Welcome Judges to the 2007 10x12 Design Contest. Click the link below to see the layout designs.
There are 3 Scales of layouts. There will be two types of voting. First choose your favorite of each scale. Then choose your 3 favorites overall. Click on the thumbnail for a larger picture and description.
Come back and post them here.
Based upon your rankings, they will receive points as follows: (You don’t need to do this. We will do this at the end of the contest.)
First Place 5 points
Second Place 3 point
Third Place 1 Points
After 1 week the scores will be added and the winner announced with appropriate fanfare.
Definately some awesome plans guys!!! hats off to ya!!
my favorites of each scale:
N-scale: Altoona & Johnstown just Awesome for railfanning!! a few altertions and could have excellent operation possibilities as well in 10 x 12!!!
HO Scale: Lower susquehanna Very unique, i really like the concept!
G-Scale: i dont know why, but im really suprised to see a g-scale layout! not a fan of traction style layouts, but very cool to show that a large scale can fit in a 10 x 12 room!!
My 3 favorites:
Altoona & johnstown
snover & port fuller
lower susquehanna
again, great job guys!!
Can’t wait for the next contest!!!
(shelf layouts would be cool!)
EDIT: i hope this was open to the public style voting, if not, i apologize!
Top layout in each scale
N-scale: “Snover and Port Fuller Railroad Company”
H0-scale: “Kinesube Utsube Line”
G-scale: “Borracho Traction Company”
Top three favorites any scale: #1 Kinesube Utsube Line (H0) #2 “Buffalo and Susquehanna” (H0) #3 “Snover and Port Fuller Railroad Company” (N)
I am particularily impressed by the Kinesube Utsube Line. Very elegant with the narrow curved shelves and narrow curved peninsula - a true case of “less is more”. And an elegant operating scheme for local trains - something which is also unusual.
I find this contest very helpful in the fact that I myself am building a HO scale layout in a 9.5ft x 13ft bedroom. And while not all of the entry’s used all of the available space they are fine examples in their own right. If I had not invested in HO rolling stock and Loco’s and were looking into model trains for the first time I would be investing in G scale as I find the Borracho Traction Co. very impressive.
I’m aware that several people did not follow the rules of the contest. But I was allowing each person to assess how badly, the person stepped out of bounds on their own. I certainly did not want to disqualify anyone who had put the work in.
However, I neglected to post the rules for the judges, so how would they know?
I have now posted the rules in the first post of this topic. If anyone wants to change their vote based upon whether or not the rules were followed you may edit your selection.
A big thank you to all who entered. I have found many ideas from the entries. You will see my bias towards simpler, easy to follow track plans. I’m a big fan of scenery.
N Scale: Altoona and Johnstown
HO Scale: Philadelphia and Erie
G Scale: This one is obvious. It shouldn’t take away the credit for a nice layout though.
While I still like my own the best [;)] I wont vote for myself in the overall competition
After carefull review…
N-Altoona & Johnstown, very nicely done[:D]
HO- Kinesube Utsube, this is very elegantly layout out.[:P]
G- yeah, that one[}:)]
Overall
Kinesube Utsube, This one just looks like it would be a whole lot of fun to build. Plus I still have a soft spot for HOn30. [tup]
Altoona & Johnstown, nice blend of scenery and trackwork [8)]
Buffalo and Susquehanna, nice trackwork plan [:)]
Overall I have to say the Kinesube impressed me the most in terms of trackwork and scenery, namely the urban area it travereses, it would be very unique once built.
Though if I built it I would have a cutout of the Big Guy somewhere on the backdrop.[:O]
Chip I have a thought, after the voting is done, after the awards ceremony is attended, after the awards passed out, and after the drunken acceptance speeches given out (or will it just be a “news conference” due to the writers strike)…can we have a deconstruction session regarding these submittals? I see some things in them that I would like to discuss but I dont want to risk tainting the voting pool one way or another. Just a thought…and if everyone elses egos are up to the possible bruising along with the praises.[bow]
