I’m starting to hit the home stretch with the Alco project. Most of the weathering is done and about half of the gingerbread details are mounted. Next up are the handrails and final details. I use photographs such as this to look for areas that need weathering and color pattern touch ups (I see a […]
With only one locomotive project remaining, work on the LAJ layout is drawing to a close. As I mentioned before, I’ve been thinking a lot about “what’s next?”. Honestly, I thought I’d drift and wallow for awhile trying to find something that motivated me. Ideas come from the strangest places. I was tuning the […]
I I feel like I’m finally turning the corner on the Alco project. I knew going in the hardest part would be the striping, and it has been. The commercial products aren’t a match either in terms of the barricade angle or stripe width so a lot of extra time was spent working around […]
Planning a railroad for some point down the road? I wrote a blog on my business site about a few things to consider. You can read about it HERE.
When the LAJ bug first bit me in the 1970’s, they were running zebra striped Alco S-2’s. Next on the project list is doing a backdated rolling stock roster so I can run them. The Atlas S-2 is a superbly smooth runner, to which I just installed a Tsunami 2 decoder over the weekend. Next […]