Clinics
Dale Sproule – Modeling in Styrene
Dale is an expert in using this medium for creating fine models. He has won many awards at different meets and conventions for his creations.
The focus of this clinic will be on using styrene for making good looking structures. This will include types and applications for styrene, laying out, tools to use when cutting styrene, gluing, painting and weathering.
This clinic will occupy the whole hour and he will finish off by distributing a hand out series of sheets on the techniques he uses to create believable models.
Doug Wingfield – South African Railways
This slide and movie show has only been given once in Calgary in 1973 after his trip to South Africa in November of 1972. The length of the show will be approximately 1 ½ hours plus additional time for questions after the show.
It begins with slides taken at Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Peitermaritzburg, Umzinto and Durban areas.
The South African Railways is mostly a 3.6 foot gauge system and in 1972 was mainly steam locomotive operated on concrete ties, welded rail and two way radios. At Umzinto they use 2 inch gauge Beyer Garatts for moving sugar cane to the processing factories in the area. As hard as it may seem, one of these Garratts was only 5 years old, having been built in 1967.
The show begins with 0-8-0 switchers at Germiston yard near Johannesburg then we move south to Bloemfontein for action on a hill north of town where they use double headed 4-8-2 locos for all of their freight movements. The action then goes to the major locomotive rebuild shop at Bloemfontein where we see steam locomotives being rebuilt using the most modern machinery available at the time.