Author: Lmind1

How To Create an Image

Our hobby is a visual one. It’s hard to overemphasize the power the camera lens gives us in terms of allowing us to experience our work in a way that is simply impossible with the naked eye. The only limits are our own imagination. When we are lucky enough to hit the mark photographically, the […]

Port of Call

Built in 1953 the USS Carronade is a little too new for a WW2 era layout but it’s the perfect size and is at least plausible. At 1:170 Lindberg’s kit is pretty darn close to N scale. The most challenging part of the project was “waterlining” the hull so it would sit flat. The light […]

General Ship Repair

The General Ship Repair structure is now complete and occupying its spot on the pier. Once the core and the photo wallpaper editing was done, the rest of the structure was fairly straightforward. The only tricky part was dulling down the gloss photo paper without getting a frosty haze in the process. Through trial and […]

General Ship Repair

The roof covers a lot of surface area so special attention needed to be given to getting the coloring right. The base material was Evergreen car siding. In terms of coloring the order of application was: -First, the entire surface was painted with Rustoleum light gray primer and allowed to dry overnight -The next day […]