Hello All,
About 10 months ago Rod Miller of 'O' Scale West asked a small group of us if
we would like to bring our 'S' Scale friends to 'O' Scale West in February
2006. We agreed and over the last ten months have added a number of 'S' Scale
events to what was an all scale 'O' scale show. Now we have 'O' Scale West
plus 'S'. Below, I have listed many of the items that have been added to OSW
for
'S' Scalers (this is a scale show only).
The show will be held at the Westin Santa Clara Hotel, 5101 Great America
Parkway, Santa Clara, Ca. 95054 on February 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2006. For
further
show information, table rental, show registration and hotel information please
go to the OSW web site: www.oscalewest.com
Last day to get the best rates on show registration and hotel registration is
December 31st, '05. After that, the rates go up.
So, what do we have to offer to you this year?
Clinics:
Ed Loizeaux will be presenting two well done clinics, one will be on '
Modeling Milk', this covers the milk industry from cow to table with an
emphasis on
railroad transportation. The second clinic will be 'How to Build a Layout'.
Paul Washburn will present a clinic on 'How to convert PRS steel refrigerator
cars into wood sided and plywood sided cars'.
Jerry Porter will be presenting two clinics, the first will be 'Steel Bridges
of the West, North and East Bay Area'. The second will be 'A model railroad
based on the area around Port Costa, California'.
And Jerry Guth Jerry Guth, will present a clinic on Scenery.
Layouts:
The BASS group will have their 11' x 23' fully sceniced double main line
with switching area layout on the show floor.
Ed Loizeaux will have his layout open one evening.
Don Harper will have his Sn3 layout open, unknown which day.
Contest:
Contest will be judged by show participants with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in
each category plus a best of show award. Categories have been combined for
the first year.
Categories are:
Favorite Train
Locomotive (steam, diesel, electric, etc.)
Rolling Stock (freight, passenger, nonrevenue and MofW)
Structure
Convention cars:
Lee Johnson has out together the first Pacific Rail Shops RTR cars for this
show. The cars will be:
Pacific Rail Shops steel reefer in the double colored herald PFE 1947 paint
scheme in four different road numbers.
The second car is also the steel reefer in the PFE post 1952 double black and
white herald scheme.
Both cars come fully assembled, with weights installed and metal wheels.
Buyer will need to purchase their own couplers. Price per car $45.00.
For more information and shipping information on these cars, write to Lee at:
leemax???jps.net please replace all 3 ??? with @
Dealer & Manufacturer tables:
A special area has been set aside in the main show room for the BASS layout
and dealer and manufacturer tables. Also in this area will be tables for
manufacturers who could not make it but sent out new product samples for
modelers
to look, there will be someone there to answer your questions.
Door Prizes:
'S' Scale door prizes will be awarded. A special thank you to the
manufacturers and dealers who donated door prizes already!
That sums up the show to date. If you have any questions, please feel free
to e-mail me regarding the 'S' Scale portion of the show
Bullybullfrog???aol.com (please replace the 3 ??? with @. For general show
information, take a
look at the web site for OSW shown above.
Bill McClung
Colorado
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