Tools, tips and tricks
Building a helix
I have added an article in the How To section on my website describing how I designed and built the helix for my French Creek Branch.
https://wnbranch.com/how-tos/building-a-helix/
Focus Stacking 'on the cheap'
Photographing model layouts is always tricky, especially the long, sweeping views which are problematic due to the limited depth of focus obtainable at close distances under indoor lighting. A good camera that can be 'stopped down' to very small aperture (f22 or better), good lighting and a long exposure can improve the depth of focus. An alternative is 'focus stacking'. This involves taking a number of photographs of the same scene, each focused at a different distance from the camera.
Making Trees
Step by step instruction from cutting out, painting, and placing on the layout, you can never have enough trees, different variety types and color is good, it adds to your layout.
What's on Your Workbench - October 2020
And just like that, it’s October! Let’s see your latest workbench, benchwork, and model progress as we roll through another month.
Eric
Building a Locomotive Station
Hi! I made a video covering some of the stuff commonly found on a locomotive station (engine yard / Betriebswerk), where each item is placed and what they are used for. I´m building the ash pit, watercranes with illuminated semaphors and also matching car cargos.
>> Posts index
Navigation
Journals/Blogs
Recent Blog posts: