Clinicians

Rob Spangler was on hand at the convention giving a clinic about his scenery design. The room he was in had 147 seats which were all tekn and there pwer possibly another 2 dozen folks standing around. Rob did a great job - as expected!

Lance Mindheim was also on hand and playing to a packed house with his "achievable Realism" clinic!

And there were lots more. 6 rooms with 9 clinics in each room on Monday.

Charlie

Continued...

You really don't want to know how many photos I took today... I did make it to one clinic, Lee Nicholas' clinic on his Utah Colorado Western RR.

So, on with the photos. Narrow gauge is really in here, with Nn3, HOn3, and On3 seemingly outnumbering the standard gauge equipment.... This is an F scale Virginia & Truckee water car -

F scale scratchbuilt van (Caboose) -

Apparently the Flying Scotman visited the US some time ago. This was her at the head of a long train of passenger cars -

This is the observation car at the end of the train -

A lovely curved trestle -

Karen's Books, a scratchbuilt HO scale building -

Gustin's Tavern - O scale, I believe. I'll have to go back and check -

Continued x 2....

Bruce Chubb's clinic on the Sunset Valley Story -

Lance Mindheim's clinic on Achievable Realism was SRO and then some...

HO scale boxcars -

Scratchbuilt flatcar -

Detailed archbar truck on one of the boxcars (I rented a 100mm Macro lens for the week and am having some fun with it) -

Proto:48 CANFOR ThrallDoor Boxcar -

Proto:48 CP Rail Plug Door Boxcar -

Cute little On3....

There is also, in addition to the contest/evaluation categories, a non-competition showcase where modelers can just show off their work, such as this railgun -

And this trolley -

This On30 caboose has been submitted for evaluation -

On30 "10 foot car" -

HO scale War Emergency Caboose converted from a boxcar -

Continued x 3....

HO scale Burton Station -

N scale Depot and Morton, WA, in it's restored Milwaukee Road colors -

Northern Pacific Depot at Yakima, WA - HO scale, I believe -

This is one of two O scale sawmills that were built from a kit (the other can be seen in the upper right). However, even though they began as the same kit, they are now distinctly different structures in many ways -

This is the second sawmill -

Welcome to Earl's Tractor Repair (HO scale) -

Blacksmith's shop -

Not only are models evaluated and judged in competition, photos are as well -

This person did something I'm doing, and has done it much better than I - turned a Z scale train into an HO scale amusement park ride -

I want to say this is HO scale, but I'm not sure, and the part of the documentation I photographed doesn't say -

And here we have a 1:20.3 scale Flatulene tank car and a possible manufacturing center car, entered under the "Thumbs" category -

Also in the Thumbs category is this Bathtub Gondola -

Continued x 4...

People were enjoying examining the entries -

There is also an Arts and Crafts category -

And of course, there are the people I see year after year, running the Celebration Room - Robert Hamm is on the left side of the photo here -

And Paul Voelker, in the hat, who is in charge of the photo competition (he may have other responsibilities, but I've most frequently seen him with the photos), also in the photo is Bill Brown, MMR -

Now I put on the 100mm Macro lens, and went forth to discover it's strengths and weaknesses. Many of the items I have close-up photos of here are in Nn3 scale/gauge, such as this disconnect logging truck. Someone said it had been 3D Printed -

This tank car was in N scale -

This is an unfinished one -

This is N scale -

This is an "Nn3 wood body gas-mechanical critter" -

A truly tiny SW-1, with a dime in front of it -

Here we have all the parts to build an Nn3 Porter 0-4-0T engine, as well as a completed model -

An Nn3 Class B Shay -

Scratchbuilt Elk River Mill & Lumber Company Locomotive #1, in On3 or On30 -

Here is an HO scale Southern Pacific Alco PA-2 -

An Nn3 D&RGW 300-series box car -

West Side snowplow, in one of the larger scales. Note the broom and shovel -

An Nn3 logging caboose - I have no idea why it doesn't just float away, it's so tiny -

N scale Alton & Southern Transfer Caboose #49 -

Water Car, MW #64 - HO scale -

The HOn3 version of the Westside Snowplow -

"Waterfront Willy's" (HO scale) -

And that's it for tonight. It's after 11pm, we're closing up shop, and will soon be off to get not quite enough sleep.

Thanks again...

Really appreciate you taking the time after a long day to post these updates.                 John

Great pictures and thanks

 Jeff - it's the next best thing to being there.
Your time and trouble is much appreciated

Rob Clark
Cornhill & Atherton RR
 

Thanks Jeff

great stuff most enjoyable to see and appreciate

Regards Kenn down under in Aus.

Thanks!

I wish I could be there but as the next best thing, I really appreciate the pictures!

Thank You!!!

Thanks!

Jeff:  West Coast too far to travel this year, and money too steep, so I enjoy your hard work to let us see what's there this year.

Thanks again,

Chuck

After a long day

This was wonderful to come home to, thanks Jeff for all you do.

Really nice shots!

I very much enjoyed looking at your great photos. A real treat.

-Al

Too much to do!

Too much to do here in Portland, so your updates provide me with an insight to what I've missed!

Still, visited two heritage railroads and several clinics already, and enjoying every minute of it.

Brian