{"id":2335,"date":"2018-10-03T12:50:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpmconference.com\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2018-10-03T12:50:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:50:55","slug":"2018-mini-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpmconference.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/03\/2018-mini-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Mini-Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Hodina has finished his test model of this year&#8217;s Mini-Kit in HO scale, shown above.<\/p>\n<p>Early bird registrants will receive this year&#8217;s Mini-Kit which includes resin conversion parts and a set of decals to be used to convert an Accurail 40ft wood reefer into an FGEX truss rod car.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rpmconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-RPM-gift-parts.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rpmconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-RPM-gift-parts.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rpmconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-RPM-gift-parts.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rpmconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-RPM-gift-parts.jpg?resize=1024%2C569&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rpmconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-RPM-gift-parts.jpg?resize=1080%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rpmconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-RPM-gift-parts.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much thanks to Frank for his pattern work, Tom Madden for casting the parts, and Ted Culotta for providing the decals again.  <\/p>\n<p>Mike Skibbe also created patterns for O, S, and N scale parts based on Frank&#8217;s HO work, and resin parts will be offered to those modeling in other scales.  <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to bring your previous Mini-Kit models to the event!  Even in-progress models are welcome and we will have a table where past Mini-Kit models can be displayed together.  George Toman will also be presenting on his efforts to complete the 2017 kit, a CGW boxcar, with the utmost in detal.  Don&#8217;t miss that clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Hodina has finished his test model of this year&#8217;s Mini-Kit in HO scale, shown above. Early bird registrants will receive this year&#8217;s Mini-Kit which includes resin conversion parts and a set of decals to be used to convert an Accurail 40ft wood reefer into an FGEX truss rod car. 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