Author: Lmind1

Boulevards

Post author By Lmind1
Post date March 31, 2018
Categories In Uncategorized

Boulevards. They put a character stamp on a place. Bandini, District, Leonis, all boulevards in LAJ country. The names hint at heavy lifting, industry, and yet not in an ugly, rust belt, smog choked sort of way. Commerce is housed in structures designed almost a hundred years ago by architects with the natural gift […]

4300 District Blvd. – Front Entrance

Post author By Lmind1
Post date March 30, 2018
Categories In Los Angeles Junction Railway, Photography and Lighting

Sunset on District Blvd.

Post author By Lmind1
Post date March 26, 2018
Categories In Los Angeles Junction Railway

Alco Article

Post author By Lmind1
Post date March 25, 2018
Categories In Los Angeles Junction Railway

I have an article in the April 2018 issue of RMC on modeling a LAJ Alco S-2.

Brooklyn Terminal Fascia

Post author By Lmind1
Post date March 23, 2018
Categories In Brooklyn Terminal

This week I added the fascia to the Brooklyn Terminal layout. The curved corners are made from bendable 1/4″ MDF from Rockler, the rest being standard 1/4″ MDF. The trim strips are screen molding. To form the curves on the molding, I soaked the pieces in the tub and then carefully (very carefully) worked them […]