Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 1 BONUS: PASS & PHOTO CONTESTS
Construction Detail Conformity Finish & Lettering Scratchbuilding Total 40 20 25 25 15 125 Starting in 2004 and continuing every year I had put together a collection of online-only PDF format publications that I had called NMRA Model Contest PhotoBooks. From 2005 on these books were broken up into multiple parts, each containing both the point scores of every model entered in the contest plus photos of every (or almost every) model entered. Over the years these books grew in size to also cover the other parts of the overall contest. These parts included the photo contest, pass contest, arts & crafts, members choice (popular vote) and the model showcase (display-only) plus occasionally also the module contest. The last PhotoBooks completed were a series of four which covered the entire 2010 Milwaukee Convention Contest and which contained nearly 500 photos all told! Now after a five year break, and my retirement from both my paying job and as the Editor of The SouthErneR, I finally have both the time and desire to revive the series. The first PhotoBooks out in 2016 will cover this year s contest at the NMRA s Indianapolis National Convention Highball To Indy! The layout of the table shown above will be used to show each model s point score in each of the five judging categories and the model s overall total score. The points shown in the example are the maximum points for each category and the maximum total points. Each model entered will also have at least one photo, and often many more, so as to best showcase each entry. Where possible I have also included some or all of the paperwork used to enter a particular model to give the viewer a feel for how much and what types of documentation should accompany an entry. Every contest is different and we have no control over what kind of entries will show up or in what scales they will be. In past year s contests I have heard people ask why this or that particular scale didn t win a contest or that the contest was rigged for a particular scale like HO. In putting together the 2004-2010 series of books one could readily see which scales were actually entered and which scales were notably absent. If, for example, no S scale models were entered, then it should be obvious why there would be no S scale winners! After hearing claims for years that N scale models could never win the Gold Award Best of Show the years 2004 and 2005 are illuminating. In 2004 a scratch built O scale model of a Berkshire steam locomotive took that title with 124 points out of 125. The following year an exquisite N scale model of an Ogle Coaling Tower took the 2005 Gold Award also with 124 out of 125 points! In 2006 it was an On30 Shay. You will note that none of these three Gold Award winners were HO scale! Over the past twelve years both the publishing world and the internet have changed, not always for the better. Paper magazines are still around and, despite claims by others, always will be. People like to hold a paper magazine in their hands, however the only way these PhotoBooks will ever appear in print will be if you print them out yourself. All of the photos used in this year s 2016 series were taken by me and no one else. This year I shot something like 17 Gigabytes worth of photos averaging about 7 Megabytes each. I also have photos in storage that cover all of the contests between 2011 & 2015 so I have the material to fill in the five year gap between the last year completed (2010) and this year (2016). At some point after I complete this year s books I intend to work on filling that gap. Entering a contest should not be intimidating. However if you are not a competitor, and are only looking to have your model evaluated for the Achievement Program, that too can be accommodated during the convention contest. Just check off the box on the entry form for: AP Only You also have available the member s choice popular vote contests if you have no wish to have it judged for AP either. If you only want to show off your models then the Model Showcase category will be right up your alley. Model Showcase only requires ONE entry form regardless how many total models you bring and as long as you have a list of what you brung! I hope to see you at one or more of the coming years contests. PVV 2 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
No. Entrant City State Region 130 Sam Swanson Cincinnati OH MCR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 3
No. Entrant City State Region 103 Tim Verburg Grand Rapids MI NCR Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 103 HO C&O #614 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive 32 18 25 22 13 110 1 4 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
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Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 108 On3 Single Truck Two Cylinder Shay 37 18 25 23 5 108 2 No. Entrant City State Region 108 Jim Allen Lake Villa IL MWR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 9
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 109 On3 RGS Freelance Garratt 35 13 25 18 10 101 3 No. Entrant City State Region 109 Jim Allen Lake Villa IL MWR 10 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
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No. Entrant City State Region 102 Phillip Burnside Avon IN MWR Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 102 HO Electric Shunt Motor for Hulett Unloader 25 12 20 10 12 79 1 12 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 117 HO Plymouth 50 ton Switcher WG&F #786 30 9 20 14 5 78 2 No. Entrant City State Region 117 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 13
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 126 1/25 Rail Truck Webster Groves & Fenton #1 25 15 20 11 5 76 3 No. Entrant City State Region 126 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR 14 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 118 HO CRGX #2 Railserve D-35 Switcher 20 8 18 15 4 65 4 No. Entrant City State Region 118 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 15
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 114 HO Lehigh Valley Rebuilt Wood Hopper 37 16 15 22 12 102 1 No. Entrant City State Region 114 James Grell Fairview Park OH MCR 16 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
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Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 115 HO M & O Auto Car 32 15 22 21 11 101 2 No. Entrant City State Region 115 James Grell Fairview Park OH MCR 18 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
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Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 124 HO Flat Car 40ft wood T&E #567 31 14 21 22 10 98 3 No. Entrant City State Region 124 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR 20 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
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Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 120 HOn3 Silverton Northern RR #55 Wood 40ft Flat Car 23 14 18 10 10 75 4 No. Entrant City State Region 120 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 23
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 122 HOn3 40ft Steel Flat Car D&S #6519 19 8 18 12 5 62 5 No. Entrant City State Region 122 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR 24 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 132 HO Baptist Chapel Car #1 EVANGEL 19 13 16 17 5 70 1 No. Entrant City State Region 132 Greg Harter Columbus OH MCR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 25
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No. Entrant City State Region 119 Dave Roeder, MMR Webster Grove MO MCoR Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 119 HO PPCX #800490 in Two Tone Green 20 7 15 10 4 56 2 28 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Entry Scale Description or Title of Model Constr. Detail Conf. F&L Scrat. Total Place 111 On3 Water Car 33 17 21 23 11 105 1 No. Entrant City State Region 111 Jim Allen Lake Villa IL MWR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 29
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First Place Dave Roeder, MMR Second Place Dave Roeder, MMR Third Place Jim Zientara Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 31
Paul W. Brown 32 First Place - B&W Prototype Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Don Morice Second Place - B&W Prototype Don Morice Honorable Mention - B&W Prototype Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 33
Paul W. Brown 34 Third Place - B&W Prototype Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Bonnie Lette First Place Popular Vote - Prototype Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 35
Dave Capron First Place - B&W Model Chairman s Award Best Special Effects Steven Schorr 36 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Dave Capron Second Place - B&W Model Dave Capron Third Place - B&W Model Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 37
Neal A. Schorr First Place Color - Model 38 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Gerry Leone Second Place Color - Model Newman Atkinson Third Place Color - Model Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 39
Popular Vote Photo - Model Carbondale Coaling Tower Don Morice 40 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Chairman s Award Best Fan Trip Photo OPE Cottage Grove, OR Ron Morgan Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 41
First Place Working On The Railroad Phil Doolittle 42 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Second Place Working On The Railroad Neal A. Schorr Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 43
Third Place Working On The Railroad Kurt Sanders 44 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
Second Place Color Prototype Kevin Jones Third Place Color Prototype Leslie Eaton, MMR Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 45
Honorable Mention Color Prototype Jimmy Kosmo Honorable Mention Color Prototype Jimmy Kosmo 46 Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class
BEST OF SHOW Color Prototype DRIVEWAY by KURT SANDERS Highball To Indy Scratchbuilt Class 47