Visiting Dave Lawler’s Ontario Southern Rwy.
A neatly assembled mock up (above left) of the Ontario Southern’s office was made be- fore construction started on the real model (above right). The mock up allows an oppor- tunity to see how the building will fit on the layout and any changes that might be de- sired can be worked into the final model before actual construction begins. The Weisman Oil Company facility in Deray Lake (below) was scratchbuilt. That’s another stone train from Parry Island running behind it. A work train (right) passes along the cliff overlooking Muskoka Wharf. Down below, the passenger steamer, SS Carol Marie, awaits passengers from Toronto on a Canadian National “boat train.”
time Dave passes by the scene, he deter- mines if something isn’t quite right about the new addition and marks his correction directly onto the temporary structure. Eventually the final version is scratchbuilt. In some cases the over- all building dimensions are changed to better fit the scene.
Building materials on the layout are often scrap materials from unexpected sources. Cereal boxes provide the cardboard basis for many of the build-
ing walls. Heavy duty aluminum foil pressed in a homemade former is used for corrugated roofing where needed. Even Hurricane Sandy provides di- mensional lumber salvaged from downed pear and hickory trees near Dave’s house. Each piece is rough cut on a band saw then meticulously sanded to final size on a lathe milling attachment using a sanding drum. Yes, Sandy did hit the Cleveland area. Dave had to clean up after four inches
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