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uxconferences & events.
RPM Carolinas
School of Railroad Modeling Techniques
A Wi-Fi Connected meet
Updated 21 September 2019
ATTENTION ALL ATTENDEES: Found out today 21 Sept, from Forsyth County, NC. that the bridge for Akron Drive over the NS Roanoke line will be closed during our RPM meet. The bridge is to be replaced in a year long project. Thus all attendees will need to use the Liberty Street exit off of US 52.
RPM Carolinas 2019 meet, co-sponsored by Carolina RR Model Inc will take place over Friday and Saturday, 8th & 9th November. So mark your diaries. Venue is the same - 1450 Fairchild Rd, Winston Salem, NC. 27105. Cut off date for pre-registration is 6th October 2019. After this you can pay at the door. Entry same as it was last year: $25.00 for either one or two days.
Your check should be mailed to Mr Kevin W. von der Lippe at P.O. Box 13642 Greensboro, NC. 27415.
James Wall will be presenting our 2019 Bash 'n Build project. An Accurail ACF Hopper similar to the car in the image below. The stinky details still being worked on. See images below.
Presentations, clinics and demos for November 2019
Dustin Whitten currently a railroad engineer is giving us part two on railroad operations. Last year he focused toward layout operation. This year he continues with the next logical step covering his daily work routines. Building for some of us knowledge that we can apply to the operation of our layouts. Once again, having sat and listened to Dustin last year, this years continuation I'm certain will improve and make the ops on my layout far more prototypical than ever. Can't wait. And there's more. This information that Dustin explains is so valuable to all top us who want to get closer to replicating prototype operations as they are carried out today.
Paul Faulk presents a clinic on SAL’s cushion underframe boxcars, which were called “Green Hornets” by the crews. The clinic is titled “Flight of the Green Hornets”, and will be mostly on the prototypes, but there will be some modeling information.
Bob Harpe will be presenting a Chop Nose Western Maryland GP9.
Lao Holmes will return once again with another sit down and more air brushing tricks.
Ken Rickman Ken will be presenting a program on ICC vals and modeling.
Jack Dziadul Jack will discuss laser kit design.
Fenton Wells Kitbashing the Seaboard Railroad 40-ft double door boxcars of the transition era.
Thanks to parts and decals from Speedwitch and Chad Boas it is possible to build three SAL auto-Furniture boxcars, the AF-2, AF-4 and AF-5.
The clinic will walk the modeler through these kitbashes using Red Caboose, Intermountain, CB&T or McKeen boxcar kits.
Tom Sinks takes a good look at modern (SuperPower) Steam Locomotives in the South that will also cover
(in a cursory fashion) dieselization of those Southern Railroads as an adjunct to the main theme. His presentation
inspired by an article the late long term Trains Magazine Editor, David P. Morgan, authored for the NRHS Journal
(Rail History) in 1973. The “Southern” railroads, as Morgan defined them, were SR, ACL, SAL, NS, L&N, NC&StL,
Clinchfield, RF&P and IC (because half of IC’s rail network was south of the Ohio River).
Butch Eyler Butch will be with us once again this year. For those who are not in the know, Butch had many of his
latest and best display models stolen from his vehicle during June of this year. This means there will be less for him
to display. Nevertheless, we all know the weathering standard Butch works to. I for one hope Butch can bring his
freight vehicle fleet up to the number it once was soon. Watch as he works away with us weathering at least one car
for it's new place in Butch's display line up.
Tony Sissons Known as a locomotive modeler, this year Tony scratch builds a coal tipple base on the prototype located at Spring, in Wise county, VA. Working to the prototype Tony adapts the design to suit his layout and track geometry and available space. How clinic starts with
a few packages of styrene from the LHS and moves on to show the completed project located on his unfinished layout.
Randy McKenzie will be presenting how to make fast trees and home made ground foam cheap and easy! Come by and see for yourself how easy it is to turn twigs and weed stems into nice trees and bushes, trees produced about every 30 seconds! Create a endless number of colors with ground foam, using a blender, craft paint and a few minutes time.
David Bott David's presentation currently remains a secret, until he lets Mr Webmaster know what he's doing...!!
Please check in regularly as this may change. Thank you.
A few images of the boys last year showing how they do what they do. Plus some views of a couple or three very tasty looking models. Great craftsmanship.
Most folk prefer to make their own hotel selection. Some are more expensive than others, so here's a short list of some of the hotels that are in the Winston Salem area. Google will guide you to alternative accommodation.
Double Tree by Hilton - 5790 University Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
doubletree3.hilton.com (336) 767-9595
Baymont Inn and Suites - 200 Mercantile Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
wyndhamhotels.com (336) 714-8888
Quality Inn University - 5719 University Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 choicehotels.com (336) 767-9009
Hampton Inn and Suites - 309 Summit Square Ct, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
hamptoninn3.hilton.com (336) 377-3000
Courtyard by Marriott - 3111 University Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
marriott.com. (336) 727-1277
Embassy Suites - 460 N Cherry St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
embassysuites3.hilton.com. (336) 724-2300
Winston Salem Marriot - 425 N Cherry St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
marriott.com. (336) 725-3500
Winston Salem, NC. RPM Meet Organizers.
Kevin von der Lippe
Tom Sinks
Tony Sissons
James Wall
Fenton Wells