John Olson had an article in the Gazette, Sept 1977, on building a small stone station in HO.  His article was the basis of a couple of kits.  This building is the Downtown Deco version.  I renamed the station for my small waterfront community, Sweet Haven.

I have added my video on Rock Casting and Coloring to my Youtube channel.  Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LJIn17s4ts

Patten Mines #1

Back in 1986, I build a large HO scale layout.  This mine was one part of that layout.

The mine itself is based on two mills in Arizona.  Board by board construction.

This mill survived a move from California to Alaska and then onto Idaho where we live now.

Here is a photo of the same mill here in Idaho, 33 years later.  A little worse for the wear but still looks good to me.

Hot Dog Stand

I have been building some of FOS Scale Models HO kits lately.  This one is a free kit they offered with minimum purchase.  It was designed as a Roast Beef stand but I preferred to make it a Hot Dog stand.