Hello Bob! You are very welcome on the mugs. I hope they get years of enjoyment. I'm hoping my school schedule will allow me to attend all or part of next year's RPM Conference. I truly enjoyed my time and walked away learning some good information from the clinics. ~Tony
Wonderful video Tony! Thanks for sharing. I was unable to attend so this really helped me enjoy the event. Lombard Hobbies certainly is an amazing shop. Have a good week. Scott
Hello Scott! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed my time there and hope that my school schedule will allow me to attend next year for all or part of the RPM Conference. Yes, I was debating between going to Lombard and Des Plaines Hobbies. I picked Lombard as I have plans to stop by Des Plaines in December when my wife and I make our annual holiday trip to Chicago. ~Tony
Thank you for sharing your experience at the Naperville RPM. I agree, that HO scale layout is awesome and I enjoyed watching the action on that modular pike. I have not heard of the Van Dorn boxcar end, so that was really interesting to see. Well done video, Tony! Mike
Hello Mike! I would have liked to know more about the ends for the Van Dorn boxcar if they were commercially available or if they were a casting by the modeler. The boxcar they were on was still a work in progress and was not painted up Rock Island, yet. Overall, I had a great experience at my first RPM Conference. Take care, Tony
Thank you, Jeff. I enjoyed my experience. It was great to visit with other modelers and the wide range of clinics made it hard to pick the ones that were of interest to me, as they all sounded good. ~Tony
Outstanding video presentation! A friend and I go to the RPM meets in Cocoa Beach, and this one you attended looked fantastic as well. Three things: 1. Thank you for sharing Clark Probst's excellent M&StL RS-1 models. I love all the paint schemes (Scheme 1 has always been my personal favorite). 2. Glad to see you took the Rock Island AB6 you have been working on. It looks great! 3. From an overall perspective, HO Scale is usually more represented at an RPM meet, but we are all model railroaders, and we share ideas regardless of the scale! The track and signaling on that layout is top notch. Cheers!
Hello Sean! I hope you are doing well. Going to the RPM Conference was just the little break I needed this fall. Wow! What a great time I had and the models and clinics were so good. I'm already penciling this in for next October if my school calendar allows for it. Going to an RPM Conference in the middle of an Iowa winter to Cocoa Beach sounds like a great plan! Take care, Tony
Yes, it was great getting to meet and network with several in the hobby. I truly enjoyed the two days and didn't feel rushed and was able to take in everything that I want to do or see. ~Tony
Another exceptional video Tony! You really captured the essence of this event. Thanks again to Jen for the mugs and your "Uber" service.
Hello Bob! You are very welcome on the mugs. I hope they get years of enjoyment. I'm hoping my school schedule will allow me to attend all or part of next year's RPM Conference. I truly enjoyed my time and walked away learning some good information from the clinics. ~Tony
Great video and was nice to meet you in person!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and glad to meet you as well, ~Tony
Wonderful video Tony! Thanks for sharing. I was unable to attend so this really helped me enjoy the event.
Lombard Hobbies certainly is an amazing shop.
Have a good week.
Scott
Hello Scott! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed my time there and hope that my school schedule will allow me to attend next year for all or part of the RPM Conference. Yes, I was debating between going to Lombard and Des Plaines Hobbies. I picked Lombard as I have plans to stop by Des Plaines in December when my wife and I make our annual holiday trip to Chicago. ~Tony
Thank you for sharing your experience at the Naperville RPM. I agree, that HO scale layout is awesome and I enjoyed watching the action on that modular pike. I have not heard of the Van Dorn boxcar end, so that was really interesting to see. Well done video, Tony! Mike
Hello Mike! I would have liked to know more about the ends for the Van Dorn boxcar if they were commercially available or if they were a casting by the modeler. The boxcar they were on was still a work in progress and was not painted up Rock Island, yet. Overall, I had a great experience at my first RPM Conference. Take care, Tony
Thanks for posting this. Hopefully I can get to this in the next year or two. Your models looked great as well.
Thank you, Jeff. I enjoyed my experience. It was great to visit with other modelers and the wide range of clinics made it hard to pick the ones that were of interest to me, as they all sounded good. ~Tony
Tony, Very nice HO railroad. Looks like you had some fun with fellow model railroaders.....John
Yes, it was a very nice weekend John. The HO and N scale layouts were a big hit and both were nicely done. ~Tony
Great video, Tony. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! ~Tony
Outstanding video presentation! A friend and I go to the RPM meets in Cocoa Beach, and this one you attended looked fantastic as well. Three things: 1. Thank you for sharing Clark Probst's excellent M&StL RS-1 models. I love all the paint schemes (Scheme 1 has always been my personal favorite). 2. Glad to see you took the Rock Island AB6 you have been working on. It looks great! 3. From an overall perspective, HO Scale is usually more represented at an RPM meet, but we are all model railroaders, and we share ideas regardless of the scale! The track and signaling on that layout is top notch. Cheers!
Hello Sean! I hope you are doing well. Going to the RPM Conference was just the little break I needed this fall. Wow! What a great time I had and the models and clinics were so good. I'm already penciling this in for next October if my school calendar allows for it. Going to an RPM Conference in the middle of an Iowa winter to Cocoa Beach sounds like a great plan! Take care, Tony
Great video. Thanks.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! ~Tony
It was great getting to see you there, hopefully we see more N Scale next time!
Yes, it was great getting to meet and network with several in the hobby. I truly enjoyed the two days and didn't feel rushed and was able to take in everything that I want to do or see. ~Tony
The 2024 RPM Naperville dates are October 11 & 12! We look forward to returning to the NIU Conference Center.
Thanks for the dates for next year. I hope I can attend again as I had a great time. ~Tony