Monroe Stewart

Movable Scenes on the Hooch Junction Model Railroad

Monroe Stewart
Duration:   2  mins

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According to Allen Keller, Monroe Stewart has an interesting way of doing scenes, on his Hooch Junction model railroad. In fact, he has a movable scene. Monroe could have an island or not have an island on his layout, there are even two versions of said island. Previously, he had a panel, but with the installation of digitracks he took out the panel and installed more water. In order to keep the water interesting, if he gets tired of it, he has some moveable scenery he sticks in for an island look. Monroe can also install a construction project beside the river. The construction project can even be removed and replaced with a forest. When he tells people the layout can change in front of their eyes, it’s not a matter of speech.

His approach to structure building is unique since he worked as an architect and a civil engineer. He looks at each structure as a geometric shape. If you look at it that way, a building is just a square, another has a cube stuck to it. The same thought process can be applied when someone models. Any structure that is out there can be modeled by adding different shapes and sizes and changing their relationships to each other. That is, after all, what makes a building a building.

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You have an interesting way of doing scenes, I think. A harbor, not a harbor, but a lake area where you have a moveable scene. You can either have this island there or not have an island. And there's two versions of the island. Right. Previously, we had a panel here but with the installation of digit tracks, we took out the panel and installed more water. And in order to keep the water interesting, if I get tired of looking at it, I have some moveable scenery we stick in. So I can go with an island look, and if you don't like an island in the middle of your river, we can do without the island, and we can come back and install a construction project right there beside your river. And if you don't like people with construction projects going on, we can remove the construction project and install a forest. And so I want to tell people the layout will change right in front of your eyes. It's not a matter of figuratively speaking. It's actual. What are your approaches to structure buildings? Since you worked as an architect and a civil engineer, you obviously have a different way of looking at structures than the rest of us. Why don't you tell me about that? I look at each structure as a geometric shape. So if you look at it that way and say, well, this is a square and this one has a cube stuck to it and we have a cylinder next to this and you do the same thing when you model, you can come up with any structures out there by adding these shapes and their sizes and relationships to each other. And that's what makes a building a building.
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