Schedule (Subject to Change) – West Side Reunion

Time	Event
7:00-9:00AM	Vendor Set Up
9:00 AM	Doors Open
9:30 AM	Modeling the Central Valley and the Western Sierras – West Side Edition – Guy Cantwell Description: Join Guy Cantwell for a presentation on scenery techniques to help you model the Central Valley and the Sierras with a special emphasis on elements that might be helpful to West Side Modelers. Topics include grass techniques, trees (Oaks to Ponderosa pines), ground cover, bushes and rocks. Guy will walk you through the basics of the techniques and demonstrate how he applied them to build scenes on his Central valley/Sierra themed layout. Check out Guy’s layout and modeling at: http://thewilloughbyline.com/
11:00 AM	Dozens of Donkeys – Jeff Johnston Description: The Sugar Pine Lumber Company rostered a sizable crowd of logging donkeys, mainly electric but also a few gas-powered units. Between the yarders, loaders, duplex car mounted units and electric McGiffert machines, with different size sleds and metal or wood framed roof areas plus wood sheathed or corrugated metal equipment houses, the company’s donkeys covered a wide range of models. This clinic takes a look at all of those machines and their variants.
12:00 Noon	Lunch Break
1:00 PM	Modelmaking Tools and Fixtures – Mike Musal Description: Professional Model Builder Mike Musal will discuss his usage of tools and fixtures for fabricating models as well as painting masks.
2:30 PM	West Side Stump to Dump: 1934-1943 – Adam Weidenbach Description: Adam will perform a deep dive describing West Side’s logging and railroading during the post-depression era. This time period exemplifies old and new technology in logging methods, with new locomotives and rolling stock changes coming in the later part. This period is relatively unexplored occurring prior to log trucks invading the woods in 1943 and railroad spur logging was still king.
4:30PM	Vendor Tear Down