Feb. 2007 Vol 37 No 1 the CINDER CRUNCHER The CINDER CRUNCHER MARC H 2007 ID MEET Saturday 3 March 2007 at the Erin Mills Model Railroad Association Sheridan United Church 2501 Truscot Drive Mississauga, Ontario Registration 9:30 am, Meet starts at 10 am. Admission NMRA member $3, Family $6, Non-NMRA member $5, Family $8 PROGRAM "Why Bother with DCC" by Herb Hall and Tom Zammit "BC Rail - Modelling the Prototype" by Paul Taylor Scenery by Creg Whayman
the CINDER CRUNCHER page 24 Aug 2001 the CINDER CRUNCHER page 2 the ID EXECUTIVE Superintendent Harvey McIntyre 905-643-8420 1 Royal Wood Crt. Stoney Creek, Ontario L8E 4Y2 hmcintyre4@cogeco.ca Assistant Superintendent Please Volunteer! Clerk Please Volunteer! Canadian Paymaster Jim Tucker 905-899-4053 31W81 Pettit Rd. Wainfleet, Ontario, L0S 1V0 American Paymaster Doug Nagel 716-433-3654 5143 Shunpike Road Lockport, NY 14094 RRoadEng@localnet.com Registrar/Terminator Please Volunteer! Webmaster Mike Roque mike@tsny.com Achievement Program Bob Willer, MMR 716-773-7906 11 Woodstock Grand Island, NY 14072 RWILLER@NStarDesign.com Cruncher Editor Chuck Faist 905-681-6274 5209 Alton Road Burlington, Ontario L7L 3H4 cfaist@cogeco.ca The Cinder Cruncher is the official newsletter of the International Division, NFR, NMRA Classified advertising is available to ID members at no charge. Ad must be as brief as possible, humour helps. ON THE RIGHT TRACK with ID Super Harvey McIntyre The Jan. 6 2007 ID Meet was held at facilities of the HOMES Club in Stoney Creek, On. There were 75 people in attendance, refreshments again were made available by Barbara Kurpita. The Golden Horseshoe Chapter of CARM held a meeting at the same facility for an hour prior to the start of the ID Meet, and many stayed and joined in for the clinics of the meet. Clinics presented were: Computer Control and DCC by Ed Bell of DCC Devices, Air Brushing with Acrylics by Jordan Baker of Modeller s Choice Concepts of Town and City Planning by Craig Webb of Algoma River Railroad and Aberfoyle Junction. Following the meet the ON30, Niagara Escarpment Railroad of Harvey McIntyre was open for those in attendance to visit. The Mar. 3 2007 Meet will be hosted by the Erin Mills Model Railroad Association in Mississauga On. We will be holding our spring meet in conjunction with the Niagara Division of the CHRA and CARM. The Meet is tentativley set for the second Sat. in May 2007, and is to be held at the facilities at Lock 3 of the Welland Canal, in St. Catharines On. There will be 3 clinics presented, one arranged by each group, with a layout tour scheduled for the local area. Following the layout tour we will be meeting if desired, at Frado s Restaurant in St. Catharines to wind up the days activities.
the CINDER CRUNCHER page 3 TREASURY REPORT Canadian Paymaster, Jim Tucker, reports that we have a bank balance $2523.42, Cdn. cash $264.00, US cash $16.50 US Paymaster, Doug Nagel reports that we have US$1408.62. CRUNCHER DEADLINE Deadline for material for the next issue is April 15 so surprise me and send something. Ed Bell of DCC Devices Jordan Baker talking with one of the attendees Photos by Chuck Faist Creg Webb brought along this demonstration scratchbuilt building typical of what is used on the Aberfoyl Junction O scale railroad
the CINDER CRUNCHER page 4 WELCOME TO N.M.R.A. MEMBERS FROM BURLINGTON, OAKVILLE AND MISSISSAUGA INTO THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION Antendees at the first ever Meet of the International Divisionof the NMRA, with guests from the Golden Horsehoe Chapter of CARM Creg Webb's model he has kitbashed from a Bachman caboose Barry Kelly's model of a steel mill using a Walthers kit Chuck Faist's model of the Laser Art Structures Flour Mill laser kit
the CINDER CRUNCHER page 5 WANTED!! VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION Assistant Superintendent, Clerk, Registrar Please contact Harvey McIntyre. Photos from Harvey McIntyre's layout One scene to scales? - you bet. Harvey likes to model in HO and ON30 scales. The pictures show how the scene can be used for both scales. It is all a mater of perspective. Well I learnt a modelling tip this week from Bar Mills Scale Works. They recommend priming their laser wood kits first with spraybomb grey automotive primer. I tried using Canadian Tire grey automotive primer. It works great! The primer paint has a very fine paint particle size and has a very fine spray nozzel. You can find it amongst the automotive paints. Another scene of Harvey's ON30 Forney and rolling stock
the CINDER CRUNCHER page 6 Feb. 2007 the CINDER CRUNCHER May 12 2007 ID MEET Joint ID/CARM/CRHA Meeting Saturday May 12, 2002 Burgoyne Room St. Catharines Museum Government Road at Lock 3 St. Catharines, ON Registration opens at 9:30 am Meet starts at 10 am To Beamsville, Grimsby and Hamilton QEW Exit 44 From Hamilton take Exit 44 and then stay on South Service Road (Dunkirk Road), cross Eastchester Road and then Queenston Street and south on Government Road to the Museum NIAGARA ST WELLA ND AVE QUEENSTO N STREET EASTCH TER ES AVE B UNTING ROA D HARTZEL R OAD GARD EN CITY SKYWAY GOV E R N M E N T ROAD St. Catharines Museum and Lock 3 WELLA N D CA NAL N GLENDAL E AVE N Exit 38 QEW To Lewiston, Niagara Falls and Buffalo From US take Exit 38 (Glendale Avenue) then go west and over the Welland Canal and turn right at Government Road and go north to the Museum CLINICS Presentation by ID member Presentation by CARM member Presentation by CHRA member LAYOUTS To be announced