NO GRAFFITI On Your LAYOUT and why You're WRONG!

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  • čas přidán 1. 05. 2024
  • In this NO GRAFFITI On Your LAYOUT and why You're WRONG video, we'll discuss why you should have graffiti on your modern HO scale layout and why it's a must-have for a realistic and detailed model railroad setup! Honestly it's your layout and you can do whatever it is you want... Don't take this to heart lol.
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Komentáře • 46

  • @thebritishrailroader
    @thebritishrailroader Před měsícem +1

    I completely agree with you. I model modern day Brooklyn and I knew graffiti would be a must. I haven't got anywhere near enough but it is there. Keep them coming mate.

  • @GoViaorgohome
    @GoViaorgohome Před měsícem +1

    Love graffiti and I enjoy your work.
    I love looking up rolling stock by number to see if the real one has any tags. If it’s not too crazy I will try to emulate it onto the model. It’s fun and challenging.
    Keep up the great work.

  • @ultimateinspector4901
    @ultimateinspector4901 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for sharing. I don't have any graffiti yet. But I hope to start putting it on some of my late model box cars soon.

  • @millcreekrails
    @millcreekrails Před měsícem

    With the qualifications mentioned, totally agree.

  • @danpugatch
    @danpugatch Před měsícem

    I'm modeling 1978-1984 to have the whole Warriors movie vibe going on. Graffiti is a MUST

  • @jeztersraceway
    @jeztersraceway Před 9 dny

    That graffiti looks so cool! Gotta have it for sure.

  • @garyblacklidge1282
    @garyblacklidge1282 Před měsícem

    I remember as a kid and getting ho model packs that came with graffiti stickers for the rolling stock and buildings

  • @monkeymike8797
    @monkeymike8797 Před měsícem

    Awesome effin video bud. I have putting graffiti on some of my buildings after I build them. I love how it looks with the broken chain link fence I put itfront of it.

  • @Cowboy_Steve
    @Cowboy_Steve Před měsícem

    Phenomenal video! Really enjoy how you break it down and show the steps. Little less intimidating. Heck yes keep doing graffiti vids! Specially on rolling stock! Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
    Right there with you - Ratatouille is right there in my top five favorite Disney/Pixar movies! Hell top 3 probably.
    Well done and thanks for sharing 🤠

  • @Retailleadership
    @Retailleadership Před měsícem

    That Hoodie is FIRE!

  • @masterq16
    @masterq16 Před měsícem

    I have ordered some graffiti waterslides, just haven't applied any yet but I definitely intend to 🤟🏾

  • @bruthatool6616
    @bruthatool6616 Před měsícem +1

    I love your graffiti. I just suck at trying to do it lol

  • @paulwhite6543
    @paulwhite6543 Před měsícem

    I totally agree with you. There’s always been graffiti but more prevalent in the recent decades.

  • @maurelius57
    @maurelius57 Před měsícem

    I love your work. And now I get an idea of just what goes into getting the results you get. Truly a work of Art.

  • @frankcintulajr7917
    @frankcintulajr7917 Před měsícem +1

    Totally agree with your statement. Don’t have to paint gang symbols. Can’t read most of it anyway. But it is Art. There is a talent to creating shapes and colors used. Doesn’t have to be on everything, just a few pieces work.
    You have some SIC skills! Keep up the awesome work.
    Go Army! 🤣

  • @MarkTheLostTraveler
    @MarkTheLostTraveler Před měsícem

    I completely agree with you. Only thing I wont put it on is the Amtrak auto train. Ive seen that train 100 times and theres never any graffiti on it.

  • @Tom-xe9iq
    @Tom-xe9iq Před měsícem +2

    See your point. I purposely model the early 1970s so I can have relief from tagging. Others can choose what their wallet says. It's their layout, their business.

  • @chriscabral4342
    @chriscabral4342 Před měsícem

    take a look at the wall on the Cajon pass wall , its always changing with graffiti , true staple on the way to LA to Vegas

  • @cloudserph
    @cloudserph Před měsícem

    I appreciate what every modeler brings to the table with their creation, but I do tend to 'follow' modelers of modern railroads that do have some form of graffiti because as you say it's a reality. It's almost like a litmus test for me. Great layouts with no tags can be referential for techniques.. But to me, great modern layouts with tags tend to observe details a little better. And their layouts have a more realistic story too. I'm always for the story.

  • @robertlinville6997
    @robertlinville6997 Před měsícem

    I was thinking about using graffiti decals for my o scale train cars.

  • @waynechapman4902
    @waynechapman4902 Před měsícem

    Unfortunately too true!!
    Good tutorial!

  • @thomasdecker7631
    @thomasdecker7631 Před měsícem

    This is a very interesting topic for discussion. Love it or hate it, almost everyone has an opinion about it. Graffiti, when you think about it, has been around for a while. I suppose, on the earlier end of my scrolling era, I should at least do something to suggest the messages hoboes left on the water tank. When I went to school (60's-early 70's) in a rural community, there was always a crazy man willing to climb the municipal water tower with a can of spray paint, but that was about the extent. What there was in general was expressive but not very artistic. For the most part, small towns in my area are still relatively free from graffiti. Most graffiti here is imported on railcars, so the more modern ones I have will eventually receive some graffiti. Otherwise (with the possible exception of the water tower) my layout will be pretty much free from graffiti.

  • @charlie1872
    @charlie1872 Před měsícem +1

    Hi Maestro, just noticed your concrete wall seems to have a little bit of a bow on it. Was that caused by painting the concrete effect on the one side or, is there something under it ?
    If it was caused by painting one side, would applying paint on the other side and weighing it down help?
    Your artwork is terrific

    • @ProScaleModels
      @ProScaleModels  Před 29 dny +1

      Thanks and it's bowing due to the curve of the tracks. I just adhered the wall to the risers in that slight curve.

  • @robertlinville6997
    @robertlinville6997 Před měsícem

    What I find amazing is graffiti done with spray can paint. Some can be really sharp.

  • @glennirwin4710
    @glennirwin4710 Před měsícem +1

    Yes you are 100 percent right.

  • @AlleghenyNorthern
    @AlleghenyNorthern Před měsícem

    Agreed - you can't have prototypical if you're not capturing weathered and graffiti-ed rolling stock and buildings. At the same time, i have no interest in promoting it so i won't take a specific tag and use it even though there's plenty of real-life examples available. working in n scale is also a little more challenging to recreate actual tags and it's not something i'm interested in spending time doing - so off-the-shelf decals work fine enough to set an urban feel where appropriate.

  • @B2Pproduction
    @B2Pproduction Před měsícem

    I have no graffiti yet! I still need to add so much stuff before I get to tagging stuff.

  • @theorigsenester
    @theorigsenester Před měsícem

    Absolutely right you will never see a train with out it…GAM SQUAD

  • @mustachemike802
    @mustachemike802 Před měsícem

    HEY! I'm an old dude and graffiti is just the reality of things. But I have to tell ya, although the rolling stock that runs through our town is tagged, there is very little on adjacent buildings. In fact, the most graffiti you'll find in town is on one particular mill that is isolated from heavy traffic. There is literally none in the town center or the rail corridor through downtown... I know... It's an anomaly, but when you consider when I moved to this state 40 years ago the closest thing to graffiti you'd find was the names of some cross-eyed lover carved on a park bench, it makes more sense... Something else to consider is just how many proto-typical layouts have you seen on CZcams where they haven't even weathered the trains or rolling stock! People are gonna do what people wanna do and when it comes to an individual's layout it's all a matter of choice. It's a big country, not everyone's from an urban area...

  • @Automax2323
    @Automax2323 Před měsícem

    I’ll apologize for this lengthy comment. I recently had this debate within myself on if I should or shouldn’t tag graffiti on my Railcars. Now, complete transparency on my part. I’m a Rivet and any down to the very detail type of guy, that is a modern day modeler.
    I have nearly 5,000 Railcars, no lie, over 20 years of collecting. And for the past 5-10 years, it went from 1,200 to what it is now. I hate, graffiti and for some reason it has seriously been annoying me lately. Maybe it’s because I’m constantly seeing brand new cars tagged in passing trains and the GMC plant by where I stay, every Autorack that comes in and out are tagged. It’s insane!!! But… it is as you say, reality/realism.
    So, I said I would tag some cars (one side only) and if it bothers me that much. I’ll just turn it to the other side. Then, I said no graffiti at all on the Railcars, only heavy and light weathering. I’ll put graffiti on the walls and buildings, but I just can’t stand it on Railcars because it has gotten out of hand. Maybe I’ll change my mind later, but right now, I just can’t do it. I hate it that much.
    And the Prairie Shadows, Aurora, ScaleTrains, Tangent, Athearn Genesis, ExactRail, Atlas, and Walthers that I have gone crazy in purchasing. The stuff is just too nice and I don’t want to cover the details of the cars. Sorry 🤷🏽.

  • @kelvinbranom10
    @kelvinbranom10 Před měsícem

    I don't know anyone who puts gundam on their railroad and is able to make it work well🙂. Graffiti or not to graffiti, find your model railroad path and make it great for you. Were I live (small town) there's no graffiti until I get close to the BNSF yard or see cars going to or from the yard. For your next video lets see your engine and car roster. I do On3 so no graffiti.

  • @thomassaunders1749
    @thomassaunders1749 Před měsícem

    I model 2015 to president day.
    I hold a 90/10 % on graffiti on my rolling stocks.

  • @hendrix6
    @hendrix6 Před měsícem

    Get some Ichabod on there.

  • @modelrailwaybackshop
    @modelrailwaybackshop Před měsícem

    I model 1932... Nough Said!

  • @gellyrogers5969
    @gellyrogers5969 Před měsícem

    Would you say I should add graffiti if my era is around 1970 to 1980 I run steam and diesel I feel like graffiti wasn't as prevalent in that era but wanted your thoughts

  • @flakstruk-8481
    @flakstruk-8481 Před měsícem

    They found graffiti by roman soldiers on hadrians wall. Its genuine unfiltered human expression.

  • @eXtremeFX2010
    @eXtremeFX2010 Před měsícem

    Nawwww, man, it's YOUR layout, mine has just a touch or sprinkle of it mostly because, I like just run'n Trains and taking photos like ART photos making it not always a drone shot. I grew up around trains 70s,80s,90s etc.
    So I leave it to the creators. Those old farts, let them BE. I do it for my own Art, My Canvas, My Museum, because dammit... I'm good and confident in what I build and how I take photos to inspire others. Yet I do admire other artist. My favs are Norman Rockwell, and more.
    I took years of advanced ART classes where each artist had their style, their Canvas, and they were super good.
    Some of them I even competed against in Nationals... and you know what... That was OK. So, I don't get caught up in what some judge will say or opinionated. I have heard some DOOZIES over time for ART competition judges... While some I took time to take to heart, and got better with my particular craft, whether it be colored pencil, water color, or dioramas (I won my first diorama contest in 3th grade btw) .. won it again in 5th grade simply because I had a model railroading skill.
    My 5th grade teacher actually taught us Grafitti bubble letters in the early 80s
    Yah, bro I hear ya... I admire your style as fellow artist... Just like we were in those Honors ART classes where we learn from each other. #learnfromeachother
    Hell... if farts want to argue... what the heck is a STEAM ENGINE doing the track with a modern diesel... maybe because it's a History Museum layout like mine ✊🏽. So I don't care... My strength is, if you can take a better visual shot... then my dudes, knock yourself out Tonto, is what I say to rivet counters. By the way, I DO see them mimic my style even though they don't want to admit, BUT THATS OK, we learn from each other on our ART canvas.
    Go to YOUR strength...
    To me Prototypical is like that word from princess bride "INCONCEIVABLE", I don't think it means what you think it means! 😅 same with word "Prototypical"
    The way I see it.... if I had an epitaph
    "My Art/craft is real enough to make you stare longer than a minute, but I made yah look. So, you MUST LIKE IT!"
    #Inspire #art #your #way #peace
    😉
    Forget the rivets! PARTY ON! 😁

  • @Bliz0516
    @Bliz0516 Před měsícem

    Not a rivet counter or prototyping, so I choose no graffiti especially when it defaces private property. But correct, if a prototyping rivet counter, graffiti would be accurate.

    • @LMarsS
      @LMarsS Před měsícem

      How is modeling graffiti defacing private property?

    • @Bliz0516
      @Bliz0516 Před měsícem

      In the real world a lot of graffiti is on private property. That’s not something I want to model.

  • @westwoodsidestudios7551
    @westwoodsidestudios7551 Před měsícem

    👏👏

  • @LMarsS
    @LMarsS Před měsícem

    In the model it is all good and adds a colorful more realistic touch to your scenery just like trees and grass.
    Man your work is bad az z

  • @bramelsheretan
    @bramelsheretan Před měsícem

    I make my graffiti personal to me

  • @tmars4958
    @tmars4958 Před měsícem

    Tagging is worldwide just saying.

  • @JL-pc9sl
    @JL-pc9sl Před měsícem

    I will have to disagree with you. My layout is based on the early 1900's (1890 to 1920). Spray paint wasn't even invented yet...LOL