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Arrowhead was 31 miles south of Revelstoke im the BC interior, at the north end of the Arrow Lakes (part of the Columbia River). S.S. Minto was a CPR sternwheeler that served communities up and down the Lakes. At Arrowhead it connected with a daily mixed train to Revelstoke, where passengers connected to the transcontinental main line trains.Unfortunately, all this is under water today, since the Columbia River was dammed further south in the 1950s. .
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Mark Dance Regular poster 240 posts
Mark Dance

Just Beautiful Brian...congratulations!

A perfect addition to the rest of the fantastic KMR and CPR.

md

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Ken Kaef Regular poster 172 posts
Ken Kaef

Great Photo

Thanks for posting. Beautiful scene. Great modeling.

 

Ken 

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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

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Very, very nice modeling. Not so keen on the PS work but the modeling is fantastic.

Alan

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Tim Schwartz tschwartz Super User 279 posts
Tim Schwartz tschwartz

Great scene

That's a nicely detailed scene. Well done.

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Brent Ciccone Brentglen MRH Author 985 posts
Brent Ciccone Brentglen

Great Work

Brian,

Great work as always.

I am building a similar scene on my layout, roughly based on Arrowhead, but mine will be circa 1929. Hope it turns out half as nice as yours.

How long, in actual inches, did the Minto turn out to be? I would like to build a model but don't have space for one!

 

Brent

Calgary

Brent Ciccone

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jlrc47 Regular poster 401 posts
jlrc47

I really like the water you

I really like the water you did. Looks real not a piece of glass laying on wood.

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IrishRover Prolific poster 1,660 posts
IrishRover

WOW!!!

That is utterly amazing--love it!
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Dave K skiloff Prolific poster 4,031 posts
Dave K skiloff

Love it!

One of my favourite areas.  Hope to see more!

Dave
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bpate New member 7 posts
bpate

S.S. Minto

Hi Brent

Thanks for your comments and everyone else's.

The model of the Mnto is 26 inches long, which is full size in HO.. You might be able to selectively compress by about one third without losing the essential character of the vessel. Plans for her sister ship (the S.S. Moyie) used to be available from the town museum in Nakusp BC. The Moyie has been preserved at Kaslo, so photographing her details (which are mostly similar to those of the Minto) is possible. There are photos of the Minto in several books on the BC interior. I can post more photos of the model if you are interested.

Regards,

Brian Pate.
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bpate New member 7 posts
bpate

S.S. Minto

Hi Brent (and anyone else).

There's a rather nice little film by the NFB on the last run of the S.S. Minto. You get at it by Googling on "S.S. Minto". It turns up some photos too.

Regards,

Brian Pate
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Brent Ciccone Brentglen MRH Author 985 posts
Brent Ciccone Brentglen

S.S. Minto

Thanks Brian,

I have those plans for the Moyie, picked them up several years ago but never worked out how large it would be in HO scale!

I would have to build an extension on to the layout to fit the Minto in next to my barge. I am tempted to get the kit by Interaction Hobbies for the CR Lamb, its a little more modest in size. But I have lots of projects on the go, am building a Kettle Valley passenger set as per Gib Kennedy in the 1959 MR article. That is going to take some time to complete. even though I am cheating and using some La Belle and Bethlehem Car works kits as a starting point. Plus I have a bunch of your car kits that I need to put together! 

 

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Brent

Calgary

Brent Ciccone

Calgary
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Rene Gourley renegourley Prolific poster 1,071 posts
Rene Gourley renegourley

Very nice, Brian!

As always!

Rene Gourley
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wp8thsub MRH Author 3,348 posts
wp8thsub

Great Scene

Nice work Brian!

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