Eastern Seaboard Models makes some really great cars (including an X58 boxcar that I STILL laud over my HO modeler friends). They also have a yearly photo contest, and for the third year in a row, I got a spot on the podium.
Most of the time that I shoot something on the shelf layout, it’s done either using my ten year old Canon A520 or an iPad. The other night, however, I wanted to see what happened if I shot the layout the way I would the real thing using my railfan rig and DSLR. This photo is […]
I’ve been making some progress on the Windsor St Yard layout. Nothing incredible, but necessary nonetheless.
Micro Slide Switches are a great way to control N scale turnouts, but they’re tough to solidly mount when you’re using something soft as your scenery base. I’ve developed a trick to solve that problem.
I’ve been interested in the TTRAK modular model railroading format since it came out. When BANTRAK started TTRAK activities, I decided that I wanted to try and see what I could do with the format.
My friend Ben stopped by with one of his new acquisitions: a Cambria and Indiana caboose. We were doing some work on it and snapped a portrait on the NCR shelf.
Last year, my friend Lee’s wonderful WM layout had to come down. His layout was a work of art, and it seemed unfair for it all to end up in a dumpster. Lee agreed, and decided to part it out to his friends.
Now that I have some ground cover and trees in, 1/4 of the layout is starting to look like something. Here are a few photos of it.
While I’ve been dealing with insurance companies and prepping my basement for its new resident (a big fun piece of Lee’s former WM), I’ve been somewhat stagnant modeling wise.
I use Picasa to store most of my photographs. This is a list of some of the more interesting galleries.