Friday, November 14, 2008

Zero Manufacturing Module Mock-Up

Here are some shots of the mock up for Zero Manufacturing. I have built the Zero Manufacturing building out of plastic, foamcore, balsa, and tissue paper. The mock-ups for a few other buildings have been printed on card stock from drawings I made from photos of the real buildings.
Also in these photos you can see the mainline roadbed has been glued down for all 3 modules.


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Backdrop Source


I was using Google Earth the other day and stumbled onto a great use. I navigated to the location I'm modeling and panned down to street level at the tracks, facing the direction of the wall behind my layout. What I got was a very good view of the mountains for my backdrop. It's handy because there are no obstructions as there would be with photos.