My fallen flag?

My fallen flag?

I’ve never written about WHY I chose to model the Quebec Gatineau Railway. Until now. Wayyy back in 2012/2013 when I was contemplating building a model railroad I was the Toronto sales guy for Canadian recycled paper manufacturer Cascades. Cascades owned the...
Model Local in 2020

Model Local in 2020

Eric Gagnon in his excellent Trackside Treasure blog suggested that 2020 was the year to Model & Railfan Local. He suggested that we do ‘a moustache’ and look at what’s right under our noses. That got me thinking for a couple of reasons. I run a...
Super-detailing a Walthers Plastic Kit

Super-detailing a Walthers Plastic Kit

My project for the holiday break was to build a Walters plastic kit as a movie prop that my film-student son wanted to use for a stop-action animation project. I figured this was a good chance to practise a few techniques. I had picked up a Walthers American Hardware...
20 Model Railroad Resolutions for 2020

20 Model Railroad Resolutions for 2020

New decade, new post… Three years ago in January 2017 (what the hell!!!) I presented my (clearly) overly optimistic list of ‘to-dos’. Since a bunch of time has passed, it seemed to be time (ya think?) to check back in and re-evaluate where I am now and where I...