Frary’s Furniture (O-Scale – kit)

Here is another beautiful kit inspired by Troels Kirk. The small footprint packs a big punch … 4.75″ x 5.75″. Siding is clapboard with cedar shakes for the peaked roof sections. Laser cut random roofing shakes and freight doors. Custom designed furniture just for the kit is included … 2 hutches, cafe dining set and chairs. This is another unique kit that has more than one use on your railroad.

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Only $59.99 plus $11 shipping.

Brooklyn Kit (3 HO buildings)

Full Steam Ahead is not my day job … it is my late, late night job : ). During the day I am Head of Special Education at the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute. (I”m the old looking guy on the left) My position is varied and I deal with all levels of students from the Developmentally Delayed to the Gifted. I am also responsible for students with Learning Disabilities and I run a Resource Room to help with any and all students struggling or in need of educataional accommodations. One very special student that I have come to know over the last 3 years is Brooklyn Marx. Brooklyn Marx is this months’ Model of the Month.

Brooklyn academically is a high achieving grade 11 student with a 90+ average in University level courses (these are Math, Science and English credits earned to apply to University studies). What makes Brooklyn so unique is that she was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA is a neuromuscular disease that progressively causes weakness in her muscles. Brooklyn undertakes physical therapy and respiratory therapy at home and school everyday because of SMA. She also is involved with Occupational Therapy to help her with her daily living and challenges at school. Brooklyn gets around in her power wheelchair … she has never walked. Whenever Brooklyn is away I have a panic attack because she is very prone and susceptible to respiratory problems. This past winter she missed a month of school because of a collapsed lung and complications. Never once have I heard Brooklyn complain.

While Brooklyn does have many tools and equipment at her disposal we have never found a computer or device that she can personally handle, manoeuvre or operate … until now. We have trialed the new Ipad and found that because of its’ size and less than 1.5 pound weight Brooklyn can personally and without assistance operate it. My school and budget could buy the Ipad but in the end it would not be Brooklyn’s.

Why the Ipad?

Brooklyn has recently started a blog entitled – forthewhitecrayons.blogspot.com Brookly often feels like a white crayon. Remember using your crayons? How often did you get out your white crayon and use it on your white paper? It was invisible and because of her SMA and confinement to a wheel chair she often feels invisible. She would use the Ipad to write up her blogs.

Remember your first summer job? Owen Sound is a small remotely located city and finding summer employment for a summer student in a wheelchair is difficult at best. Brooklyn has a great idea to start up her own business that is linked to disabilities. Brooklyn would review the accessibility of a business for people with a disability, write a review with recommendations and publish them to her website. Businesses would pay for advertising and have a direct link on the website to their business. Each week would have a theme such as: family restaurants, hair salons, banks, grocery stores, etc. Brooklyn wants to work and this is an opportunity that is flexible, unique and she has a personal commitment and passion for this cause. On a personal note my wife’s grandmother has recently suffered a stroke and is confined to a wheelchair. We are finding that everytime we plan an outing we have to call and ask questions about accessibility and a website like Brooklyn’s would benefit not only our physcially disabled population but also our aging population. She would use the Ipad for her business enterprise. NOTE: Brooklyn has applied to several jobs and continue with her business plan even if she finds some summer work.

Brooklyn would also like to write a freelance column in our local newspaper and other close by municipalities about her life, disability and business. She would use the Ipad for her column.

What can I do? What can you do? Below is a list of all the things you can do!

1. Full Steam Ahead is going to make a limited quantity (40) of the 3 buildings (pictured below … there maybe slight modifications such as roofing and castings in design) in HO scale that you can purchase. The cost of the fundraiser kit will be $32. $25 dollars will go directly to the purchase of the Ipad and a few accessories. $7will pay for postage & Paypal fees … Full Steam Ahead is covering all of the material costs and laser cutting for Brooklyn. Payment can be direct through a money order, chequre or Paypal. The kit will be available for shipment by mid June. Please email me if you would like a kit and are sending payment so that I can track the 40 kits joe@fullsteamahead.ca

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SHIPPING WILL BE MID JUNE

THIS KIT SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN A WEEK BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP! THANK YOU FROM BROOKLYN AND JOE.
Thank-you,

Brooklyn and Joe

Blue Ridge Coal Company

The Blue Ridge Coal Company is a new HO Scale limited edition craftsman/laser kit. This is a very special kit and because of that this limited run will be 200 kits. The tipple is based on a prototype in New York State that would have seen its hayday at the turn of the century. Photos taken in the 1970s show a weathered and dilapidated structure. The Blue Ridge Coal Company can really be set in any era on any layout and be a focal point for your railroad.

I first saw the wooden coal tipple at an NMRA event in Woodstock, Ontario. It was built by Les Kauffeldt and I knew it was a winner when I first saw it across the contest room. Les won that competition and now you have the potential to build an award winning diorama with the Blue Ridge Coal Company.

This kit will allow you to take your modelling to a new level with brand new building jigs and techniques. This complicated looking kit goes together with such simplicity you will be amazed at your results.

The kit contains the following materials:
- 33 pages of detailed, step – by – step instructions (3 full colour pages reference photo graphs)
- custom designed signage
- detailed Weathering Tips & Techniques page

COAL TIPPLE (Dimensions 7″ x 2.5″)
- random scribed wood siding on the coal tipple
- corrugated metal roofing
- 49 highly detailed metal castings
- laser cut cardboard jigs to construct straight and square timber frame bents for your coal tipple
- laser cut coal bottom with laser cut timbers
- cardboard jigs to erect your tipple, keep it straight and glue your tipple together so that you don’t need 3 or 4 hands.
- templates to construct; x-bracing, and several loading docks
- coal elevator with in-ground coal pit
- coal chutes with handles
- laser etched coal plates and sliders
- stairwell and walkway jigs to construct the stairs

Weigh Scale Office (Dimensions 4″ x 5″)
- Random Clapboard Siding
- 2 tier resin foundation
- laser etched roof guidelines
- detailed metal roof castings
- laser cut rolled roofing
- detailed in-ground weigh scale
- highly detailed plastic window and door castings
- template to construct a loading dock
- laser cut window glazing

OTHER DETAILS:
- lots of stripwood to brace and complete your diorama
- a bag of coal to complete your diorama
- small tool shed that tucks under the coal tipple by the coal elevator and pit
- Vehicles are not included

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The North American Bent Chair Company

At one time the original North American Bent Chair Company was located in the busy port of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. The Chair Company boasted that at one time it was the largest chair manufacturer in the entire British Dominion. I compressed the kit down to 14 inches from a scale 4 feet! You have the option to add as many 3 panel sections if you want a longer background kit. (Contact me if you would like to purchase extra panels for your background kit). Each 3 panel section measures 7 inches in length and comes with all the windows, back and roof panels.

NOTE: I have made several changes based on modeler’s requests and to stream line your purchases. I orginally only offered this kit as a background kit but found 2 interesting trends emerge:
1. About half of the modelers who have purchasd the kit have wanted to create a full kit that was not a background kit but a kit that was fully etched and detailed on all 4 sides.
2. Modelers that wanted the kit as a background kit have been confused by the button to add more panels and therefore I removed that button. If you would like to stretch out your background kit please contact me for and we can discuss how many extra panels you would like and what the small additional cost would be.

Be sure to read the descriptions below and choose your ordering options carefully. You have 2 choices; Background Kit $60 or Full Kit $99
For the very few modelers who purchased the background kit at $99 please contact me and I will credit your the difference.

The North American Bent Chair Company as an HO – Scale BACKGROUND KIT The walls are laser etched brick. Also included are laser cut adjustable windows, doors, skylights, hinges, window sills, a brick sign and cornerstone trim. Loading docks & stairs are highly detailed resin castings. Metal roof vents, trash cans, barrels and pallets are also included. There are 8 bent chairs that top this kit off! The footprint of the kit is 14 inches long, 2.5 inches wide and 5 inches tall. This background kit and full kit are limited to only 100 kits combined andhis kit is limited to only 100 kits and can be purchased for only $60 plus $11 shipping in North America. Figures and Vehicles are not included.

The North American Bent Chair Company as an HO – Scale 4 SIDED FULLY DETAILED BUILDING KIT The walls are laser etched brick. Also included are laser cut adjustable windows, doors, skylights, hinges, window sills, a brick sign and cornerstone trim. Loading docks & stairs are highly detailed resin castings. Metal roof vents, trash cans, barrels and pallets are also included. There are 8 bent chairs that top this kit off! The footprint of the kit is 14 inches long, 5 inches wide and 5 inches tall. This full kit and background kit are limited to only 100 kits combined and can be purchased for only $99 plus $11 shipping in North America. Figures and Vehicles are not included.

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