The Philadelphia Division is looking for presenters for our upcoming division meets. They may need one for June 13 (At GATSME model RR club in Ft Washington,...
Marshall Are the specific dates known for September? I have been thinking about a clinic entitled " Prototypical smazzing up of coal ops." Or something like...
To: Potomac Division MER NMRA Members From: Eric Dervinis, 2009 Candidate for NMRA President RE: NMRA President and Vice President Election Results Thank you...
Eric, I will be attending Hartford mainly because John Glaab and myself are to deliver a clinic there. Otherwise I agree with Ken Nesper that the cost of the...
Bill has outdone himself, garnering the top award for his bascule draw bridge at the NMRA convention: the Chairman's Award for Best Contest Model. Other awards...
There are a number of pictures from the contest room at Hartford at: http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26284&whichpage=5 not the least of...
... the only flaw with those pix is the poor depth-of-field in a lot of them...I'm not sure how you fix that other than with expensive camera stuff...or a...
I saw one big problem with one of the building that were there and shown in the pictures, of Sam Swanson, and that is nail holes if you know anything about...
Hi pd_nmra@yahoogroups.com, I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it....
An interesting observation and one that has bothered me as well for a number of years now. I have been perplexed by the peculiar need to display exposed...
Martin: I think that points should be taken away from a model if it has nail holes, or board pulling away from the building if the building is still be used,...
A number of years ago I entered a model of a freight car in an NMRA Regional contest. In the notes section of the form one of the judges wrote "next time...
I understand the judges spouse is swaybacked. Maybe a proclivity ... I too lost points a number of years ago in a NMRA model contest. I scratch built a...
I attended this year's Hartford convention and was in the contests room when the judges rolled through. It was fascinating--- and very discouraging. You guys...
Next thing you know, some guy will take off for HO car not being lifesize. Barry Thompson In a message dated 7/23/2009 1:08:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ...
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Barry: Be careful on what you say, because at next year thing it might be that way, and they might message how far the rivet are apart and deduct for that. ...
It seems that many of the judges seem to be experts in all areas (do not belive that). Reference the comments to make a flat car swaybacked. I saw one model...
Horace: Here we are talking about an issue dealing with a part of a convention and not once have we heard anything from the power to be, to why it is being...
Mike: Things are just as bad on the local level. Most use the National's rules. At one time my region had many MMR's who would judge the contest. This made the...
Horace: When I drove over the road I had a show truck and the judging at all the mayor show was done by the police, or someone that had nothing to do with the...
Hmmm.... Looking back at the recent MER convention held in Reston and contest room, amongst the 10(?) judges (there were several apprentice judges as well)...
While there is some activity on this list was wondering what, if anything, came of the proposed change to the monthly Potomac Division meeting formats? If I...
While I only did the six-month trial for membership and did not renew, I'm in agreement with Marty. While I would like to see everyone's layouts, a big part of...
Marty: The proposed monthly meetings will not begin till after the Minicon in the spring.It was decided that we would focus on the minicon and then on the...
Here's my 2 cents worth: I too was formerly in two different divisions that did monthly meetings with model displays or a small specific theme modeling project...
Anyone attend the national convention? Here is my short report and a link to photos on my web site. July 2 I arrived in Hartford so that I could attend the...
I didn't attend the convention, but I was at the NTS helping another z-scaler with his standalone layout. I posted 32 pictures of z-scale layouts on...
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