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NMRA Convention in Salt Lake City Awards!

sdrees
edited July 2019 in General News & Ramblings
I am going to the NMRA Convention in Salt Lake City which starts this Sunday. Is anybody from the forum going?
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  • kebmokebmo
    not i, said he.
  • vietnamseabeevietnamseabee
    edited July 2019
    I can’t make it, Steve but very nice hotel....I stayed there a year ago....great buffet breakfast....you can take the light rail from the airport to the hotel...have a great time!

    Walking distance to a good Italian restaurant....out the hotel lobby and left to the first intersection....right about four or five blocks....on your right but sorry I don’t remember the name
    Terry
  • adminadmin
    edited July 2019
    Stephen entered his fabulous Shelby's Marine diorama in the National Contest and I received this note from him last week:

    "I thought that you would like to hear that my Shelb'ys Marina won 3 awards at the NMRA Convention. It won 1st place in kit display, People's Choice award and the Chairman' award."

    Wow! Congratulations. The people's choice award is particularly significant! Super proud of you Stephen!

    You can see his diorama in the Gallery here:

    https://sierrawestscalemodels.com/gallery_sd.html
  • Mike EnglerMike Engler
    Congratulations on well deserved awards. I'd be interested in the scoring by category as we discussed. Was there one Peoples's Choice Award or one for each category like "displays"? I assume scratch and kit-built were joined in each category. Not familiar with Chairman Award- how was it selected and by whom? Well done, young man. What's Next?
  • vietnamseabeevietnamseabee
    edited July 2019
    Well done, Stephen!!!!

    Terry
  • sdrees
    The Chairman's Award is awarded by the Contest Chairman at his discretion. There is also a Judge's Award which is awarded at the discretion of the contest judges. I also won that award for my Scratch Built model of Sturgeons Sawmill. That model also won 1st place in the scratch built display category. There are People's Choice Awards for kit and scratch built in each category.

    Thanks for your comments Terry and MIke
  • MitchNMitchN
    Stephen--Your Shelbys Marina looks great. Glad you were recognized for your effort.
  • TomMich
    Congratulations! Great diorama!
  • Dave_SDave_S
    Steve,

    That is just awesome. Congratulations!!! Nice to learn that it pretty much swept the awards that matter and having seen the diorama in person I am not one bit surprised that it did.
    https://sierrawestscalemodels.com/gallery/103_sdrees/103_sd_01.jpg

    Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
  • WesWes
    Easy to see why it won so many awards. Its a beauty.
  • Robert.GRobert.G
    Couldn't agree more.. Congratulations..
  • sdrees
    Thanks for your comments Robert, Wes, Dave, Ed, Tom and Mitch
  • kebmokebmo
    just curious, is the scratch built saw mill available in pictures anywhere? i'd love to see that.
    congratulations on your multiple wins. well deserved.
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Steve. you done well congrat's. ........Carl.........
  • ironmountainlumber
    Congratulations Steve! I really enjoyed watching you put this together a year ago. I saw it also on you tube on the toy man television channel. Mr Angel was wondering who built it and said it was his favorite build and of course it was the fabulous and talented Steve Drees!

    Jim
  • sdrees
    Thanks Carl and Jim
  • Joel
    Congrats Steve, beautiful work as always. Glad you were recognized properly.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Well done Stephen. Such a great confirmation of your stellar modeling skills and further evidence that a SierraWest Scale Model in the right hands is the pinnacle of fine craftsman modeling!
  • brownbr
    Congratulations
  • sdrees
    Thanks Joel, Ken and Brownbr. I also want to thank everyone who posts their builds on this site because I learn from all of you. I couldn't have done it without everyone.
  • sdrees
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    These are the awards plaques for Shelby's Marina
  • kebmokebmo
    careful, or the judges are going to start disqualifying swsm models for winning too many awards....
  • BillBill
    Congratulations Stephen! All that hardware is some full-tilt validation of a great model and a modeler with great skill. I bet it was fun listening for the inevitable “anybody ever heard of THIS guy?? Where’d HE come from??”
  • adminadmin
    Hah! Now that's some serious bling!
  • sdrees
    My other awards for my scratch built diorama of the Sturgeon Sawmill. Here are some pictures of it.

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  • vietnamseabeevietnamseabee
    Wow!!!!!
    Terry
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Steve. There is a lot of work their young man. Thank's for all of the pictures I will be looking at them often. ....Carl......
  • MarkGMarkG
    Wow! Amazing work!!!
  • Robert.GRobert.G
    The least one can say WOW !!!! Great scenes and a beautiful rather impressionistic backdrop. I like the trees in the last two photos very much. Well, there is so much to like in this diorama. The little cabins, the brook running through, the separated burning area, the mill itself.
    I will be looking at this a lot. Thanks for posting these. Once again, GREAT work.
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