Following the sale to Atlas, BLMA’s outstanding chain link fence etchings have become as rare as hen’s teeth. I was concerned where we modern era industrial modelers would find this necessary staple. Fortunately, Alkem Scale Models has stepped in to fill the void. At last Sunday’s Holiday gathering Bernie Kempinski of Alkem came by and showed […]
Author: Lmind1
LAJ 12/7/16
At the corner of Corona Avenue, I had roughly a six-inch gap to fill between the street and the primary industry on that block. I didn’t want anything too over the top and something that blended into the neighboring structure. For the side with the tagging on it, I used an image from my trip to […]
CF-7 Progress
Chipping away at the details on LAJ CF-7 #2619….. Cut levers from an Athearn Genesis F unit, air hose, and MU stand. The prototype only had two stacks so I shaved two of the four stacks off.
Ditch Lights
Since the last post, I’ve simply spent some time running and breaking in the re-powered CF-7 on my Downtown Spur layout. I don’t know how long the donor Kato mechanism was sitting in the box (over a decade maybe?), but it has really smoothed out to be a silky smooth runner after logging some run […]
Preparing for the day you eventually have a layout.
Just uploaded a new blog on my business site with an idea for preparing for the day you eventually have a layout. You can read it HERE.