The pad printing and details on my newly acquired Athearn LAJ CF-7 are really quite nice. The issue with Athearn RTR locos, however, is that their low cost drive trains tend to be fairly rough runners. I really needed to find a way to upgrade it since it would be relegated to slow speed switching. […]
Tracking down appropriate CF-7’s was proving to be elusive. Thanks to David and Guenther for coming to the rescue and setting me up with a unit each. Before getting into detailing and weathering, I want to spend some time sorting out the drive trains to see if any re-powering will be necessary, especially for 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 […]
In the past few years, when planning a layout for myself, I’ve taken a more time oriented approach. How long do I want it to take me to reach the fifty or sixty per cent completion point? How long do I want an op. session to last? Will I be operating primarily solo? What work […]