Merry Christmas from Full Steam Ahead

Hello Fellow Modelers:

I wanted to take the opportunity in my first newsletter to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  It has been a fun  and fruitful year for my family and I.  Our second child was born on July 6th and the last 5 months have been a bit of a whirlwind.  I managed to just barely get the R.G. Shinnie Boatworks (named after Greg Shinnie who redesigned the Farmers’ Market into the Boatworks) before the Craftsman Structure Show in Mansfield.  Since CSS08 things have been very busy for me.  Thankfully my dad recently retired up to Owen Sound and has been running the laser for a couple of hours in the day when I am teaching.

The following are a few of the items I will be working on in the New Year:

1.  Complete the Ridgeway Station (I was working on it tonight).

2.  Create a companion model to the Boatworks (a cannery).

3.  Currently I am working with another modeler to offer an O-scale version of the Boatworks.

4.  Update my website with video clips to demonstrate model building techniques.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

Joe Rutter