It’s been a week of fine tuning on the LAJ. Micro Engineering currently has the market on the most prototypical looking turnouts. They are prone to electrical dead spots though. Tam Valley frog juicers, absolutely ingenious devices, quickly solved that problem. I also had some gremlins in the track around one of the […]
Here’s the District Blvd. grade crossing with the photo wallpaper laminated on. The sidewalks and crossing signals remain to be installed.
The current project on my workbench is the pavement for District Blvd. in Vernon. The prototype is comprised of 12 foot traffic lanes, a 12 foot median, and 10 foot parking lanes. I used Google Streetview as a guide but didn’t use that imagery. Instead, I was able to find a street overpass in town that […]
One of the most important decisions related to structure building, and one you don’t hear much about, is the actual selection of the structure that should be modeled. Masterfully building a structure that is an ill fit for your theme doesn’t get you anywhere. Easier said than done as it’s more art than science in […]
Tom Klimoski just put together an excellent video tutorial on how he built a removable staging cassette for his Georgia Northeastern Layout. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/aiuF1Fq-UAw