In my last blog on September 5th, I toyed with the idea of adding a removable extension of the LAJ main across the room entrance doorway. Although I’m still not sure how much I’ll use it, I decided to make it operational. To protect against getting bumped and knocked to the floor, I added a […]
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, “Student to Master, The Lifelong Pursuit of Model Railroading Excellence”. Historically, model railroaders have had a love affair with deeply saturated, vivid, primary colors. However, that doesn’t square with the world we model, a world typified by earth tones, pastels, and desaturation. It’s also a world […]
Work continues on the warehouse for the LAJ extension. This weekend I added bottom sills for the windows (made from .040″ x .1 inch strip styrene). The windows and doors will be photos glued into place with 3M Super77 as the adhesive. My sense is I “might” get better adhesion if I’m applying the windows […]
A trio of Alco’s rounds the big bend and heads westward into the yard at Waseca on the Alco Line project I’m custom building in my shop. For the last eighteen months I’ve been building a custom layout based on CNW’s Alco Line in Southern Minnesota. Because of the project size, we’ve handled it in […]
Vacant lots are a signature element of many industrial scenes. Including them on your layout can heighten realism. They have a certain, “looks like they should be there” aspect to them. The aren’t as easy to model as you might think. About five years ago I started putting a lot more thought into how I […]