I'm not going to second guess anyone, especially not the judges who spent a lot of their convention time working when I'm sure they would rather have been visiting with friends or attending a clinic. I will note that Bill's K4 was a magnificent model. I would not have felt bad at all if it had taken Best in Show instead of my model,
On a side note, those who plan to have operations on their layout (I do) need to be ready to have people handle and occasionally damage a model, It just happens, no matter how careful people are, Best to realize that you built it, you can fix it if need be, Doesn't excuse carelessness, but it is fact of life. Pieter E. Roos From: Bill Lane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:40 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} displaying & contests [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Bill Lane included below] I learned the hard way many years ago. I just finished my first B&O I12 caboose. I took it to the South Jersey S Scalers meeting that very night and set it on the table. My mistake - because there was potato chips in the same house and sadly on that SAME table. Yup – not 10 minutes after my arrival there was a big ole greasy Wise potato chip thumbprint (NO partial print here!) right on the side of the bay window cupola. It would take NO special CSI skills to figure out whose thumb it was. Luckily I was able to wipe it off quickly and touch up the damage the next day At the PRR T&HS conventions, the model room committee had a policy of moving every model in the room to a better place for photography. They felt that because they were all modelers they knew what do to. It has been a long time since I placed my models there. It is a popular vote with starting this year as a best in show only. I strongly disagree with anyone handling someone else’s models for any reason. I surely would not do it. I am not implying the judges at Scranton would be disrespectful or eat potato chips and handle models. I spent a reasonable amount of time fixing my 5495 just a few days before going. I all but broke off the cab wind deflector assembling it for the first time so that had to be fixed. It is just my way of “do not touch” at all times. If the modeler needs to show full the underbody it would be displayed with a mirror somehow. If I lost points for my do not touch sign so be it. Thank You, Bill Lane
