What is Rail Clinic 2001?

Rail Clinic 2001 is a good chance to listen, question, and discuss modeling topics and skills with other experienced model railroaders including published authors, model manufacturers, and others with skills and talents you probably would like to learn. These people are willing to enthusiastically share their knowledge with you because they enjoy their hobby and want you to do the same. This is like going back to school for a day. You pick the classes and take away as much as you want. Best of all there are no tests!

Bios on some of our presenters for Rail Clinic 2001

George Barrett is the proprietor of Sheepscot Scale Products, manufacturer of craftsman kits. He also models trucks and is highly knowledgeable of working with all types of modeling materials

Bob Bennett is extremely creative at modifying commercial locomotives and rolling stock models into detailed and very close representations of Maine prototypes. Bob's articles and photography have been featured in both Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman

Richard Breton is an HO scale modeler who is also interested in photography. His clinics on kit bashing plastic models and scrap yard modeling have been popular with past attendees.

Larry Cannon models in HO and large scale and researches scratch built northern New England prototypes. He is active in the NMRA and writes for the NMRA Bulletin, Railroad Model Craftsman and other publications.

Art Fahie enjoys N scale modeling as working, detailed, diorama art. Owner of a sign company, which shows in his work, he also has published many articles featuring other modeler's layout in Model Railroading magazine.

Dave Frary has written the book, videos, and more books on model scenery, He finds time form his publishing and commercial modeling activities to share his knowledge and creativity with other modelers.

Ed Pierce is responsible for much of the control and automation systems at the Hartman Model Railroad Museum in intervale, NH He offer insight for building reliable detection and control devices.

Mike Tylick has modeled in several scales, but his O scale models of central Massachusetts's railroading and cities featured in Model Railroader are fixed in most modeler's minds. He offers creative approaches o adding featuring to expand the perception of a model.

Matt Sharp is the co-owner of Train and Trooper Hobbies in North Yarmouth, Maine. He is a specialist in Maine 2 foot narrow gauge and given numerous clinics on scenery, and modeling northern New England Prototypes.