Chicago O Scale March Meet

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow and Sunday we will be at the Annual O Scale meet in Lombard Illinois at the Westin Hotel.  You can get all the meet info at the following url.  <meetinfo@aol.com>  We had planned to have our switching layout there again this year, but alas, last minute transportation issues have forces us to leave it home.  Really last second.  We were almost on the road.  OH well.  Stuff happens.  We will be there, so if you are in the area, drop by and say hi.

Dave & Thom

Wright's general repair build by Jim Gore

As usual Jim Does a great job of taking a former “Freebie” (its now part of the “More wood” disk) and making it something special. The interior is a great example of Jims halmark story telling.

He added lumber framing and some great castings. The attention to detail like the wood shavings on the floor and the sharp clean build are typical of Jim’s work.

Our NEW all paper demo layout

Not to drift too far from the kit world but I want to show a bit of our new demo layout which will feature a  Mining and sea port theme.

heres the first pass at roughing out the scenery in foam.

I’m doing a build thread over at MRR forums but don’t look for too aggressive updates. I have a lot of other stuff needs doing.

The immediate future, continued

I just released the O and HO burgerstand to my brother for testing.  “Greezy Gus’s” should be available shortly.

The Union Hotel will follow soon after that.   I’m leaving the odd window arrangement as it is. That’s how the original drawings show it and I’m going with that.

That will likely be followed by “Zelmers general produce”.  A nice sized wood warehouse with lift tower, cupolas  and nice graphics. Specially designed for Lynn Zelmer our sugar cane plantation friend from down under.