But I have done some Pacific Electric replication. I came across a picture of a destination sign off of a Blimp. I knew that I had to have one, but couldn’t get one due to the rarity of the real one, I decided to make one. I painted a sheet […]
John
Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the passing of The Wizard of Monterey, John Allen. A member of http://trainboard.com was kind enough to share a set of custom made decals the were meant for a 40′ PS1 boxcar, however I decided to use it on a plug door boxcar since […]
Remembering a legend
The Pacific Electric had a unique collection of freight cars that will make unique models. Among them were Caswell gondolas that were built in 1923. According to one source, they were transferred to the Southern Pacific in 1940, however I was given a photo of one still in Pacific Electric […]
Unique Pacific Electric freight cars….
The Playa Desnuda Shell oil depot
switching the Playa Desnuda branch
Tonight I was able to create another tank out of 2″ ABS pipe couplers, styrene, and Clever Models textures…needing some sort of bridge, I took a part of the Walthers ADM grain elevator for a fitting….. A few nights ago, I was digging through an old copy of Interurbans Special […]
Two things….
This last few months, I have been working hard on the west half of Playa Desnuda. I was able to get all of Christmas week off of work, so I plan to add more ground cover and trees to make it feel complete enough for me to turn my attention […]