RS Laser Kits - redneck garage

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Re: RS Laser Kits - redneck garage

Postby ak-milw » Mar 4th, '15, 22:4

now I remember why I left this forum 15 years ago.

ak-milw I would like to commend you on your beautifully built and accurate model of the redneck garage. Please do not let the remarks of a few who can't grasp the concept of period modeling get you down. Four or five years ago I think I came across your modeling on another forum and was very impressed with it, but was unable to find it again. So please don't stop posting here because I for one will be watching with grate envy.

At first I only read a couple of lines of this persons post because he came across to me as a I know more than you person that didn't have a clue.

If you would let me I would like to point out all of his mistakes. Most of us model a time period and this I believe is set in the 1950s. So lets assume this garage had a prototype that would have been built on a farm some time in the first half of the last century (engineered trusses appeared long before the second world war) and on farms of that period money was usually scarce so it would have been built by the farmer. During that time and even today most farmers where jack of all trades but masters of none. But they could do a pretty good job of almost anything. So first tell me what a 21st century code book has to do with this other than to brag about ones self? The farmer building this had to fallow no codes so he never used bracing to save on material thus money. He probably would not have known the difference between compression and tension strength of wood, and may have liked the look of the trim all slanted the same way. This would make the building look unique and is that not what we strive for in model railroading? Mr. ak-milw I believe your model is 100% accurate for that time period and well done.