SpaceMouse
Fun Lover
Now before you go getting your knickers in a wedgie, this not going to be a diatribe on the virtues of Malcolm Furlow [removes hat] nor will I compare him to Frank Ellison [removes hat] or John Koester Armstrong Allen.
In fact, this is not about art at all. It is about A.R.T. of model railroading. In case you still haven’t figured it out, the dots between the letters means it is an acronym. They stand for:
Anal
Retentive
Tendencies.
Now unless you have the IQ of Sponge Bob and you have a just a circle of track on the carpet and laugh uncontrollably every time your loco falls off the track, you have ART. If you are a model railroader, you have ART. It is just a matter of degree.
And it is incurable. Some people would argue that if you didn’t have ART you would never amount to much of a modeler. I am one of them.
In fact, I would argue that your enjoyment and satisfaction is at its height if you can identify and remain within your ART level. To make it easy for you I have identified the 12 levels of ART so you can categorize yourself.
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In fact, this is not about art at all. It is about A.R.T. of model railroading. In case you still haven’t figured it out, the dots between the letters means it is an acronym. They stand for:
Anal
Retentive
Tendencies.
Now unless you have the IQ of Sponge Bob and you have a just a circle of track on the carpet and laugh uncontrollably every time your loco falls off the track, you have ART. If you are a model railroader, you have ART. It is just a matter of degree.
And it is incurable. Some people would argue that if you didn’t have ART you would never amount to much of a modeler. I am one of them.
In fact, I would argue that your enjoyment and satisfaction is at its height if you can identify and remain within your ART level. To make it easy for you I have identified the 12 levels of ART so you can categorize yourself.
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