I have written before about “love of subject”, and indeed mention it in the “about” sidebar entitled “Finescale With Feeling”. I think it provides a “grounding” for the modeller, and this shows in the results. That said, I wish I had done as good a job as Ken Karlewicz has in his YouTube video:
Our hobby needs more like this.
Thanks due to Trevor Marshall for introducing this to me.
Addendum: this layout is featured in the 2019 issue of Model Railroad Planning.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
GOOD OLD RTE 17, AND ALL! I GREW UP IN BINGHAMTON—WENT SCHOOL IN CORTLAND—LOVE THAT STATE!
I AM IMPRESSED!
Thanks for the comments, Jonathan.
Also worth linking back to what Matthieu Lachance said about “personality”: https://ewjr.org/2018/04/03/personality/