Bob Springs used Lance Mindheim article from Great Model Railroads 2008 to build his large scale Miami CSX layout.
Read Lance’s article about his HO scale shelf layout by clicking here.
Voodoo and palmettos
By Angela Cotey | October 14, 2011
| Last updated on January 12, 2021
Read about this modern industrial switching layout on a shelf
John,
Check out Cody's article on modeling patched-out freight cars in the December 2008 issue.
Thanks for reading.
Dana Kawala
Senior editor
How did you model the palmettos? I'm planning a North Fla. based layout-ACL/SAL. I grew up in the North Fla. piney woods and I want to model the palmettos as well as the live oaks and moss. How do I go about it?
I love the level of detail in Lance's work. Brilliant! I am inspired to start my own shelf layout (CN in Sarnia, Ontario.)
MR just a suggestion for those of us who are beginning to make the switch from the transition era to the modern era. As Lance mentioned what you will find a lot of nowdays are patched out boxcars and freight cars. Cars once owned by the Class 1 guys but now doing duty for private owners or smaller regional railroads. How about Cody doing an article sometime on how to make a believable patched out freight car from something current.
Mr. Mindheim does excellent work. I have been a fan since seeing his modeling of the Monon. I'm trying to emulate his Miami area scenery work in N scale. Thanks for sharing your skills Lance.
what agreat theme
nice article
model for yourself and if you are having fun thats the point