Tricky Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Am on hols at the moment which is great because it has given me time to sketch and ponder. My sketching and pondering has lead to the firm conviction that the backscene is the wrong shape and needs to be done again. I'm actually not at all sad about this as it's all part of the process anyway; a process I thoroughly enjoy. Also quite a bit of revision to some of the buildings. Very excited to get back home and get on with the revised backscene...! And buildings. And track. And electrics. And a reliable loco.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I e-mailed my form at just past midnight on the final day for entries. Not telling what it is though, as I don't know myself. Up to yesterday morning I had a plan already to start on, but then I saw a photo of something different that just has to be modelled! So it could be either, or a combination of the two . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) I e-mailed my form at just past midnight on the final day for entries. Phew! I wasn't last then. P Edited September 23, 2017 by Porcy Mane 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Phew! I wasn't last then. P It would have been sent before midnight, but I kept getting distracted by posts related to my new discovery on the NGRM forum! And that's not letting the cat out of the bag, as it was going to be narrow gauge anyway. Unless of course you happen to be on NGRM too . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 It would have been sent before midnight, but I kept getting distracted I find myself being very easily distracted... now what was I saying? my new discovery on the NGRM forum! Isn't that the forum where everyone dresses in leathers & chains with tight latex helmets pulled over their heads? Apparently they can all tie a very good knot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Isn't that the forum where everyone dresses in leathers & chains with tight latex helmets pulled over their heads? Apparently they can all tie a very good knot. Can't say I've noticed, and no one has commented that I don't. They seem to spend all their time discussing narrow gauge railway modelling, whatever their dress code. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigP Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) -- Edited January 31, 2021 by bigP Deleted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 I've not had any official responses to my applications, but have raised the necessary threads and, despite all evidence to the contrary, am actually making various starts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I e-mailed mine on the last day, and am assuming I'm in. It's not the end of the world if I'm not, as the layout could take nearer to 18 years, than 18 months, to finish anyway! The competition is an incentive to get started, rather than the reason for building the layout, and gives me some guidelines to work to. I suppose there's a remote chance it might be finished in time, and an even remoter chance of getting on the shortlist, or even winning, but that's not why I entered. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2017 I would assume that your entry has been picked up, noted and registered, unless you hear the Fat Lady singing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2017 I had word from someone, whose name is not Jeremy, that all entries would be acknowledged in due course. I have no reason to think that this is false news. This conversation took place in front of Clutton, so it must all be true. Surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I had word from someone, whose name is not Jeremy, that all entries would be acknowledged in due course. I have no reason to think that this is false news. This conversation took place in front of Clutton, so it must all be true. Surely? I can say, that conversations in front of Clutton were not recorded by the on-board security devices, so no asking for any copies. I did see some tapes being loaded into a van marked "Wikileaks", but I don't know if this was connected with the competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I don't know if this question has been asked before. What happens if you get your layout invited to attend shows before the judging of the competition? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I don't know if this question has been asked before. What happens if you get your layout invited to attend shows before the judging of the competition? Marc It means you've finished too soon, and will show up everyone who doesn't go to bed for a week before the deadline . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted October 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 What happens if you get your layout invited to attend shows before the judging of the competition? You get to claim expenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) I don't know if this question has been asked before. What happens if you get your layout invited to attend shows before the judging of the competition? Marc The first exhibition for my entry is next January. Rob Edited October 18, 2017 by nhy581 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Winterbury Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Interesting way to self-advertise... (entrants need to buy a book). That's me out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Interesting way to self-advertise... (entrants need to buy a book). That's me out. Do keep up. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted October 31, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2017 Interesting way to self-advertise... (entrants need to buy a book). That's me out. Getting a copy of the book is the easy bit. Finding a serviceable time machine to take you back to 23rd September might be the bigger challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) Getting a copy of the book is the easy bit. Finding a serviceable time machine to take you back to 23rd September might be the bigger challenge. Oh I don't know, they say that the number 47 from Bovey Tracey bus station to Widecombe-in-the-Moor is scheduled to arrive two months ago last Friday. Or if you're Monty Python, you could get up before you went to bed - Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty nice hours a day down mill and pay mill owner for permission to come to work. Edited October 31, 2017 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted October 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2017 and you had it easy.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Definitely agree with it being the easy bit. I've bought it, and read it. I think there's a bit more to the competition though, that I haven't started yet. Something about building a layout I believe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted October 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2017 "Something about building a layout I believe!" Surely not modelling..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Getting a copy of the book is the easy bit. Finding a serviceable time machine to take you back to 23rd September might be the bigger challenge. You could find an entrant who has dropped out and take over their entry. Provided you like the name of their layout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 "Something about building a layout I believe!" Surely not modelling..... I've been known to do a bit occasionally! I've just built a mock up of my Cakebox entry, that's based on a scene from my planned Cameo layout. You could find an entrant who has dropped out and take over their entry. Provided you like the name of their layout! ...and are willing to buy the book off them . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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