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Mount Vernon Clinic is Monday, Oct 17, 7pm

Written by Alan Carter
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October 17th is the next Mount Vernon Clinic, starting at 7:00pm at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Street. Entry is through up the ramp through the rear door, off the parking lot, south side of the building.

The program this month will be to spend a few minutes finishing up last month’s focus on “what I did during Covid”, with short presentations by Don Jones and Dale Bearden, MMR. Then we will finish the evening with several “Mini Clinics”, including Rich Blake on a simple weathering method, Tom Buckingham on how to keep rails in gauge between power blocks, Dave Sherwood on passenger car wheels for Rivarossi and similar cars, and Dale Bearden, MMR on the new Blunami decoders which use cell phones as throttles.

Note: a no-host pre clinic get together for a bite to eat will be at Round Table Pizza, 115 East College Way at 5:00pm. Round Table pizza serves personal sized pizzas, appetizers, and salads.

Al Carter, Clinic Chair (temp!), contact: tabooma@msn.com

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This Saturday (Oct 8) morning’s Layout Tour Zoom is an outdoor railroad!

Written by Burr Stewart
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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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Cab Chatter Redux – North End Clinic is Thursday, October 6 at 7pm

Written by Lisa Murray
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Ever wonder what it would feel like if you had a party and no one showed up?

If you were at the September clinic you know what I mean. Apparently there was this thing called the Narrow Gauge Convention in Tacoma???

In all seriousness, for those of you who didn’t attend the convention you missed a good time. I am sure that many of you who did attend have lots to share about what you saw and what you learned at the various clinics that were held.

Since we didn’t have many attendees in September (I believe there were a total of five?), we are going try this again. We will have an open forum where members can share any model railroading projects done or rail-fanning trips taken in the months we haven’t seen each other.

The name of the clinic will be Cab Chatter Redux: What I Did This Summer/Early Fall: Model Railroading and Rail-fanning Fun.

(and, don’t worry, if people don’t show up this time, we’ll have another kind of clinic in November….maybe 😉)

If you have something you want to share (like photos) and need any technical help, feel free to contact me. See contact information below.

Here is the zoom meeting info:

Topic: October 4D North End Clinic
Time: Oct 6, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 859 3238 6113
Passcode: 844298

See you soon!

Lisa Murray, clinic chair
206-310-6778 (voice or text)
northseattle_organizer@4dpnr.com

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New Eastside Clinic

Written by Russ Segner
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Here is the link for Thursday evening, September 22 at 7PM. We will discuss a New Start of an Eastside Clinic and follow with a presentation on rebuilding a 1906 flatcar at DuPont.

Russ Segner is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: New Eastside Clinic
Time: Sep 22, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Eastside Clinic Restarting

Written by Russ Segner
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Aritcle & Photos By Russ Segner

I am convening the Eastside Clinic this Thursday, September 22 at 7PM. 

We will begin with a brief discussion on the logistics for future Eastside Clinics. A regular site for face-to-face meetings is not set, so we will ask for ideas. The location should be from Bellevue south to Kent reasonably close to I-405.

We will also discuss possible topics and presenters for upcoming sessions.

Please join me for this discussion. I envision that there will be two Zoom meetings a quarter and one face-to-face meeting each quarter.

For out main presentation I will share photos of the rebuild of a 1906 flat car at DuPont. This will include photos not shared before of how we measured, sourced materials and then reconstructed a replica of the 1906 car.

The link for the meeting will be published on Monday in the Grab Iron.

Russ Segner
russseg@gmail.com
206 200 2211

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Zoom Layout tour this Saturday – NP in Montana in 1956 in HO!

Written by Burr Stewart
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We resume our “Second Saturday” Zoom layout tours with a visit to Steve Rodie’s Northern Pacific HO layout. Steve’s large layout, located in Omaha, Nebraska, includes a 3% helper district for those articulated steam helper locos. As usual, the meeting will open at 9:30am PDT, with Steve’s presentation at 10:00am, followed by Q&A. Steve has built several great layouts, so his presentation will include insights and lessons learned from all of them, as well as a tour of the current layout. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:


Time: 10:00am PDT, Saturday, September 10

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Cab Chatter at the virtual North End Clinic on Thursday, September 1, at 7pm

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By Lisa Murray

As the end of summer approaches, it’s time to get back to the Seattle North End Clinic.

Many of you have expressed the desire to keep the clinic via Zoom as it allows many to be able to attend without needing to travel into Ballard at night, especially as the weather gets worse, and it gets dark early. So we are keeping it virtual.

We are going to have an open forum where members can share any model railroading projects done or rail-fanning trips taken in the months we haven’t seen each other. The name of the clinic will be Cab Chatter: What I Did This Summer: Model Railroading and Rail-fanning Fun.

Feel free to contact Lisa Murray if you have something you want to share (like photos) and need any technical help. See contact information below.

We understand that many of you may be attending the Narrow Gauge Convention in Tacoma on Thursday and may not be able to attend. However, if you need a break, feel free to join and share your summer fun in real-time.

Looking forward to seeing you all!! Here is the Zoom link information:

Topic: September 4dpnr Seattle North End Clinic
Time: Sep 1, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88191288309?pwd=QythYUVpaHJvSjFPZExyREtNbXRyZz09
Meeting ID: 881 9128 8309
Passcode: 716203

Lisa Murray, clinic chair
206-310-6778 (voice or text)
northseattle_organizer@4dpnr.com

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Mount Vernon Clinic

Written by Alan Carter
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By Alan Carter

Hey folks, it has been a long time – too long – since we’ve had any in person clinics. Covid really fouled things up, that’s for sure.

Well, it’s time to rectify that and get back to meeting in person. The first clinic of the year will be Monday, September 19, at 7:00 pm, at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Street (just south of the post office).

The even better news is that we have negotiated use of the large room at the senior center (the room where we’ve hosted those Saturday events in years past). This gives us plenty of room to spread out.

Our friends from our “sister clinic” over in Oak Harbor currently do not have a meeting space for their clinics, so we are hoping at least some of them can come and join us.

As in the past, please enter through the rear door, off the parking lot. The front door must remain locked. Please come as early as 6:30 to have time to socialize a bit and maybe help setting up chairs and tables.

Rather than having a featured clinician that evening, the plan is for you all to take part – we want to know what you have been up to since we last met a couple of years ago. Sort of a “what I did last summer” theme. Anything railroad related is OK – model or prototype.

Please bring examples of any models you’ve built – we want to see what you’ve done. Photos, too.
Anything you want to sell? Or give away? A table will be set up for just that purpose.

I will have the projector and laptop there (hopefully I can figure that out), so if you have photos to share, bring them on a thumb drive.

I also intend to ask for ideas on what sort of clinics might be of interest. And of course, I’m always in need of clinicians.

Be sure to email me at tabooma@msn.com if you have any questions/suggestions.

Al Carter, Temporary Clinic Chairperson

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42nd National Narrow Gauge Convention – less than 2 weeks away

Written by Robin Peel
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By Robin Peel

The 42nd National Narrow Gauge Convention is less than two weeks away! It will take place from September 1-4, over the Labor Day weekend, at the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma, WA. This is a national – international – convention being held in our backyard, sponsored by 4D, and it is NOT just for narrow gauge modelers – we will have 60 clinic sessions, many of which will appeal to standard gauge (and armchair) modelers, too!
https://www.seattlenngc.com/clinic-schedule

The star of the show will be the Hangman Creek Lumber Company modular layout, which will be operating adjacent to our registration desk. This outstanding On3 layout won “Best in Show” at our 2012 National Narrow Gauge Convention (in Bellevue, WA), and has been extensively refurbished since then. It is a great opportunity to view this layout one more time, along with three other great display layouts (two On30 and one HOn3). Details of each are on our website at:
https://www.seattlenngc.com/modular

Details on the Hangman Creek Lumber Company in On3
Amazing trestles on Hangman Creek Lumber Company in On3
The Palisades module, from the Arizona Division of the Mudhens, in HOn3

Standard registration for the full, Thursday – Sunday convention is $150, including a free spouse pass, but we are offering a special one-day rate for local modelers for $50 (available only on the day, at the registration desk) that will give access to all convention activities that day (clinics, contest viewing, vendor room, modular displays and 34 home layouts).

We are looking forward to seeing you in Tacoma in just a few days! Head to our website for full details.
https://www.seattlenngc.com/

info@seattlenngc.com

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For Sale: Model Railroad — with house

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By Russ Segner

4D member Ron Auletti is moving from his beautiful home in Sequim and giving up his beautifully-finished HO layout. The 2,900 sq ft home has a view of the Olympic Mountains, a spacious great room, a large daylight basement apartment, plus this 600 sq ft, museum-quality HO scale operating model railroad. Located in the Sequim, WA sunbelt, the home is available for a 2023 move-in. For layout details, see this link from the last SoundRails. If you are interested in acquiring this property and layout, email Ron.

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