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These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. | These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. | ||
- | All bookings for courses that were postponed over the last couple | + | See the [[public: |
- | If you already have a booking | + | Watch this space for when the next courses are scheduled, but note that we will **only** run courses in 2023 for which we have received sufficient expressions of interest. |
- | The dates for 2022 are now confirmed with the venues. | ||
- | See also the [[public: | ||
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- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers | + | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers |
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+ | The Missenden Autumn weekend | ||
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+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== | ||
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+ | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest. | ||
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+ | **We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** - so if you would like to come on a course, please send us an email of your interest. | ||
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+ | Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest: | ||
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+ | * General kit building workshop weekend | ||
+ | * Introduction to CBUS development | ||
+ | * Programming PICs | ||
+ | * Programming Arduinos | ||
+ | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
+ | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/ | ||
+ | * Introduction to DCC | ||
+ | * Decoder Pro | ||
+ | * PCB Design | ||
+ | * 3D printing ++ | ||
+ | * Introduction to airbrushing | ||
+ | * Weathering | ||
+ | * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend | ||
+ | * Templot | ||
+ | * Automatic uncoupling and coupling | ||
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+ | ++ Subject to finding a tutor | ||
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+ | The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire. | ||
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+ | More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below. | ||
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+ | If you are interested in one or more of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]] | ||
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+ | If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list. | ||
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+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 ===== | ||
The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open. | The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open. | ||
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===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | ||
- | ** 12-14th March 2022 ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | The course took place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
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- | See the list, at the bottom of this page, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | + | |
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- | What this space for when the next course is scheduled. | + | |
For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations. | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations. | ||
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===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster ===== | ===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster ===== | ||
- | ** 19-21st March 2022 (Rushden) - Postponed from January ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
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- | The course took place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | See the list, at the bottom of this page, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | + | |
What this space for when the next course is scheduled. | What this space for when the next course is scheduled. | ||
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===== More CBUS ===== | ===== More CBUS ===== | ||
- | ** 23rd-25th April 2022 ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | The course took place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | See the list, at the bottom of this page, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | + | |
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- | What this space for when the next course is scheduled. | + | |
This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further. | This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further. | ||
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===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | ===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | ||
- | ** 16-18th July 2022 - NEW DATE! ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | + | Watch this space for when the next course | |
- | The course | + | |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | ||
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- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 7-13th August 2022 ===== | ||
- | The Missenden summer retreat is 7 days of uninterrupted modelling. Although there is not usually specific electronics content, there are generally some modellers working with electronics | + | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== |
- | See the website | + | See the list, above, of possible courses |
- | [[http:// | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
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- | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== | + | |
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- | ** 10-12 September 2022 ** | + | |
This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. | ||
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- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | ||
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | ||
This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI. | This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI. | ||
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+ | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | ||
- | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | ** 22-24th October 2022 (Rushden) ** | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | ||
This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. | This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. | ||
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- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | ||
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | ||
As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling. | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling. | ||
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+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 ===== | ||
- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 4-6th November2022 ===== | + | The Missenden |
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- | The Missenden | + | |
See the website for more details: | See the website for more details: | ||
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
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- | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== | ||
- | |||
- | |||
- | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest. | ||
- | |||
- | Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest: | ||
- | |||
- | * General kit building workshop weekend | ||
- | * Introduction to CBUS development | ||
- | * Programming PICs | ||
- | * Programming Arduinos | ||
- | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
- | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/ | ||
- | * Introduction to DCC | ||
- | * Decoder Pro | ||
- | * PCB Design | ||
- | * 3D printing ++ | ||
- | * Weathering | ||
- | * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend | ||
- | * Templot | ||
- | |||
- | ++ Subject to finding a tutor | ||
- | |||
- | The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire. | ||
- | |||
- | If you are interested in one of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]] | ||
- | |||
- | If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list. | ||
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public/courses.txt · Last modified: 2023/02/18 14:30 by grovenor