October 16, 2021: St. Thomas Tailgate Meet and Museum Tour
George Dutka, Program Director, coordinated a Tailgate Meetup in the Elgin County Railway Museum.. Roughly 18 members and guests attended. Following the Meetup, we had a tour of the Museum (including its HO Scale layout) and the BX Tower. The attendees were able to walk around and enjoy the “one-to-one” scale equipment. The attendees were encouraged to bring what they have been working on for others to see as well as items for sale. George also put on a clinic ‘How to Model a Tar Paper Roof’.
Kick-off Instructions 
Enjoying the Museum 
Paul Hurly conducts Raffle Draw with his ‘lovely’ assistant, Murray Symington, Registrar. 
Ron Marham, Member since 1969 
Dave Harding and Brian Smith 
GTW Wood Caboose 
Event Attendees, WOD Members and WOD Volunteers
Don Janes displayed the CPR engines he has been working on:
Brian Smith Admires Don Janes’ models 
CPR RS-10 
CPR RS-3
Modelers brought items that they have been working on for others to enjoy and ask questions. Also, ITLA had a table set up for some of their products, which will be used in an upcoming clinic.
Models Displayed 
Models-Peter Mumby 
Models-Paul Hurly 
Rapido Loco Weathered 
ITLA Display 
Display Tables
Charles Beckett, former tower operator, provided a great informative tour of BX Tower in downtown St Thomas. Tower protected Michigan Central, London & Port Stanley double track diamond plus a turning Wye.
BX Tower 
Charles Beckett, BX Tower Operator
September 18, 2021: St. Jacobs Tailgate Meet
George Dutka, Program Director, and Superintendent Paul Hurly organized a ‘Tailgate Meet and Museum Tour’ in St. Jacob’s following COVID-19 protocols. This was the first in-person meet since the start of the pandemic. 12 attended. Two of the attendees were from the International Division and one came from the Central Division. There were lots of displays and train stuff to purchase. There were 10 raffle prizes as well.
In addition to the ‘Tailgate Meet’, an After Hours tour of the St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway was given. This included a ‘behind-the-scenes’ look.
George also visited the Waterloo Central Railway while in St Jacobs. Due to COVID protocols, which limited attendance, WOD members were unable to attend the Railway facility as a group. The following are great shots of the ALCO smoke from the train.
May 10, 2021: What I Modelled 2020-2021 (Pandemic)
Presentation: PDF Presentation
April 24, 2021: Two Virtual Layout Tours
Paul Hurly’s Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, Welland and Dunnville Subdivisions
Presentation: Video
John Wagner’s North Easthope Central RR
Presentation: Video
April 3, 2021: How to Realistically Paint 3D Printed Parts
Bernard Hellen of miniprints provided an informative clinic on the making and painting of 3D printed parts.
Presentation: Video
February 20, 2021: Weathering with Acrylics, PanPastels Weathering Pencils
Skilled London Modeller and author George Dutka presented a virtual WOD-NMRA Clinic on Weathering with Acrylics, PanPastels and Weathering Pencils.
A PDF copy of the slides is here: Weathering
Presentation: Video
January 23, 2021: What I Modelled During the Pandemic
This was a virtual get-together, hosted by Paul Hurly, who had collected projects of NMRA members’ and other modellers’ from across southwestern Ontario. He presented their work in a slide-show presentation.
A PDF copy of the slides is here: What I Modelled 2021