East End Market

[Erieman]

Well done Frank.....I'd vote for 1st place your build. 

Good Morning Greg,

Thank you for your kind words. I'll let you know how I do in a week and a half. BTW, I'm going after Best in Show.

Frank / Erieman

I'd vote for your build in that too.....go get them! 

Greg,

So-o-o does that mean that the SBG guys are coming to Arizona next week to stuff the ballot box? Just kidding. I'm sure that there will be a lot of great models in the contest room making judging a challenge. Should be a good convention. I'll let you know what happens.  speaking of the model, the other day I was looking at the photos and the model and thought that I could improve on the backside of the garage. I thought about using rubber cement resists to create a much better weathered wall. That thought is still with me, but the clock is now in hyperspeed, so that thought will just have to move to the sidelines.

Good talking to you the other day. Stay busy so you can put that addition on the house. you need a bigger layout.!!!! Just ask Tom.

Frank / Erieman

[GPdemayo]

Don't I wish we would leave for a visit tomorrow.....Tom and I still plan to get out there, just not sure when.


Best of luck with the contest. 

[Erieman]

Don't I wish we would leave for a visit tomorrow.....Tom and I still plan to get out there, just not sure when.


Best of luck with the contest. 

Good Morning Greg,

Taking East End Market to the contest room this morning.There will be some good competition. Thanks for the "best of luck' comment, shall see how this turns out on Saturday. I'll let everyone know.

Greg, you and Tom are welcome any time. BTW, how is he doing. Haven't seen anything from him other that the brief crybaby picture a couple of days ago.

Frank / Erieman

[GPdemayo]

Hi Frank,
 
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your best in show entry!
 
As for Tom.....you know those type "A" guys, he's grouchy as heck because he can't spend any time in his man cave.   
 
But he is excited to get to the doctors tomorrow morning to have everything checked out and hopefully get the okay to do some light work on the railroad. 

[deemery]

I saw some "highlights" photos from the convention, including your structure.  How did you do?


dave

[Erieman]

I saw some "highlights" photos from the convention, including your structure.  How did you do?


dave

Good Morning Dave,

Before I start, where did you see some highlights on the convention?

Sorry for the delay in posting anything on the model or the convention.  While the convention ended Saturday night, I had my layout open on Sunday and had 30+ folks from Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada and New Zealand stop by to see the layout. By noon, I was so-o-o tired. I sat down at the computer to respond to your post, but my head kept nodding, so you had to wait until I had a good night sleep.

The convention was very well received by all. The contest room was loaded with over 40 models. All were very well done. East End market took first place in structures - off line. First place structures - on line and Best in Show was awarded to Steven Drees, fellow modeler from Tucson and quiet member of this forum. Perhaps we can get him to post some pictures of the model. His model was exceptional.

Scenery for East End Market will now be started. I did not have time to do the scenery prior to the convention. I have a rough foam base that the building and scenery will be built on and then installed on the layout. I will post some pictures as the scenery progresses.

Frank / Erieman   

[donatode]

Congratulations!!!  Well deserved.

[deemery]

James Van Bokkelen (jvlb in these parts) posted some photos on Facebook, I think that's where I saw it...


dave

[Raymo]

Congratulations Frank!!

[Janbouli]

Congrats Frank , if Steven took first overall that must be a very impressive model, I too would like to see it.

[tom.boyd.125]

Frank, Congratulations on your NMRA Regional First Place Off-Line Structures model contest award for your East End Market build !   

[GPdemayo]

Atta boy Frank.....never doubted you wouldn't get 1st. 

[ACL1504]

Atta boy Frank.....never doubted you wouldn't get 1st. 

Ditto to all the other comments Frank.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Frank


Congratulations- well done!

[Erieman]

Donato, Dave, Raymo, Janbouli, Tom 125, ACL 1504, Greg, John and all others. Thank you for your king words about the recent win with East End Market. Thank everyone for your encouragement with the structure. A real big thank you to Dan "Raymo" Raymond for putting up with my questions and taking care of my photo needs on East End Market. It was a real pleasure to build this structure.

Congratulations to my friend Steven Drees for kicking my ass in the contest room. He walked away with "Best in Show" for his beautiful Star Creek Saw Mill diorama, now posted on this forum. If you have not already, please go over and congratulate him. He is kind of shy, so the more accolades he gets, might bring him out of his shyness.

The convention went very well. I guess I was really "up" during the entire time and now I am really paying for it.  I am recovering from "Dragging my Butt". I hope that I am back to normal by the end of the week.

Thanks again.

Frank / Erieman