Carter Railroad Museum offers holiday model railroad clinics, workshops

Carter Railroad Museum offers holiday model railroad clinics, workshops

Start Date:  12/1/2009 End Date:  12/19/2009 Event Description JOHNSON CITY (Dec. 1, 2009) – The George L. Carter Railroad Museum at East Tennessee State University is “on track” for the holidays by offering its second annual series of holiday clinics and workshops focused on the art, skills and techniques of model railroading. Members of the Mountain Empire Model Railroaders club – the model railroad experts who staff the museum, create the exhibits and operate the scale model railroad layouts on a volunteer basis – will present these “how-to” demonstrations at the museum during its regular operating hours on the first three Saturdays in December. Workshops begin each Saturday at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., and each will last for 15-25 minutes. All are free and open to the public, but will be of particular interest to individuals wishing to learn how to improve their model railroad skills. Each demonstration will focus on a particular aspect of model railroading, from track laying and scenery construction to tuning up rolling stock and painting railroad models. All workshops are interactive, with plenty of opportunity for participants to ask questions, and some will feature hands-on learning experiences. Topics include: December 5 – “Weathering with Oils,” “Making Trees,” “Making Sagebrush Trees,” “Making Fir Trees,” “Laying Track,” “Building a Pond,” “Rock Molds,” “Model Railroad Photography” and “Pastels”; December 12 – “DCC Controls,” “Little People,” “Weathering with Acrylics,” “Wood Kit Tips,” “Dyeing Sawdust,” “Tune-up Rolling Stock,” “Build a Pond,” “Weathering with Oils,” “Making Trees,” “Making Sagebrush Trees” and “Making Fir Trees”; and December 19 – “Soldering Tips,” “Pastels” and “Archiving.” Employees from Book Lover’s Warehouse on W. Market Street will be in the Carter Railroad Museum’s new “Little Engineer’s Playroom” from 1-2 p.m. each of the three Saturdays to read stories to children and to give them free books provided by bookstore owners Bob and Mary Lou Coletti. The Carter Railroad Museum is open every Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Ref:East Tennessee State University