After hand laying about three-quarters of the LAJ track, I have to say I don’t really see a noticeable improvement over well colored Micro Engineering flex. Comparing the time and effort versus visual payoff, the Micro Engineering wins hands down. While laying the last section of track I stumbled on a technique that creates […]
Shown above is the finished structure. I’ve found that the appearance of photo wallpaper models is improved if I inset the roll up doors so that was done by cutting holes in the .060″ laminate before mounting it to the pvc core. The challenge of this model was the photos. I had no choice but […]
Over the last few years, I’ve become more and more aware of the need for a very solid core to prevent structure warping. For styrene based projects I’m particularly fond of PVC “lumber” easily found at big box lumber stores. It’s light, cheap, easy to cut, and works with plastic solvents. For the current […]
Next on the docket is the back side of the one-story warehouse at 4535 E. 48th Street. The faded cream bricks, graffiti, and weathering make it a motherload of color and texture. Construction started with a considerable number of hours spent photo editing my site photos into something that could be made useable for […]
I needed to come up with something to fill a three inch or so wide gap between two structures. As always the challenge is to find something that doesn’t look too “model railroady” which is often what we (I) end up with when left to my imagination. A scan through my files of my site […]