Clinics
We will have six clinics in three tracks. Below is a preview of the clinicians and topics that will be covered along with the schedule.
10:00AM ART STUDIO
Designing a DCC Sound Install the Right Way by JT Burke
Maximize the effectiveness of your DCC sound installation while avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls in the process.
10:00AM RIVER BIRCH
Weathering to Enhance the Small Details by Lee Turner
A general clinic on finishing the great models we have by focusing on the small details that make the difference. Focus will be on enhancing details and general appearance through various weathering techniques.
10:00AM WILLOW
Using Layout Design Elements to Model Michigan City, Indiana circa 1960 by
Seth Lakin
Applying the LDE concept in planning a layout that features only one small city but prototypically modeling the interactions of the five railroads that served it.
1:00PM
ART STUDIO
Enhancing Operations With the ProtoThrottle by Michael Kisser
For those interested in prototypical operations, the Iowa Scaled Engineering ProtoThrottle can further enhance the experience by mimicking a prototypical control standard. With proper programming, the ProtoThrottle can also reproduce prototypical train handling dynamics for additional realism.
1:00PM
RIVER BIRCH
NYC’s Richardsonian Depots by Seth Lakin
A general clinic on finishing the great models we have by focusing on the small details that make the difference. Focus will be on enhancing details and general appearance through various weathering techniques.
1:00PM
WILLOW
Tires to Toledo – Tire Traffic on the AC&Y in June 1967 by Steve Holzheimer
An analysis of outbound tire traffic on the Akron Canton & Youngstown will be presented based on the usual (waybills) and unusual (market research summary) documents. I’ll highlight tire loads shipped to Toledo and Detroit area customers. Find out why “Serving Ohio and The Nation” really was more than just a marketing slogan and which rolling stock might be appropriate in your modeled freight trains.
