Author: Lmind1

Dolton Junction number 3, an Athearn SW7, was my first serious effort at building a decent model. I was sixteen at the time, which puts it at almost five decades old. Note the faded lettering on the grill and the custom logo. Time, and our recollection of it, is a funny thing. I’ll be 65 […]

The “new” LAJ layout room, renovated into a Mid-Century Modern (MCM) interior design style. Mid-century modern elements are the bullet planter and faux succulent (from Hip Haven), Z chair (Wayfair), painting (Bed, Bath, and Beyond), and lamp (MCM Gal). A better title tag for today’s post would be “renovated” layout room. There is no new […]

The mini-library I first mentioned in my April 3rd post is now complete. Our hobby is heavily research and media-based. If you can’t find something, or it takes forever to dig it out, you’re always behind the eightball. Mounds of unused items become something you need to continually crawl over. I spent a number of […]

I was about to write a blog on this subject only to find I’d written it already in the 2013 issue of Great Model Railroads.

New library in my under-construction mid-century modern layout room. Understanding how the brain works, how it reacts to visual material, experiences it, and remembers things plays a major role in our hobby. For deeper dives, subjects that warrant closer study and reflection, print is more effective than digital. The experience has more depth and we […]