Clinics & Clinicians
Clinician:   Fred Miller, MMR Phone:  Email:  TractionFan@aol.com Mideastern Region
Location:  Mecklenburg County, NC
Category:  Planning, structures Title: Light, Motion and Sound Animation for Model Railroads
Scale:  None Last presented:  MER Lynchburg 2007
Description:   This clinic explores ways to add light, sound and motion to your layout.  Projects are described and demonstrated, some using commercial products, others with electronic circuit details for construction.  The clinic covers flickering lights for fires and welding machines, cycling building lights, random background sounds and even the rising and setting sun.  The clinic also covers animation of semaphore signals and crossing gates using model airplane servos.  The clinic makes ample use of actual implemented projects on Fred's Gotham City Traction modules.
Other clinics by clinician:   Scratch Building Sounds for DCC Equipped Locomotives     Using the PC as a Modeling Tool 
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