Al Lowe

It’s time for you to register for the 2022 4D Spring Meet. Time’s a’wastin’!

Details: In case you didn’t notice, this page of the website https://4dspringmeet.com/clinics.html includes links to details about each clinic, including photos. For example, if you click on the title of William Messecar’s clinic, “Building HO Resin Freight Cars,” you’ll go here: https://4dspringmeet.com/clinic2.html.

Register: Head on over to the website and register right now! You’ll be glad you did. And if you do it before Tuesday, May 31, you’ll get a free lunch. Plus, great clinics by 4D MMRs. Plus, camaraderie with your fellow model railroaders. Plus coffee (which you need in the morning) and donuts (which you don’t!).

Model Contest: Don’t come to Everett empty-handed — bring along a model! But nothing scratchbuilt. It must be a kit. And bashed. And the only paperwork you need is a sheet of 8½x11 paper with the name of the kit and a photo of it as the manufacturer intended it to be built. Include the model’s name, your name, and your NMRA number. That’s it. No other wording needed — or allowed!

Bring anything you want. Something you did thirty years ago? A tank car kit converted to a Vanderbilt tender? A passenger car that’s a diner or a shed or both? A flat car into a bridge? As long as it’s railroad‐related and suitable for a layout.

Judging will be: 35 points for the transforming idea; 35 points for workmanship; 15 for detail; and, 15 for painting and lettering.

So click here and register today while it’s fresh in your mind.