3mm Society AGM 2014

[TT-Pete]

I took my camera along to the 3mm Society AGM in Market Harborough last Saturday and took a few pictures of the modelling competition entries.

 

Winner of the Tony Birch Memorial (steam) award:

 

Winner of the Broad Green (modern image) Trophy:

 

And the "also rans", but many of them deserving of trophies in their own right:

 

[03060]

Hi Pete ,

 

I thought the Class 22 was absolutely superb , one of the best 3mm diesel models I've seen , hope I can get close to this when I eventually get around to building my own .

 

The 45xx got my vote in the Tony Birch competition but I must confess that I never even really noticed the Crab !! I think that I must have been struggling to get close to that side of the table and had probably already been won over by the Prairie , my travelling companions both commented on how good the Crab was so I'm pleased to see your photo ....if only to see what I missed !

 

Regards ,

Ian .

[TT-Pete]

Ian, my heart sank when I saw the class 22, the finish and weathering was absolutely spot-on, and the LMS diesel was also a cracker (those old Maurice Pilsworth resin bodies are, errm, "challenging" at best!) so by comparison a splodgy Whistler was no competition (I shall not be using "Glue n' Glaze" again.) :-(

 

I voted for Peter White's pristine NER 0-6-0 because I was impressed by the detail of the inside motion and because it stood out amongst all the weathered locos.

 

Cheers,

Peter.