Sam Swanson Finishing Models - Adopting a finishing system for your scratch-built, kit-bashed, or kit-built structure and rolling stock models will yield layout scenes that are consistently painted, weathered, and detailed. This clinic presents examples of one such model finishing system using a variety of paint, chalk, and details.
Ron Gough NMRA Contests from a Participant's Point of View
Pat Turner Making a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear or Don't Throw Out That Old Engine! Bring your old engines for ideas and tips on what to do with them.
Joe Nichols, Jr Basic Scratch-Building - Cars - Two hour clinic in which the participant gets to build and take home a scratch-built car. Materials will be provided, with a small fee to cover costs.
Robert L McIntyre Building the SV&S
Mike Justice Weathering Rolling Stock - A look at prototypical weathering patterns and techniques for reproducing them on models.
Mike Braunstein How Not To Lose Your brASS - An interactive open forum discussing the buying and selling of brass in todays market. Attendees are encouraged to participate and bring in their models for evaluation and discussion.
Bob Beaty Realistic Water - Learn how to make realistic water for your layout.
Don Bachand Masters, Molds, and Casting Structures - Adapting the molding process to making structures. Opportunity to buy unique structure kits.
George Gilbert Scratchbuilding Late 19th /Early 20th Century House Cars. - Live demo of construction techniques using stryene. Handouts include generic instructions and drawings and notes on how to go from a scale plan to a model construction plan.
Gordon Belt NMRA Kalmbach Library Director - Hobby information resources.
Paul Voelker Using DPM Wall Sections to Build the Rolling Rock Brewery (Prototype in Latrobe, PA) - Two hour clinic in which the participant gets to build and take home the model. Materials will be provided with a small fee to cover some costs.
Bob Swanner Swanner Locomotive Works - Building powerful model steam engines for your HO layout.
Elaine Banicki Innovative Miniatures - Make and take projects related to doll houses, decorations, and personal items. Kit items available at various prices.
Lynn Nichols A Railette goes to Colorado
Gene Nichols American Lighthouses