Brakie said:
Mike, Darrel does the same work you do with the same method. Looking at his work, your work, and RCH's work they all look the same...
To the untrained eye, Larry. No disrespect towards you intended.
If you ask the big leaguers themselves - there are clearly differences.
And how can you say Darrel and I share methods, if you know nothing about what I do before you witness the results? You're comparing finished cars, and thinking they must've all been done the same way.
...so, I fear as CSX road slug said your secret is already out and been out long before you came busting on the scene.
Does all black tea taste the same, Larry? They sure look the same in a cup, by golly. Therefore, a person with no sense of taste will make a blanket statement that all black tea is the same.
A person who does not have the same feel for weathering as Ryan or myself - will make a blanket statement that the majority of realistically weathered freight cars were done using identical principles and products.
Ever hear of Jim Six? Jim's weathering is among the best realistic weathering I've seen...
Of course I have heard of Jim. Next time you say hello - ask Jim to reiterate who he felt did the most realistic freight car model
he's ever seen.
There are thousands of highly talented modelers out there that does museum quality work...
That, Larry, is an absurd exaggeration. I'm sorry... but it's more like
two dozen.
Ask Jim. Ask Ryan. But be sure you ask someone who lives and breathes this kind of art. Not Fred Jones down at the club layout - or some model train store owner - or a guy who's done Lionel for 4 decades.