I finally finished up the Sweetener Products corn syrup structure. Once I decide on the foreground composition I’ll add the unloading hoses and piping. The image originals that I wanted to use for the photo wallpaper contained no doors, somewhat unrealistic for this application. One of the more involved aspects of the photo editing was […]
Category: Los Angeles Junction Railway
Simulating Metal Surfaces
My attention of late has been on the Sweetener Products structure. One of the signature features of corn syrup facilities is the preponderance of metallic vents and piping. The question then becomes, how do you make plastic look like metal? Simply using silver paint, even traditional paints labeled as metallics, won’t work. They’re far too grainy and […]
Sweetener Products (February 13)
The next project is the structure for my largest industry, Sweetener Products. I’m doing a bit of a prototype stretch here as the Sweetener Products facility is actually located on the UP a few miles away and in a different type of structure. Call it plausible proto-freelancing. Throughout the LAJ a distinctive feature of many […]
Some Vertical Details
I spent the better part of Saturday scratch building two utility poles and one cross buck for the Everett Avenue crossing. I’m guessing I had about six hours into the project and the cost of materials probably didn’t crack a buck. (lots of recreational play value per dollar!) On top of that, when I was […]
4722 S. Everett Avenue
I’ve finally finished up the structure at 4722 South Everett Avenue. Although I was able to obtain several dozen photos from my trip to the area last fall, the screen captures from Google Streetview ended up being more usable due to better lighting. With this project I experimented with adding a lot more depth to […]