Jason Shron is coming to town on February 15

You better watch out, you better not cry! You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Jason Shron is coming to town! The WMRC is hosting a special presentation by Jason Shron on Wednesday, February 15 at Canad Inns Polo Park, 1405 St. Matthews Avenue, at 7:00 PM. 

Jason is the founder and president of Rapido Trains. Rapido  has produced some of the most accurate models based upon Canadian prototypes. He is also the person with a rail car in his basement. In addition to that he is building a multi level railroad in his garage based on a portion of the  Kingston Subdivision in the 1980's.

 Jason's presentation will be about his home layout. He has used some novel techniques in the construction of the layout, from bench work to wiring. Hear about his dream layout and why he chose to model the fall and mainly passenger operations. Jason will also give some insight into the model manufacturing industry and where he sees the hobby is going.

It's free, it's open to the public, and no reservations are required. So be good for goodness sake, or you mom won't let you go!

This old house is Richard Mikolayenko's N gauge model

Richard’s house is getting shaky, Richard’s house is getting old! Richard’s house lets in the rain,  
Richard’s house lets in the cold! He don’t got time to fix the shingles, he don’t got time to fix the floor.
He don’t got time to oil the hinges, nor to mend no window panes. He’s not gonna need this house no longer, its getting ready to meet its fate!

Good thing it’s just a model! Richard Mikolayenko submitted this Pola (now merged into Faller) kit of a building under demolition to the club’s monthly model display at our January meeting. To further emphasize the deterioration, he used a wash of black paint over the debris and attached a sticker from a kit onto the interior walls. He hand painted the window headers a light beige and rubbed a light black ash on the walls to bring out the details. He also painted the wood beams to resemble fire damage. It’s truly one for the wrecking ball!

Bob Harrison builds a fuel storage tank out of a coffee can

WMRC President Emeritus Bob Harrison came in with a truly unique entry for the club’s monthly model display at our January meeting. He took an empty coffee can, removed the labels, then painted it white. He searched on-line for logos of oil companies, copied them into a word document, printed them on translucent decal paper using a laser printer and applied the decals to the can.

Bob added pipes using the modellers favourite secret weapon, sprues from old model kits. He installed a surplus ladder he had hanging around in his parts box. For a final flourish he installed a red LED on the roof, powered by a nine volt battery operated to the blink of an Arduino Nano. Then he added a bit of weathering.

We had a plethora of entries at our last meeting! The board had pleaded with they members to submit model because the only one who was submitting in the past few months was long time member Richard Mikolayenko, and they were tired of giving out the $20 draw prize just to him. Seven members brought in their models, but when the draw was made, Richard Mikolayenko won again!