By Al Babinsky

MMR Gene Swanson opened the clinic after completion of the board meeting. We had 50 attendees including 6 newcomers. Under announcements it was mentioned that the National Railroad Society convention is being held in June in Tacoma. The joint convention, which is going to be held on May 5 2012 in Medford, OR, has its website up and running. The Narrow Gauge Convention website, which is being held in Bellevue, is up and running.

What’s New at the Hobby Shop, presented by Tacoma Trains, had a variety of products from Athearn, Red Caboose, Roundhouse, Intermountain, Woodland Scenics, and Atlas, including flatcars and locomotives.

The Model of the Month had a showing of various models including a scratchbuilt station, kit-bashed trucks, a BTS saw mill kit, and a Miller Engineering N scale etched brass Victorian mansion kit. Tony Bentley won the Model of the Month with his BTS Laser cut saw mill kit, a huge model for HO scale.

This month’s clinic was presented by Scott Groff and Mike Shaw on how to sell items on eBay. It was very informative on the do’s and don’t’s of placing ads, taking photo to show the item at its best, and the costs involved. They also listed some other websites to sell on that were free.

This was our last clinic before the summer break so our next clinic will be September 8 at our usual place: 7:30 PM at the Pierce County Library Admin. Bldg. the corner of 112th Street and Waller Rd. Scott Taylor wil present a clinic on airbrushing for beginners. Hope to see you all back at that time. Have a great summer and support your Tourist railroads and Railroad Museums!