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This page provides the schedule for the 2007 O Scale West clinics. This page is updated whenever there is a change in the information below, so re-visit here when you need the most up to date information.
Clinics are held in three rooms that are located past the escalator: Sonoma, Mendocino, and Rutherford.
The schedule below contains 11 clinics and meetings! Have fun!
Sonoma Room
2:30 Darryl Huffman Easy Backdrop Painting <----------Time Changed!
For the beginning painter. Medium - acrylic colors and a few cheap brushes. Emphasis on achieving depth in backdrop using basic techniques.
4:00 Larry Mariottini <--------- New
Your railroad from an engineers point of view with RailCam. Featured in O Scale Trains.
Rutherford Room
4:00 Bill Young - Building a Working Bascule Bridge
Building a working bascule bridge. This huge model will be on display. You can see it in the contest area, but here you will see it work.
Sonoma Room
11:00 Jerry Guth <--------- New
O scale-sized techniques for creating landforms.
2:00 Bill Brisko
Computer generated casting masters - a discussion of the process, computer drawings and machine capabilities.
3:00 Jim Harper
Hand laying track and adding detail.
4:00 Wayne Perrier
How to hand carve stone walls.
Rutherford Room
1:00 Takashi Daito
Free from friction. Is RP25 still correct? Mr. Diato, who invented a coasting drive, has developed a new wheel contour for O scale.
2:00 Dennis and Kathy Mashburn
Lost wax castings - the process and what can be done, types of masters that can be cast and other benefits of casting for multiple reproduction of parts.
3:00 Jerry Porter
Helpful hints o designing and building a model railroad.
4:00 Dave Biondi
Backdrop painting.
Mendocino Room
1:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
2:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
3:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
Sonoma Room
8:00 O Scale Kings
A meeting for all O scalers interested in the promotion of the King of Scales.
10:00 Jim Harper
Proto:48 meeting and discussion of what is old and new, tired and true.
11:00 Darryl Huffman Easy Backdrop Painting
For the beginning painter. Medium - acrylic colors and a few cheap brushes. Emphasis on achieving depth in backdrop using basic techniques.
1:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
2:00 Bill Brisko
Computer generated casting masters - a discussion of the process, computer drawings and machine capabilities.
3:00 Bill Young
Building a working bascule bridge.
4:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
Rutherford Room
1:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
2:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!
3:00 TBD Volunteer to give a clinic!