Just under the wire! I finished up the Cuba Tropical Produce scene at 13th Avenue by years end….barely! This structure, modeled as it appeared prior to 2008, has always been one of my favorites so it’s nice to finally have it wrapped up and on the layout. The box truck signage was made by taking […]
Category: Photography and Lighting
Number 3 Crossing District Blvd.
My immersion in model railroading is largely a selfish pursuit. I like getting compliments as much as the next person but my drive is primarily internal, a desire to create images that give me pleasure to look at, to create scenes that I enjoy operating, experiencing, and interacting with. As modelers we have an advantage […]
August 7, 1961
Model railroading offers the choice of of experiencing our work through two lenses, the naked eye or the camera. It’s the camera that opens up so many opportunities for interpretation, framing, and presentation. The image above is of my recently completed Atlas Alco S-2 shot crossing District Blvd. on the LAJ layout. I used […]
Robmar Produce
It’s been awhile since I’ve taken some photos on the Downtown Spur layout. Shown above is Robmar Produce on 14th Avenue, NW. A larger format version can be found on my Flickr page.
September 3, 2017
This shot was a little challenging because I didn’t have as much room as I would have liked to move the photo floods back where I really wanted them. After some trial and error I got something workable but was getting a lot of light burnout on the green building to the left. By holding […]