| CLINIC: Building a Steam-Powered Doodlebug |
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| DAY: Saturday | TIME: 3:00–4:00pm |
ROOM: Wayne |
| DESCRIPTION: I have been and still am fascinated by combine-style doodlebugs. While I prefer steam, I will talk about my entry into scratch building one, after having kit-bashed the machine I will be talking about principally. I will focus on tips for construction, making one’s own parts, and how to use existing hardware to make a one-of-a-kind model. While I model narrow gauge (HOn3) the techniques are applicable to any scale. Styrene is my current material of choice along with molded resin. I have also been casting my own pieces. Warning: casting in resin is addictive! | ||
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About the Clinician... I have been a model railroader since I was 4, having received an American Flyer set that I built up until I left for college. I re-entered the hobby after grad school, moved back to CT, and modeled turn-of-the-century equipment in HO. I built my locomotives from kits--MDC and Varney. I was a member of a club with a museum affiliation; the club modeled the town where the museum was located and I soon was scratch building structures from old photos and existing remains for the museum. I modeled the town of Canton, CT in HO scale. I built several structures on the club layout and a few are on the NMRA website. My current layout is a representation of my home town of Derby, CT in 1913. It is freelanced, based on the New Haven RR. It is narrow gauge and while the NH RR never ran narrow gauge, I love the locomotives and the challenge of getting my stable of engines to run well. I built two outside-frame 2-8-0s from MDC kits, six 2-8-0s, and two 4-4-0s, as well as re-motoring and re-designing 8 brass for the period. All of these have sound, lights, and Keep-Alives! Rounding out the stable are 4 Blackstone 2-8-0s. All the cars are either scratch built or kit built. Some 40+ scratch built structures represent Derby, CT along with a bustling population of about 600 figures.
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