WHO'S WHO (in railroading!)
The "Who's Who" of the Amherst Railway Society's Railroad Hobby Show Reads like a Directory of some of the best in the business. Anything and everything having to do with trains is located somewhere on our 7 plus acres of display area. Please check out the Floor Plan and the listing of Exhibitors from our most recent show to get an idea of the folks that exhibit each year.
In 2012, all clinics have been moved to the South Section of the Mallary Complex. Please make sure you check them all out. Starting just below the SPOTLIGHT, we have listed the detail of all the clinics that have been scheduled to date and their location.
THE 2012 SPOTLIGHT IS ON:
From time to time, the Show will highlight special guests! This area will feature, vendors, exhibitors, layouts and even celebrity guests coming to the show. These clinics and programs sponsored by our Manufacturer's are listed here:
Ken Cameron, Member of JMRI Developer Team
RED HOT TOPIC:
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Saturday, 11:00 AM
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What Is JMRI?
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Clinic Area 2 |
JMRI (Java Model Railroad Interface) is a “state of the art,” open source program for model railroad hobbyists. JMRI is a suite of tools distributed via a single download. The two most popular tools are DecoderPro for programming DCC decoders, and PanelPro for controlling layouts.
JMRI is intended as a jumping-off point for hobbyists who want to supplement their layouts with a computer without having to create an entire system from scratch.
The JMRI project is all about building tools for model railroad computer control. The folks behind JMRI want it to be usable to as many people as possible, so they're building it in Java to run anywhere, and they're trying to make it independent of specific hardware systems.
You can manage your locomotive rosters and easily program your decoders using DecoderPro. You can build control panels, set up signaling, configure operations and control your layout using PanelPro. Going beyond the basics, you can use Logix to automate your layout's behavior, interface with X10 and Insteon systems to control your layout room's lights and write scripts to extend the capabilities of the system. The latest is Operations. It is targeted as a free systems fior doing switch list and car management and you don't even need to be DCC to use that part of the program.
Come and listen to Ken Cameron, a member of the JMRI Developer Team, who will provide you with a basic background and show you some decoder programming demos as well as conduct a general question/answer session to promote JMRI. Included in this demo/clinic will be a focus on what JMRI does; problem and their solutions; what’s coming and what people would like to see.
If you’re interested in cutting edge technology or just plain want to hear more about JMRI, this is the clinic for you. Bring a flash drive/memory stick and you can receive the latest download, making it even easier to get started.
To supplement this clinic, there will be a JMRI “table” located adjacent to the Amherst Belt Lines layout staffed by Ken Cameron and Sudro Brown to help with you questions throughout the day, including demos of the various “functions” of JMRI. The JMRI table is sponsored by the Amherst Belt Lines and the Central New York Modelers.
OPEN ENROLLMENT - NO RESERVATION REQUIRED
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What Is JMRI?
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Clinic Area 2 |
See above for description
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Iwata Air Brush will offer a Basic clinic on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this year. Stop by their tables in the Mallary Complex (section 141, tables C, D and E) to see if there are any last minute cancellations. They will be offering the following in our NEW Clinic area (located at the back of the Mallary Complex, near the train ride):
Check out this SPECIAL CLINIC to be presented by IWATA:
Iwata FRIDAY "Early Bird" Clinic Schedule
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Friday 1:00pm |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
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Iwata Staff teaches simple airbrush and brush techniques to achieve typical weathering characteristics for your cars and structures. Learn basic & intermediate airbrush techniques in this comprehensive HANDS ON workshop. You will be taught selection, operation & maintenance of airbrush and compressor equipment.
RESERVATION REQUIRED
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Friday 3:00pm |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
See above for description
RESERVATION REQUIRED |
Iwata Saturday Clinic Schedule
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Saturday 11:00am |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
Iwata Staff teaches simple airbrush and brush techniques to achieve typical weathering characteristics for your cars and structures. Learn basic & intermediate airbrush techniques in this comprehensive HANDS ON workshop. You will be taught selection, operation & maintenance of airbrush and compressor equipment.
RESERVATION REQUIRED
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Saturday 1:00pm |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
See above for description
RESERVATION REQUIRED |
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Saturday 3:00pm |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
See above for description
RESERVATION REQUIRED |
Iwata Sunday Clinic Schedule
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Sunday 11:00am |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
Iwata Staff teaches simple airbrush and brush techniques to achieve typical weathering characteristics for your cars and structures. Learn basic & intermediate airbrush techniques in this comprehensive HANDS ON workshop. You will be taught selection, operation & maintenance of airbrush and compressor equipment.
RESERVATION REQUIRED
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Sunday 1:00pm |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
See above for description
RESERVATION REQUIRED |
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Sunday 3:00pm |
Air Brushing 101 |
Clinic Area 3 |
See above for description
RESERVATION REQUIRED |
True Scene Satruday and Sunday Clinic Schedule
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Saturday 2:00pm |
Scenery on Your Time - FusionFiber Redefines "Easy"
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Clinic Area 2 |
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Modelers of all levels will learn the easiest, mess-free, and most flexible method for realistic textured scenery. Bill DiMenna of True Scene Modeling will make a complete country scene with a gravel road, dirt driveway, plowed field, grasses, etc. Bill will explain how FusionFiber allows you to work on scenery on your time because you don't have to worry about beating the drying time. And, even dried scenes can be easily reworked!
NO RESERVATION REQUIRED
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Sunday 2:00pm |
Scenery on Your Time - FusionFiber Redefines "Easy" |
Clinic Area 2 |
See above for description
RESERVATION REQUIRED |
1/87 Vehicle Club
The 1/87 VEHICLE CLUB was established to promote the construction, use, and manufacture of prototypically accurate vehicle and equipment models in 1/87 scale. 1/87 scale is most commonly referred to as "HO" scale because this is the scale of HO gauge model trains (which are 1/87.1 scale), by far the most popular scale for railroad modeling. Our club assists in the exhibition, promotion, manufacturing, and production research of vehicles of all kinds in this scale. Our membership reflects active modelers, manufacturers, historians, and collectors in the military, commercial truck, specialty and racing automobile, railroad/intermodal, antique automobile and truck, fire fighting equipment, construction equipment, and farm equipment fields. If you can imagine a piece of machinery or a vehicle, we probably already have a member who has a passion for those models. This is the place to meet and communicate with other people who are passionate about your hobby.
Once again this year, the 1/87 Vehicle Club 2012 East Coast Meet WILL BE JOINING US! The meet will be held DURING THE AMHERST RAILWAY SOCIETY'S RAILROAD HOBBY SHOW - IN THE MALLARY COMPLEX! One of the biggest gathering of modelers and model railroaders in the northeast United States continues to get bigger thanks to our friends in the 1/87 Vehicle Club. In the past, an informal gathering had been organized by Steve Del Sesto, Ken Ensign, and others. These gatherings got so crowded that we decided to combine forces for a bigger and better exhibit for all involved. Come and join them in their 42-table area (making them the largest exhibit space at the show!) in the Mallary Complex in section 144. For more info on the meet, CLICK HERE.
Euro-East will offer seminars throughout each day of the show. Stop by their layout(s) in the Mallary Complex (section 156) to learn more.
ETE Clinic Schedule
Saturday
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Intro to Model Railroading |
Section 156 of Mallary Complex |
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"The ETE-ENE seminar is meant to be a way of introducing would-be participants to the basics of the hobby. The talk will include an actual demonstration of how easy set up and take down (with a Marklin AC system) can be. The benefits for children of a hobby that involves
many facets of activity - operation, selection of components,
construction of layout and scenery, and so on - will be emphasized.
For adults, the presentation will cover the ease of entry into the
hobby and the degree of complexity and satisfaction that is available
to those who choose to invest more time and effort into it. Sources of
product, association possibilities and events such as the very show
they are attending will frame the conclusion of the brief remarks." Please stop by section 156 of the Mallary Complex to learn start times.
OPEN ENROLLMENT - NO RESERVATION REQUIRED
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Sunday thru-out the day |
Intro to Model Railroading |
Section 156 of Mallary Complex |
See above for description
OPEN ENROLLMENT - NO RESERVATION REQUIRED |
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