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Contest InfoAs usual, TTS will have modeling contests during the show. We truly have the "World's Greatest Hobby" and would like to share it with the non-hobbyist that we intend to draw to our show, as well as with our peers. There is no better way to show off your model than for us to have a modeling contest without the usual red tape. Our goal is for everyone to have fun by keeping it as simple as we possibly can! Here’s a list of the categories we have: Engine – Non-steam: This category includes all non-steam locomotives. Engine – Steam: REAL locomotives! Non-Revenue: MOW equipment, cabeese, and other equipment classified as non-revenue generating. Freight Cars: Any revenue equipment not carrying people (hobos excluded). Passenger Cars: Self-explanatory. Structures: This can be an on-line or off-line structure. If the structures are off-line, they should be to scale and the reason why they were created. Fantasy: There are some things modelers do that have no reason for being or otherwise any prototype, but this is often the most fun category! Photography: This covers color and black & white photographs, slides, and digital reproductions. "Photoshopped" entrants allowed. Module: Members of a portable club layout can enter their individual modules or group of modules that form a scene. This is separate from the overall layout contest which is conducted by the visiting public. This will not be an NMRA "points-style" contest; instead it will be what is appealing to the judges. We pick five judges at random at the show from our pool of vendors, exhibitors, and volunteers. We feel that many modelers have pieces that they have put a lot of energy into and feel proud of, but they never enter into an NMRA contest because it does not meet certain criteria. We want other modelers to see what can be done with even simple modeling kits or parts, to the most complicated work. We do ask that pieces for judging are not “off the shelf”. By this, we mean that if a kit is purchased, that it is not just “an engine with the handrails and couplers” added, or the glued together Walthers kit fresh out of the box. Detail parts or even just repainting can add a lot to a model. For individual modules, you must pre-register you module as with the other categories. [Layout best-of-show judging will be conducted by the general public during the duration of the weekend; votes will be tabulated and awards given Sunday afternoon.] Entries need to be to the show by 12:00pm on Saturday. Entries can by brought to the show office and our staff will direct you where to take your entries. Judging will be completed by 2pm, and winners announced and awarded around 3pm. Please pick up your entry after the end of the contest, no later than 5pm. The builder/modeler should have a brief description as to what the item pertains to, why they did it, and what they did to attain their finished model. There will be an overall best of show for models, and a separate winner for each class. Good Luck!
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