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2007 O SCALE WEST CLINICS

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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!

Thursday, February 15

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.

Friday, February 16

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!

Saturday, February 17

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!

TO CONTACT O SCALE WEST

Interested in learning more about 2-rail O scale? Please visit the O Scale Kings web pages.

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