The cleaner the presentation of our layout, the more buy-in we get from family members….and ourselves. Shown above is a “current status” photo of the East Rail layout showing its floating bench work. There’s nothing that complicated going on. The bench work itself is sixteen inches wide and comprised of hollow core door slabs (The […]
Author: Lmind1
Three Car Pile Ups
My third attempt at a layout….1985 give or take. What a mess. Gotta love those photographic skills! (Note: I actually do get to the point after the long initial rambling so stick with me) We know we shouldn’t do it. It’s shameful, but we’re all guilty of rubber necking those horriffic three car pile ups […]
Latest Book is Now Available!
My most recent book, 8 Track Plans For Modern Era Switching Layouts, is now available through Amazon. Rather than trying to be all things to all people, this effort is directed towards my blog followers, friends, and Facebook folks. It’s written in the same conversational style I’d use if we were having coffee face to […]
Color Transitions
The smoother we can make the transitions from one color to the next, the less defined the boundary lines, the better subjects such as scenery and structure weathering will look. One of the most important steps in improving a specific modeling skill, and it’s a hard one, is recognizing the subject is something that deserves […]
East Rail Returns!
Looking east down NW 59th Street in 2013 we see several boxes spotted in front of SALCO, a swimming pool chemical supplier in Miami’s East Rail industrial park. For many, many years I’ve bounced around the idea of building a second version of my old East Rail layout. The questions being: where would I put […]