Getting Practical ALL SKILL LEVELS
ONE OF the great joys of our hobby is how, in making our own little model worlds, we learn so much about the full-size one around us. To make a convincing scene in miniature, the best thing to do is to study the real thing, and how many of us have found ourselves staring at a river or a pavement thinking ‘How would I make a model of that?’. Bringing our observations of the real world into the scenes we make really adds a sense of life, and in this article, I will be sharing some of the super-detailing tips I used to animate an urban street scene on my N gauge layout.
The contemporary urban landscape is dominated by roads and traffic, but what actually makes a convincing street scene? Once you have painted a road surface, added the surrounding buildings,
