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Eastside Virtual Clinic will be held on THURSDAY, February 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM (lobby opens at 6:45 PM ) PDT

Our next Eastside Clinic will be held virtually on ZOOM next Thursday, February 18, starting at 7:00 PM with our virtual lobby opening at 6:45 PM. I would like to extend an invitation to all the 4^th Division to virtually attend next Thursday.  So be sure and save the date for the February Eastside Clinic next Thursday, February 18 at 6:45 PM!  The log in info for the clinic is below.   

The Eastside Virtual Clinic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Eastside Virtual Clinic: February 2021
Time: Feb 18, 2021 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join the Zoom Meeting at:
https://zoom.us/j/99015910898?pwd=YWc1UWk5TEwxcGRsaGJnYTRUcUJEZz09
Meeting ID: 990 1591 0898
Passcode: 334870

Our Clinic this month is titled “Kitbashing Locomotives for Realism and Operations”.  Rich Blake, our clinician this month, will describe some of his techniques for modifying and detailing some of his locomotives to enhance their appearance as well as better operation.  Disassembling and modifying a new locomotive can sometimes seem like a daunting task.  However, if you want to emulate a specific prototype or super detail for an NMRA AP, then this challenge can be one of the more interesting and rewarding parts of your modeling.  Rich is the clinic chair for the Skagit Valley and Whidbey NMRA Clinic.  He is also part of the Pacific Northwest On30 Modular Group and models logging and short line themed modules based on narrow gauge prototypes in the southwest corner of Washington such as the Bay Lumber Company and the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Railroad. 

After the Clinic, we will have some time for other folks to show off their latest model work in our “Show and Brag” segment. 

Alex Brikoff, 02/15/2021    

Join us for two layout tours on Saturday, Feb 13. Di Voss will give us a briefing on the Everett & Monte Cristo RR, showing the prototype, his HO layout of it, and his more recent virtual layout of it on TrainZ. Then, Steven Shores will show us video and photos of his HO layout in Puyallup. As usual, we open the meeting about 9:30 for socializing, and the presentations start at 10:00 and 10:45, respectively. The Zoom info is:

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Meeting ID: 840 8891 6319
Passcode: 705559

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Rich Thom will be presenting our February clinic on the use of rubber rocks (not molds) which is very different that traditional scenery methods. (This is a re-do from last month where we needed to cancel due to wind storm induced power outages on wonderful Whidbey Island) 

Original post here with more description:

ZOOM LINK BELOW:

4dpnrOrganizer SkagitValleyWhidbey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: NMRA PNR 4D Whidbey Clinic

Time: Feb 10, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/94937323423?pwd=OUZTSVZnb3RxdU4vQTdkS1dnaGVvZz09

Meeting ID: 949 3732 3423

Passcode: 860260

Meeting will be open around 6:30PM for chit chat before the presentation. See you there!

The North Seattle / North End NMRA clinic for the 4th division is back in business, folks. Thanks to all of you who sent the nice notes when I needed to cancel last month.

I am happy to report that Greg Price has graciously volunteered to present a clinic on Foam Core Building Mock-ups this month.

Please join us at 7pm via a Zoom meeting, the information for which is below. As always, we will open up the doors a little before 7pm so we can start on time.

Also, if time permits, we will open the floor up for those of you want to share what modeling or railroad activities that you have been doing recently. That includes any recent purchases or gifts that you’d like your fellow modelers to drool over!

Meeting info:
Topic: North Seattle NMRA clinic
Time: Feb 4, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92513684030?pwd=cVF6ZXdzaGlndFJUclh2ZTJNdTUxZz09
Meeting ID: 925 1368 4030
Passcode: 598558

If you have any questions feel free to contact me at northseattle_organizer@4dpnr.com or via phone/text at 206.310.6778

Looking forward to seeing you!

Lisa Murray
Chair, North Seattle Clinic

30 of our members shared a hour plus session last Saturday on ideas about how to make 4D work better. Here is a link to a YouTube recording of the meeting.

https://youtu.be/EWAL_gMLCFU

If you have additional comments, please post them to me or any of the Board members. russseg@gmail.com

Russ

Here is the link to the saved videos of our online presentations. Included are the recording of two recent National Narrow Gauge sessions.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjWp6F8wZPVN1IqCIfPGBS64GIyD4dyxS

Enjoy.

Russ Segner

We would like to make 2021 a much better year than 2020. So, there will be an online Zoom meeting open to the entire membership this Saturday morning.

Please join in and express your opinions and share your ideas on what the 4th Division can do to better serve you.

•Do the online Zoom meeting work for you?
• What days and time are best?
• Are you interested in training sessions?
• Does a swap meet online interest you?
• How can Make and Take work now?
• How do we make the AP Program work for more of our members?
• What topics should we focus on?
Other questions?

This meeting is open to all 4th Division members. Here is the link. Please be respectful of others time and comments.
Topic: 4th Division Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 30, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87582871808?pwd=NDB3TFZIUHNXeVRzZDJVUFFtZktyZz09

Meeting ID: 875 8287 1808
Passcode: 280461
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Call me if you have questions: Russ Segner 206 200 2211

It’s a New Year. How will it be different from last year?
Your Board of Directors and the leaders of our clinics and modular groups will meet online this Saturday the 30th at 10AM to try and answer this. We will discuss what is working for us during the time of lockdown and what we can do to be more effective this year.
• Does Zoom work for you?
• What topics should we focus on?
• What days and time are best?
• Are you interested in training sessions?
• Does a swap meet online interest you?
• How can Make and Take work now?
• How do we make the AP Program work for more of our members?
• Other questions?
This meeting is open to all 4th Division members. Here is the link. Please be respectful of others time and comments.
Topic: 4th Division Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 30, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87582871808?pwd=NDB3TFZIUHNXeVRzZDJVUFFtZktyZz09

Meeting ID: 875 8287 1808
Passcode: 280461
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+13462487799,,87582871808#,,,,*280461# US (Houston)

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Meeting ID: 875 8287 1808
Passcode: 280461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/knKC1bXk9

By Dan Peters

It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of Woody Matthews. Woody passed away Tuesday, January 19^th. I do not have any details on services at this time.

For all those of you who might not know Woody’s background, he was a lifetime NMRA member, involved with the Fourth Division for a long time, a lot longer than me.

He won the Fourth Division “Man Of The Year” Award in 1966. Now known as the “Golden Grab Iron” Award. ( At that time, the 4th Division was known as the “Evergreen Division”. The name got changed when the NMRA formed “regions” and our division was assigned to the Pacific Northwest Region. I think that was in the 70’s. At that time PNR changed division names to numbers. )

Woody started the Science Center show. He was the first show chairman for 10 or 15 years, until Lou Toppano took over for him. Woody has been in O gauge for as long as I’ve known him, almost all that time in 2-rail “O Scale” (as opposed to 3-rail “O Gauge”).

He used to wear a cap with the slogan : “O Gauge, The King Of Gauges”.
When the module program was started in 1988, Woody and 2 other modelers built a set of 2-rail O Scale modules. Once they had 4 straight modules up and running, the division financed the building of 4 corner modules – that was the first completed circuit of modules in any scale. The O Scale module group disbanded in the 90’s when the other 2 members dropped out because of health problems. Woody is a retired Certified Public Accountant.

Dan