PC: Schedule for NE Proto meet, June 4-5, Collinsville, CT

["Owens, David" <DOwens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 				Northeast/New England Prototype Modelers Meet
> 				June 4-5, 9 a.m. to whenever
> 				Canton Community Center
> 				40 Dyer Avenue
> 				Collinsville, Connecticut
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> 				To preregister, mail a check payable to N.E. Proto Meet to Fran Richard, 34 Ellsworth Road, West Hartford, CT 06107.
> 				Registration is $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
> 
> 				Of note:
> 				Branchline Trains will be open to meet attendees on Thursday night. Bill Schneider will lead a tour and answer questions. He also plans to have test shots of Branchline's new Pullmans on display at the meet. Contact Dave Owens [dowens -AT- courant.com, 860-209-8155] for details and directions.
> 				 
> 				Friday afternoon's weathering clinic is hands-on, meaning participants are urged to bring a model they'd like to weather. As Mike's technique is "prototype weathering," a photo of an actual piece of rail equipment that you'd like to match is also suggested.
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> 				Also, Don Valentine of New England Rail Service will lead a workshop on kitbashing Rivarossi Pullman cars. Bring a car you'd like to work on.
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> 				As always, the model display is the real heart of the meet. Please bring your work -- completed in process or in parts!
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> 
> 				SCHEDULE - subject to change
> 				Thursday, June 3
> 				Tours of Branchline Trains, from 3:30 p.m. on. Contact Dave Owens [dowens -AT- courant.com, 860-209-8155] for details.
> 
> 				Friday, June 4
> 				10 a.m.		Resin Casting with Ben Brown
> 
> 						Diesel Detailing with Den Lippert
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> 				11:30 a.m.	The Milk Market for the Reading, Pennsylvania and Central Railroad of New Jersey with John Greene
> 						
> 						Prototype Intermodal Operations with Ramon Rhodes
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> 				1 p.m.		Lunch
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> 				2 p.m.		Modeling the Chessie System with Jeff Hanke
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> 						Scratchbuilding basics with Roger Moreau
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> 				3:30 p.m.	Prototype weathering with Mike Rose and Ned Carey - hands-on clinic
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> 				6 p.m. 		Dinner break
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> 				7: 30 p.m.	Bob LaMay - slide show - Life Cycle of an FL-9
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> 				9 p.m. or so	Pete McLachlan - slide show - Life on the Railroad
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> 				Saturday, June 5
> 				9 a.m.		The Railway Express Agency with Victor Roseman
> 						
> 						New England Milk Trains with Don Valentine
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> 				10:30 a.m.	Modeling Catenary with Rick Abramson
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> 						The Joy of Scratchbuilding with Mike Tylick
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> 				Noon 		Lunch break.
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> 				1 p.m.		Vehicle Modeling with George Barrett
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> 						Railroading, a Behind the Scenes Look with Jim Tylick.
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> 				2:30 p.m.	Billboard Reefers and Other Disasters: How Government
> 				Regulations Affected Car Building with Al Westerfield
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> 				Modeling a Maine Central/Guilford Rail System U18B with Mike Rose.
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> 				4 p.m. 		Heavyweight Pullmans with Al Hoffman
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> 						A Century of Canadian National, with Dave Geisler
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> 				5:30 p.m.	Dinner break
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> 				7:30 p.m.	Tom Nanos - slide show - New England Railroad Photography- from rosters to art 
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