From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas We all knew you could do it. You have given me so many ideas that I haven't strartedon any of them yet, but plan to. My club: Lone Star flyer Club: is in our new clubhouseand have our layout back up and running inbetween our train shows. Alan Lambert
________________________________ From: cnr3304 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 7:40 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S Scale Wins GOLD --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "bcgsteam" <bcgsteam@...> wrote: > > As many of you know, the NMRA held its annual convention in Grand Rapids, MI > this past week. As is their practice, on the weekend following the > convention they hold a National Train Show (NTS) where vendors of model > railroading products of all scales show their wares. Clubs also bring > modular or display layouts and the whole affair is open to the public. Our > local S club, the Southeastern Michigan S Gaugers (SMSG), spent the better > part of the last year significantly upgrading our 13'x36' portable display > layout. The improvements included complete rescenicing and the addition of > 37 new structures. > > We entered the layout for judging in the "Modules by a Group" category and > are thrilled to report that we earned the First Place Award. Over the course > of the 2 1/2 days we had the chance to demonstrate the beauty of S as a > modeling scale side by side with layouts of all scales. We answered > questions and passed out material directing folks to the internet for more > information on S, the NASG and the S SIG. It was a major investment of time > and money for the SMSG, of course, but we think we did S proud by sharing our > layout with the hundreds who came by to look and talk...and we took home the > gold to boot! > > Two photos of the layout have been accepted by MODEL RAILROADER for use in > their Trackside Photos section and a feature article on the layout is being > prepared for DISPATCH. Perhaps other clubs can make use of some of what we > learned during this process. > > Brooks Stover for the SMSG > Way to go, guys. You make S scale proud. cheers, Andy Malette
