{"id":1818,"date":"2015-09-28T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emrig.co.za\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2015-10-21T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T13:24:22","slug":"emrig-workshop-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrig.co.za\/?p=1818","title":{"rendered":"Emrig Workshop \/ Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Chamberlain<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On Sunday 27th September, the club held the first of hopefully many model railroad clinics in one of the vacant rooms upstairs at the Northmead Mall.\u00a0 To say the least, the turnout was fantastic with approximately twenty or more members in attendance.<\/p>\n

The topics covered were wide and varied with Colin starting off with basic layout construction and bench work techniques, before moving on to the more complex tasks of tracklaying, wiring or Digital Command Control as well as different scenery techniques. As the clinic progressed, photographs of the techniques and ideas were displayed in the form of a slide show from an overhead projector. These photographs were taken by Colin while building his own layout, as well as on other people\u2019s layouts during the course of their construction.<\/p>\n

Many questions were asked by the members attending with advice being given by Colin, John Burkhardt and other modellers who had gone through the process and faced the same challenges while building their own layouts.<\/p>\n

The clinic was a huge success with all those attending enjoying the morning. Tea, coffee and biscuits were arranged for the break.<\/p>\n

More clinics such as this are being planned and will be placed on the clubs Calendar. If anyone has ideas that they would like to share, or a specific area of the hobby that they would like to know more about and need help with, let Colin or one of the committee members know, so it can become one of the subjects discussed at a future Clinic.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Ed: – We are so sorry, but believe it or not, not one single person took a photo or photos of the event! Possibly just goes to show you how engrossed everyone was in the talk. Next time hopefully)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Chamberlain On Sunday 27th September, the club held the first of hopefully many model railroad clinics in one of the vacant rooms upstairs at the Northmead Mall.\u00a0 To say the least, the turnout was fantastic with approximately twenty or more members in attendance. The topics covered were wide and varied with Colin starting … <\/p>\n

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