Available at this month’s Redmond Clinic
I will be bringing copies of Kurt Armbruster’s new book on the Pacific Coast railroad centered around the coal mines of the area. It is soft cover, some 127 pages, with good maps and many photos we have not seen before.
Each copy is $20 with all proceeds going to local museums and historical societies. I am selling them for the Newcastle Historical Society.
Photos by author
The Paradise Lanes meeting room was full as host Kevin Klettke brought us to order (more or less.) Our friendly hobby shop proprietor, Rob, showed some interesting products, including an Athearn tunnel motor, a radio controlled Lionel Great Northern GP9, and a 3 car set from Kadee of TTX flats with M-1 Abrams tanks.
Jim Sabol introduced our guest speaker, John Hilbar who regaled us with stories of his long career on the Milwaukee Road. John began as a laborer and retired as a conductor on the Hoquiam local.
The modeler’s showcase had five entries.
Warren Kerr’s HO Speeder with DCC installed
Walt Huston’s N scale SD35 and Caboose
Chip VanGelder’s 3D printed cabooses in N and HO
Paul Vaughn’s On30 scratchbuilt switches (under construction)
Larry Sloan’s HO brass transfer caboose, painted for BN.
The next meeting will be 7PM, February 14. At Paradise lanes.
Sorry about the photos. I can’t get them to move. dgk
The January 2019 Eastside Get Together Clinic will meet on January 17, 2019.
The Clinic will meet at the:
Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village
6505 176TH AVE NE, Rm. 202
REDMOND WA 98052-4930
Doors open at 7:00 PM and meeting starts promptly at 7:15 PM
We will begin by mentioning any noteworthy, upcoming model railroad and railfan events in the area. We will also have our Model of the Month and Rail Photo of the Month contest. The sign-up sheet for our “Mini Clinic Event” in March will be available once again. We only have enough time for six clinicians, so the sign up is going to be first come, first serve. We already have four people signed up, so slots are going fast. Don’t pass up this opportunity to share your favorite modeling techniques with your fellow modelers. Meanwhile, be thinking about any favorite modeling techniques that you’d like to share with the group.
This month’s Clinic Topic will be: “Ted’s Tub of Tips, Tricks & Tools”. Ted Becker will be here from Mt. Vernon to show us some very interesting stuff with his handy tub, bag and tool box full of useful tricks and techniques to make your modeling go a lot easier. He guarantees that everyone will find at least one thing that will be useful to them in their model work!
We will have refreshments and snacks available as always.
Alex
We need some volunteers!
It is that one time of the year when the general membership of the Fourth Division can show our commitment to our hobby and share it with the public.
The show is this January 19, 20 and 21. Since this is the major source of funds for the Fourth Division, each who can give some time is encouraged to come and help.
Here is a list of places to serve:
Operation Lifesaver needs to be manned all 3 days
N-scale layout needs to be manned all 3 days
On30 switching layout needs to be manned all 3 days
NMRA table needs to be manned 2-2.5 days (Bob R. will be there part of the time)
Build-A-Dream needs to be created and manned all 3 days (someone or several can build a kit or create trees during the show)
Crew lounge needs to be manned 2 days (Ed Liesse will be there on Monday)
Layouts that need help for breaks are as follows-
Whidbey Island switching layout
Cascades-N-Western
Train Mania
Al Rameys Transportation Museum
Mike Petrozzelli’s N scale layout
Ideally, volunteers can be most effective by coming for a four hour shift. Parking script is available and you get into the show free. Refreshments are available in the breakroom.
If you can help, contact David Yadock at hi61izq@hotmail.com; or me at russseg@gmail.com. Call me in the evenings at 206 200 2211.
Russ
Kevin Klettke, Tacoma Clinic Chair, announces that the first meeting of 2019 will be a program featuring John Hiblar, a prototype railroader in a question and answer presentation hosted by Jim Sabol at the January 10th clinic. John was a laborer, a brakeman, then a conductor on the Milwaukee Railroad out of Tacoma, including the Hoquiam local, and the Bellingham local.
Paradise Lanes Entertainment Center
12505 Pacific Ave S
Tacoma, WA 98444
Meeting starts at 7:00 PM
Contact : Kevin Klettke
206-467-042
There will be a meeting of several members who have expressed interest in forming a modular group for HOn3. The first meeting will be this Saturday January 5 at 1PM at my home in Newcastle. We will discuss general topics such as; standards, membership rules, possible themes, etc.
Barry Dupler, John Paschal, Syd Schofield are coming. If you can join us, let me know. We will spend some time running trains on my layout – Coal Creek Lumber Company. We will finish in plenty of time for everyone to get home for the Seahawks game.
Russ Segner
Please call me at 206 200 2211
Our annual train show at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is scheduled to open very soon on January 18. David Yadock has once again organized a very busy show with most of our modular groups and several individuals setting up displays.
If you can help, it is a great opportunity to share some time with your fellow 4D members as we show the public what our hobby is all about. Contact David at hi61izq@hotmail.com or me at russseg@gmail.com.
The December gathering of the East Side Get Together Clinic at the Redmond Community Center was started promptly at 7:15 Thursday evening by Alex Brikoff. VIPs in attendance (4D PNR Officers and Master Model Railroaders) were introduced.
The Pacific Science Center Train Show is at the Seattle Center during Martin Luther King Day weekend on January 18 through 21. Volunteers are NEEDED and are asked to contact David Yadock for more information and scheduling. More details will appear in the Grab Iron as they become available.
The March 2019 East Side Get Together Clinic will be our Mini-clinic Event called “How I do Stuff on my Layout”. It will be a series of ten-minute presentations of favorite modeling methods presented by members and attendees of the Eastside Clinic. Three of six slots are already taken, so we need three more volunteers to round out the evening. The signup sheet will be at the clinic through February.
The winning Model of the Month was a tie between an early Japanese brass On3 narrow gauge K-28, the prototype of which is currently on the Durango and Silverton and a HO Union Pacific steam turbine, a retired prototype on display at the Ogden, Utah museum.
The evening’s program was our annual Christmas Dirty Santa “Gift Exchange”. Model of the Month winner gets first pick. Subsequent “pickers” names are drawn one at a time from the door prize name jar. The interesting twist is that people can “steal” previously picked gifts up to two times whereby the “stealee” gets to pick another gift from the remaining gifts. A fun time was had by all and some very interesting gifts were exchanged.
Read MoreThe PSMRE layout together with several of our modular groups is celebrating the Holidays with open house throughout this week.
One of the finest examples of model building is featured. Here is a link to a Facebook presentation.
Russ Segner
We are in the midst of a season of gift giving. We will give and receive clothing, toys, electronics and all manner of gizmos. Some of us who are really lucky will get things for our love of trains. This is all great and I hope you get what you wished for.
I want to mention one special aspect of giving. That is the giving of time and sharing of experience to benefit others with no expectation of compensation or even acknowledgement. In the course of our association together in the 4th Division, many routinely give of themselves to the benefit of us all. So, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you who have done so.
Thanks to all who present clinics, help with setup for the clinics, spend hours preparing modules for display at train shows, talk with the public about our hobby, work to publish communications with members, organize membership information, recruit leadership and serve as directors and officers of the 4D.
I wish you all a very enjoyable season, however you observe our many holidays. Get some rest, do a little model railroading, share some time with others and be ready for a very busy and fulfilling 2019.
