MER Clinic: Trackside Diorama: Make & Take

Create a complete trackside diorama. Get your seat for this one of a kind clinic. Bring no tools, paints or glues, everything will be provided except maybe for a work apron if you have a case of the dropsy. The diorama will be built on an 8? x 10-3/4? x ½? piece of Homosote. This very involved clinic is limited to 12 persons for one complete day. Extra cost. Instructions and hands on work to create your diorama will include: 1. Building a basic BAR MILLS craftsman kit. Start from the very beginning, taking the parts out of the box, and painting, assembling, weathering and detailing the building. 2. Basics of Hand Laying Track. Sample tools of the trade will be provided by the clinician along with various track spikes so you can try your hand at hand laying rail on a practice board. 3. Learn the basics of creating a super tree and using them to populate your diorama. 4. Ballasting the track you hand laid on your diorama. 5. Visual clinic on the basics of hand laying a switch. Due to time constraints, a visual clinic will be conducted showing several techniques of creating a switch.

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