Altering HO Scale Trucks

Here are four different views of trucks all made from the same model. One is cut down to a pickup truck while two others are flat beds. They find their way into my HOn30" dioramas from time to time...George Dutka

A Look Across the Bridge

The conductor must be waving at me taking the photo as there is no one else around. The bridge is a Hunterline kit built at a hands-on WOD-NMRA clinic.

 An add-on diorama to my module. I took a group of photos of the caboose on it some time ago...George Dutka

Wordless Wednesday No. 140

SR&RL at Farmington, Maine

SR&RL at Farmington, Maine Sept. 2, 1933. The engine is number 18.

Another photograph I picked up from the George Melvin collection. This one is a postcard...George Dutka

Small Station Platform

The completed platform which has been stained with Hunterline creosote and dry brushed with Floquil grime.

I purchased an Atlantic Scale Modelers rural station kit which came with a really neat jig which made building the station platform really easy. I have set aside the jig for more platform builds...George Dutka

One begins with adding tape to the first jig to hold the deck boards in place. My chopper was put to work here.

This was really simple to do. I left a bit of a gap between boards.

The second jig is set in place which spaces the supports. There was not enough long pieces of lumber included so some piecing together was done were it would not show.

Roomettes Interiors

The jeweler store interior is made to fit into a DPM kit. I added two figures to the interior also.

Roomettes are a newer product which I purchased last year that really makes interiors look very realistic. The kits come with LED lighting...George Dutka

The second floor interior included lighting.

Narrow Gauge Cover-up

A narrow gauge car used as extra storage. Makes for a neat bit of modeling inspiration.

I took this photo in Portland, Maine in 2016 of a passenger car covered over possibly used as storage...George Dutka