Scenery — Bill Carl

Creating Stencils for Your Logo — Gil Fuchs

Detailing and Weathering the MER—s CNJ PS-1 Boxcar — Mike McNamara

Digital Photography Tips & Hints — Bob Boudreau

Enhancing Backdrops — Mike McNamara

Installing Decoders in Steam Engines — Brian Sheron, MMR

Intermediate Resin Casting — John Griffith

Making Dwarf Signals — Marshall Abrams

Signals & Detection — Marshall Abrams

Making Trees from Sedum — Bob Sprague

  With easy to obtain and use primary materials, Bob shows you how to make some very realistic trees. The clinic also contains a handy list of materials for getting started. View Clinic

Railroading Along The Waterfront With Walthers – Some Prototype Ideas And Future Directions — John Teichmoeller

  This clinic is based on the Wm. K. Walthers' —Railroading Along the Waterfront— project rolled-out in 1998. The material included in this program is designed with several objectives:

• To discuss the prototypes, as best identified, for the Walthers products
• To discuss possible changes to models to enhance fidelity
• To discuss other prototype variations amenable to kitbashing with Walthers products
• To give you additional informational resources  View Clinic

Scratchbuilding a Small Wooden Freight Station and Platform — Martin Brechbiel, MMR

Using EXCEL to Create String Charts — Bob Reid,MMR

There is an easy way to display timetable in a visual way in Excel where the points that represent each train are connected by straight lines. 

Using Styrene For Backdrops — Mike McNamara

Water Effects — Mark Sisk

Replacing the External Antenna on NCE Radio Cabs — Ed Rappe

I subscribe to the Yahoo NCE DCC users group and several years ago there was an article about replacing the external antenna on NCE radio equipped cabs with an internal one similar to those found on NCE's latest cabs. Over the years on at least two occasions I've knocked an antenna free from its soldered on connection to the internal radio circuit board. Re-soldering the antenna back on to the board was relatively easy — but I always thought it was a weak design. Last month I turned and the cab bumped the fascia breaking the antenna—s solder connection. Rather than repairing the break, this time I decided to replace the external antenna with an internal one. I found the old article and ordered several Splatch antennas from DigiKey — they cost only $2.08 each!. The first cab took about 1.5 hours to upgrade, later ones perhaps 45 minutes. The internal antennas are a permanent fix for issues with broken external NCE antennas and radio performance is great.

B&O Marine Operations on the Ohio River — John Teichmoeller

Making a More Prototypical Waybill — Mike White

Everything You Wanted to Know About Model Railroad Decals — Bill Mosteller

Filling in the Model Contest Forms — Martin Brechbiel, MMR

Electroluminescent Signs For Your Layout — Brian Sheron, MMR

Creating Backdrops Using Pictures — Marshall Abrams

Backdrops — Brian Sheron, MMR

Modular Model Railroading — Clarence Guenther

Weathering — John Paganoni, MMR

The purpose of this clinic is to demonstrate the use of weathering/aging techniques for engines, railroad cars, and structures. Focus is on subtle weathering using mostly chalks and chalk-type products such as —Doc O—Brien—s—, Bragdon Enterprises powders, and colored artist chalks from craft stores. A PowerPoint presentation, with pictures, will be used that was produced by Mat Thompson, MMR to highlight weathering and aging on HO scale models from the late 1940—s to early 1950—s. Emphasis is on subtle weathering versus heavy weathering because the prototype railroad (Central Vermont) I model maintained their equipment in excellent condition. Models will also be on display for members to review subsequent to the presentation. A major objective of this effort is to encourage members to participate in the NMRA Achievement Program and share their experiences in building and weathering their models. 

Working Diaphragms — An Origami Approach — Nigel Phillips

Ships and Boats for the HO Waterfront — Mat Thompson, MMR

Obtaining the Authorship Certificate — Martin Briechiel, MMR

Demystifying the AP Dispatcher Paperwork — Kurt Thompson, MMR

Downsizing to a Shelf Layout — Fred Miller, MMR

Estate Planning for Model Railroaders — Marshall Abrams

Insurance for Your Model Railroad — Marshall Abrams

• What coverage does your homeowners' policy provide?
• What are all the components (e.g., motive power, rolling stock, structures, scenery, benchwork, scenery, structures, wiring, track, power and control electronics), of the railroad worth?
• What is your subjective assessment of the risk?
• Are you going to include repair labor in the insurance? Custom builders are expensive and unlikely to be willing to do repair work on site.    . View Clinic There is also a Special Interest Report.  View Report

Introduction to C/MRI — Jay Beckham

Introduction to Micro-Controllers — Terry Terrance

Layout Background Sound — Fred Miller, MMR

Modeling Urban Scenes — Brian W. Sheron, MMR

Molding and Casting in Hydrocal and Resin — Jay Beckham

Multi-Function Animation DCC Decoder — Fred Miller, MMR

Vinegar, Pickles and Railroads ... Oh My! — Rod Vance, MMR

Fantasy Meets Reality — Alex Belida

Having Fun with Operations — Mat Thompson, MMR

Railfanning — Dave Arday

1. The relationship between model railroading and railfanning,
2. Safety issues,
3. Types of railfanning, and
4. Railfanning information sources.

Building a Turntable — Nigel Phillips

Design Enhancements — Nick Kalis

Building the Building for Building the Layout — Jerry Stanley

Success With Static Grass  — Todd Hermann

Modeling in 2 Rail O (1/48) Scale — John Sethian

Much this presentation pertaines to how accessible O scale is, dispelling myths about O scale being too expensive, requiring too much room, and that the layouts are “plywood central” without scenery. The larger size gives the feel of heavy moving machinery, and fine details can be added and seen without heroics. Most equipment is readily available. The clinic includes sources, suppliers, and techniques. You may come away with a changed outlook on O scale! View Clinic

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Modeling the B&O West End — Terry Terrance

Terry Terrance's M∓K Junction Model Railroad (O Scale) is part of the “double humped” B&O crossing of the Allegheny mountains. The grade on Briery Mountain (Cranberry Grade), the crossing of the Cheat River at Rowlesburg, WV and the grade up Laurel Mountain (Cheat River Grade), is depicted in condensed form on this layout. Rowlesburg was a helper station as trains needed to be pushed up the grades in both directions out of Rowlesburg. The track is designed to create the feel of the prototype with heavy grades and very little tangent (straight) track and to be scenically sincere, that is, trains pass through a scene only once. There is quite a lot of information in the clinic and related layout tour. View Clinic    View Layout Tour

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 Modeling the Railroad of the Civil War & more — Bernard Kempinski

Bernie is a freelance writer who has written dozens of magazine articles and several books on model railroading. Bernie uses some of the latest technology and techniques to build his 19th Century Civil War O scale railroad, including laser cutting, photo etching, 3D printing, spin casting, battery powered locomotives, and a microprocessor controlled telegraph system. His blog is a journal following the history, design, construction and operation of his 1/48th - (O) Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Fredericksburg line in 1863, and other model railroad projects. He is also the proprietor of Alkem Scale Models, a cottage industry specializing in fine scale kits and detail parts. View Blog*    View Video — How to Operate the Aquia Line    View Video — The Port of Los Angeles HO Scale Layout Project    View Video — WWI Battle of Cambrai     View Video — (more) Battle of Cambrai     Visit Alkem Scale Models*     View Book Review — Model Railroads Go To War     View Book Review — Waterfront Terminals and Operations