A backside view of some structures on my LAJ layout. Although no longer rail-served, it’s clear they were at some point. The end game for most prototype and proto freelance modelers is to try to capture the essence of a place in miniature. A major part of that quest is the elements we ultimately select. […]
Having a “quick launch” during the early stages of layout construction goes a long way towards maintaining enthusiasm and morale. I had the bench work for The Downtown Spur completed in a few weeks. The foam base took several days. For the track, I spent a few days lightly gluing down some temporary Atlas code […]
A view westward down 22nd Street from 13th Avenue. Peaceful. Optimistic. Unique from an architectural, surface texture, and color standpoint. Numerous visits have given me a sense of its essence, what makes it what it is. If I could successfully capture that in model form, I’d feel like I was “there” whenever I walked into […]
I remember visiting the Miami rail scene for the first time as if it were yesterday. No photo, video, or television screen could match the all-encompassing sensory experience of seeing it in person. The heat, breeze, humidity, sounds, smell, and impossible-to-define energy completely transcended any previous ways I’d thought of it. It was the same […]
Latch Shoes at 2201 17th Avenue is the last major structure on my Downtown Spur layout. My model of it will be finished in a week or so. Reality is sinking in, the layout for the most part, is “finished”. “Finished” layouts, they can sneak up on you. It begs the question, what next? Do […]