SNFF 2010 06 05
Hello, all,
Here's my contributions for this week.
Couple of photos from the NMRA Pacific Coast Region annual convention, held in April 2010:
Tom Knapp's Nn3 master craftsmanship:
Guiseppe Ayamar's N scale diorama of Diablo Canyon on the BNSF Transcon in Arizona:
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By the way, as a general model railroad public service announcement to all.... as
it may be of interest even if you are out of the area...
If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, you're invited to
come as a guest to next weekend's NMRA Pacific Coast Region, Coast Division Meet on
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the:
Masonic Lodge
890 Church Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
You get to have great idea exchange, seeing and kibitzing with your fellow
Bay Area model railroaders and guests. I'll be there, and be happy to meet you.
There is no charge to come and visit us as a guest, and
the clinics may well be worth it to you to come on over:
http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/meet_clinics.shtmlLearn more by seeing the Coast Division web site at:
http://www.pcrnmra.org/coastAnd other events such as the Model Contest / Show and Tell / Photo Contest and Switching Contest:
http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/contest.shtml=================================
We will have the following clinics:
10 AM - Developing a Web Site for your Railroad
by: John Sing,
http://home.comcast.net/~j.sing(a copy of the handout will be posted to the Coast Division Meet Clinics web site
above as soon as I finish it - when it's there, anyone may download.)
John Sing is back to deliver a clinic on developing your own Model Railroad Web Site.
Anyone will benefit, this clinic is designed for everyone - you don't have to be a Internet expert.
In fact, doing a web site.... it's a lot like designing a model railroad.
We'll take an entertaining, easy-to-understand look at the following :
1. What's possible with Model RR web sites? Who's doing what locally?
2. What should my "Givens & Druthers" be for my web site?
3. What are my web site options? (from Easy to Advanced). Lots of options.
4. What is my easy step-by-step list of things to do? Easy steps.
5. Examples / resources of what you can do today
http://home.comcast.net/~j.sing You'll see many examples, including how the Coast Division quarterly web sites referenced
above get built.
Everyone can do this!
You can literally be up and running your own web page after getting home from the the Meet.
No kidding! We'll show you how.
(As a supplement, you're welcome to review John's previous clinic on Photographing Railroad Models):
http://home.comcast.net/~atsf_arizona/John_Sings_Photographing_Railroad_Models_John_Sing_v23.pdf 11 AM - Details Make The Difference and MORE!
by: Brad Lloyd
Brad Lloyd has presented numerous clinics on model railroading and detailing at the
National NMRA level as well as Pacific Coast Region Conventions.
He is a well known local and regional modeller, and he built two of the sections of the beautiful
Yosemite Short Line On30 traveling modular narrow gauge layout:
http://home.comcast.net/~ronin_engineer/yosemiteshortline.htmlCome hear and see what Brad has to say about Detailing Makes the Difference!
Brad Lloyd lives in the San Francisco Bay Area but grew up and lived in other parts of the
US, before coming to California. He is in several local round-robins. HO is his primary scale, but he also
models in On30, and is a narrow gauge and short line modeler.
Brad's primary interest is the Denver & Rio Grande Colorado narrow gauge.
11 AM - Model Railroad Roundtable - by Jerry Littlefield
We also have our ever-popular Model Railroad Roundtable. Check it out, you'll
be amazed at the good ideas, lively conversation, you'll learn a lot and have fun doing it.
Don't miss it!
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The price is right, so feel free to come by if you like.
By the way, the NMRA Pacific Coast Region has an online calendar of local Northern and Central
California model railroad and railroad events, check that out at:
http://www.pcrnmra.org/pcr/calendar/mastercalendar.htmThis weekend June 5 and 6th, for example, is the San Leandro Club's open house on Saturday
and Sunday, see the John Armstrong-designed Southern Pacific from Oakland to
Donner Pass in HO, including one of the tallest helix's in the Western US.
Check out the calendar.... some really great events out there to be taken advantage of,
if one has the time. The weekend of June 25th, for example, has *six* different events.
So many events, so little time!
Brought to you as a public service by the local NMRA Pacific Coast Region.
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Hope this is helpful to all.
