Detailing tenders
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:49 pm
Looking at the work Tim Watson has done on the tender for Valour brings an important question to mind.
As a kit designer, I try to get as much detail in as possible, but there does come a point when you wonder if
it would be better to include less.
A number of people have their tenders filled with coal, whilst others have a half filled one. So do you need
all the interior detail?
The GC tender that Tim is working on is a self trimming one, with a complex coal space, but more problematic
for a designer, is the section over the shovelling hole, where the toolboxes have a curved bottom, which if there
is a lot of coal, is never seen. In the same way, certain tank engines have weird shapes where the bunker and
cab ends meet.
So you wise and experienced people do you NEED all the detail, or is it just a waste that means the job takes
longer to make.
Paul
As a kit designer, I try to get as much detail in as possible, but there does come a point when you wonder if
it would be better to include less.
A number of people have their tenders filled with coal, whilst others have a half filled one. So do you need
all the interior detail?
The GC tender that Tim is working on is a self trimming one, with a complex coal space, but more problematic
for a designer, is the section over the shovelling hole, where the toolboxes have a curved bottom, which if there
is a lot of coal, is never seen. In the same way, certain tank engines have weird shapes where the bunker and
cab ends meet.
So you wise and experienced people do you NEED all the detail, or is it just a waste that means the job takes
longer to make.
Paul