May 2026 Update

I seem to get others leftovers which they want to see me do something with. This is a group my friend Gary gave me last week...leftovers from a train estate he is dealing with. Will see what happens with some of it. Right now they made it as far as the garage.

My modeling is at a standstill for now. On Tuesday I was at old timer basketball and got a hard pass off the tip of my finger which broke it. So in a splint which is on my strong hand making tasks a chore. This was a day my friend Luc Sabourin from Sarnia was to come by to check out the layout at 1pm. I was in the hospital at that time but we were able to connect at 4pm for the visit. It gave Luc sometime to railfan in London. His trip to and from Sarnia as it turned out was more fruitful following the CN tracks than my trips.

It was passed along from my friend Andy Greenlees via Clare Gilbert that Rick Hunter of Hunterline stains and kits passed on Monday. If you like his stains as much as I it might be good to stock up as who knows if the line will continue. Rick was a great guy, I had met him many times as he took our WOD-NMRA group through building his kits a number of times over the years. He made the build fun to do. I also learned a lot from him back then.

Don and I are attending the RPM meet at the end of the month in Springfield, Ma. So posts might be thin around that time...will see how it goes maybe we will be posting about the meet while there...all for now...George Dutka

This is one of the leftovers in the garage. I think it is a version of the ITLA tower. It seems more narrow than the one I built in the past.

This is the track plan of Luc Sabourin's new layout which is being built. The plan is 8' x16" modern day Northern Maine proto-freelance of his Brownville & Ashland Rwy. Interesting to hear about someone modeling the era of  what we see today. Not many modelers are that current.

I will be displaying at the Show this weekend.

This structure is off Peter Mumby's On30" module that I now have. We built our structures together. I thought I would take if further by adding some weathering to it, newer details and a new platform out front and some extra signage. I will have it at the narrow gauge show. More on it will be on my narrow gauge blog.

Thought this poster was interesting. It was at the Brattleboro, Vt. station art gallery on my way home earlier this month.