Welcome Dan! Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 23, 2012, at 1:34 PM, "dan.kirlin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Good afternoon! > > After lurking on and off this list for years, and signing up a month or so > ago, I thought that I should introduce myself! > > My name is Dan Kirlin. I have been modeling in S scale since the summer of > 1982, so I am just coming up on my 30th anniversary in S scale. Now I am told > at some meetings, that when a person introduces himself, at that point the > entire group responds with " Hello Dan !, oh not that kind of group. > > I seem to know a fair number of the participants on the list - I live in > Southern Ontario ( Kitchener / Waterloo area ) so I know most of the guys > around here. I also taught a certain hobby shop owner in the Chicago area how > to enjoy a nice cold canadian beer......seems to me that I also taught that > same lesson to a couple of S brass importers I know, as well as two other " S > " manufacturers. > > In the mid 1980's I lived and worked in the Windsor / Detroit area, and had > the pleasure of getting to know many of the SMSG members of the day - all > started by a chance encounter with Dave Held at P&D Hobbies. He invited me to > a monthly meeting which I thoroughly enjoyed, and then attended most of the > meetings while living in that area. At the time, I was an area manager for an > International Restaurant company, which had me transferring to Winnipeg > shortly after getting married in 1986. Winnipeg is basicaaly where I grew up, > and my modeling focus is the CNR line between Winnipeg and Portage La Prarie > Manitoba circa 1959. This area is where steam died on the CNR in April of > 1960, so I chose the fall of 1959 as my focus, because most of the AG crops > would be in the harvest process making the wheat fields easier to model, and > 1959 was a very busy crop year for the railways out west, so there was still > a lot of big steam running beside the first gen diesel fleet which was all on > the property by the fall of 1960, so a varied diesel roster is viable. > > In 1997, my wife and I transferred back to Southern Ontario to be closer to > our aging parents. I have been self employed since 1993, and I have a decent > basement and workshop to build my layout. > > When I signed up for this list, I of course read the rules with regards to > Flyer subjects - but I do have to pass on a short tale. I use to know the > number of some much desired Flyer freight car, and when I told someone that I > modeled in S scale, of course they would tell me all about their Flyer etc., > at which point I would disclose that I once owned the xxxx ( rare freight car > ) and that I ran it through me tablesaw to try and correct its width - that > didn't help, and never bought a piece of flyer again! This usually generated > a reaction! > > All joking aside, I never really owned any Flyer - I have been a model > railroader for as long as I can remember - first with Lionel, then with HO > scale, but in 1982, I was getting really fed up with the overall mechanical > quality ( lack thereof ) of almost all of the HO equipement that I was > buying, and started looking for something better. I had seen some very nice > quality O scale equipement, but I was a batchelor at the time, and didn't > think that I would ever have sufficient space to model what I wanted in O > scale, so responding to an advert and a telephone call with Ron Bashista, I > ordered and promptly received an American Models FP-7 in the mail. I was > hooked, and have been ever since. > > Anyways - good afternoon. > > Dan Kirlin / Waterloo, Ontario > > > > > TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo! > Giuliana Rancic, husband expecting a baby > Privacy Policy > >
