By John O’Connell
May 12, 2016, Mt Vernon Senior Center
Ted Becker opened the Clinic with twenty-one in attendance. Ted welcomed our guests Kevin Klettke, the evening’s presenter, Bill Sandstrom, owner of Tacoma Trains; and Cliff Green, Webmaster and Grab Iron Editor for our 4th Division, Pacific Northwest Region website. Ted then asked new attendees to introduce themselves and the Clinic welcomed Ken Wagner, Mark Malmkar, and Kurt Boyd. We hope you’ll come back!
Announcements
Announcements this month centered on suggestions for Clinic topics beginning in October. A number of topics were suggested and some additional ones were added after the Clinic. Names in parentheses indicate volunteers:
- Panel of experts with questions from the attendees
- Demonstrate several modeling skills at tables throughout the room
- T Track Modules
- Detailing an older building (Al Carter and John O’Connell)
- Detailing passenger cars (Mark Malmkar)
- Building a Spray Booth in a Hostile Environment (John O’Connell)
- All attendees assemble and finish a building, in their scale, over the course of months and bring their projects to the Clinic for Show and Tell
- Bob Stafford discusses Bellingham BNSF operations
In September, the attendees reaffirmed their interest in a Hands-on Airbrushing Clinic.
Show and Tell
Bonnie Hollingsworth brought her O Scale model of the electrical substation that will be on display at the depot in Skykomish, WA. The substation supplied power for the GN electrics that worked Stevens Pass. Bonnie designed her model using CorelDRAW and built it with laser cut plywood.
Bonnie’s Skykomish Substation
Kurt Boyd brought in his nicely weathered Athearn Genesis Milwaukee Road SIECO Box that he weathered with acrylics.
Kurt’s model and a photo of the prototype
Mike O’Brien announced that he has been asked to facilitate an estate sale of forty-five brass models and made the list available. Contact Mike at 360-202-9750 if interested.
Al Carter brought in Mack’s Vintage Auto Parts, a module that will fit directly into his layout.
Mack’s Vintage Auto Parts
The Main Event
Kevin Klettke presented his long awaited Clinic on Fleet Weathering. He opened by sharing his dilemma, how do you “efficiently” weather a fleet of 300 plus cars? The first hint was that he found he could easily weather four cars at a time. He outlined his strategy, tools, techniques and choice of finishing agents as he showed clear, easy to follow photos for the major car components: couplers, wheel sets, trucks, underbodies, and car bodies. Visit his website for the very detailed slide presentation. It is a virtual encyclopedia on car finishing. He even provided a detailed list of materials.
Kevin answers questions after his clinic
See you September 8!
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