realism, 100% to scale correct OR what looks visual good and possibly not 100% scale correct?
The only way to get a visually correct anything is to have it 1:1@Smudge617 That is why I asked, because I just laid some of the (supposedly) Heavy EZ-Line I bought across the pole cross arms and you can barely see it. Perhaps it is because of the color (black) I don't know. Maybe when I got all four lines on the poles you'd see them better - just not sure what I might end up doing.
By the way, visually good wins with me every time as well
You only need to look at my mish mash of a layout to see how true that is for meSounds to me like most people prefer to enjoy the hobby and what they do
Didn't realise you were modelling Queensland Railroads ...You only need to look at my mish mash of a layout to see how true that is for me
Yeah, half UK and half US, definitely sounds right for QueenslandDidn't realise you were modelling Queensland Railroads ...
Don't knock yourself, you'd be surprised at what you can do, admittedly these buggers make it look easy, but they've had centuries of practice.My last layout never got past the track laying stage. I was so wrapped up in electronics and pc operation that i never got to the part you're all discussing here. That was quite a few years ago.
I have a rather large layout area to build and I have a theme. I'm going to lay enough tracks to complete a loop and get right into making a small section kind of real. Simple manual toggle switch controls and move on to creating realism at some level that satisfies me. I can't wait to start the scenery and making buildings.
I'm sure I'll be easily impressed with my beginner skills.