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Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show Sat & Sun, Nov 1 & 2, 2014

Free Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show Sat & Sun, Nov 1 & 2, 2014

The Annual Gateway Division NMRA Train Show and Model Contest will be held November 1&2, 2014, 9 am to 3 pm Sat and 11 am to 3 pm Sun, at a new location this year - OC Joseph Chrysler in Belleville, Illinois. The Gateway Division Train Show features clinics on model railroading, swap ...
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“Bring it and Brag” – Show off your railroad models – Gateway NMRA Meeting Oct. 20, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 20, 2014 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. This meeting is a "Bring it and Brag" session. Bring an interesting model or diorama that you built and give a brief presentation ...
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How to Use Your Smartphone to Run Model Trains – Gateway NMRA Meeting Sept. 15, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Brian Post will explain and demonstrate how to use your smart phone as a throttle to operate your DCC layout. This will be a hands-on c...
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Modeling Techniques: Building with Styrene – Gateway NMRA Meeting August 18, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 18, 2014 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. Master Model Railroader and consistent model contest award winner Dave Roeder will discuss building with styrene and show how he bu...
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Using Static Grass to Create Realistic Model Railroad Scenery – Gateway NMRA Meeting July 21, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Gregor Moe will present a clinic on the use of static grass to achieve realistic scenery on your model railroad layout. The clinic will incl...
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Basics of Realistic Freight Car Weathering – Gateway NMRA Meeting June 16, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 16, 2014 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. As a continuation of the Gateway NMRA painting and weathering clinic series, Master Model Railroader and consistent model contest awa...
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Painting and Weathering Freight Cars with an Airbrush – Gateway NMRA Meeting May 19, 2014

Painting and Weathering Freight Cars with an Airbrush – Gateway NMRA Meeting May 19, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 19, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. This extended-length clinic will first review the basic steps to paint with an airbrush. Then participants will have an opportunity to paint ...
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Basics of Painting with an Airbrush – Gateway NMRA Meeting April 21, 2014

Basics of Painting with an Airbrush – Gateway NMRA Meeting April 21, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2014 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. The clinic will be cover the basics of painting with an airbrush. We will begin with a video in which an expert covers all the steps...
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Experience the Northlandz Model Railroad Exhibit with Rich Velten – Mar. 17, 2014 Gateway NMRA Meeting

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Rich Velten will be presenting a program on Northlandz, an operating model railroad exhibit located in western New Jersey about halfway bet...
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Easy Model Railroad Backdrop Painting – Gateway NMRA Meeting February 17, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. The clinic will be a step-by-step video, "Easy Backdrop Painting," which covers the painting of sky color, mountains, valleys, an...
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Prototype Modeling Clinic: Research, Design and Construction

Prototype Modeling Clinic: Research, Design and Construction – Gateway NMRA Meeting Jan. 20, 2014

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder, MMR, will present on the techniques used for his scratchbuilt and kitbashed models of the depots at Ferguson and Webster Groves...
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Paper Diorama Contest Judging – Gateway NMRA Meeting December 16, 2013

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 16, 2013 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars‎ Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. Bring your “Paper Diorama Contest” entry for judging and display. Judging will be by popular vote with awards made in two catego...
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