The subjects we model are out in the elements. They are ravaged by the weather which takes it’s toll and does so quickly. The end result is a color spectrum that will always drift towards center. Darks fade and light colors shift to gray. Although, at first glance, subjects may appear to be pure black […]
Author: Lmind1
New Design Blog
Wrote layout design blog entry on making design features “Pay Their Freight” on my business site. http://shelflayouts.com/2016/06/making-design-features-pay-their-freight/
Gloss Doesn’t Scale Down
We can’t solve a problem if we aren’t aware of its existence. One appealing aspect of railroading is the sheer, awesome, mass of our subject matter. Prototype rolling stock is huge and the challenge as a modeler is finding a way to capture that in miniature. A very, very subtle modeling problem that […]
High Horsepower Locals
One of my blog followers, a prototype “railroader”, sent me the following note: “I’ve noticed that when I see models of locals they tend to always have a 4-axle diesel or two as power. On my district it’s common to see 2 or 3 six-axle units on locals and even as yard switchers. The ever-popular […]
Real Time Operations
Click thumbnail to view video Thanks to blog follower Justin for forwarding the link to this great YouTube video of CSX local D700 switching Standale Lumber in Grandville, MI. What struck me is that this entire sequence could be modeled in real time. The clip is roughly twenty minutes long. You could inch through the […]