Work this week centered on getting a flat and firm base for the model and working on the bottom lip of the structure so it sat on the base with no visible gaps. The base itself is a sheet of .093″ acrylic (the shiny black area in the photo) picked up from The Home Depot. […]
Author: Lmind1
A Gondola for FP&T
It’s been awhile since I’ve done any rolling stock so I decided to do so in a way that added some local flavor. Ferrous Process and Trading (FP&T) is a scrap steel recycler and one of the larger industries on the layout. They have their own small fleet of gondolas with the odd reporting marks […]
Miami Jai-Alai Jan. 26
Inset on the front right side of the arena is a distinctive glass-faced stairwell….. ….which is the latest addition to the project.
Another Depth of Field Test
Although the camera wasn’t as good, one thing I liked about the iPhone 6s was that the single lens was located in a position that allowed very low angle photography. I loved that look. One drawback of the 13 Pro Max is that the triple lens configuration is much larger and it isn’t possible to […]
The Next Big Wave
I recently updated a test video on YouTube illustrating the vastly improved depth of field qualities of the latest smartphone generation. Several days ago I was doing an interview for Lionel Strang’s A Modeler’s Life podcast. During the course of the conversation he asked what I thought the “next big wave” of the hobby would […]