Congrats to Robert Ray, whose Z bend modules won 1st and 3rd in the NMRA module judging in Sacramento. In my opinion they deserved it and they really bring credibity to Z scale!
Congrats Robert, I'm sure it was up to the standard I witness last year and well deserved. Wish I was there this year also.
Don't forget Z took second also! Hein's wonderfull gorge scene won second place. 1,2,3 sweep just like in NTS 2008.
Yes, congrats to Hein as well. I'm sorry I didn't mention it in my first post, but I wasn't certain I heard the announcement correctly. As for the level of craftmanship of these modules, I thought they were at a whole new level as compared to the rest.
OK, finally loaded up some pix. A view from the beginning. This is the 40 foot wide view, 60 feet deep (Note: the arrows show the corners): This is the Southern Oregon corner view before: And after: Here is a good overview of their modules (more later):
Here is the new yard, 19.5 feet or (5.94 meters): Dave Lancaster of ZoCal doing the last of the wiring: and Don Fedjur of ZoCal putting in the LAST track at 6 o'clock: Tony and Joe Ichikawa of Rokuhan make a surprise visit to see how we are doing. And what it looked like after an hour !
Here is the 1st and 2nd place Module winners, of the show ! Rob Ray (right) and Hien Nguyen (left) in front of their respective modules (that's Chris Tatarian hammin' it up) A look at one end of the 1st place module: and the other end view: and to show you some of the fine handywork (the things you can do with a laser), here is the woodchip hopper fill area:
