| CLINIC: Making Drake’s Well | ||
| DAY: Saturday | TIME: 1:30–2:30pm | ROOM: Auditorium |
| DESCRIPTION: When I built two Densmore tank cars for my Master Builder – Cars certificate, I knew I needed a special place to display them. I didn’t want to put them on a shelf, and they weren’t really suited for my HO-scale logging and mining layout set in Nevada in the late 1890s. So I decided to make a small diorama centered around a model of the original 1859 Drake’s Well near Titusville, Pennsylvania. While not historically accurate, the Densmores could be parked there, taking on loads of crude. This clinic outlines the steps I took and encourages modelers pressed for space to consider making dioramas. | ||
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About the Clinician... Alex Belida, a retired journalist, is Editor-Publisher of the Potomac Flyer, the Potomac Division’s bimonthly newsletter, and an active contributor to other model railroad publications, including the MER’s The Local. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Potomac Division. He became Master Model Railroader #685 in 2021 and added the Motive Power certificate in June 2023 |