Work begins on what will, in all likelihood, be the final structure on the LAJ. In this case, it’s this art deco beauty at 4300 District Blvd. Since all photographs are facing north (and therefore taken looking into the sun) the lack of photo contrast makes the photo laminate method a no go. Other than […]
Author: Lmind1
HELP!
Problem solved! Thanks so much to my blog readers. You guys are great! The pub. in question was the December 1976 issue of “Railroad Modeler” magazine. Never in a million years would I have found that on my own. _________________________________ In the late 1970’s an excellent article on the Los Angeles Junction Ry. appeared in […]
Threading the Eye of the Needle
In his must-read piece, “11 Lessons Learned” in the April issue of MR, Tony Koester writes “One huge lesson gleaned from even a cursory review of the V&O was to model the ordinary. It’s all too easy to compile a list of eye-catching prototypes to model, and the inevitable result is that everything competes to […]
New Blog on Business Site
I just posted a new blog entry on my business site, “The Three Functions of Track on a Model Railroad“. Something to consider for those wrestling with the design of their next layout.
March 13, 2017
A Day of Photography I had a lazy Sunday available to me yesterday so I decided to spend it puttering around with some photography on the LAJ. Getting a good shot generally takes me the better part of a day. I prefer low angle photos that give the appearance of late afternoon with its […]