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Yeah, know what you mean. Free time is real scarce. Would love to learn this technique and see your layout. Doc Tom

Nice. Very clever hinge construction there. That can be such a challenge to have good sturdy hinges that actually work. I had all kinds of problems in "O" scale. You pulled it off beautifully in HO. Good work. Doc Tom

Got the water...now we need the fire to = STEAM. So the boys worked all day cutting and stacking and loading firewood. Even these little Porter steamers require a lot of care and feeding. Fortunately, there is a lot of wood around to keep everything moving. Thanks for looking in. Doc Tom

Good to see the bridge in action again. Good job on the engine house too. Doc Tom

LOOKING for some "railroad historical advice." Here is the backside of the new water tank. Note the black pipe that will pump water up into the tank. I was wondering how they did it in 1910 when electricity was pretty young and not likely to be found out in "the backwoods." So not likely to...

Thanks Bill and Gandolf. Lichen is still a pretty neat material to work with . During spare moments I have been able to construct this "backwoods" water tank to slake the thirst of the hard working logging lokies on the mini layout. It is Banta kit that was a lot of fun to build. Thanks...

Hi. Bill is not dead" R.I.P. Bill Nelson". He continues to make beautiful models and his HO logging empire continues to grow. Doc Tom

This week I wanted to break up the grays and browns of the winter trees. To do that, I planted cedar trees as second growth forest in logged over areas. I got these trees from China off of eBay. They were priced at $5.67 for 10. I got them delivered in one week and was amazed at the good...

I have been slowly planting trees on the mini layout. To have a little fun I have been running trains too. Thought I would do these B&W's depicting the arrival in 1910 of a "modern" Stearns Heisler facing off with the "old bull" the 1890's vertical boiler Class A Climax. Times are a...

Good to see that bridge again. Nice rehab job Bill. Sorry about all the frozen pipes out at your lake house. Tom

I added some custom decals and the beginnings of a firewood load to give the Class A Climax a little more character. Next to come will be some" warm weathering" to help pop out the details on this basic black engine. Thank you for looking.Doc Tom

Bull O'Woods, the vertical boiler Class A Climax, is completed and awaiting decals and weathering. So it was back to making winter trees. Years go I had read about making trees by securing the branch structures to the armatures using ACC glue and spraying on an "accelerator" which instantly...

The restoration work is beautiful!!!! Tom

Bitter cold has made modelling difficult. Have to warm my RR "shed" out in the backyard for 1-2 hours before starting on projects. My paint brush rinse bottle was frozen solid. Tom

Nifty early Shay there Bill. Love all the exposed plumbing. The top hat on the engineer is also way cool.:Drinks: Tom

It is cold and snowy outside. A great time to get in the engine house, fire up the stove and light the kerosene lamps and warm up. Time to shoot the bull and plan for a little work when a thaw sets in. Doc Tom

I managed to complete the vertical boiler class A Climax. I researched the likely color of this locomotive in 1910. From what I could read it was primarily painted black. I elected to paint mine as a flat black beast. The Tsunami 2 steam decoder I got for Christmas worked after all that...

Hey Bill. I got the decoder in this afternoon and hooked it up correctly. Sound is incredible and the whistle nearly blew me out of the train shed. It is running well, very slowly and smoothly. When the model is complete I will work on the CV's to customize the sound and turn down that whistle! Tom

I have always enjoyed the early steam logging equipment. The primitive prototypes of things to come in moving the logs. Since my layout is set in 1910 I thought I could bring to life one of these beasts: The early Class A Climax with a vertical boiler. Railway Recollections makes this nifty...

Bill. Good to see those old flat cars getting some use. Nice