Clinics

The Grand Canyon Special 2023 Convention will offer three simultaneous clinics throughout the day on Thursday and Friday. They will be located in the conference rooms just off the lobby of the Drury Hotel. Two of the Clinics will be dedicated to topics on model railroading. One clinic will be dedicated to the Northern Arizona area and be of interest to both modelers and anyone visiting the area. Below is an early list of clinics, others will be added as the convention draws near.

Local Interest Topics
Topic	Presenter
Introduction ot Flagstaff and Northern Arizona	John Lovely
The ATSF Peavine Railroad	Tom McColloch
Arizona Mineral Belt and the Arizona & California RR	Richard McGaugh
Geology of the Grand Canyon	Park Ranger TBD
The Riordans and Logging	Park Ranger TBD
The Beale Wagon Road an Camel Trains	Jerry Snow
Fred Harvey and the Harvery Girls	Linda Irick
Wupatki National Monument & Sunset Crater	Park Ranger Lauren Carter
United Verde and Pacific Railroad	Phil Piet
Moving Engines 12 and 15	Ron Talbot / John Lovely

Classic Modeling Techniques To Modern Electronics
Topic	Presenter
Led Lighting Controll for the ARHS Museum Layout	John Mick
Using Arduinos in Model Railroads	John Mick
Going for the GOLD - Earning Your Golden Spike Award	Dennis Ranke
Lessons Learned - From Design to Reality	Dennis Ranke
Making inexpensive Pine Trees	Don Stewart
Advanced Structures	Frank Baker
LCC from the Ground Up	Craig Faris
Outdoor Railroads	John Lovely
Retroftting LCC into an existing Layout	Larry Gibbs
3D Printing for Model Railroads	Chuck Coggins
Building with Frank (4 hours, Friday Afternoon)	Frank Baker

Special Interest Activities
Topic	Presenter
Dollar Bill Oregami	Linda Irick
Herbs and You	Erica Guinn
Floweer Arranging	Floral Arts of Flagstaff
Flower Pot Transfers	Jenny Poole

Extra Fare Tours
Topic	Fare	Day	Time
Oeno Wine Bar	Adult: $40.00	Thursday	1:00 - 3:00PM
Bearzona	Adult: 1/2 Pric -- $15.00	Anytime
Riordan Mansion Tour	Adult: $12.00 Youth (7-13): $7:00	Friday	1:00pm

Hobo Jo sez: you can learn all about the Grand Canyon and railroading at these clinics.

Building with Frank

In this clinic you will build a crossing shanty as seen on George Sellios / Fine Scale Miniatures layout. You will learn the tricks” for construction, proper bracing techniques to insure longevity of model, use of water base pigments on basswood, weathering, roofing materials and other modeling techniques / details. All kit / paint / window/ door and other model parts included. Tools and glue furnished by clinician. Tools required by modeler include xacto knife and small clamps or weights.

Price of Clinic/model $35.00

Estimated build time 4-6 hours

FB Clinic Structure resized

March 14, 2023	Frank Baker’s “Building with Frank” Extra Fare Clinic added. Cost: $35
Feb 28, 2023	The First Class car is sold out on the GCR.
Feb 20, 2023	New Clinics and Tours have been added.
Feb 19, 2023	Information regarding the convention swapmeet has been added. Click on the new menu bar option Swap Meet.
Feb 16, 2023	Convention Sponsors added to the website.
Feb 8, 2023	New Extra Fare Tours have been added. Check them out on the Tours Page. You may purchase them at the time you register for the convention or later at the registration desk if you have already register for the convention. New Clinics have been added. Check them out on the Clinics page.
Feb 06, 2023	New Extra Fare items for Oneo Wine Bar, Riordon Mansion Tour and Bearazona Wild Life Park have been added. Check them out!! The Action buttons related to registering, contacting the Registrar, Registration Cancellations and others have been moved to the top of the website page(s) for easy viewing and access.
Jan 19, 2023	Hotel room reservations may be made in the date range for the convention of June 7 thru June 11 only. Any reservation outside of this range must be made separately at the then current Drury rate.
Jan 17, 2023	Website has a new Convention News Pop-up window option. Discount train and convention prices are in effect to April 1, 2023.

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