Monthly archives: February, 2015

Initial Planning

February 28, 2015 Lmind1
Los Angeles Junction RailwayModel Railroad Design

When it comes to planning a layout, a drawing will only take you so far.  Fortunately, with a smaller project a lot can be accomplished in 1:1 scale simply by mocking things up full scale with boxes and loose pieces of track.  The elements can be re-sized and moved around until you get the look that…

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Introducing East 38th Street

February 22, 2015 Lmind1
Los Angeles Junction RailwayModel Railroad DesignNews

I first became aware of the Los Angeles Junction while in high school and instantly became mesmerized by it.  As the decades slipped by the thought of eventually modeling it was always in the back of my mind.  I always thought that when the day came,  power would be in the form of a CF-7….

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Welcome to the New Look!

February 17, 2015 Lmind1
News

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over five years since I first set up the Lancemindheim.com site.   Done initially simply as a creative outlet,  I’ve been surprised at the volume of traffic that has built up.  Tracking the page landings with Google Analytics I’ve also been surprised which pages garnered the most attention.  The…

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