Welcome, follow along with George Dutka's narrow gauge ramblings featuring his HOn30" Carrabassett and Quebec Ry. diorama's and the On30" Wiscasset and Quebec modules built jointly with Peter Mumby.
Saturday 31 December 2016
Winter In Strong, Maine
This is a photo I purchased a few years back...looks like a really cold day on the SR&RL with a good dose of snow...think those days are ahead of us this winter...I have a model of this station to build this winter...think I will leave the snow off...have a Happy New Year...George Dutka
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Friday 23 December 2016
Merry Christmas
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Railway Memorabilia Collection - Boothbay
Don and I did not have enough time to check out the sites of the old B&H Ry. during our visit to Maine and the NNGC this fall. |
B&SR Ry |
W&Q Ry. 1896 |
Sunday 18 December 2016
New Module for W&Q
This was our first work day last month. Cardboard bases and webbing was applied. |
By the end of our afternoon work session over at Peter's we had got both modules looking a lot better than they looked for the last year. |
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Saturday 3 December 2016
Changing the Roof Colour
A Bar Mills kit assembled and ready for use on my W&Q layout. I decided to re-colour the roofing. I originally coloured this roof using Floquil rust, tuscan red and signal red. |
I placed some tape around the edges to keep the sides clean. |
The roof is almost done. Some powders will be applied after a wash of India ink. |
Friday 2 December 2016
SR&RL Caboose at Boothbay
A good looking caboose, Sept 2016. This caboose is on loan from the MNG in Portland, Maine and was restored around 2007. |
At Boothbay Railway Village a restoration project was SR&RL Caboose No 551 which is on loan from MNG in Portland. No. 551 got all new siding and several structural wall members repaired, it also got a new rubber roof. The interior was refinished and painted based upon research and analysis of the existing layers of paint...George Dutka
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Saturday 19 November 2016
WW&F Boxcar Stencil
At the Boothbay Railway Village one of the structures is kind of a museum of Maine two foot memorabilia. One interesting artifacts I viewed was an original WW&F boxcar stencil...neat to see...George Dutka
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Monday 14 November 2016
3D Printing - Figures
A set of O scale station figures are 3D printed offerings. |
I picked up one of these O scale moose's. They are fragile so PLW had them packed well. |
Sunday 13 November 2016
Around in a circle
Saturday 12 November 2016
Maine Two Foot Railcars - Boothbay Railway Village
A short string of rail cars are under cover at Boothbay Railway Village, Sept. 2016. |
This car was built in Portland, Maine in 1916. |
The opposite side shows the rough condition of this car. |
SR&RL #133 was built by the MEC in 1912. |
This combine was built for the Franklin & Megantic Ry. in 1885. Still looks pretty good for her age. |
Thursday 10 November 2016
Boxcar Construction
Looks like this car is a five man job. Boy that is a lot of sawdust under the car. |
An overview of the car under construction located right on the layout's edge. |
A load of lumber is set in place to finish the project. |
Wednesday 9 November 2016
Sunday 6 November 2016
The Two Foot at Randolph, Maine
Another view of the yard layout. |
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Tuesday 25 October 2016
New Truck for the W&Q
I have done a bit of work to my Winn-Dixi bread truck that I posted about back in on January 5th of this year. I used a billboard advertisment that I colour copied to a size that would fit on the side of my truck. I then added the smaller logo to the doors. I think it looks a lot better now....George Dutka
Friday 21 October 2016
The Details
The milk cans are from Berkshire Valley as are many of the other details used in this scene. |
The screen door is a plastic offering, I believe from Grandt Line. I like modeling my doors as part way open as it seems to add more interest to the structure. |
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Monday 10 October 2016
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