15th Australian N Scale Convention
ADELAIDE
South Australia
St Francis Winery, 7th — 10th September 2017
Program
| THURSDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER | |
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 10.00 - 17.00 | Registrations Open |
| 13.00 - 17.00 | Extra Fare - Steamranger Heritage Railway at Mt Barker |
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Welcome BBQ |
| 19.00 - 22.00 | Micro-Trains Welcome Reception |
| Welcome by SANGS | |
| Welcome by SARMA | |
| NSCA AGM | |
| Guest Speaker | |
| Presentation - Lost layout of Mick Williams | |
| FRIDAY 8th SEPTEMBER | |
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Late Registrations |
| 8.45 - 9.00 | Morning Address |
| 9.00 - 9.40 | Forum - British |
| Forum - North America | |
| Clinic - Card Structure | |
| 9.45 - 10.25 | Forum - European / Asia |
| Forum - Australian | |
| Clinic - Building Card Structures | |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea - Mini Forum - NTRAK - |
| Clinic - 3D Design | |
| Clinic DCC101 – Moving from DC to DCC, wiring sizes and which DCC system to buy | |
| Forum - T-TRAK - Ideas, proposed new USA Standards, etc. | |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch - Mini Workshop - Tank Farm Assembly |
| 13.00 - 20.30 | Layout Tour - National Rail Museum, SANGS, SARMA (inc BBQ Dinner) |
| SATURDAY, 9th SEPTEMBER | |
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 9.00 - 9.15 | Morning Address |
| 9.15 - 9.55 | Clinic - Weathering |
| 9.15 - 9.55 | Clinic DCC Plus: Finding short circuits, turnouts and frog juicers, reversing units and more. |
| Clinic - Decalling | |
| 10.00 - 10.40 | Clinic - Loco Maintenance |
| Clinic - JMRI Basic | |
| Clinic - Building Electronic Kits | |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea - (Mini-T Clinic - Discussion on standards, User Guide, etc.) |
| 11.15 - 11.55 | Clinic - Building Electronic Kits |
| 11.15 - 11.55 | Clinic - Servo Control |
| Workshop Clinic - Scratchbuilding a Gondola & Spray Painting | |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch - Mini Workshop - Tank Farm Assembly |
| 13.00 - 17.00 | Layout Tour - more layouts to see |
| 18.30 - 19.00 | Pre-Dinner Drinks |
| 19.00 - 22.00 | Convention Banquet |
| Guest Speaker | |
| Awards Presentation | |
| Ticketed Prize Draw | |
| SUNDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER | |
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Ecumenical Church Service |
| 9.00 - 9.15 | Morning Address |
| 9.30 - 10.10 | Clinic - JMRI Advanced |
| Clinic - Servo Control | |
| Clinic - Weathering | |
| 10.15 - 11.00 | Morning Tea - (Aus-Trak Mini Forum - Discussion for any updates to the manual) |
| 11.00 - 11.40 | Clinic - Setting the Era - Getting the Signage Right For the Era |
| Clinic - JMRI | |
| Workshop Clinic - Scratchbuilding a Gondola & Spray Painting | |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch - Mini Workshop - Tank Farm Assembly |
| 13.00 - 13.40 | Clinic - 3D Design |
| Clinic - Setting the Era - Getting the Signage Right For the Era | |
| 13.00 - 13.40 | Clinic - Decalling |
| 13.00 - 16.00 | Breakdown of layouts and trade stands |
| 13.45 - 14.25 | Prototype Modelling: Murray Bridge |
| Clinic - JMRI Advanced | |
| 13.45 - 14.25 | Forum - Free-moN - Further Developments on a Unified Version, plus more |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15.00 - 16.00 | Plenary and Closing Session |
| MONDAY, 11th SEPTEMBER | |
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 8.30 - 12.30 | Extra Fare - National Rail Museum |
| 9.30 - late | Optional Self Drive Tour - about 6 more layouts to visit |
Although rooms in the convention venue sold out some time ago and the early bird discount expired on May 31, 2017 you can still register at http://convention2017.nscale.org.au/registration.
Further information will be published as it comes to hand on the convention website at http://convention2017.nscale.org.au.
Products offered for sale on these web pages are recommended for ages 14 and up
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