Vol. 47: Lance Mindheim's Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville
The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, commonly called the Monon, is an N scale railroad by Lance Mindheim who is also a custom layout builder. The railroad runs through Monroe County, Indiana and is set in 1955. Online industries are limited, yet Lance and his friends can have full timetable operating sessions that last for up to three hours. Locomotives and cars must stand up to that kind of action, so it requires mechanical dependability with reliable track work and turnouts. Lance says all these conditions are now possible with N scale.
Allen Keller is with Lance to ask why he decided to build the Monon. Lance grew up in the southern Indiana town of Bloomington where the Monon happened to run through. The railroad had a lot of Indiana hometown appeal for him. His layout takes up 40 square-feet of Lance’s basement with two staging yards extending into another room. The benchwork is L grider with spline roadbed and cork. The scenery base is Styrofoam. We will begin our trip from south staging.
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5:05Laying Model Grass with Lance Mindheim
In this video, Lance Mindheim, modeler of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville model railroad will demonstrate how to make model grass. Since grass covers so much area on a railroad, it’s an element of scenery that is worth taking some time on. Over a traditional ground foam, Lance uses static grass. The first step in…
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