2025 NASG Convention

Start

Length

Presenter

Topic

9am

45 min

Pieter Roos

A History of Railroading in Eastern Connecticut
Pieter will take us on a tour of the history of railroading in eastern Connecticut. This is something that is relevant to where the Convention is being held.

10am

45 min

Alan Loizeaux

Hand Lay Track: Tips & Tricks
If you have ever wondered if you could hand-lay track, this clinic is for you. Alan is going to take us through hand laying track with an emphasis on an approach for novices.

11am

45 min

Ben Trousdale

Not Another #%@*& Way to Build a Turnout
Ben will be doing a clinic on how he builds turnouts. This should prove interesting to many people on many levels as Ben is a very successful 3D-print modeler.

1pm

45 min

Chris Monje

LEDs and Their Use
Chris will outline the use of LEDs to light up models, buildings, and other things around the layout. This clinic is sure to help those of us that are still using incandescent lights and wish to move on to the present.

2pm

45 min

Jamie Soberman

A One Car Circus
Jamie will take us through his journey and experience with circus trains having taken a tour of one in a yard in the 1970s.

3pm

45 min

Alan Loizeaux

Empire Trackworks
Alan will take us on a tour of his business which is custom building turnouts and trackwork in S and various other scales.

4pm

45 min

Jamie Bothwell

Different Floor Plans for American Models Heavyweight Pullman Cars
Jamie will take you through the steps involved to change the existing AM Pullman 12-1 into an 8-1-2 and a 12-2.

7pm

45 min

Mike Byle

Simple Modifications to American Flyer
Mike will take you through various methods he has done to add more realism to American Flyer equipment.

8pm

45 min

Mike Byle

AF Steam Restoration
Mike will be illustrating the ways that he restores American Flyer steam engines.

Start

Length

Presenter

Topic

10am

45 min

Jamie Soberman

Forced Perspective
Jamie will present a participatory clinic on forced perspective. He will demonstrate the ins and outs of using different scales to achieve the best results for our layout's backgrounds.

11am

45 min

Earl Tuson

North American Steel Box Cars to the End of Steam, with a focus on modeling in S scale
This presentation will cover the most common design families of steel box cars produced for North American railroads. Those cars' relative proportion to the overall box cars will be followed through nearly 50 years of their construction. An emphasis will be placed on identifying relevant S scale models and how they can be used to represent some of the most common cars that ran on the rails.

noon

60 min

Jamie Bothwell
Andrew Malette

You Might Be a Rivet Counter If...
If you have ever wondered what rivet counting is, or if you fit into, or have ever fit into, that category of modelling, then this is your lucky chance to evaluate yourself and your modelling. Jamie and Andy will help give pointers on how to do this.