Another March 2025 - Update

May 6, 1996 at Essex, Ct. Bruce Douglas collection.

A mix of what I am up to and photos or just information I thought I could share with you...here it is.

First off Otter Valley Railroad hobby shop in Tillsonburg, Ontario has mentioned they will be carrying Martin Welberg Studio scenery. This is a very nice product to use and I am looking forward to be able to acquire it locally. I normally have to get it at the January Springfield train show...George Dutka

I had purchased my pass and made a plan for  which layouts I would see while attending the Kitchener layout tour yesterday. The weather called for a cold day there with lots of rain and freezing rain later in the day. I did the tour last year in the rain and it was no fun...so I stayed home and took in some of my grandkids events and visited our local hobby shop that I have not been to since before Christmas.

Another cell phone photo from 2019. I played around with the phone settings back then to come up with this view of Don Janes layout.

I picked up this AK wash which is kind of a greenish tone at Broughdale's today. Will have to see what I can do with this shortly. I was at my grand daughter's Volleyball tournament yesterday which was very close by the hobby shop.

My FOS garage is getting done slowly. I get easily side tacked with other projects, but it should be done next week.

I picked up this old 40' gondola at Broughdale's for a few bucks. It is a Crown model from Hong Kong from years ago. I will turn it into a MEC pulpwood car similar to the one I purchased at Springfield this year. I will be modeling this one empty with the wooden flooring the MEC added showing. The flooring had large gaps between the floor boards so the waste can fall through.

All the couplers and trucks are removed and will be replaced. The ladder and grabs are scraped off. The stirrup's were missing which is OK as I would have cut them off.

I cut out the side to the floor using my hobby knife and razor saw. Now to file it down smooth. I got this far with the project in about an hour yesterday once I got home from the volleyball tournament. I guess I was a little motivated yesterday after canceling my trip to the Kitchener layout tour. Will see how today goes and my motivation continues.