Monthly archives: September, 2019

National Cold Storage 9/22

September 22, 2019 Lmind1
Brooklyn TerminalConstruction

More work this weekend on NCS. Finished roughing out the Atlas Middlesex structure on the right. Added an elevator shaft and smokestack. Added Tichy architectural details.

National Cold Storage 9/14

September 14, 2019 Lmind1
Brooklyn TerminalConstruction

The primary center structure of National Cold Storage is fairly straightforward to build being essentially an exercise in creating a sheet and strip styrene cube. I have to give some more thought to what I want to do with the shorter brick structures that flank it on each side. In the mock up it’s taking…

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How To Create an Image

September 5, 2019 Lmind1
Photography and Lighting

A naval warship temporarily berths on the Brooklyn waterfront at the height of World War 2. The image was shot using an iPhone and edited with Helicon Focus, Adobe Elements, and Corel Knockout 2. Our hobby is a visual one. It’s hard to overemphasize the power the camera lens gives us in terms of allowing…

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Port of Call

September 3, 2019 Lmind1
Brooklyn Terminal

Built in 1953 the USS Carronade is a little too new for a WW2 era layout but it’s the perfect size and is at least plausible. At 1:170 Lindberg’s kit is pretty darn close to N scale. The most challenging part of the project was “waterlining” the hull so it would sit flat. The light…

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