Profiling. Demographics, Sociology. Touchy subjects at times depending on the context. Applied with good, or at least benign, intentions however, classifying people into categories can be beneficial both to the individuals being grouped as well as those that are serving them. A major factor in the usefulness of all of this data is how […]
Author: Lmind1
Better Pavement
The intersection of District Blvd. and South Everett Avenue. When I start a new layout I pick out a few modeling skills I’d like to improve upon. Since pavement is such a dominant player in urban modeling, it was at the top of my list for the LAJ project. While the painted roads in […]
Pacific Forest, The Model
I love building models of nondescript structures. Once you get into them, you invariably pick up on features you hadn’t noticed at first glance. With Pacific Forest (4803 S. Everett Avenue, Vernon, CA) I loved the yellow brick, door framing, logo above the door, and blue banding. Although I shot the prototype photos myself on my trip […]
Scene Composition
A southbound local passes bridge E8, south of Bloomington, IN on my old N scale layout. I devoted a full thirteen feet to this ‘boring’ scene. There were no industries, no turnouts, nothing but the field and stream modeled as they actually appeared. Of all of the factors that contribute to realism, at the […]
Pacific Forest Inc.
On the southwest corner of Everett Avenue and The Horn Lead is an interesting brick structure housing Pacific Forest Inc. I’ve photo edited, enhanced, and cleaned up the images so they can be used for photo wallpaper. I’m including the images for anybody else that wants to use them. Using the brick courses for scaling, […]