Wordless Wednesday No. 602

 

      

Chatham WOD Meet Photos

This is the scene one sees when entering Pat Rivard's O scale layout.

Just a few more views of the weekend WOD Chatham, Ontario meet. It was a wonderful time for those that attended. Some really nice models to see and great layouts to view. It was nice to catch up with some of the guys I have not seen in awhile...George Dutka  

At the hall we had a meeting room for our presentations, raffles and meeting. We also used the gym which was setup for us with a long table that held all 21 of us for lunch. Everyone brought a sandwich but the WOD supplied coffee, water, pop, individual chip bags and donuts...which was a meal on it's own if you did not bring a sandwich. If you looked closely I think you could find some Halloween candy and baked treats too.

That's Nick from ITLA checking out Pat Rivard's O scale layout. Pat has his back to us. The trains look impressive at this height. 

Gary Shurgold's ITLA tower. Gary took the model a bit further by adding concrete corner trim to the brick building. The roofline has been changed a bit too.

This structure appears to be running out of time on Pat Rivard's O scale layout. It is not easy to build a structure to look like this.

A bit of a peak at Pat's work bench. the ends of the shelving are great locations to clip on clamps and things.

Christmas is Coming!

 

The Waterloo Central Railway is ready for the holiday season with this nicely decorated caboose. Now that Halloween and the fall events have passed I may have to make a trip back to St. Jacobs to get into the festive spirit and to see the caboose in action...George Dutka   

WOD - NMRA Chatham Meet-up

Casey Casier's double deck layout. Each deck runs separately of the other as they do not connect. One deck has a triple main line. Oh there is over 130 Campbell kits on this layout that Casey built.

Yesterday the Western Ontario Division of the NFR-NMRA gathered for the first meet of the season in Chatham. The turnout was very good with about 23 members and guests attending the four layouts opened up and our lunch gathering with a good amount of models on display. Many brought something along to display. We had three tables full of models. 

Of the four layouts two are MMR's which was a bonus. I was really impressed with Casey Casier's layout which displayed all 130 Campbells structure and bridge kits on his double deck layout. I believe he mentioned having 170 Campbell kits on the layout or on display around the room. As you can see in the photos he has more engines and rolling stock than most hobby shops.

Grant Miles who once was a Chatham Club member back in the 1960's also attend. Nick from ITLA was also in attendance with a display and laser cut outhouse handouts to the group. A really good meet for those that attended with many very talented modelers in the group.

I will post a few more photos through the week from this day as time permits...George Dutka

Gary Pembleton and Don Janes get caught up as their lives had not connected lately. MMR Gary Shurgold's awards can be seen behind them.

Grant Miles a past Chatham club member is now a member here in London of our model railway group.

Wayne Wessner's O scale narrow gauge modeling.

Don Janes brought along a few of his models from his layout.

Nick of ITLA brought along some give aways that he just printed up the night before.

We gathered for lunch below and here in the meeting room for door prizes and a couple of mini clinics of a few models brought along.

Ken Hutnik brought along two of his layouts which each fit inside a candle container for storage. As you can see Ken is a micro modeler. One of his layouts was featured in RMC a year ago. 

There was lots of models to view.

On a display shelf at Caseu Casier's another Campbells kit has been modeled a bit different then that of the instructions.

White River Division - Views

This is how the area around Wells looks like at the moment.

A few views I took sometime ago of the layout for the WOD-NMRA news...George Dutka  

The Sylvan CNR-CV style section shed rests were the coal storage structure in the background once was. This area was changed around a bit a few years back and I think looks a lot better. The spur to the mill and creamery is just behind the coal dealer.

The general store is hiding behind a tree at Bellows Crossing. This area is getting a change and the general store might have to be moved.

Woodstock Model Railroad Club

The Woodstock club models the area around town so of course they had to build a model of the CN-VIA station. One of the members had measured the structure which was used to build the model. Years later they found out that CN plans of the station can be found on-line. I thought they have done a great job emulating the station.

A couple of Sunday ago I visited the Woodstock which is located in a separate building at the fair ground were the train show was held. This is the first time visiting the layout since it was moved here almost 5 years ago. Next to the main layout there is a N scale layout, switching layout and an On30" shelf layout. It was nice to visit with some of the members that I have known for years. Larry Brinker gave me the grand tour and update on the club...George Dutka  

This mill is scratch-built but many of the structures are craftsman kits.

The club was easy to find with a number of signs out and about.

Throwback Thursday - ONT Van

ONT 111 was resting in the yard at Englehart in late August of 1991.

By Peter Mumby.  

Cabooses were still in use by the Ontario Northland Railway when ONT 111 was photographed at Englehart on August 28, 1991.  This particular car was ex-ONT 91 of the 90-97 series.  It had been built by National Steel Car for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway as TEM 91.

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Weathering Clinic - Rolling Stock

The group are just beginning their models. The room supplied was very nice with a great view of the river and CN spur line. The CN ferry - boat yard was once located about a block away.

On Saturday I was invited to give a weathering clinic to the Sarnia Modeling Club. It was about how I do my rolling stock using PanPasels and some acrylic paints and stains. I am glad we had a smaller group of 9 which made it easier to concentrate on each modeler. I had a nice group of my models to view and use as inspiration. We had On30", N and HO scale modelers in the group...all went home with a pretty good model with light to medium levels of weathering...George Dutka   

Sue and Doug working on their models Doug models TH&B so Sue had a 40' boxcar to weather. She actually did very well with a light hand at weathering and followed my instruction well when she painted the roof. Bruce worked on two models.

Jim Sloan was in the crowd working on his CN Rapido boxcar. He had a chance to play around with some of my PanPastels and really did not need any instructions. His model looked great when he left but I am sure there will be more work done to it when he gets home. Check his blog for what he is working on. It is on the sidebar.

Steve was working on some N scale models. He had a great time trying out new products and his models looked great. I found it takes just as long to do an N scale weathering job as HO. Especially when he is painting those tiny wheels and trucks.

On my way out of town the sun was still good so I stopped by to take a photo of CN 6069 off the hill.
 

On my way to Sarina I followed the tracks taking backroads instead of 400 series highways. I caught CN EB 148 at the Watford section house, the midway location from my home to Sarnia. I did not have any time to get up on the overpass for a good view as I got to the location as the train arrived. I just opened the car door and took my photo. I really did not want those posts in the middle of my photo, oh well that's life.

South Simcoe Railway

The train was due to leave but passengers were still boarding for the 1430 run to Beeton. 

I had not been to the South Simcoe Railway in over 20 years, so I planned a visit following the Kitchener train show and visiting with my friend Paul. Unfortunatley the steam engine has not been running this year...on my last visit the engine handled the train. The coaches looked to be in great shape but the equipment on display on site that was available to see is looking quite worn. There is a lot of the site that is roped off so I really could not see the whole collection. 

It was a busy day with the train sold out for the 230pm run. I had arrived shortly before it left but decided to not chase it as is it was raining on and off. It was a funny day I had rain, sun and heavy overcast skies at times...if I come back again it will be to see steam running...George Dutka

There was a good crowd looking around prior to boarding the train. Oct 6, 2024.

The power for the day.

A light drizzle was happening as I left and took this photo.

Milwaukee Road Rib Side boxcar with Roof Hatches

Intermountain released sometime ago a nice spent grain brewery service boxcar with roof hatches. Not something that fits well into my New England scene but I purchased one anyhow. I gave the car a flat finish and very light weathering. I wanted the car to look pretty new.  

Trucks are AK winter steaking grime and the roof Anita's acrylic charcoal wash followed by PanPastel raw umber shade, then white and Paynes grey extra dark on the roof edges.

The side panels are faded using PanPastel blender and some steaking with raw umber shade. Using PanPastels one can weather a car in less than an hour and I feel this car blends into my fleet very well if a number of cars are done with PanPastel...George Dutka

The roof gets a wash of grey.

The tones of PanPastels I used on this model.

GPEX 783 Milk Reefer being scrapped.

Here are two views I found on one of the Yahoo Groups I follow. Thought the milk car guys would like these which show the inside of one car. Thanks Claus Schlund for pointing these out...George Dutka      

MEC Single Sheathed Boxcar - Rapido

A Rapido nice looking piece of rolling stock.

This was a simple weathering job as it is on the light side and no details needed to be applied. First Tamiya TS-80 flat clear is first applied. Trucks are painted AK winter streaking grime and wheels Americana cinnamon stick. 

Running boards are painted Flokart barn wood # 936 which is a nice color for weathered wood. On the roof I applied Crafters charcoal grey followed by PanPastel red iron oxide on the ribs and edges followed by raw umber shade in the middle of the panels. 

Sides are done with PanPastel Paynes extra dark on ribs, edges and door, then colorless blender inside the panels as fading. Some PanPastel red iron oxide extra dark and raw umber shade is used as highlights.

That's about it...a short afternoon...George Dutka 

Throwback Thursday - Not Always White

 

London police car 48 was photographed at CN Rectory St.

By Peter Mumby.

If I was building a contemporary layout based on my locality, any police car models would be painted white.  This seems to be the standard current colour, regardless of the jurisdiction.  However, this was not always the case, as can be seen in today’s shots from the early 1990s featuring cars from the City of London and the Ontario Provincial Police.  Both photos were taken on April 08, 1990.

OPP car 2-559 posed for its portrait in Woodstock, Ontario.

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