2026 Altoona N Scale Weekend Clinics

[Mike Madonna]

Good evening all,
I was wondering if there is a "posting" of the above Clinics at this year's NSW?
I know Griff's Grimeshop will be giving one on Saturday. But that's all I have knowledge of...
Thanks in advance!

[skytop35]

Found this on the Altoona Association of Model Railroaders website:

Saturday, September 12


T-TRAK Prototype Modeling (10:30 AM) — Presented by Craig Laing

Modeling prototype locations using the T-TRAK standard with an explanation of how he modeled a West Virginia town on the C&O Railway with all scratch-built structures.


Japan Railfanning Off The Beaten Path (11:30 AM) — Presented by Mike Wong

A solo journey to Japan for railfanning in Shikoku, the smallest of the four major islands that make up the country of Japan. Plus, a stay in Tokyo for model train shopping and museum visits.


LED Lighting in N-Scale (12:30 PM) — Presented by Ken Martin

Learn techniques on installing LED lighting in your N-Scale buildings.


Airbrushing in N-Scale (1:30 PM) — Presented by Paul Limmer

Learn all about airbrushing equipment, paint, techniques as well as a step-by-step guide of repainting a locomotive.


Modeling Conrail (2:30 PM) — Presented by Ed Kapuscinski

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Conrail. The presentation will cover the information that modelers need to know about its three major eras.


Weathering in N-Scale (3:30 PM) — Presented by Mike "Griff" Greifenstein

Griff's Grimeshop - Easy & Proven Techniques for weathering your N-Scale freight cars & intermodal equipment.


Sunday, September 13


N-Scale at ScaleTrains (10:30 AM) — Presented by Chris Brimley

A presentation from a project manager at ScaleTrains on N-Scale model railroading.


Japan Railfanning Off The Beaten Path (11:30 AM) — Presented by Mike Wong

A solo journey to Japan for railfanning in Shikoku, the smallest of the four major islands that make up the country of Japan. Plus, a stay in Tokyo for model train shopping and museum visits.


Weathering in N-Scale (12:30 PM) — Presented by Mike "Griff" Greifenstein

Griff's Grimeshop - Easy & Proven Techniques for weathering your N-Scale freight cars & intermodal equipment.

[Lackawannae8]

I'll probably avoid the Confail clinic at all costs. That's like a cult group meeting🤣

[Philip H]

@MK erote an actual book about his Japanese rail Dave three so I expect that to be a top notch clinic.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I guess I better finish that presentation deck

Is 200 slides too many for an hour?

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[MK]

@MK erote an actual book about his Japanese rail Dave three so I expect that to be a top notch clinic.

Thanks Phil for those kind words!  Bring the book and I'll autograph it.      

This one will be a doozy (spoiler alert) as it contains one earthquake (no tsunami) and a double typhoon which shut down all rail service for two days.

(And I need to catch up on my books as I've just done trip #4 and only did one thread/book).

[MK]

Is 200 slides too many for an hour?

I don't know if it's a serious question or not but I had 150 slides for last year's presentation and I had to speak VERY FAST in the latter 1/3 part of the presentation because I was running out of time.  And this is WITHOUT many questions from the audience.  So if you are a talker and cult audience members ask a lot of questions, I would cut it down to 100-125 slides.

I'm doing around 125 slides.

And since Ed is posting title slide...here's mine. 

[eja]

200 slides / hr = 18 seconds per slide.     


   Too much

[CR4100]

200 slides / hr = 18 seconds per slide.     


   Too much

Or perfect if you have ADHD. <ducks>

[Mike Madonna]

Bill,

Thanks!
I thought I looked on that site. However, that may have been when I registered some time ago.

[arbomambo]

Craig Laing's clinic (Modeling prototype locations on T-TRAK) is NOT to be missed!

[Iain]

I should try to go to one of these someday.

[EspeeGoldenState]

Wish clinics were recorded and posted online. I really would be interested in a few of these.

[Drgwspup]

Totally agree!!!!

[keeper]

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T-TRAK Prototype Modeling (10:30 AM) — Presented by Craig Laing

Modeling prototype locations using the T-TRAK standard with an explanation of how he modeled a West Virginia town on the C&O Railway with all scratch-built structures.

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I wonder which town that might be. Thurmond?