1train1 wrote: IMHO ; Contests and challenges are a waste of bandwith - 'someone else's' bandwith. Aren't these forums supposed to be the sharing of info et al ? Not to be cranky about it but isn't that why most forums discourage the - 'what color is your favourite ....?' polls that were trendy for a while. There is alot of perhaps useful information that I have missed or not passed on because I avoid these type of threads. Just a thought - sorry to rain on the parade.
IMHO ; Contests and challenges are a waste of bandwith - 'someone else's' bandwith. Aren't these forums supposed to be the sharing of info et al ? Not to be cranky about it but isn't that why most forums discourage the - 'what color is your favourite ....?' polls that were trendy for a while.
There is alot of perhaps useful information that I have missed or not passed on because I avoid these type of threads.
Just a thought - sorry to rain on the parade.
Your completely entitled to that opinion and I do respect it, but I have to strongly disagree, and BTW you've contradicted yourself , you said forums are about the sharing of ideas, well isnt that EXACTLY WHAT THESE CONTESTS DO?
To me, contests like this are whats great about these forums, we get to see how different modelers respond to a given set of criteria that is often very similar to what alot of us run into planning our own layouts, be seeing these different responses we are able quite often to find solutions to our own problems or inspiration to try something that one of the contestants has show on their entry. This MIX of ideas is what these forums are all about. So I say keep em up, they generate a tremendous amount of creativity and great discussions.
I'd be up for a logging layout. My current mining layout is actually based on a lot of logging influences.
Have fun with your trains
I thought it would be fun to enter, but quickly discovered that I do not have what it takes to compete here.
I had hoped to "Throw out" an idea for a layout someone might see, and think (it) would be fun to build, and possibly study up on,vs the 10,000 (weekly) posts of "gimme a layout idea" (ad nauseum)
I still think my layout was a sound concept, I got mired down in the fastrak software, and will NOT return to it. Ever. Unfortunately, my redrawn (over super light blue) fastrak submission looked poor. I did not expect to be lambasted over every detail, but that was due to my naivete' in how this works.
You may note that I did not vote at all.I will continue to enjoy the forum, but will shy away from the building contests and their threads.
Nope. Speaking as a voter, I'd pass and just look at the entries.Way too complicated for this MRR.I quit reading the voting explaination half-way thru.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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This concept cleanly needs more work, but provide a frame work for discussion
Goals;
Possible approach;
When a contest is initiated, the contest manager makes starts the thread and makes three posts;
The exact form of the three posts will need to be fought out later, but;
The first post might include such items as;
The second post might include a "form" that might include items such as;
The thirds post would include a "form" that might include items such as;
To enter the contest, a designer would
To vote, a poster would
Notes
exPalaceDog wrote: What, you want MORE pain?
What, you want MORE pain?
Nope, I'm content to let sleeping dogs lie, so to speak.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
SpaceMouse wrote: What next guys--a rest or another one? How does a 2 x 4 N-trak sound?
What next guys--a rest or another one? How does a 2 x 4 N-trak sound?
How about a 1 x 8 N-scale book shelf switching module that must allow for a through single track mainline say 3" from the front?
Have fun
Well at least from my end this was the easiest. There were not as many problems, however, there did seem to be some misunderstanding as to what was the goals. There were a lot of LDE type layouts although, when it time to establish the rules that requirement was axed. Still some good layouts got low votes.