It’s been another successful week or two in my effort to slow myself down, get out of mission mode, and enjoy the ride.
On one of the SoCal forums, a retired rail mentioned that one of the industries on the LAJ typically took only UP boxcars. I thought modeling that would make for an interesting look. For the past month or so, I’ve been detailing and weathering three Walthers “Proto 2000” 50-foot UP boxcars. These are very nice models that can be purchased for virtually nothing on eBay.
I finished modeling the street in front of the track and installed it. I consider streets and grade crossings to be “structures” and difficult ones to model at that.
I’ve been puttering with the foreground structure mockup and upgraded it with a version with better photo laminates. The question becomes, do I settle for photos from Streetview or wait until I can fly to LA and get better images?
I did a solo session on the module, swapping loads for empties. Relaxing, fun, and ran for about twenty-five minutes.