My portable Little Current layout needs a way for everything to be stored securely. I have way more rolling stock than I would ever use in one session of switching and that’s a good thing. I there are lots of chances to add variety but it all has to go Continue Reading
I like to use my phone to take pictures while I am working on the layout. The phone is in my pocket and its easy. I like to be able to look back and see your progress as I build. It also lets me reference what I did later. I Continue Reading
Ballasting track is one of those scenery steps things that really helps make a model railway look complete. I always enjoy the finished results but it can be tedious and I need to hold off on some areas of the layout until I have constructed all of the structures I Continue Reading
Very happy to have picked up an original postcard of the Little Current swing bridge. Photo by Ed. Dreier, Copyright A.A. Gleason Jr., South Bay Mouth, Ontario. I used a lower quality digital copy I had at the time for the backdrop. If I could go back in time I Continue Reading
Little Current has some very specific signs that I need to make. I created a series of decals this from a photographs of full size highway signs, and applied them to scrap styrene that I painted. Hardest part was cutting out the sign shape. I’m not sure if these signs Continue Reading
The road surface is 120 grit belt sandpaper painted with Vallejo warm grey colours. The shoulders are sand that I painted the same. I’m weathering hwy 68 to match the backdrop photo this week with powders and matte acrylic clear coat. Lots more to add still. Its interesting trying to Continue Reading
Manitoulin turkeys were a prized specialty and will always be on my layout. These cars may be a stretch for my Little Current model railway timeline but they are fun to have around. I got a little sidetracked over Christmas while waiting for scenery to dry and testing a few Continue Reading
Painting the rocks along the tracks and hwy 68 near the swing bridge. Most of this will probably be covered in overgrowth but I’ll be looking at it as is for awhile so I wanted to do a good job here. I got hung up on getting the colours close Continue Reading
An Aerial view of Little Current, ON Published by A.A. Gleason Jr of South Bay Mouth. Photo by Ed. Dreier. Undated. This is a nearly perfect a photo of the Little Current yard that I’m using as reference to build my layout. In the lower left edge cars are visible Continue Reading
