Taken on the layout with iPad !

This is one of the buildings I built for the 4'x8' UP layout. It is a FOS Scale Ludlow building. I built it in 2009. I added a "made up" addition of a kitchen to the back of the building. I really like FOS Scale kits! Someday this will be moved to my future Erie layout!

This is my kit bashed model of the Goshen Erie Station (built 1867 and today is the village Police Station). I built it in 2007 and have since worked on it a little.  I used two Altas Maywood Stations and Grandt Line and Tichy parts with Northweastern slate singles. It has selective compression in its dimensions (a little shorter in length and width). In the 1950's it was brick that had been painted red! It its history it was painted white and gray at times. It nice that it endures even with the loss of the Erie mainline. 

The Station in the 1970's?

This January I have been working on a Erie Express Car (Class C-9) from Bethlehem Car Works. It was a nice kit, but there were problems with the roof not being long enough. I am going to try Milliput two part putty to fill in the ends to make it look as prototypical as I can. I will post finished photos later.

My big projects last winter were building some structures for Goshen, New York, to use on my future Erie Railroad layout. The first was the Conklin and Cumming Coal Elevator. I  modeled it based on the photos I could find (found more when I was done!). I also used some elements inspired from some FSM kits.

Here is a photo of the Coal Elevator behind the Trolley Office early in the 20th century.

In addition to my interest in the Erie (really my main interest in modeling) I am also fond of the DL&W and NYO&W. Here I built a Sparrow's Point Division DL&W wood Caboose. In the second photo are two other wood caboose kits for the Erie and NYO&W.

Along with the Erie Stillwells, I also built a Funaro anf Camerlengo Twin Tank Milk Car (Borden's). I have three more to build!