Featured in the upcoming issue of Model Railroad Planning is community member Tom Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern Railroad. A sneak peak of this excellent layout is shown in his recently produced YouTube video. Shown below is his track plan. There are some great lessons to be learned from Tom’s efforts. A few that stand out to me […]
Category: Construction
Better Pavement
The intersection of District Blvd. and South Everett Avenue. When I start a new layout I pick out a few modeling skills I’d like to improve upon. Since pavement is such a dominant player in urban modeling, it was at the top of my list for the LAJ project. While the painted roads in […]
Pacific Forest, The Model
I love building models of nondescript structures. Once you get into them, you invariably pick up on features you hadn’t noticed at first glance. With Pacific Forest (4803 S. Everett Avenue, Vernon, CA) I loved the yellow brick, door framing, logo above the door, and blue banding. Although I shot the prototype photos myself on my trip […]
Pacific Forest Inc.
On the southwest corner of Everett Avenue and The Horn Lead is an interesting brick structure housing Pacific Forest Inc. I’ve photo edited, enhanced, and cleaned up the images so they can be used for photo wallpaper. I’m including the images for anybody else that wants to use them. Using the brick courses for scaling, […]
Federal Storage Right of Way
I’ve finished ballasting and scenicing the right of way along the Federal Cold Storage Spur. As a few others have mentioned, I find hand laying track to be very relaxing, particularly (or especially!) when you don’t have that much of it to do. Because they’re painted a darker color, the Proto:87 etched tie plates aren’t […]