@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:
Dallas, believe it or not, I can't.. I started with 1/24 diecast scale cars. I needed some buildings to go with them.. Late 2010. I bought the Evans Design "model builder software".. and started making paper buildings.... I didn't get into O gauge until 2012. I met a guy in Michaels, buying balsa wood. He was a builder of O Gauge structures for layouts, that he sold to millionaires who didn't have time to build themselves. In Jan 2012, I bought my first Lionel set, and started a layout'.... One thing led to another, the normal progression... I've always been an artist from a kid. I majored in art in HS. Wanted to attend the Pair School of Art, extension of Yale. But no scholarships, and way too expensive.... So bottom line, I have the eye for painting figures, scenery; structures, etc. I haven't painted any pictures in many years. When I was a kid I did many illustrations. That skill has never left me, (so far)...🎃
Glad the skill never left you Ted.
Similar but not the same for me . As long as I can remember ,I always painted things like my old Tonka dumptruck . Dad told me once that I always painted anything I got my hands on.
The HS I attended didn't have any art classes but I did some drawing off and on. I really didn't do a lot until I would draw some girlfriends and wives portraits for the guys in Vietnam when back at base camp.
When I came home in 1970 I started a correspondence course but had to give it up because of issues.
I've done airbrushing on cars and motorcycles but mostly ended up doing a lot of acrylic polymer paintings on canvas. I've also done a fair amount of woodcarving art.
I started my present layout in 2016 and I thought I was doing OK.............but boy, Ted , you have definitely made some impressive gains in the hobby .🤤 Nice work.
...........from the looks of your images on the Forum , I don't think " that skill " has left you.
