Category: Eastside Get-Together (Redmond) Clinic

by Alex Brikoff

Doors Open at 7:00 PM and Meeting starts promptly at 7:15 PM at:
The Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center
16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052

The 2017 – 2018 Eastside Get Together Clinic season starts September 21, 2017. We will briefly recap what we did railroad wise over the summer including reports on the National Narrow-Gauge Convention that just concluded in Denver, as well as the Regional and National Conventions held earlier this summer. We will also have our Model of the Month and Rail Photo of the Month contests.  The Photo category this month will Prototype – Color.  So, bring your best models and photos for the contests!

Our clinic this month will be “The Art of Deception” given by David Yadock.  David is an outstanding modeler and 4^th Division MMR, so I’m sure that his clinic will be top notch.  The clinic will have lots of ideas for how to make those problem areas on our layouts appear seamless and look like they really do belong there.

We’ll also have refreshments and snacks along with, possibly, some great door prizes.

Meetings are the third Thursday of each month, September to June. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the program will start at 7:15 PM.

Article and photos by Syd Schofield

Dave Cook presided, calling the group to order at 7:00pm for the evening’s clinic and general model railroad items if interest. Recollections of recent model train shows were discussed, as well as similar upcoming events.

Russ Segner gave an outstanding video show of his Sn3 scale model railroad, “Building the Coal Creek Lumber Company.” Similar portions of the presentation were shown on a recent local afternoon TV show. The layout occupies a “spare” upstairs room in his house with the associated comforts. Many of the structures on the point-to-point layout were adaptations of real world examples and constructed from raw modeling materials. Much of the track was hand-laid, the scenery was custom fabricated, and the backdrop was hand-painted. With the addition of a DCC system, Russ was able to create a unique miniature world for realistic multiple train operation.

A fine group met together for the February meeting, with Russ Segner presenting the clinic.

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by Russ Segner

We meet Thursday evening, February 16, at the Redmond Old Schoolhouse Community Center (Map) beginning at 6:45 PM.

Our program will be a description of the planning and construction of my layout, the Coal Creek Lumber Company, which was recently featured on KOMO TV. Here is the link:

http://seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/we-took-a-ride-on-a-tiny-train-and-loved-it-all-aboard/

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Article and Photos By Syd Schofield

NMRA 4^th Division Pacific Northwest Region East Side Get-Together clinic at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse on January 19

After the folks settled down from the evening commute Dave Cook brought things together at seven PM.

A good crowd showed up for the get together. (Editor’s note: Wow, look at that tree!)

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Russ Segner

Date: January 19, 2017
Time: 7 PM to 8:45 PM, doors open at 6:45
Where: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80^th Street, Redmond, WA 98052

Click here for additional clinic information including a map. There will be coffee and doughnuts for all. Bring a model or project to share.

Presentation

Mark Allen will present a clinic on how to build model trees for dioramas and layouts. His On30 Diorama “Storm King” won Third Place for Modules at the recent NMRA Convention in Portland. He will demonstrate techniques and materials needed to make his convincing model scenes.

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