Usually it's more than just a
        
        
          locomotive or structure, but
        
        
          rather the entire scene.
        
        
          A key to the art of modeling is
        
        
          to trust your eyes. Most of us
        
        
          are blessed with the ability to
        
        
          see and observe our surround-
        
        
          ings. In fact, we have been at
        
        
          it for so long, we instinctively
        
        
          know when something doesn't
        
        
          look right. Let's take that skill
        
        
          and apply it to the layout. Take
        
        
          time to assess your layout.
        
        
          Be honest with yourself. Take
        
        
          notes on what you are satisfied
        
        
          with and what you are not.
        
        
          Look for the areas that just
        
        
          don't seem right. Pick one. This
        
        
          is where you want begin mak-
        
        
          ing your improvements.
        
        
          Don't expect to become a mas-
        
        
          ter overnight. If you compare
        
        
          early works of the great mas-
        
        
          ters to their work later in life,
        
        
          you will see a difference in the
        
        
          quality and skill of the work. In
        
        
          the same manner, just because
        
        
          we can see that a scene we
        
        
          have modeled doesn't look
        
        
          right, that doesn't mean that
        
        
          we can immediately fix it.
        
        
        
        
          MRH-Nov 2013