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Includes clinics, layout tours and Sunday breakfast ticket.ADD A FULL FARE COMPANION FOR FREE! The Companion Fare includes clinics, layout tours and Sunday breakfast ticket. Complete information below for companion fare
Includes clinics and layout tours for all three days. NO MEALS INCLUDED
Includes clinics and layout tours for Thursday only.
Includes clinics and layout tours for Friday only.
Includes clinics and layout tours for Saturday only.
The breakfast is included with Full Fare and Companion Fare. You do not need to purchase a ticket. This ticket DOES NOT include any convention activities
Guided Amtrak Trip Over Cuesta - Thursday SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 27 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Travel via Amtrak over and through the Santa Lucia mountains from San Luis Obispo Amtrak Station to Paso Robles. Guided narration will be provided during the trip as we travel over trestles, through tunnels and take in the views of this historic 1894 Southern Pacific route.
Bus transportation back to SLO Amtrak Station is included. You will need to provide your own transportation to the SLO Amtrak Station.
THIS EXCURSION IS LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE.
Guided Amtrak Trip Over Cuesta - Friday
Friday, March 28 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Our Thursday excursion was so popular we added another!!
THIS EXCURSION IS LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE. We need to have at least 20 people signed up to schedule this excursion. If we do not meet the minimum, the excursion will be canceled and your money will be refunded.
Tour of Santa Maria Valley Railroad Shops
Saturday, March 29 1:00pm - 4:00pm
This is a chance to visit the shops and yard of this shortline and see up close how a railroad operates. Saturday is one of the railroad’s light duty days so most if not all of the locomotives will be present. They currently have one GP35, one GP9, and two GE 70-tonners.
Sturdy, closed-toe shoes are required for the tour. This will be in the regular work area of the shops. The tour will be about three hours long.
You will need to provide your own transportation from the Embassy Suites to the SMV which is about 35 miles from from the Embassy Suites Hotel. Directions to the SMV yard will be distributed to those who have signed up for the tour.
THIS TOUR IS LIMITED TO 40 PARTICIPANTS
Bittercreek Western Railroad and Norgrove Railway Tour
Friday, March 28 1:00pm - 5:00pm
This tour will offer train rides at both locations and a tour of the shops at Norgrove Railway. Bittercreek Western Railroad is a privately owned and operated, 7.5 inch gauge railroad with 1.2 miles of mainline. The Norgrove Railway is a 2-ft. narrow gauge line that supports the Norgrove Garden vineyards and orchards.
Sturdy, closed-toe shoes are required. Attendees will be required to provide their own transportation from the hotel. The railroads are about 20 miles from the hotel. Carpools are recommended and directions will be provided to those registered for the tour.
Make and Take Clinic - Small Office/Store Structure
Build a small office or store structure using a printed paper building, and enhance it with some Cricut cut parts and some 3D printed parts. Paper buildings are inexpensive and quick to build, and you may be able to finish the structure during the clinic.
Participants are required to bring their own tools. Required tools are a self-healing cutting mat, Xacto type knife with a new #11 blade, and a steel straight edge. Optional tools are an opti-visor, a metal square, Xacto #17 chisel blade, ruler. Remaining tools and materials will be supplied.
MODELING WITH THE MASTERS - Clark Kooning, MMR assisted by Peter Youngblood, MMRSigns and Lettering Clinic - HO Only
Thursday, March 28 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Looking at trying to add life to your layout? Well, Clark will show you how to add signs and lettering to structures. We will provide a couple DPM building fronts to practice with. We will show you how to make your own signs, application of paper signs, metal looking signs, a handing sign and using stencils for signs. If your in another scale don’t pass on it because its HO only, this clinic give the techniques to apply in any scale.
A tool list will be provided prior to the convention. All attendees must bring their own tools.
MODELING WITH THE MASTERS - Peter Youngblood, MMR assisted by Clark Kooning, MMR Better Telephone Pole Realism - HO Only
Thursday, March 28 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Better telephone pole realism on our model railroads is most often overlooked because they're so commonplace we don't easily notice they aren't always the same. Applicable to any scale, Peter, assisted by Clark, will teach you the basics of how and why they differ and how simple it is to make your plastic telephone poles (supplied with clinic) more realistic.
MODELING WITH THE MASTERS - Clark Kooning, MMR assisted by Peter Youngblood, MMRIntroduction to Building Laser Kits - Scales N, HO, S, O
Friday, March 29 7:30am - 11:30am
Clark will take you thru the steps of building a Laser Kit for the first time. Laser-cut wood is now used to create an array of precision-cut kits with parts ranging from walls with door and window openings cut ever-so-accurately to extremely fine window mullions. All parts fit perfectly together (even in multiple layers) allowing the resulting structure to appear very much like a scratch-build model. Our project will involve a bunkhouse that could also serve as a storage shed on your model railway. Clark and Peter will show you several tips and hints when working with a laser kit. If you never tried one but always thought you would like to try, here is your opportunity You should be able to complete this project in the time allotted and be able to take it home.
MODELING WITH THE MASTERS - Peter Youngblood, MMR assisted by Clark Kooning, MMR Scratchbuilding a Freight Car Shed - HO only
Friday, March 28 1:00pm to 5:30pm
In this clinic, Peter Youngblood will talk you through a great kit bash. Starting with the provided 50 ft. HO scale box car shell, you will add pieces cut from styrene material, apply several commercial parts and you've learned how to build a generic railroad MOW line side storage facility or just a storage facility for private or commercial use. Construction methods are applicable to all scales.
MODELING WITH THE MASTERS - Clark Kooning, MMR assisted by Peter Youngblood, MMRScratchbuilding a Small Puddle Jumper Bridge (Styrene & Wood) - N and HO Scales
Saturday, March 29 7:30am to 11:30am
Clark and the MWTM team will provide you with the knowledge to build a small bridge with structural elements out of Styrene and wood. You will be shown how to paint or stain wood used for the abutments. In addition, you will learn about applying small details which make this very small bridge come alive. This small bridge can be used in many layout situations.
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