Oct 19th 2024 meet

Program

Our Kit Buster Program for this season will focus on Building Structures with Patina / Weathering. One of the morning clinics will focus on a “structure building techniques” which we will then be able to implement/practice on our model kits in the afternoon Kit Busters workshop. Should structures not be your desire this year. No problem! All projects are welcome at our workshop sessions, where you can find fellow modellers with tips and tricks to help you.

Morning Meet

Clinics

We had two presentations (clinics) delivered in the morning.

  • Clinic 1 – Talk on Exporail located in St Constant QC. by Sylvain Bissonnette
  • Clinic 2 – How to assemble and colour plaster and wooden structures by Grant Knowles & Mike Hamer

We also discussed:

  • Display Table Review – RR Museum related items.

Meet Photos

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Our Superintendent, Normand, opens the meeting, provides NMRA/NFR updates and reviews the day’s agenda.
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Members mingle before the meeting starts.

Workshop Photos

Here are photos related to this season’s Construction Project.

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Members were actively working on their structure kits in the afternoon workshop.


Display Table Photos

The theme for the display table was “Summer projects, acquisitions”

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Sylvain brought out a series of documents / flyers pertaining to ExpoRail.
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CP Operation Manuals.
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Brian brought out a CPR Brakeman’s lantern .
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Doug shared a “Retirement Lantern” which as the story goes was given to a long-standing employee who had retired.
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Lorne’s Penn Central switch lock.
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Catherine’s diorama which she assembled at the recent narrow gauge convention.
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Another view.
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Sample panels.
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Stan’s wooden shed with individual shingles.
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Stan pre-stained the shingles before installation.
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Mike’s ITLA assembled shed.
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Grant built the ITLA shed and installed it on a platform.
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Malcolm assembled his ITLA shed to resemble a CPR section tool house.
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Complete with a highly detailed interior.
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Grant’s plaster structure built for this year’s project.
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Normand’s paper structures demonstrate the difference between HO and OO scales.
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Lloyd built this diorama with the four structures from this year’s program
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Malcolm’s cardstock bakery.
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Building includes a detailed interior.
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Malcolm built the Barryvale Stn using 4 ply strathmere board.
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Includes a detailed interior.