WISE Division Meet
Sunday, March 16, 2008
AP Judging will be available. Bring your model for judging!
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 March 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
Jim Spice - Bridge Building 12" to the foot scale
This is a photo essay on building a railroad bridge for the EJ&E railroad. It demonstrates how construction is performed without disrupting rail service
2:00 - 2:45
Dave Nelson - Ballasting Track - Prototype and Model
This clinic will start with slides of prototype rail with an emphasis on ballast, then a live clinic on different ways to ballast track, with special examples of how to ballast turnouts
3:00 - 3:45
Ernie Parks - TBA
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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