The subjects we model are out in the elements. They are ravaged by the weather which takes it’s toll and does so quickly. The end result is a color spectrum that will always drift towards center. Darks fade and light colors shift to gray. Although, at first glance, subjects may appear to be pure black […]
Category: Construction
Gloss Doesn’t Scale Down
We can’t solve a problem if we aren’t aware of its existence. One appealing aspect of railroading is the sheer, awesome, mass of our subject matter. Prototype rolling stock is huge and the challenge as a modeler is finding a way to capture that in miniature. A very, very subtle modeling problem that […]
LAJ Crossbucks
The LAJ had some unique crossbucks with a vertical sign labeled “Los Angeles Junction Ry” running down the post in a very distinctive font. I started with a photo of one of their actual signs and printed it out. To give it some depth I glued it to a painted piece of strip wood and […]
MP&F Utility Shed
Just to the left of the main MP&F structure sits a small storage shed with a matching sawtooth roof. Construction details: Illustration board core Windows are a photo of the actual structure’s windows printed to size. Siding is from Builders In Scale. Paint consists of Rustoleum Gray primer with a follow-up of white primer on […]
The Tree
Without making a weeklong project out of it, I wanted to put a little effort into the twenty-foot tall tree at the edge of the MP&F lot. Using the above prototype photo as a guide I selected a few SuperTrees armatures and pruned them to the approximate shape. I glued them together at the base […]