Facing north up 35th Avenue. Garland Foods rises above the treetops in the distance. Image taken with an iPhone 6, room lights off, and a single photo flood.
I’ve come to realize that the vast majority of my photos are closeups and art shots. That makes it a little hard to see how things fit together. To that end I just filmed a short overview/pan side-to-side video of the East Rail layout. You can see it HERE. (Recorded in 1080HD)
Mobile home parks are a common feature of South Florida’s landscape, particularly around the industrial parks. The above scene is a very close replica of that on my original East Rail layout. In my current iteration, the structures are from Inter-Action Hobbies. Their laser cut kits skew more to the craftsman end of the spectrum […]
Y320’s switcher approaches 37th Avenue as it works East Rail’s Big Hole lead. Tropical International is an auto parts warehouse (not rail served). I used photo laminates over a styrene core owing to the difficulty of capturing the logo had I used traditional construction methods.
An upgraded Walthers Cryo reefer sits in front of SALCO on the East Rail 2 layout. If you’re a modern era modeler, graffiti is part of the landscape. Here are a few tips to make it more convincing on a model. Working with larger decals takes patience as far as getting them to ultimately sit […]