I had a trip south to Annapolis teaching two boat building classes.
The first stop was on the way down at my friend Jim’s place in Ardmore, PA. Jim and I each had our Modified Emma 7/8th scale Forneys. I helped him with the project and made a few parts for him…he did a great job too. his is the grayer one with the swoopy roof and a deep whistle. I made the cars. he is planning a 7/8th scale Sandy River Caboose
Jerry lives just down the road from where I was teaching in Annapolis. I stopped by after class several times and we had great fun. I brought my 1:20 scale scratch built Maine Forney and a string of partially finished coaches. he ran his Accucraft 2-cylinder shay, Bumble Bee and Forney. he has a nicely detailed layout with a large new section with lots of possibilities.
On Saturday between classes, Jerry took me to his friend Dwight’s place half an hour away. Dwight has a large new layout for his big collection of “sparkies.” Dwight likes modern diesel standard gauge stuff … and his Big Boy! he didnt take any of his toys out but let us oil his tracks with our steamers. he also made a very nice barbeque dinner for us.
the classes also went well! We built kayaks from kits in a week. here the second class shows of the products of a weeks work. I had to saw apart the sectional kayak. it will bolt back together for use and fit inside his car for transport. I guess this is my other hobby!
