Simon
Flying Squad
As we approach Railex, judges have been considering the very many entries and have now contacted all shortlisted and non shortlisted entries. There are in addition a number of entries, 19 in total by our reckoning, which the judges have decided are going to be insufficiently complete to be exhibited at Railex this year, and these are effectively "standing outside" of the judging process at this stage.
David Lane has kindly agreed to stage a further display of Cameo competition entries at Railex 2020, and so we are keen that these entries carry on building, as there are some really good ideas and great layouts under construction. Any entry that withdrew due to time constraints is welcome to carry on for consideration for the 2020 show, but we stress this is not a new competition open to any new entries.
The standards have been really high, and the variety of ideas wonderfully varied, as can be seen from the threads on Western Thunder and also over on RMweb. The judges job has been genuinely very difficult and all of the entries were considered to be of a high standard.
I would also like to thank Adrian for generously hosting this Cameo section of Western Thunder for entries, which has added hugely to the fun of the whole thing and also been incredibly useful in sorting through all of the great ideas and superb modelling. Thank you very much Adrian.
Broadly speaking, there are 8 in the final shortlist, 11 not shortlisted, and the 19 standing outside of the competition. The initial entry was staggering at something like 95 entries. It is difficult to be completely precise as not all original entries responded to requests for information earlier in the process.
If anyone has any queries about any of this, then please do contact me.
So a big thank you to all of you, on behalf of Iain Rice, Gordon Gravett, Chris Nevard and myself!
And see you at Railex....
Simon Castens
David Lane has kindly agreed to stage a further display of Cameo competition entries at Railex 2020, and so we are keen that these entries carry on building, as there are some really good ideas and great layouts under construction. Any entry that withdrew due to time constraints is welcome to carry on for consideration for the 2020 show, but we stress this is not a new competition open to any new entries.
The standards have been really high, and the variety of ideas wonderfully varied, as can be seen from the threads on Western Thunder and also over on RMweb. The judges job has been genuinely very difficult and all of the entries were considered to be of a high standard.
I would also like to thank Adrian for generously hosting this Cameo section of Western Thunder for entries, which has added hugely to the fun of the whole thing and also been incredibly useful in sorting through all of the great ideas and superb modelling. Thank you very much Adrian.
Broadly speaking, there are 8 in the final shortlist, 11 not shortlisted, and the 19 standing outside of the competition. The initial entry was staggering at something like 95 entries. It is difficult to be completely precise as not all original entries responded to requests for information earlier in the process.
If anyone has any queries about any of this, then please do contact me.
So a big thank you to all of you, on behalf of Iain Rice, Gordon Gravett, Chris Nevard and myself!
And see you at Railex....
Simon Castens