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Editorial
We spend a lot of time in that foundation, once we’ve thing. Without the ones who
this magazine showing all our dabbled and won or lost, push the envelope and devel-
faithful readers the different that’s when the rebel in us all op new techniques, there
creative techniques that our starts to get restless. would be less for those of us
fellow modelers are doing in Of all the modelers I’ve to follow either to the letter or
the hobby. In fact, a lot of the known over the years, there is to slightly modify. Do what
media that is based in model one singular vein of common- makes you happy, what im-
railroading focuses on teach- ality that flows through us all. proves your knowledge and
ing others how to duplicate a It’s the inherent need to make what enhances your experi-
skill perfected by one individ- something our own. It’s the ence within the hobby.
ual before passing it on to need to express our individu-
others. ality and to take each skill to
-Bonnie
How many of us pick up the next level. We evaluate
our chalks and weather our each separate step, access the
rolling stock, holding it up to outcome and instinctively
the glossy pictures to see how think about what we can do to
close we were able to come, change it to something better
struggling and striving to equipped for our usage.
match what we deem the ideal There are a select few that
weathering job? What about instantly rebel against what
making trees? Ask yourself the rest of us are doing and
honestly, how many of you jump right into trying to cre-
have tried, followed the arti- ate a better way of achieving
cle or video to the letter, to a similar effect. Instead of
make the prettiest little two or using another’s system, this
three inch velvety green per- individual will instantly reject
fection of flora? I’m not ask- the way being shown and
ing whether or not it actually jump into finding a complete-
looked like the photos once ly different way of creating
you were done…what hap- the perfect foliage or weather-
pens in the basement can stay ing the most realistic locomo-
in the basement. tive.
I’m guilty of all of these And you know what, that’s
things. I’ve succeeded and perfect! This hobby would
I’ve failed (gloriously, on not be what it is without each
some!) But once we’ve got one of us doing our own
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