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Looks Antique , fits the steam era . So my comment EXCELLENT!
Survey he did and his conclusion after a business fire is to ( after 42 years in business) sell out and close up shop , so i'm forced once again to find a new retailer! He then will become a ON30 modeler only. Atleast though i get a narrow gauge f...
I don't know... I guess you'll have to ask Kim Lehvonen.
Narrow tracks and trains are no more ! What a tragety . Will any one be buying their moulds to the lake of bays train cars? Thx for letting me know.
Hi Ian,
One other source of O-Scale Telegraph Poles is Narrow Tracks and Trains but you have to hurry, because they are closing...
Here's a 50's style concrete Highway Bridge in O-Scale from Lucky Irishman Discount Hobbies.
I'm having trouble picturing what you have in mind Ian. Do you have a picture you can post here?
Lynn
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- At 11:36pm on May 8, 2009,
Lynn Caron said…
- Lynn . Are Moffat models still made?
I believe Pete Moffett ened his business years ago, and as far as I know hasn't started it up again.
Lynn
- At 1:32pm on March 22, 2009,
Lynn Caron said…
- Hello plus 18 here snows a melting!
The weathers has been nice here too. Snows all gone for the most part but things are starting to warm up nicely
I'd like your opinion on Boulder Models plastic Critters cabs . I'm thinking of using them on a ON30 S-2 type engine conversion( kitbashing a HO Bachmann Baby Trainmaster) And two Bachmann 44 tonners .
I don't have any personal experience with Boulder's critter cabs but I have recieved a couple of his other resin kits. While I haven't assembled them yet they look very nice indeed with a detailed set of instuctions. The owner of Boulder, Dallas has been great to deal with too so from that standpoint I wouldn't hesitate buying any other product from him
Also i'd like your opinion on AMS ON30 box cars.
Again no personal experience but some reviews online are very favourable
I also just bought 2 #5 ON30 micro engineering switches, they look good , but they seem too long so my original idea of hand laying seems to be the way to go . I hand laid a #4 switch and it seems more acurate.
My new Farquharson module which is just completing the planning stage will have primarily curved swiches and wyes so it will be FastTracks twist ties and handlaying for all of them
I also found a great site for 1940's 1950's 1/48 scale logging trucks , expensive but well worth it! donmillsmodels.com Very early Mack trucks and pole type log trailers.
Only saw one picture of a logging truck on the site main page. It does look nice.
Any way let me know what you think , Ian
If you post this query also on the Q and A section maybe someone else can provide some insight as well
Cheers
Lynn
- At 12:18pm on February 9, 2009,
Lynn Caron said…
- Ok , i've been there 30 years ago.
I think this museum is a more recent addition. Its close to the east gate. Its all newly built log strcutures and equipment constructed just as they did when horses hauled logs out of the bush and down to the lakes.
Is the steam train still there? It was realy rusted when i was last
There is an old steam engine there not operational of course. Mayve that what yo are thinking of?
. I'd like to see the pics . When i was last up there we didn't stop as i was hauling lumber through the park from a mill at the east end of the park . I went canoeing at the camp 2 rivers ? Any way i went west on the lake by canoe and found an old settlement , water wheel, logging camp? I also canoed North T lake area of the park. And went by the GTry motel, i'd like to see pics of the motel. I seem to remember portaging on an old railway bed near there.
A couple of the day hiking trails off of Hwy 60 are partially along the route of the Ottawa Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. That's probably what you are thinking about.
There are too many photos to easily send as attachments . I'll send some this way and see what else I can come up with for the bulk of the them.
Lynn
- At 10:39am on February 9, 2009,
Lynn Caron said…
- Well actually the weather is unseasonably warm right now. 7+ deg C yesterday and sunny skies. But supposed to get alot of rain over the next couple of days. However I don't think spring is here just yet :o) We will surely pay the price.
You mean how to to do the icicles? You want these to look really slender and sharply pointed. Here's an idea. Take a strip of wood/plastic that will later become part of your building and drill tiny holes all along it, putting very straight fine gauge silver coloured wire into the holes. Then hang this up and build the cicles slowly over time with a clear resin, polyurethane or gloss medium so they form in much the same way as real thing and thin out as they drip down. You could try dipping or apply large drops with a toothpick that would drip down the wire hopefully forming in nice long points. Might even be better actually turning this upside down and let the drops flow toward the top. Just the right combination of surface tension, viscosity, curing/drying time and gravity would work but you would need to experiment a little.
Scultamold for the snow? I'm pretty sure I've seen it around here actually. I've never used it myself. I think of it as a standard arts and crafts material. Funny that you can't find it.
You are into logging . . right? Ever visited the logging museum in Algonquin Park? Lots of nice exhibits there of the equipment they used to log in the winter months if you are into winter modelling. I can send you some pictures I took there if it would help.
Lynn
- At 12:22pm on January 1, 2009,
Don Hamilton said…
- Ian,
The ore cars are mostly assembled from home made urethane castings. The master model is a scratch built "couldabeen" NG version of a 1900ish CPR car. I built 5 of them and have decided I can do better and probably will some day.
Don Hamilton
- At 12:01pm on December 31, 2008,
Lynn Caron said…
- Hi ian,
>Interesting map . When i lived in Ontario i canoed alot of >Algonquin and saw alot of the Grand Trunk motel .
We have a cottage not far from Algonquin Park and like to use the day trails all long Hwy 60. Is the Grand Trunk motel you are referring to Highland Inn located beside the OA&PS line? One of the these trails follows the old OA&PS r.o.w. and you can see the site from a short distance . . .not much there now.
>My interests are in Narrow gauge logging and 2 rail o scale. >In Herbert last night we received another 4 inch's of the >white stuff! We live right beside the CPR main line. I grew up >next to the CNR and still model it today. Yes i grew up in >Ontario , Limehouse to be exact.
Ah . . not far from me now here in the north end of Brampton. Other members of our group hail from various locations around the Toronto Area. We are associated with a larger "narrow minded" bunch from an even broader area. The Narrow Gauge Madness Group organize a NG show each spring in Schomberg ON.
Lynn
- At 1:09pm on December 28, 2008,
Lynn Caron said…
- Hi Ian . . . Welcome to the UC&A. Tell us what you are up to.
Lynn
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