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Burr will be giving the layout tour today (Sat, Oct 14, 10:00am), on the creation of his HO scale “Burrlington Northern” model railroad. Here is the Zoom link to attend:
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Join us on Saturday, Oct 14, at 10:00am for the next 4dPNR Zoom Layout Tour. Burr Stewart will give an overview of how and why he designed and built his 800 sq.ft. basement HO/HOn3 layout, based on the 1973 BN, MILW and UP in the Seattle region, including prototype research and how it translated to model form. Progress photos as well as finished scenes and operations scenarios, will be included in his slide show. Lee Marsh will host the event, and here is the Zoom link to join the event:
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The November Second Saturday Zoom is cancelled, so that many of us may have a chance to attend the Boeing Swap meet that weekend (Nov. 11-12).
Our first 4D PNR layout tour of the fall will be by Mike Davis, a Santa Fe modeler who is building a layout featuring Cajon Pass in California. Mike’s layout tour will be on September 9th at 10am via Zoom. This should be a great session as we feature a fabulous layout by someone who brings excellent modeling to the table. His layout features San Bernadino to Summit in 1950 and includes many prototypical structures, such as a 28-stall roundhouse, icing dock built from ATSF plans, the San Bernadino station, and many of the structures at Summit. This layout is under construction, so you will also see how Mike is building the pike in his 56’x12’ and 50’x13’ adjoining attic spaces. Don’t miss this one!
The Zoom info to join the meeting is shown below. We will open the meeting at 9:30am and the presentation will start at 10am.
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If you’re new to the NMRA, or haven’t heard of our “Second Saturday” Zoom meetings, you can watch past presentations on our YouTube channel. And if you have a layout you’d like to show off in this way, let us know and we’ll get you scheduled for a Second Saturday.
April’s “Second Saturday” Zoom will feature Bill Adkins, from Bend OR, giving a talk and slide show about the layouts of the late, great, Brian Ellerby. Bill was a friend of Brian’s and has some interesting slides to share with us. As usual, the meeting will open at 9:30am and the program will start at 10:00 am PDT. Hope to see you there!
The Zoom info to join the meeting is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09
Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577
Join us on Saturday morning, March 11, for a look at how you might use aluminum instead of wood for some or all of your benchwork needs. An astute panel of model railroad “users” of aluminum will briefly share their research and experiences with various products and layout situations, with time at the end to answer any questions you may have. One of the panelists, Magnus Christerson, will share the quantitative results of some recent shop experiments he conducted on supporting model railroad benchwork. The other panelists are Dave Kreitler, Mort Grosser, Burr Stewart and Jim Betz, all of whom have recent experience using aluminum extrusions for benchwork. The panel will be facilitated by Lee Marsh, a confirmed but reasonably open-minded wood benchwork practitioner.
As usual, this “Second Saturday” Zoom meeting will open at 9:30 for chit-chat, with the program starting at 10:00am PST. The Zoom info to join the meeting is:
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Incidentally, this imaginative program was the brainchild of some illuminating conversations that took place at last year’s PNR convention in Eugene. You never know what will happen when you attend a regional convention with a few hundred other fellow modelers! This year’s convention will be in downtown Tacoma, May 10-14, called the “Prairie Line Experience”, and if you haven’t already registered to attend, please consider doing so now, at the convention’s website https://PNRTacoma2023.org . In addition to the on-site clinics, contest room, ice cream social, banquet, and aforementioned illuminating conversations, there will also be layout tours all over the region and the opportunity to attend operating sessions on some of the area’s finest model railroads. Don’t miss it!
Jon is a well-known narrow-gauge modeler and you won’t want to miss his presentation live this Saturday morning February 11 at 10:00am PST. As usual the Zoom-only meeting will open at 9:30 and his presentation will start at 10:00. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:
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The Olympia Model Railroad Society is a gem in our midst! This Saturday’s Zoom layout tour will feature a tour of the track plan and its key features, as well as how they use JMRI for signalling and ops, and many other interesting tips. Don’t miss it! You may even want to become a member!! 🙂
As usual, the meeting will open at 9:30 for chit-chat (and possibly some preview videos) and at 10:00 The presentation will start, followed by Q&A. The zoom info is as follows:
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Join us at 10am PST on Saturday, January 14 for a video presentation on the Olympia Model Railroad Society (OMRS) HO scale model railroad layout, presented by its club president Scott Nelson. This HO layout features great scenery, working signals, JMRI operations and many other features you may be interested in. As usual, the meeting will open at 9:30 for chit-chat (and possibly some preview videos) and at 10:00 Scott will start his presentation, followed by Q&A. The zoom info is as follows:
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This month’s “Second Saturday” Zoom Layout Tour will feature a slide show by Tom O’Hara, of Bellingham, describing the process of building his last (HO) layout(s) and all the lessons learned. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:
Topic: 4dPNR Layout Tour Second Saturdays
Time: 10:00am PST, December 10, 2022
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A well known modeler from the Olympic Peninsula, Mark Howe will take us on a grand tour of his large scale outdoor railroad, with some indoor branches, as well as some interesting animations that he’s constructed using inexpensive parts and methods, applicable to any scale model railroading. Don’t miss it!
As usual, the Zoom meeting will open at 9:30 and the presentation will start at 10:00am, PDT. To join, use this Zoom info:
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