Yesterday was a day well spent. Jim, Oliver, Connor, and myself spent the day on the HOMES Hamilton layout tour. Although there were no S layouts to visit, there was some incredible modeling to view.
We started the day at the late Rich Chrysler's CNR Hagersville Sub HO layout. This is simply Canadian Prototype modeling at its best. Rich's son Geoff, along with a talented group of people consisting of the Ontario and Eastern modeler's and others, have spent countless hours in the past couple of months bringing the layout to a point that countless new scenes and details could be seen.
The rest of the layouts we stopped at happened to be narrow gauge O scale. Not that we had specifically planned it that way, it was just the modelers we wanted to visit. Among the interesting things we saw, was the use of RC helicopter servos, and Tam Valley electronics to through switches. This is worth some investigating.
I have to say the layouts we visited had excellent modeling, and every stop left us with more ideas. The modeling juices have been renewed and each of us went home planning our next modeling moves. Connor even got an invite to an operating session at a later date on Craig Webb's On3 Algoma River layout, I just hope Craig doesn't mind his Dad and Grandpa tagging along!
I almost forgot to mention that on the tour was a visit to the Mt. Albert Scale Lumber workshops. A fastinating tour, that included them showing us every operation to making an O scale 2x10. A new appreciation was gained to the work that goes into the incredible basswood scale lumber we have all come to love. A great stop on the tour.
Thanks to the HOMES club, and all the layout owners for putting together an enjoyable day, and letting us tour their pride and joys.
The S Scale Workshop is comprised of a small group of like-minded modellers - from Ontario, Quebec and Pennsylvania. We exhibit at a limited number of annual events, primarily in the Southern Ontario region.
Nov 4, 2012
Oct 22, 2012
More photos of the S Scale Workshop
I was going through my computer the other day and found a bunch of photos from S Scale Workshop events at the 2009 Toronto Christmas Train Show and 2010 Copetown Show. Here they are. Click on each for a larger view.
An under-contstruction beet loader on the module formerly owned by Chris Abbott - now owned by David Clubine:
The General Store and a logging truck accident on Pete Moffett's module:
A short freight extra - with a mogul and three hopper cars in beet service - passes the water tank on Pete Moffett's module:
This street on Jim Martin's Culverhouse Cannery module is a great spot for train-watching today:
The Culverhouse Cannery is an important customer on Jim Martin's module:
A short freight drifts through the S curve on the module once owned by Chris Abbott, now in David Clubine's possession. Every S scale module should have an S curve, right?
- Trevor
An under-contstruction beet loader on the module formerly owned by Chris Abbott - now owned by David Clubine:
The General Store and a logging truck accident on Pete Moffett's module:
A short freight extra - with a mogul and three hopper cars in beet service - passes the water tank on Pete Moffett's module:
This street on Jim Martin's Culverhouse Cannery module is a great spot for train-watching today:
The Culverhouse Cannery is an important customer on Jim Martin's module:
A short freight drifts through the S curve on the module once owned by Chris Abbott, now in David Clubine's possession. Every S scale module should have an S curve, right?
- Trevor
Aug 10, 2012
Jul 9, 2012
10 minutes for a Mogul
Several members of The S Scale Workshop have 2-6-0s built from exquisite kits designed by Workshop member Simon Parent. Simon has even built some of these for the group and they always delight the public at exhibitions.
CNR modellers and light steam enthusiasts are lucky that not every mogul met the scrapper’s torch. In fact, one of the most popular excursion locomotives in North America is a CN Mogul.
Number 89 delights railfans at the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania.
If you have 10 minutes, have a look at this well-shot video of 89 at work on the Strasburg line in May, 2010.
- Trevor
Jun 19, 2012
Planting a meadow
I'm adding basic scenery to my S scale home layout, based on the CNR branch to Port Rowan, Ontario. Here's a photo of progress around the turntable approach track in Port Rowan.
For more, read the Meadow Madness entry on my blog.
- Trevor
For more, read the Meadow Madness entry on my blog.
- Trevor
Jun 6, 2012
A turntable for Port Rowan
I've finished the turntable for Port Rowan on my home layout:
I followed the suggestion of fellow Workshop member Simon Parent and ordered an HO scale 90-foot turntable kit - with motor and motor mount - from Custom Model Railroads.
I kitbashed this into a 65-foot S scale turntable (a little longer than my prototype, but close enough) with girder sides spliced out of Central Valley Model Works HO scale bridge girders.
For more on the turntable build, follow this link to my layout blog.
Thanks to another fellow Workshop member - Chris Abbott - for help with final installation and levelling.
Next up, I will detail the pit with dirt and grass, built up the surrounding terrain, and lay the rails for the approach track.
- Trevor
May 7, 2012
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