SCHEDULE __________________________________________________ June 2023 Clinic: Scenery to backdrop transitions Show and Tell: A scenery item, or a current project May 2023 Clinic: Freight Cars Show and Tell: Gondola or hopper cars, or a current project April 2023 Clinic: Lighting Your Layout Room Show and Tell: A project in which you color-matched the paint to a specific prototype, or a current project March 2023 Clinic: Clinton River Division menber Dave Regittko took thousands of photo slides of railroads in Michigan, Ohoi, and Pennsylvania. His collection was donated by his family to the NMRA.This clinic will show selected prototype photos from the collection. Show and Tell: Railroad models or photos from Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, or a current project.
February 2023 Clinic: Manual Crossing Gates - How they worked and some ways to model them Show and Tell: Crossing gates, signals, or a current project January 2023 Clinic: Layout Command Control (LCC) and Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) Show and Tell: Anything
electronic or a current project December 2022 Clinic and Show and Tell:
Annual
slide show. Submit your favorite photos - model,
prototype,
fan trip, museum, tourist line or your 2-year old self with the Lionel
train around the Christmas tree in 1954. Current
projects may also be shown.
__________________________________________________ November 2022 Clinic: History of Chapel Cars
- Churches on the Rails __________________________________________________ October 2022 Clinic: Layout
Planning for Operations __________________________________________________ September 2022 Clinic: Boxcars (Rescheduled
form July 2022) ____________________________________________________
Clinic: "Cars-n-Trucks-n-Wagons", a
clinic on vehicles and vehicle detailing ____________________________________________________ July 2022 Clinic: Boxcars
(Clinic cancelled due to technical problems.) ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Introduction to Traction
Modeling ____________________________________________________
No
meeting scheduled due to Indy Junction Convention ___________________________________________________
Clinic: History of the
Huntsville & Lake of Bays RR in Ontario ____________________________________________________
Clinic: NMRA
Recommeded Practices and Improved Standards for Better Modeling ____________________________________________________
Clinic: DCC
Information (postponed from January) ____________________________________________________
Clinic: DCC
Information ____________________________________________________
Clinic and Show-and-Tell: Your railroad photos! Send up to 6 photos of your favorite models, scenes or prototypes. Please submit photos by 12/9.
Email photos with captions to
either: ____________________________________________________
Clinic: History: A video of
layouts open during the 1990 NCR convention ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Inside DCC - what
is going through the wires. ____________________________________________________
Clinic: A DVD presentation
of Pullman Car operations. ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Describe
what railroad you model and why. Why did you select
your prototype or
reasons behind a freelance railroad. Please limit
descriptions to just
a few minutes.
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Clinic: A virtual tour of Ron King's
Erie Railroad set in October 1953 ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Auto Industry and Railroads
prior to 1960
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Clinic: DCC Section
Block
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Clinic: Interior
detailing
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Clinic: Pullman Cars and Operations DVD
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Clinic: Railroad sites in the
mid-Atlantic area - Cass Scenic RR, B&O Museum and more.
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Clinic: Layout
Planning: The DOO Line. ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Styrofoam
Rocks ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Soldering ____________________________________________________
Clinic: To Be
Announced ____________________________________________________
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Clinic: To be
determined
Meeting Cancelled May 2020 Meeting on Zoom platform, no clinic ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Battery
Power for Model Trains (a.k.a "Dead Rail")
Clinic: Creating
Winter Scenery
Clinic: Fascinating
Facts About Steam Locomotive Development ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Creating
Unique HO Scale Vehicles ____________________________________________________
Clinic: The Salt
Lake City NMRA Convention ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Track
cleaning tips, tools, and techniques ____________________________________________________
Clinic: Union
Pacific Big Boy 4014 Restoration and Video ____________________________________________________
Clinic: A "Signature
Item" from your layout _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Building
Paper Structures _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
3d Printing
Demonstration and Presentation
Clinic:
The Ford
Rouge Railroad _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Modeling Roofs
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Clinic:
A Hobby Shop Owner's Perspective on the Hobby
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Clinic:
The Detroit and Toledo Shoreline RR
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Clinic:
Blending Backdrops and Scenery
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Clinic:
Logging Railroads of Pennsylvania
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Clinic:
Report on the 2018 NMRA Kansas City Convention
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Clinic:
Report on the 2018 NMRA Kansas City Convention
_____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Locomotives of Michigan's Copper Country
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Clinic:
The World Renowned Clinton River Division Flea Market!
So
bring your wallet and your fleas!! I mean, your items you
want to
sell!
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Clinic:
The Caboose Challenge, and Oil and Ethanol Rail Operations _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Fine Scale Miniatures structures _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
The Southern Pacific Railroad Ferry "Solano" and ferryboat
operations _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Discussion of Benchwork
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Clinic:
Ohio Central RR and the Age of Steam Roundhouse _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Railroad Historical Societies ___________________________________________________
Clinic:
Bring your favorite RR DVD. Selected excerpts will
be shown. Special
Event!! Show and Tell participants are enrolled in a raffle
for a Mantua Pacific steam locomotive! _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Building truss rod bridges _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Bring your favorite RR DVD. Selected excerpts will
be shown. _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Report and pictures from the 2017 NMR Convention in Orlando _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Modeling Tank Cars
Clinic:
Modeling the Great Northern Electrified District
Clinic:
Building Resin Models
Clinic:
Weathering with acrylic paints and airbrush _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
Maintaining a large steam locomotive fleet. _____________________________________________________ Clinic:
The state of the hobby shop business, presented by the owner
of a local train store. _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
"Rusty Rails and Leaky Barges" Modeling watercraft
that served the rail industtry. _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
DVD of the Great Northern. _____________________________________________________
Clinic:
DVD "Vista Dome '90", a review of layouts from the 1990 NCR
Convention _____________________________________________________
Clinic: Locomotive Beauty Contest - Bring a Model or Photo! Multiple categories:
- Steam non-streamlined - Steam - streamlined - Diesel Cab (EMD E or F unit, Alco FA or PA, Baldwin cabs, etc.) - Diesel Switch or Road Switcher (EMD SW, GP, SD, ALCO S or RS, generally a diesel with handrails)
- Electric locomotives _____________________________________________________
Clinic: Soldering Techniques Show and Tell: Something model railroad related that you have soldered, or a current project.
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Clinic: Report of the NMRA National Convention Show and Tell: Anything from the convention or a current project. _____________________________________________________
Clinic: The New York Central Railroad Show and Tell: Anything from the NYC or a current project. _____________________________________________________
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