2020.04.24 (24 hours)
Ralph Renzetti: From Workbench to Mainline
Kaylee Zhang: Using Cellular Speakers for DCC Sound Clark Kooning, MMR®: Model Railroading 101 Joey Guinto: Weathering for Beginners Ron Marsh: My Home layout. A virtual layout tour Kevin Marks: Track building tips with Fast Tracks Tools Neil Erickson: Oahu Railway Wahiawa Branch & Dead Rail Duncan Cabassi: UPBNSF Sub Downunder N Scale Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Selection of Australian Layouts Craig Mackie: "Cassino" HO Scale Martyn Jenkins: Raspberry Pi and Engine Driver Mike DeSensi: Ohio Valley Lines MR Club, T-Trak Subdivision Randy Hammil: New Britain Station
Rob Clark: Is Model Railroading Art?
Peter Bowen: Weathering Locos and Cars in 5 minutes Perry Lamb: Utah, Colorado & Western Developing a History Thomas Gasior, MMR®: Split Rock Mining Company, HO Layout Chris Adams: Modeling the Valley Local Michelle Kempema: Colorado Model Railroad Museum Tony Cook: Prototype to Model SD50/SD60's Seth Gardner: NYC Piney Fork Branch Mike Mackey, MMR®: Details make the Difference
Walker Embry: Big Turn & Southern Railroad AML: AML Live Podcast, The Digital World!!! 2020.05.09 Ask the MMR
2020.05.16
John Gaydon: NSW Automated Signalling
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Virtual Layout Tour - Australian Narrow Gauge Mike Mackey, MMR®: 3D Printing & Model Railroading Joey Guinto: Creating Simple Rust for Beginners Perry Lamb: Detailing Diesel Locomotives Dave Burman: Against the Grain - Modeling Prototype Agriculture, part 1 Kevin Marks: Track Building with Fast Tracks Clark Kooning, MMR®: How to build a plastic structure kit Andrew Porter: Virtual Layout Tour - Elk Creek Logging Company Tony Cook: An overview of Revell HO Ralph Renzetti: Weathering Wall Signs Eduardo Becherell: Landscaping 101 2020.05.30 Mike Mackey, MMR®: Scenery with Florist Foam
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: More Layouts from Down Under Lloyd Henchey: Layout Tour, MHO Junction Jerry Britton: Moving the Presidents by Rail Dwight Sturtevant: Layout Tour, New Middletown and Stonypoint RR Duane Richardson, MMR®: If it ain't dirty it ain't done! Scott Perry: Scratch building Structures Randy Hammill: New Haven Steam, A Detail Study for Modelers Pete Steinmetz: Simple, Effective Weathering Techniques John Bate: A Gentle Introduction to Arduino Programming Jim Sacco: Easy City Streets Using Sintra (and Tips on Modeling Streets) Bruce Petrarca, MMR®: The ABC's of DCC 2020.06.13
Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Building an 8-wheel wagon (Freight Car)
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Something from Down Under! David McLaughlin: Scratchbuilding Western Maryland Railway Structures Michael Groves: Lighting your layout without Wiring Dave Abeles: Onondaga Cutoff, Remote Operating Sessions Randy Hammill: New Britain Station, Designing Operations Mike Deverell: Drawing for Lasercutting 101 Jim Gore, MMR®: Building Grandpa's Service Station Frank Markovich, MMR®: Detailing wood for structures and rolling stock John Bate: Creating Your Own 3D Designs with SketchUp Mike Mackey, MMR®: 3D Printing & Model Railroading Neil Erickson: Exploring Dead Rail, Battery Powered Trains 2020.06.20 Ask the MMR
2020.06.27
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Australian Layout tours
Adam Wuiske: How I got into model manufacturing Monty Smith: Not Just Toying with Bricks: L Gauge Layout Tour & Demo Miles Hale, MMR®: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of building a model railroad Hale w/John Lowrance, MMR®: 2 Words and how they effect our railroads Dave Burman: Against the Grain - Modeling Prototype Agriculture, part #2 Robert Thomas: Layout tour, The Crawford & Cherokee Joey Giunto: Carving rocks from foam Andrew Porter: LCC for beginners Tom Barbalet: Podcasting is easier than you think! Paul Hobbs: Business Cars, Private Cars Scott Thornton: Brief history of the ProtoThrottle and how it may enhance your operations 2020.07.12 GatewayX
Day 1, Sunday
Michael Hill: The very first introduction to Arduino
Don Fowler: Woodland Scenics Realistic Water Jonathan Small: N-scale Trees: Modeling Trees from Astilbe Flowers Edward Koehler: That town at the end of the line - Coal Patch Communities Eduardo Becherell: Ballasting 101 Carl Blum: PVC Terminal Strips for Model Railroads Dan Munson: Model railroad photography Lloyd Henchey, Perry Lamb, Neil Erickson, Mike Mackey MMR®: Panel Discussion: Building Your First Model Railroad Ralph Renzetti: Weathering, we don't know what yet. It is a surprise Perry Lamb: Realistic base level scenery for your model railroad John Lowranch, MMR®: San Antonio and Northern Railroad Greg McComas: Touring the Michigan Interstate St. Clair Subdivision Ed McNamara: Portland and Western, Free-Mo-N Day 2, Monday 7.13
Kevin Marks: Track building with Fast Tracks
Peter Bowen: Scratch Building in Wood David Hager: Drawing-3D in SketchUp Bob Feuerstein: Getting a Pro Look with a Simple Camera Jim Sacco: Modernization of Main St. and How It Affects Our Modeling Mike Corley: Building Rooftop details Bob Feuerstein: Photo Editing Programs and Efficient Workflow Mike Ross: Tree building for Model Railroads Mike Walter: Resistance Soldering Joey Guinto, Andrew Porter, Clark Kooning MMR® Panel Discussion: Skills and Techniques for Kit Building
Lloyd Henchey: Building Interiors Jack Ellis: Bar Mills Model Works: The Last Two Inches of The Layout Barry Silverthorn: Roomettes Jeff Palmer, MMR®: Roads Duane Richardson, MMR®: What it takes to make a model great Day 3, Tuesday 7.14
Tim O.: Lake Michigan Carferry Operations at Kewaunee, WI
Randy Hammil, Andrew Porter, Mike Mackey MMR®: Panel Discussion - Modelling Freight Cars & Locomotives Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Conveying goods & freight on your layout Dave Burman: Covered hoppers, Against the Grain Tony Cook: Greenville, Pullman-Standard, and Thrall 86-foot High-Cube Boxcars Matt Lentz: Rebuild Athearn Blue Box Locomotives Paul Hobbs: Streamlined Passenger Trains serving St. Louis Day 4, Wednesday 7.15
Dave Burman: Against the grain, part 3. Storing, Distilling and Shipping to the Consumer
Jerry Hoverson, MMR®: Planning your Layout (before you install benchwork) Andy Ambroze: From 12x20 to 20x16x3! Gordy Robinson: Layout Design from track charts and maps Randy Hammill, Dave Burman, Dan Munson, Ed Smith: Panel Discussion – Layout Design John Feraca, MMR®: Building the Beaver Creek Branchline Bruce Wilson: Culm Valley Light Railway Edward Koehler: Introduction to modelling firefighting Dave Burman: Designing from the Prototype - Making it Real Joe Fugate: TOMA, The "One module approach" Day 5, Thursday 7.16
Dan Spalding: Painting & Weathering
Otto Vondrak: History of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine Drake Hokanson: "That looks right"; How better scenery graphics and improved railroad graphics can enhance realism in your model railroad. Ralph Renzetti & Dan Spalding: Panel discusion, Painting & Weathering Art Fahie: Bar Mills Model Works Matt Lentz: Contrast Paint vs. Brass Locomotive Bernard Hellen: How to paint 3D resin prints. Make your layout come alive! Jeff Kuebler: Track Weathering - 1,2,3 Day 6, Friday 7.17
Jim Kline: Preparing to Program an Arduino Jim Lewis: Super Simple Lighting: LED and Fiber Optics Animation without soldering Tim O.: Scratch building a RR Car, Cricut Cutting Styrene Tim O.: Scratch building a RR Car, Simple 3d Printed Parts Bill Sartore: Microlumina: Lighting kits Dave Ackmann: Amazing Arduino Animations for Beginners Gordy, Brad and Speed: Helices
Dave Ackmann: Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt & DeSmet
Speed, Michael P., Bruce P., Nathan H.: Panel Discussion – Technology & Electronics Pat McCarthy: Lights and interiors Michael Groves: Designing Prototypical Lighting for Realism Jim Kline: Introduction to NeoPixels Bruce Petrarca: DCC Consisting Pete Steinmetz: Battery Power Remote Control - Dead Rail. An Overview of Various Systems and Options Day 7, Saturday 7.18
Carlton Brown: RFID/NFC and JMRI
Kevin Marks: Magic with rail Ron Poidomani: Introduction to Building Craftsman Kits Tony Cook: Ski Train Chris Adams: Operating the Valley Local Greg McComas: OPs on the Michigan Interstate St. Clair Subdivision Richard Sieben: Operations by Spreadsheet Joe Fugate: Runs like a dream Dan Munson: Yardmaster 101 Dave Burman: A river runs through it - barge operations and your railroad Tony Cook & Craig Ross: Virtual Banquet – "The Business of N Scale with Craig Ross of Bluford Shops" Eric Smith: Getting Started with Operations, for the novice Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Prototype Ops on a Small Layout 2020.07.25 SERx
Room 1
David McLaughlin: Scratchbuilding Western Maryland Railway structures and more
Jonathan Small: Trees for your Layout Randy Hammil: Operations Jobs performed by the Railroad James Knabb: The Next Generation Model Railroaders Michael Hill: How to build an Ardunio based control panel. Gordy Robinson: From Track Charts to Track Plan Room 2
Steve Todd: JMRI Operations with no paper
Stephen Sprinkle: Quick assembly of an HO scale layout designed for operations Perry Lamb: Military flat car loads Carl Blum: PVC terminal strips for insulation displacment screws Tom Gordon: Arduinos & Raspberry Pi's - Oh my! Chuck Jenkins: Trees as supporting actors Walt Liles: Modeling a Walthers structure to look real Craig Laing: Prince, WV: Modeling a real place using an N scale T-TRAK module Room 3
Peter Bowen: Scratch Building in Wood
Nick Santo: Basic DCC Decoder Installation Thoughts Mike Mackey, MMR®: Foam Scenery Scott Griggs: The end of the line - Selling your trains David Popp: Overview of the Canadian Canyons N Scale Layout George Bogatuik: Overview of Tsunami steam decoders - Soundtrax Jon Tamkin: Mission model paints Pete Steinmetz: Weathering with AK Pencils George Bogatuik: Overview of Tsunami diesel decoders - Soundtrax 2020.08.22 BODx, ask the Board of Directors
2020.09.12 Ask the MMR Patrick Grace: A day in the life of my layout Thomas Klimoski: The Georgia Northeastern Railroad, Prototype and Modeling Jeff Gerow: LCC, a better way to move points Pete Leach, MMR®: The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington in On30
Chuck Lind, MMR®: Crowell Long Leaf Lumber Company, Inc.
Dave Ackmann: I Just Bought a 3D Printer – Now What Can I Do With It? Eduardo Becherell: Water & Lakes Bernhard Beck and Dave Falkenburg: Silicon Valley Lines Model Railroad Club Richard Sieben: Car floats on Chicago River David McMorran: MQTT in the model train world (mqTrains.com) Joey Guinto: Carving Rocks from Foam Part 2: Adding Color and Foliage Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Scenery Clinic for Beginners 2020.10.23 NMRA BR
2020.10.24 NMRA BR
David Ramos: DCC++ Andy Crawford: Sage Brush Trees John Doehring: Confessions of a (Reforming) Armchair Railroader (Seven Secrets to Getting Started, getting Going, and Enjoying Model Railroading More) Ron Poidomani: Modeling The Manufactures Railroad New Haven CT 1948
Lloyd Henchy: 3 scratch build buildings on the MHO Junction
David Hager: Port Railroads: Galveston Island Tim O.: Using JMRI for Auto Train Running and Dispatching Jeff Rykiel: Lumberjack: the old, the new and the ugly? Michael Barrett: Arduino Uncoupling Craig Mackie: Making Pallets Pete Steinmetz: Dead Rail Laurie McLean: Animation NERx:
2020.12.01, Day 1 Clinic 1 Jeff Gerow - Foreground Trees with Leaves - HERE Clinic 2 Dave MacPherson - Clinch Mountain Railroad - HERE Clinic 3 Lou McIntyre - Bringing the Railroad to Life Using Layers - HERE Clinic 4 Kaylee Zheng - Achievement Program and Contests - HERE Clinic 5 Andy Reynolds - Building Bar Mills Magee's Tire Repair Shop - HERE Clinic 6 Ned Spiller - Danby Ludlow & Springfield RR - HERE Clinic 7 Steve Perry - Modeling An Operating Pre- W.W.II R.R. Grade Crossing Signal - HERE Clinic 8 Ed Olszewski - Western Adirondack Model Railroaders - HERE
Clinic 1 Doug Dederick - Basic Scenery Tips - HERE Clinic 2 Herm Botzow - Buckeye RR - HERE Clinic 3 Steve Erickson - Coal Cod & Cash - HERE Clinic 4 Kaylee Zheng - Achievement Program and Contests - HERE Clinic 5 Jim Fairbanks - Using Paper to Build that Model for your Railroad - HERE Clinic 6 Gordon Spalty - Maine and Western Railroad - HERE Clinic 7 Bruce Robinson - Let’s learn to operate local train POFR for the beginner –(Part 1) HERE (Part 2) HERE Clinic 8 Mike Dolan - South Shore Model Railway Club - HERE
2020.12.03, Day 3 Clinic 1 Chuck Diljak - My Big Fat Clinic. Or, How to Weigh Cars Like the Prototype - HERE Clinic 2 Mike Tylick - Rails Across Marshfield - HERE Clinic 3 Edward Koehler - The Welsh Highland Railway - HERE Clinic 4 Kaylee Zheng - Achievement Program and Contests - HERE Clinic 5 John Doehring - Take Two! Module Building Lessons Learned - and Some New Ideas for the Second Time Around - HERE Clinic 6 Victor Hand - New York Central - Harmon to Cold Spring - HERE Clinic 7 Jeff Faust - Just Build an Inglenook - HERE Clinic 8 Doug Dederick - Great Northern Railway, Kalispell Div. - HERE
2020.12.04, Day 4 Clinic 1 John Feraca, MMR® - Building Stone City Heights - HERE Clinic 2 Bob Peterson - Binghamton Society of Model Engineers - HERE Clinic 3 James Kline - Introduction to NeoPixels - HERE Clinic 4 Kaylee Zheng - Achievement Program and Contests - HERE Clinic 5 Jon Silhavey - Paints, 3D Printing - HERE Clinic 6 John Feraca, MMR® - Stone Canyon Railroad - HERE Clinic 7 Irwin Nathanson - My Miniatur Wunderland - HERE Clinic 8 Jeffrey MacHan - Kofferbahn von Sankt-Bartholomä - HERE
2020.12.27:
Richard Sieben: Central manufacturing district in Chicago
Ralph Renzetti: AK Weathering Pencils in ActionJordan Kramer: Railfanning in Winter Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Engine and rolling stock maintenance Joseph Giunto: Simple Fading Using Acrylic Paints Craig Mackie: This is how we OPs
2020.12.31: NMRAx New Years Eve Special William Neale, MMR®: Steam Era Freight Car Weathering Chrizandri Roth: 3D modelling for beginners with Blender James van Bokkelen: New England Passenger Trains Eduardo Becherell: Mexican Railroads Robert J. Thomas: Introduction to JMRI Operations for a Small Layout Jeff Rykiel: Modules: Risers and corners Pat Gagel: History Canberra Rail Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Australian Layout Tour #5 2021.01.30: Piedmont Division presents Model Railroading 101 Train 'N Camp Nick Santo: Basic Model Railroad Soldering Rob Clark: The Art of Urban Scenery on the Cornhill and Atherton RR Richard Sieben: Rails at International Harvester in Chicago Michael Tylick, MMR®: Let's build a laser kit Dazzy Jay: TrainController software to run your layout Jordan Kramer: A look at freight cars Pat Gagel: From Humble Beginnings at 48 in N-scale John F., Parker, MMR®: Painting Simple Backdrops 2021.03.24: Thomas Gasior: RIP Tracks: Prototype, modeling and operations Drake Hokanson: Tricking out passenger cars for enhanced detail and smooth operation Tom Greco: Music on the Rails and the second part... Richard Kurschner: Three Ways to Get Started in 3D Printing ("Where is Marty" half time show) Dave Ackmann: Discovering Custom Decals Frank Markovich: The Building of the CRSM Layout Kevin Marks: Track Soldering Techniques Gerry Hopkins, MMR: Australia Layout Tour 6 2021.04.10 and 11: NERx Eric Whitney, Jeff Gerow, Dave Insley LCC discussion Bob Cochran Vermont Rail System Layout Tour Bill Brown, MMR® AP Program Dave Martini CSX Layout Tour Chuck Diljak Model Showcase Part 1 Jeff Hanke Modeling Vehicles Bill Schneider The Old Woman in the New Basement Bill Brown LARC Narrow Guage Layout Tour Brenna Whitney The Future of the Hobby Ronald Stacy Rondemont And West Shore Layout Tour Chuck Diljak Model Showcase Part 2 Richard Breton Model Railroad Control / Heritage park Railroad Museum Justin Maguire Lightweight modules for the ETE David MacLeod Layout Tour Bill Brown, MMR®, Edward O'Rourke, MMR®, Jim Gore, MMR®, Frank Koch, Tom Oxnard, MMR®, Bob Hamm, MMR® AP Program Round Table Q&A Drew James Canada, Spokane & Pacific Layout Tour Chuck Diljak Model Showcase Part 3 Sue Osberg Coloring Wooden Walls with Chalk Peter Watson, MMR® Mill City Presentation Jim Homoki Creating a Timetable: For the AP Certificate and More Chuck Diljak Model Showcase Part 4 Tom Wortmann Mohawk, Salem & Kensington Layout Tour Jim Murphy Building the B&M Passenger Station, Holyoke, Mass. Dick Senges Oil Creek Railroad Layout Tour Ed O'Connell Building a Portable Power Cab and Decoder Programming Station 2021.04.24: Finding the Best Speaker for HO Scale Quick Interiors Preparing Your Coal Hauling Fleet Using Cloud Based Software to Develop Model Railroad Apps WITHOUT Programming Modeling Oregon’s dry side on the Oregon Joint Line You can get the Golden Spike too! Easy, inexpensive electronics with mqTrains and MQTT 1 year aniversary! |