A good idea and its time
06/03/08 12:00
It seemed a good idea
at the time, and fortunately it still seemed so a bit
later on.
The modular layout concept has been around for some time, and is regularly used, particularly in foreign climes, to encourage railway modellers to turn up at an exhibition or other meeting venue with a modestly-sized section of layout. Miraculously they all fit together, and an instant and possibly quite large, composite layout ensues.
No stranger to pinching ideas, and on occasion less nebulous articles, the SMRS chairman decided it would be a Good Thing if the Society did likewise. To encourage participation, and give at least some chance of everything working together, the Society would produce the blank templates for participants to model on. A small but surprisingly heavy prize would be offered for the best one, and all the entries would be displayed, and hopefully run, at the 2008 exhibition.
This is an account of the webmaster's participation in this event.
The modular layout concept has been around for some time, and is regularly used, particularly in foreign climes, to encourage railway modellers to turn up at an exhibition or other meeting venue with a modestly-sized section of layout. Miraculously they all fit together, and an instant and possibly quite large, composite layout ensues.
No stranger to pinching ideas, and on occasion less nebulous articles, the SMRS chairman decided it would be a Good Thing if the Society did likewise. To encourage participation, and give at least some chance of everything working together, the Society would produce the blank templates for participants to model on. A small but surprisingly heavy prize would be offered for the best one, and all the entries would be displayed, and hopefully run, at the 2008 exhibition.
This is an account of the webmaster's participation in this event.