Welcome, Dan - I know you didn't offer Bob a beer in Chicago; he'd have taken you up on it!
On AF, I had my layout open for tours during the weekend of April 14 for a Santa Fe historical Society mini-meet here in Ft. Madison. A lot of the attendees thought they were going to see another AF layout and were pleasantly surprised that it went beyond their expectations. They didn't realize so much S scale was available. Bob Nicholson _________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > I'm disappointed that you didn't offer me a beer when we met at a > certain Chicago area hobby shop many years back! Actually it was mid > morning, so that probably wouldn't have worked out anyhow. > > Welcome to the group-- > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
