Tuesday continued....

An O scale MoW "weedburner" train. Some interesting theories about who created this one -

A closeup  view of the vehicles -

An On30 speeder shed -

Canadian Pacific Snow Shed, I believe it to be HO scale -

This is the sign beside one of the more incredibly detailed dioramas I have ever seen -

This is the diorama under assembly -

From one end. This is the Confederate side of the battle, btw -

"A day on the line" diorama -

Rio Grande diorama in O and On3(0) -

The Chicago L in N scale -

Weatherbeas Canning Company, HO scale, I believe -

The backside of the NP Yakima Station in HO scale -

MRH Assistant Editor Don Hanley has some models in for AP judging, starting with this Midwest Barn -

An Erie (of course) boxcar -

And an Erie hopper -

A more in-focus photo of the Flying Scotsman at the head of it's train -

And its nameplate -

And the observation car -

A well weathered mechanical reefer in the non-competition category -

This Japanese company was showing off their DCC controlled Kadee couplers. They look like something worth further looking into -

An SP&S N scale 4-6-2 -

Canadian National 4-8-2, in HO I believe -

On30 speeder -

Bill Kaufmann presenting his State Line RR clinic -

Mark Williams, MMR, presenting his clinic on "The Silver Thread to the West - the history of the California Zephyr"

Bruce Chubb, MMR,  presenting a 2 1/2 hour clinic on signaling a layout -

Geoff Bunza presenting one of a series of clinics on scale model animation, this one was about sound -

I admit it, I couldn't stay away from the Celebration (nee' Contest) room. Here is a Keio Railway #303 trolley/interurban. The folding doors and steps are functional and are controlled via DCC -
 

HO scale Canadian Pacific "School Car" -

HO scale Canadian Pacific Dental car, with interior detail -

HO scale Canadian Pacific "Van" (Canadian for "Caboose") -

Great Northern caboose, O scale -

Driving on...

Wow, the celebration room is filling up nicely!

Jeff, thanks so much for doing this.  I wish I could be there, but it just wasn't in the cards this year.  Rene'

Tuesday continued again....

What I think really surprised me was how scales other than HO, and particularly the narrow gauges, were represented for evaluation far in excess of their relative percentages in the modeling population. Some of this is undoubitably because, in other scales and particularly other gauges, if you don't make it yourself, it doesn't exist.

This model is the HO scale Kinzua Valley stock pen (Soo Line) under repairs -

HO scale, 150' skewed through-truss bridge -

HO scale, SP standard trestle, E60 Cooper rating -

Rural General Store, HO scale -

Scratchbuilt HO scale house, "336 High St." -

Around this time I did a multi-shot panorama of the Celebration room -

HO scale SW1500 -

HO scale SW1 -

HO scale SW1 -

D&RGW Drop-Bottom Gondola -

Modified HO scale InterMountain CP cylindrical covered hopper -

And that was it for Tuesday at the NMRA National Convention, Daylight Express 2015. Tomorrow I become the interim Clinic Coordinator, as Charlie Comstock prepares to display and operate the Bear Creek & South Jackson to and with a great many people over the next two days. It's midnight. Time to go to bed.

Dr Geoff : in full flight...

Dear Jeff,

Thanks for catching Dr Geoff in full flight...
anyone know if any Audio Editing apps flexed their muscle during the clinic?

Minor gotcha, the "SW1500" is actually a SW7/9/1200
(Long story, revolving around Athearn jumping the gun on EMD switcher model numbers many years ago IIRC...)

Those DCC uncouplers, without excess mechanicals or "stuff" running afoul of the trucks/mechs,
and still permitting magnetic operation if desired, very interesting!

Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr

FYI

That Battle of Manassas vignette was recently featured in N Scale Magazine.

Dioramas

The dioramas are phenominal to me.  Some of the best modeling I've seen.  Really likes the mining one though Manassas was spectacular.  Thanks Jeff for the great photos!

Geoff Bunza's clinics

Prof,

I don't know what went on in his clinics, as I was not able to stay for any of them. Hopefully he'll chime in -

I'll bet lights were going on

I'll bet lights were going on and off in very creative ways, and his model televisions were likely something that just stunned everyone. He is truly a very talented individual that is both skilled and creative. We are fortunate to see his work and to have him share it with us.

Celebration Room

Am I correct in assuming the "Celebration Room" is for displaying models and not entering them in contests? Forgive me if this has been discussed...

Love your photos!

Thanks Jeff!

Al

Expanding on photos of Portland Traction

Jeff’s photo of the Portland Traction Company’s SW1 #100 reminded me of two super excellent videos shot of the prototype engine working. The videos are very entertaining because they show a lot of operational footage with the conductor working on the ground and cab footage as well. 

Contest --> Celebration Room

Dear Greg,

My understanding is that for the first day or so of the Convention,
the room is officially known as the "Contest Room",
where models-for-judging and models-for-display are located, and model-contest judging is in-effect.

Post official-judging and awards announcement, the room is recast/renamed into the "Celebration Room",
where display models can be appreciated without the stigma of "not being part of the modelling competition",
and those placegetters in the modelling-contest can proudly display their plaques/awards as acknowledgement that "this dun good"...
(IE it's now time to "celebrate the modelling" rather than "chasing the contest win"). 

Same room, same models,
different day with a different attitude...

Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr

Celebration room

I may incorrect in my basic assumptions here, but as I understand it, words like "Contest," "Competition," and "Judging" were considered to be less than welcoming, so it's now "Celebration" (as in "Celebration of Model Railroading") and "Evaluation." Part of it is also that many of the models submitted are not there for judging or to compete against each other, but simply to be enjoyed.

@Prof Klyzlr re: Audio Editing

Hi Prof,

No "real time" editing but, yes, WavePad was featured in an example cutting, pasting, normalizing, and applying pitch changes, in a sound project. You'll have to wait until I post the resultant project... or come to the Modeling with Sound Clinic Thursday evening at 8:30! 

But come early, the animation clinics have been a bit crowded.

Have fun! 

Best regards,

Geoff

I'm on my way...

Dear Dr Geoff,

...On my way,...

Assuming you can hold off for 24 hours and someone's covering the plane ticket...

Happy Modelling,
Aim to make a joyful (scale) noise,
Prof Klyzlr

@Rob re:lights were going on

Hi Rob,

Thanks for such high praise!   Indeed, lights were flashing and Harry's TV was open for business! There were new surprises for the audience in all the clinics that I hope to write up in more detail and pass them on, so others can build some for their own modeling world!  Coming soon!... (After I recover from 8 clinics and a week of  convention).

Have fun! 

Best regards,

Geoff Bunza

I can imagine how hard you

I can imagine how hard you have worked to put the clinic on, not just to prepare all of your work but to field and answer the questions during and following your presentations. Thanks for sharing so much of your work with us.

Simply Outstanding

Just WOW. How do i order ARMS.

@Battle Of manassas

It was also in a recent Model Railroader Magazine quite an impressive piece, and as always thanks for all the photos it really makes me feel like I am there!