04-02-2010, 11:57 AM
Missing parts, rivets ?, wrong generator ? wrong place for the headlight ?
Oh, those were removed or relocated during the last overhaul.
Rivet counting: This should always be a planning tool. It should never be a critiquing tool.
Most of my equipment is "under detailed", because it gets packed, unpacked, handled, constantly, going to shows with the modules, and bringing them all back home (The bridge tender's shack for the vertical lift bridges on my old modules, self detached, falling down the stairs and creating a spectacular pattern of broken parts on the basement floor).
Transportation is detail unfriendly.
Finer detail, lasts an average of 1.03265 * handlings, so I don't bother to add it to most things.
I have, however, known what that detail is before the project is started. Its abscence on the finished product, is a matter of choice, not lack of skill.
* This is based on the statistical life span of all details lost in handling, packing, or unpacking.
(and if you believe that, I have this bridge....
)
Oh, those were removed or relocated during the last overhaul.
Rivet counting: This should always be a planning tool. It should never be a critiquing tool.
Most of my equipment is "under detailed", because it gets packed, unpacked, handled, constantly, going to shows with the modules, and bringing them all back home (The bridge tender's shack for the vertical lift bridges on my old modules, self detached, falling down the stairs and creating a spectacular pattern of broken parts on the basement floor).
Transportation is detail unfriendly.
Finer detail, lasts an average of 1.03265 * handlings, so I don't bother to add it to most things.
I have, however, known what that detail is before the project is started. Its abscence on the finished product, is a matter of choice, not lack of skill.
* This is based on the statistical life span of all details lost in handling, packing, or unpacking.
(and if you believe that, I have this bridge....
)
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!