Clinics continues to grow
Clinics continues to grow every year. For the 2016 Show, there are, many changes, so please read on!
Each clinic type that we offer we call "TRACKS".
TRACK 1:
2016 Info...bigger and better than ever!
This Program is a two-day program. It will take place at the:
Sheraton Springfield Monarch Hotel (1.62 miles - 3 minutes)
One Monarch Place
Springfield, MA 01144
This 2-day program includes the following:
Breakfast both days!
Lunch both days!
Free parking at the hotel if you are staying at the hotel!
All the clinics you can get to...(your choice, based on schedule and availability, of course!)
A Two-Day Pass to the Railroad Hobby Show (a 25 dollar value for that alone!)
$92.00 per person
Join us on Thursday and Friday, January 28 and 29, for an exciting line-up of top-notch clinics plus breakfast and lunch each day and free admission to the Amherst Train Show on both January 30 and 31.
20 of this year’s 40 clinics are "hands on" type clinics. Register now, to hold your place in the "hands on" clinics. Each "hands on" clinic has 30 available seats for those wishing to build the project. Registrants above the first 30 will be limited to observing the clinic without doing the project. Special Note: The 2 airbrushing clinics on Friday can only accommodate 20 people per clinic.
Register early to secure the hands on clinics you want! After your registration is received, you will receive tool lists for the hands on clinics plus additional information by e-mail.
DID NOT GET THE TOOLS LIST FOR THE HANDS-ON THE CLINICS? Get a copy by CLICKING HERE
STEPS TO REGISTER:
- Choose the TOP 10 "HANDS ON" Clinics that you would like to attend. You will be asked your top 10 on the registration page, so please be ready with those choices....all you need is the NUMBER of the clinic (i.e. 101, 104, 105, etc.) List your top 10 HANDS ONLY CLINICS only.
- Fill in the rest of the information, most importantly, the credit card information. Repeat the process for each person attending.
- That's it....you will be contacted by us so that you know what tools you should bring with you
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHOW OFFICE!
Each clinic is labeled either Beginner, Medium, or Advanced to help you determine what might be right for your skill level. However, these are only guides, please feel free to sign up for any clinic you want.
Clinicians this year are:
Miles Hale, MMR
Fran Hale, MMR
Joe Robertson, MMR
Larry Alfred, MMR
Larry Smith, MMR
Kent Hurley
Barry Rosier
Mike Dettinger
2016 2-DAY CLINIC SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, January 28th, 2016
8:30 am - 10:30 am
101--Scratchbuild a Paper Building--HANDS ON--Medium
Larry Alfred--Build a small structure for your railroad using paper for the construction. Learn paper selection, building techniques, adhesives, painting and weathering.
102--Basic Wooden Craftsman Kit--HANDS ON--Beginner
Kent Hurley/Joe Robertson--Using wood pre-cut for you, construct a simple wooden hand car shed. Continue Friday, 3:30, in a separate clinic to install an interior if you wish.
103--Water, Water Everywhere--HANDS ON--Medium
Fran Hale--Scenic the base and pour 4 different brands of water products on your diorama for product comparison. Leave the diorama here for overnight drying if you wish.
104--Advanced Wooden Craftsman Kit--HANDS ON--Advanced
Larry Smith--Expand your building skills. Using wood pre-cut for you, construct a 2-room miner’s cabin. You may need to complete this project at home.
11:00 am -12:00 noon
105--Decorating a Blank Wall--Medium
Larry Alfred--This clinic presentation will give you ideas on how to “dress up” a blank building wall. For hands on, go to the Thursday, 4:00, hands on clinic.
106--3-D Printing--Shapeways--Advanced
Kent Hurley--Learn the basics of 3-D Printing using an outside source such as Shapeways to make the actual parts.
107--Making a Mold--HANDS ON--Beginner
Miles Hale--Make a mold box for casting a simple part in silicone. Continue Friday, 11:30, in a separate clinic to make a urethane casting from your mold.
108--Building Tunnels--Beginner
Barry Rosier/Mike Dettinger--Learn the hows and whys of building tunnels in various locations and of various materials on your railroad.
1:00 pm -2:00 pm
109--Soldering--HANDS ON--Beginner
Miles Hale--Learn and practice various soldering techniques using an iron, torch, and soldering machine. Solder types and applications will be presented.
110--3-D Printing--Sketch Up--Advanced
Kent Hurley--Learn how to use the computer program Sketch Up to draw your own parts for printing on a 3-D printer.
111--3 Short Topics--Beginner
Joe Robertson--Joe will do 3 short topic clinics on constructing telephone poles, fences, and gravel roads.
112--Rock Painting and Detailing--HANDS ON--Beginner
Fran Hale--Learn how to easily paint plaster cast rocks and do the detailing to bring them to life.
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
113--3-D Printing--Home Printer--Advanced
Kent Hurley--Learn how to use your 3-D printer to make detail parts for your railroad, and even whole buildings.
114--LED Lighting--Medium
Miles Hale--Use LED’s for lighting buildings, locomotives, and rolling stock. The basics of how to make it happen will be presented along with the Woodland Scenics Just Plug system.
115--Benchwork--Beginner
Fran Hale--L-Girder, bracket hanging system, and stud wall benchwork will be presented and discussed so you can decide what’s right for your situation.
116--4 Types of Turnout Control--Medium
Barry Rosier/Mike Dettinger--Stall motor, manual throw, and 2 different types of servo turnout control will be discussed and demonstrated. Control via DCC will be discussed as well.
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
117--Basic Scenery--HANDS ON--Beginner
Fran Hale--Learn basic scenery using Woodland Scenics products while you create a small diorama.
118--Eastern Logging Railroads--Beginner
Larry Smith--An extensive look at multiple logging railroads along the north and south sections of the East Coast.
119--Decorate a Blank Wall--HANDS ON--Medium
Larry Alfred--In this clinic learn and practice techniques for enhancing the look of a wall with detail parts and human interest.
120--Backdrop Painting--Advanced
Joe Robertson--Joe will teach you how to paint your own backdrop with discussions of perspective, paints, brushes, and technique.
FRIDAY, January 29, 2016
8:30 am - 9:30 am
201--Building an Old Kit--Advanced
Kent Hurley--Everybody has some old kits sitting around. Kent will discuss the old-time kit builders, the kit parts, and how to build these old kits.
202--Operations--Medium
Miles Hale/Joe Robertson--Learn how to turn your railroad into an operating railroad. An overview of operating systems will be presented with specifics of a car card system currently used by many operators.
203--Creating Land Forms--HANDS ON--Beginner
Fran Hale--Create mountains and valleys on a small diorama using three different methods of building including Woodland Scenics Shaper Sheets.
204--Making Signs--Computer, Decal, Dry Transfers--HANDS ON--Medium
Larry Smith--Learn how to make signs for your structures and layout using your computer and practice using both decals and dry transfers.
10:00 am -- 11:00 am
205--Streets and Roads--Medium
Miles Hale--What you need to know about various methods of building city streets and country roads including the new Chooch products.
206--2-D Software and CAD--Advanced
Kent Hurley--Kent will show you model railroad applications that work for paper cutting machines like the Cricut and also for laser cutters to help you make unique detail parts for your models.
207--Making Trees--HANDS ON--Beginner
Fran Hale--Every layout needs lots of trees! Learn by doing in making several types of easy trees to get you started for your layout.
208--3-Rail Wiring--Beginner
Larry Smith--Basic track and accessory wiring using MTH and Lionel systems.
11:30 am -12:00 noon
209--Pouring a Casting--HANDS ON--Beginner
Joe Robertson--Use the mold you made in the Thursday “Making a Mold” clinic to cast your part in urethane.
210--DCC Wiring--Medium
Barry Rosier/Mike Dettinger--How to convert a conventional DC layout to DCC and how to wire from the start for DCC. All aspects of control wiring will be presented.
211--Rocks from Foam Chunks--Beginner
Larry Smith--Larry will show you a unique method of quickly creating rocks for your layout from foam chunks.
212--Coupler Heights, Gauge--Beginner
Miles Hale--Learn how to easily check your locos and rolling stock for coupler height and correct gauge to prevent derails and uncoupling.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
213--Scratchbuild a Bridge--HANDS ON--Advanced
Larry Alfred--Learn about scratchbuilding techniques and materials as you build a small bridge for use on your layout.
214--Airbrushing--HANDS ON--Beginner
Alan Houtz--Try your hand at airbrushing with Alan Houtz of Iwata. Learn directly from one of the premier airbrush manufacturers.
215--Pan Pastels--HANDS ON--Medium
Joe Robertson--Everybody’s talking about Pan Pastels, so come and learn how and where to use them for weathering on your layout and equipment.
216--JMRI--Medium
Barry Rosier/Mike Dettinger--This clinic is a basic introduction to JMRI, the many facets of the software and how it can enhance your experience and make the railroad operations and control more like the prototype.
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
217--Pan Pastels--HANDS ON--Medium
Joe Robertson--Everybody’s talking about Pan Pastels, so come and learn how and where to use them for weathering on your layout and equipment.
218--Airbrushing--HANDS ON--Beginner
Alan Houtz--Try your hand at airbrushing with Alan Houtz of Iwata. Learn directly from one of the premier airbrush manufacturers.
219--Decorating a Building Interior--HANDS ON--Medium
Larry Alfred--Use the hand car shed you built in the Thursday “Basic Wooden Craftsman Kit” clinic to now put an interior in your building.
220--Scratchbuilding with Styrene--HANDS ON--Medium
Kent Hurley/Miles Hale--Learn the techniques of scratchbuilding with styrene while you construct a small structure. Learn about designing and cutting styrene, glues to use, painting and finishing.
STEPS TO REGISTER:
- Choose the TOP 10 "HANDS ON" Clinics that you would like to attend. You will be asked your top 10 on the registration page, so please be ready with those choices....all you need is the NUMBER of the clinic (i.e. 101, 104, 105, etc.) List your top 10 HANDS ONLY CLINICS only.
- Fill in the rest of the information, most importantly, the credit card information. Repeat the process for each registrant.
- That's it....you will be contacted by us so that you know what tools you should bring with you!
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHOW OFFICE!
Show office: ShowOffice@amherstrail.org
The Clinics are filling up fast so if you want to learn from some of the best Master Model Railroaders, signup for the clinics now.
Sign up for the clinics before they are all taken. http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com/clinics.php
