The Hudson Bay Railway in HO Scale

I have added a page for kits and models for sale that I would like to send to a new home.  It will be updated as things are sold and I find new treasures that become surplus to my needs.  You can find the kits for sale page link at the top of the page under the title block.  

Mike Barone's excellent modelling.  Most interesting to me is the first CN diesel switcher in the background.  Can't wait to see it in finished form. This past weekend (May 26 to 28) we had the latest edition of the Railway Modellers Meet of BC at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.  The event was well attended with roughly 100 people in attendance over the 3 days.   Events included a prototype tour of the new G3 grain facility in North Vancouver, Operating Sessions, Layout Tours and two days of clinics, displays and camaraderie.  We also had a very interesting Keynote  address by Tony Thompson to kick things off.  Overall it was a very successful return to an in person event.  By all accounts it was very well received by attendees. I was the clinic coordinator for this year's edition and spent much of the meet running around trying to ensure that the clinic program ran smoothly with minimal hiccups.  Thanks to assistance by Mike and Lar...

Schist Lake Models  has started producing a variety of laser cut buildings in HO scale.  I have purchased several of these kits and finally got underway with them.  Thus far I have built a CN hose house, CN 1924 1 door freight shed and CN portable freight shed.  I've got the CN portable station and CN portable bunkhouse underway as well.  In addition I have several CN speeder 1 door sheds, a 4 door speeder shed, a small portable station, small tool house, and a small freight shed as well yet to be built.   The kits are a combination of laser cut wood and paper with nice board and shingle detail.  Everything assembles nicely with minimal hassle.  I painted the 1 door freight shed and portable freight shed in CN's white and black scheme with blue doors.  The portable station is painted in the earlier red brown with cream trim.  I'm planning to paint the portable bunkhouse in the cream/white with green trim scheme.  I have yet to ...