2006 New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet June 2-3

[TallDude]

Wish I could make it to this... looks like a great time...


Tentative Schedule for 2006 New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet

Folks:
The 2006 New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet is less than a month away. We've been working to line up a great array of clinics, vendors and manufacturers.

The meet is Friday and Saturday, June 2-3 at the Canton Community Center, 40 Dyer Ave., Collinsville, Connecticut

For information, contact neprotomeet@gmail.com or Dave Owens at 860-233-0303.

To register, send a check payable to NE Proto Meet to Fran Richard, 34 Ellsworth Road, West Hartford, CT 06107. The meet costs $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Here is the tentative schedule. Please note that it is subject to change.

Thursday evening, June 1:

Open house and tours at Branchline Trains, East Hartford, Connecticut Contact Dave Owens and neprotomeet@gmail.com for directions and to register.

Friday, June 2:

8 a.m.
Meet registration and model setup.

9 a.m.
John Orofino
Making Plastic Structure Kits Look Great – John, an architect, will show what he does to make inexpensive plastic structure kits look like craftsman kits.

Tom Murray
Modeling Amtrak – Tom is one our meet organizers and a rabid Amtrak modeler. Ever wonder which paint phase fits your era? What locos fit your era? Why Bachmann Amfleet cars are actually better than Walthers? Tom will tell ya'.

10:30 a.m.
John Sacerdote
Hand-laying track. John will share the experience he gained installing hand-laid track on his home layout.

Neil Gage
Modeling Military Freight Car Loads – Anyone who's been to the West Springfield show has been treated to Neil's magnificent models of 1970s and World War II era trains hauling tanks, trucks and other equipment.

Noon – Lunch

1 p.m.
Mike Rose
Tree Making – Mike will lead a hands-on clinic on making the kinds of trees he's been using to fill his layout. The clinic has an additional charge of $5 to cover materials and participants can expect to take home a few trees. Pre-registration is urged as space and materials are limited.

2:30 p.m.
George Barrett
Bodies, Trailers and Loads – George, owner of Sheepscot Models, has given a clinic each year on vehicle modeling. This year's is the next progression in that series.

Bill Schaumburg
Using Photos and Documents from Archives to Model a Prototype Scene – Bill, editor of Railroad Model Craftsman, will talk about research for his home layout.


4 p.m.
Dave Messer
Designing the Pennsylvania Railroad Northeast Division -- Although it is set outside of NE, it connects with the New Haven through Maybrook Yard. It is a combination of overhead foils documenting the historic rationale of the takeover of the L&NE by PRR and the development of the track plan, plus slides showing its current state (sorry no digital projection yet).

Ramon Rhodes
Modeling the urban landscape -- Ramon will present slides and talk about realistically modeling the urban environment. He'll highlight items commonly seen but often overlooked that make cities and suburbs great places to model. Ramon will also compare and contrast the modern diesel era with the steam era, and give examples of the transition between the two.

5:30 p.m. – Dinner break/swap meet/

7 p.m.
Art Biehler
Transcontinental Passenger Service on the New York Central in the Post War Era – Art's clinic traces the evolution, trains, operation, and equipment found in the service the New York Central offered from 1946 to 1958 to California and to Texas and Oklahoma in conjunction with several western railroads. Comparisons to similar services offered by the PRR and B&O will be demonstrated. References to modeling these NYC trains would be raised.

Marty McGuirk
Something Central Vermont.

8:30 p.m.
Pete McLachlan – Pete hired out with the New Haven and worked until Conrail. And he took his camera to work damned near every day.

Open time until 11 p.m. for slides, etc.

Saturday, June 3:

8 a.m.
Registration and model setup

9 a.m.
Jeff Hanke
Something Chessie

John Orofino
Part 2 of Making Plastic Structure Kits Look Great.

10:30 a.m.
Steve Funaro
Building Resin Kits – Steve will lead a hands-on clinic on building resin kits. Each participant will receive a Funaro & Camerlengo kit. This clinic has a fee of about $12 and pre-registration is requested as space is limited.

Rick Abramson
What are Those Details on a Diesel Engine and What do They Do? – Ever open a package of Details West MU hose and wonder how many you're supposed to put on the locomotive your modeling. Rick, a well-known New Haven modeler and a dispatcher for the Housatonic Railroad, will answer that and other questions about diesels.

Noon – Lunch

1 p.m.
Preston Cook
What's In Those Steam Locomotives – A detailed examination of a steam engine's components. This two-part session will help you understand what all those parts do. This is a two-part presentation and continues into the 2:30 p.m. session.

Mike Simonds
Wiring a Locomotive for DCC and Sound – Mike will show what it takes to install sound and DCC in a locomotive and will be on hand Saturday to offer advice on an individual basis.

2:30 p.m.
Scott Mason
Building Craftsman Kits – Scott, well-known craftsman kit builder, will share the skills and techniques he's developed.

Preston Cook
Continuation of What's in Those Steam Locomotives

4 p.m.
Ralph Barger
The Harriman Common Standard Passenger Cars – Ralph will discuss total Harriman car production (3041 cars), including dates, car type, plan and lot numbers for the Pullman built cars and also the cars built by AC&F, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, J. G. Brill, Pressed Steel Car, St. Louis Car Co., Standard Steel Car and the prototypes built by SP & UP.

John Greene
Reading Covered Hoppers – John, owner of Bethlehem Car Works, will talk about Reading's fleet of covered hoppers.

5:30 p.m. – Dinner/Swap meet

7 p.m.
Ted Culotta
Designing the Naugy and Highland in HO – If you read Railroad Model Craftsman, you've seen Ted's ongoing series "Essential Freight Cars." Ted is a master at research and he'll talk about how he's applying those skills to his home layout, which is based on the New Haven's Naugatuck and Highland lines. While this will be of interest to NH modelers and historians, it will also be pertinent to those thinking about or currently designing layouts as it will discuss many of the tools being used to develop the track plan, including photos, maps, timetables, and other relevant data sources.

Jim Homoki
Freight Car Stenciling Details in the Diesel Era – Jim will show how to identify the paint and stencil details that make a car era- specific. It will be a look at how the information provided on freight cars has changed since the 1950s and how you can identify and model cars to fit a specific era.

8:30 p.m.
Rob Pisani
The Final Years of Conrail – shot in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio; with some immediate post-CSX/NS coverage.

After Rob:
Tom Nanos
A View from the Cab – Tom, a Connecticut-based railfan photographer, will present his work.

Vendors and manufacturers:
Branchline Trains, Atlas Model Railroad Co., Bethlehem Car Works, Speedwitch Media and Models, Reboxx, Sheepscot Scale Models, Funaro & Camerlengo, Bob's Photo, Arlington Station, Mohawk Valley Car Shops, Short Line Products, Penn Central Historical Society, Chessie System Historical Society, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society New England Chapter.

All clinics, vendors, manufacturers and other meet participants are subject to change.

[Trainman1965]

Sounds like you need to load up and get to that. I wish i was closer i would be there in a min.

[ak-milw]

Those prototype meets are really great, I went to one a lot of years ago in Chicago it was excellent. I f they ever have one close enough to me I will be there!!

[TallDude]

Revised Schedule....

2006 New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet
Tentative Schedule

The meet is Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, at the Canton Community Center, 40 Dyer Ave., Collinsville, Connecticut.

There are tours of Branchline Trains on Thursday evening and layout open houses Sunday.

For information, contact neprotomeet@gmail.com or Dave Owens at 860-233-0303.

To register, send a check payable to NE Proto Meet to Fran Richard, 34 Ellsworth Road, West Hartford, CT 06107. The meet costs $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

The model room is open all day Friday and Saturday so PLEASE bring your work to show.

Here is the tentative schedule. Please note that it is subject to change.

Thursday evening, June 1, 5 to 7 p.m.

Open house and tours at Branchline Trains, East Hartford, Connecticut. Contact Dave Owens and neprotomeet@gmail.com for directions and to register.

Friday, June 2:
8 a.m. -- Meet registration and model setup.

9 a.m.
John Orofino -- Making Plastic Structure Kits Look Great. John, an architect, will show what he does to make inexpensive plastic structure kits look like craftsman kits.

Tom Murray -- Modeling Amtrak. Tom is one our meet organizers and a rabid Amtrak modeler. Ever wonder which paint phase fits your era? What locos fit your era? Why Bachmann Amfleet cars are actually better than Walthers? Tom will tell ya'.

10:30 a.m.
John Sacerdote -- Hand-laying track. John will share the experience he gained installing hand-laid track on his home layout.

Neil Gage -- Modeling Military Freight Car Loads. Anyone who's been to the West Springfield show has been treated to Neil's magnificent models of 1970s and World War II era trains hauling tanks, trucks and other equipment.

Noon – Lunch

1 p.m.
Mike Rose -- Tree Making. Mike will lead a hands-on clinic on making the kinds of trees he's been using to fill his layout. The clinic has an additional charge of $5 to cover materials and participants can expect to take [home a few trees. Pre-registration is urged as space and materials are limited.

2:30 p.m.
George Barrett -- Bodies, Trailers and Loads. George, owner of Sheepscot Models, has given a clinic each year on vehicle modeling. This year's is the next progression in that series.

Bill Schaumburg – Pennsylvania Slate Quarrying. The editor of Railroad Model Craftsman, will speak about and show photos of slate quarry operations.

4 p.m.
Dave Messer -- Designing the Pennsylvania Railroad Northeast Division. Although it is set outside of NE, it connects with the New Haven through Maybrook Yard. It is a combination of overhead foils documenting the historic rationale of the takeover of the L&NE by PRR and the development of the track plan, plus slides showing its current state.

Ramon Rhodes -- Modeling the urban landscape. Ramon will present slides and talk about realistically modeling the urban environment. He'll highlight items commonly seen but often overlooked that make cities and suburbs great places to model. Ramon will also compare and contrast the modern diesel era with the steam era, and give examples of the transition between the two.

5:30 p.m. – Dinner break/swap meet

7 p.m.
Art Biehler -- Transcontinental Passenger Service on the New York Central in the Post War Era. Art's clinic traces the evolution, trains, operation, and equipment found in the service the New York Central offered from 1946 to 1958 to California and to Texas and Oklahoma in conjunction with several western railroads. Comparisons to similar services offered by the PRR and B&O will be demonstrated. References to modeling these NYC trains would be raised.

Marty McGuirk -- Something Central Vermont.

8:30 p.m.
Slide show with Pete McLachlan – Pete hired out with the New Haven and worked until Conrail. And he took his camera to work damned near every day.

Slide show with Paul Backenstose -- Along the Maine Line. This slide show was the basis of Paul's article of the same title that appeared in the January 1997 issue of Railpace Newsmagazine. It features the Bangor & Aroostook/Iron Road, Guilford, New Brunswick Southern/Maine Eastern and Maine Coast railroads and was shot in the Summer of 1996.

Saturday, June 3:

8 a.m -- Registration and model setup

9 a.m.
Jeff Hanke -- Something Chessie

John Orofino -- Part 2 of Making Plastic Structure Kits Look Great.

10:30 a.m.
Steve Funaro -- Building Resin Kits. Steve will lead a hands-on clinic on building resin kits. Each participant will receive a Funaro & Camerlengo kit. This clinic has a fee of about $12 and pre-registration is requested as space is limited.

Rick Abramson -- What are those Details on a Diesel Engine and what do They Do? Ever open a package of Details West MU hose and wonder how many you're supposed to put on the locomotive your modeling. Rick, a well-known New Haven modeler and a dispatcher for the Housatonic Railroad, will answer that and other questions about diesels.

Noon – Lunch

1 p.m.
Preston Cook -- What's In Those Steam Locomotives. A detailed examination of a steam engine's components. This two-part session will help you understand what all those parts do. This is a two-part presentation and continues into the 2:30 p.m. session.

Mike Simonds -- Wiring a Locomotive for DCC and Sound. Mike will show what it takes to install sound and DCC in a locomotive and will be on hand Saturday to offer advice on an individual basis.

2:30 p.m.
Scott Mason -- Building Craftsman Kits. Scott, well-known craftsman kit builder, will share the skills and techniques he's developed.

Preston Cook -- Continuation of What's in Those Steam Locomotives

4 p.m.
Ralph Barger -- The Harriman Common Standard Passenger Cars. Ralph will discuss total Harriman car production (3041 cars), including dates, car type, plan and lot numbers for the Pullman built cars and also the cars built by AC&F, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, J. G. Brill, Pressed Steel Car, St. Louis Car Co., Standard Steel Car and the prototypes built by SP & UP.

John Greene -- Reading Covered Hoppers. John, owner of Bethlehem Car Works, will talk about Reading's fleet of covered hoppers.

5:30 p.m. – Dinner/Swap meet

7 p.m.
Ted Culotta -- Designing the Naugy and Highland in HO. If you read Railroad Model Craftsman, you've seen Ted's ongoing series "Essential Freight Cars." Ted is a master at research and he'll talk about how he's applying those skills to his home layout, which is based on the New Haven's Naugatuck and Highland lines. While this will be of interest to NH modelers and historians, it will also be pertinent to those thinking about or currently designing layouts as it will discuss many of the tools being used to develop the track plan, including photos, maps, timetables, and other relevant data sources.

Jim Homoki -- Freight Car Stenciling Details in the Diesel Era. Jim will show how to identify the paint and stencil details that make a car era-specific. It will be a look at how the information provided on freight cars has changed since the 1950s and how you can identify and model cars to fit a specific era.

8:30 p.m.
Slide show with Rob Pisani -- The Final Years of Conrail – shot in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio; with some immediate post-CSX/NS coverage.

After Rob:
Slide show with Tom Nanos -- A View from the Cab – Tom, a Connecticut-based railfan photographer, will present his work.

Vendors and manufacturers:
Branchline Trains, Atlas Model Railroad Co., Bethlehem Car Works, Speedwitch Media and Models, Reboxx, Sheepscot Scale Models, Funaro & Camerlengo, Bob's Photo, Arlington Station, Scott Mason, Mohawk Valley Car Shops, Short Line Products, Penn Central Historical Society, Chessie System Historical Society, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society New England Chapter, the Hobby Gallery..

All clinics, vendors, manufacturers and other meet participants are subject to change.

[Trainman1965]

Hey TD how far is this from your house.LOL

[TallDude]

Well, it was a month ago, and would be 6 or so hours from my house I would guess.

[Trainman1965]

O sorry i thought this was the one you went to the other day Maybe i need to stop making replys to stuff.

[TallDude]

The one I'm hoping to go to this weekend is the NMRA National Converntion in Philadelphia, about 2 1/2 - 3 hours away.