Welcome, follow along with George Dutka in his journal which documents the additions and future thoughts for the HO scale White River Division model railroad and to his continuing historical New England railroad research. The White River Division is now in its 17th modeler's season. The "modeler's season" runs from November to April each year. Inspiration comes from the Boston and Maine, Rutland and Central Vermont Railway during the 1950's with additional posts by Don Janes and Peter Mumby.
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Saturday, 27 June 2015
Weathered CNR Boxcar - Hedley-Junction Blog
This is a heavy weathered CNR boxcar done by Matthieu Lachance. Check out his link below for how he did it. Photo by Matthieu Lachance. |
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Some weathering is done and the leaf has some paint added. Photo by Matthieu Lachance. |
RPM Collinsville 2015 - Model Display
Craig Zeni display of rolling stock at this years RPM meet. |
Trevor Marshall's S scale boxcar. |
Neil Scholfield displayed a couple of B&M engines and a caboose. |
Randy Laframboise accurately scratch built a church found in Middlebury, Vt. |
Wayne Sittner kit bashed this truck using the prototype photo below. |
If one was looking for weathering effects there was a lot to see. |
Craig Zeni had a very nice collection of vintage era rolling stock on display this year. |
Another of Craig Zeni boxcars |
Friday, 26 June 2015
A CV Tool House for the WRD
A CV freight heads into the next room and past my new CV tool house. On this day a CNR caboose is on the tail end. I built this structure back in Nov. 2014. |
The weathering is done and a sign will be added to the door before adding to the layout. This is a really simple add-on one can make to a layout which really adds interest to a scene. |
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Snapshot - June 2015
The Montealer just south of the Canadian border May 16, 1992. |
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Modern Yellow
Weathering a Couple Freight Cars.
I took this photo last winter after pulling out a group of dusty unused freight cars. They all got a nice weathered facelift. Some boxcars sold last Winter as seen in my February 2014 post. These two are currently used in summer operations with my contemporary era fleet...George Dutka
Saturday, 20 June 2015
MEC Caboose No. 661
MEC #661 at the Danbury Railroad Museum during my visit back on May 27, 2015 |
Another view of MEC #661 |
MEC #661 |
MEC #664 is also at Danbury but is privately owned. It was purchased with the thought of being moved. It has yet happened. |
Another view of MEC 664. The roofing at one time was green but now it is mostly grime and rust. I think my model with have a look somewhere in between hedging toward heavy weathering. |
Friday, 19 June 2015
Polka Dot Diner - White River Jct.
Polka Dot restaurant as it looked in White River Jct. during the 1950's. |
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Railway Equipment - Greenfield Village
A little bit of New England in Dearborn, Michigan. A great display of well kept rolling stock. |
A caboose is in the process of being restored inside the roundhouse. |
No. 7 is being fired up for a wedding train once the park closes. A wedding will be held at the historic church this day. |
Looking toward the water tank and coal tower from the station. The coal tower is a new addition. |
Monday, 15 June 2015
CV Milk Car Model - F&C Kit
If you need a CV milk car F&C has a good replica available. |
Marty McGuirk's model on display this May at Collinsville, Ct. |
Greenfield Village - Dearborn Michigan
Greenfield Village has a really nice railroad display that is well worth a stop if you are in the Detriot, Mi. area. |
On Saturday we had a big gap in games so a group of us headed over to Greenfield Village a 15 minute drive away. An overcast day but well worth the trip for me as they have a great railroad shop area and live steam running...the photo captions tell the rest of the story...George Dutka
No this photo is not staged. One can ride a model T Ford as they are all over the park. This type of scene happens all around the park. |
Friday, 12 June 2015
Atlas S-4 Alco - CV 8081
My CV switcher is seen heading out over the White River with a few home road cars in tow. |
Details added
I added Alco re-railers by Juneco, awnings, a firecracker radio antenna, wipers to the cab front and rear windows, a sand spout on the enginemans side of the cab rear wall and step lighting. I also added an air hose to both ends and the rear door got a bent wire door handle. The engine got some chalk weathering when finished but was upgraded with some additional Bragdon powders in early 2014. The grabs are molded on this model which I left as is for now. This engine in later years got a red safety first sign applied on the hood which once was found used in the roundhouse...a detail that could add greatly to the final look. Is a model ever finished...George Dutka
My Atlas model is factory painted but has a few extra details which helps emulate the prototype engine. |
The garbs on this side and front are molded on. I did not try to scrape them off as it would wreck the nice paint and lettering finish. |
Some of the end details added can be seen such as sand filler, wipers, awnings and step lights. |
On one of my first visits to St. Albans I found CV 8081 at the shop track on. Sept 24, 1984. |
The exhaust stack and old red shop sign are clearly seen. The stack is very similar to those found on parent CNR Alco switchers. George Dutka collection |
During a weathering spurt back in Jan. 2014 I even pulled out my1980's era switcher for some additional weathering. |
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