WISE Division Beginner's Meet
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Best Western Midway Hotel (near the airport) in Milwaukee
5105 S Howell Ave. See Map
Admission is free. Public welcome.
Contest Format
Schedule of Events for the February meet:
12:30 - 1:30
Register your work for the Popular Vote Contest.
Models in all scales welcome, as are photos and slides.
1:00 - 1:45
Andy Breaker - British Trains- A Bit of Everything
Andy will be giving a presentation about everything British railways related. In additiion to a brief history, he will have models and slides from England to present along with an OO scale live steam demonstration.
2:00 - 2:45
Al Lederman -
Those thrilling days of yesteryear
This is a slide presentation of pictures taken back in the 60's and 70's.
3:00 - 3:45
Joe Russ - Scenery Modeling Tips II
Learn the basics of making scenery with cheesecloth, newspaper and molding plaster in the second-generation clinic. Creating inexpensive groundcover, trees, rock molds and castings, will also be covered. Helpful techniques regardless of what scale you model
3:45 - 4:00
Announcements & Presentation of Contest Awards
4:00 - 6:00
Layout Tours
(maps distributed at 4 p.m. at the meet)
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