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Official VOTING for Mik's Build Challenge 2016

The MIK - Annual Build Challenge
#1

Voting for your Favorite Mik’s Build Challenge 2016 build.

Voting for your favorite build from this years build challenge is simple.

Voting is open to any member in good standings on LSC.

FIRST: Goto the thread “ 2016 Challenge Entrants photos for Voting” and look over all the great builds.

SECOND: Come back to this thread and post your votes:

If you choose to vote in private e-mail me at [email protected]

There is ONLY ONE thing to vote on, Your favorite!

For whatever the reason is doesn’t matter.

You set your own criteria.

Please list your choices for: 1st., 2nd., and 3rd.

Voting will end at sunup ( really more like when I drag me lazy as$ out of bed) on Wednesday the 24th of Feb. Thats 6 days and a weekend.

NOTE: The add on prize winners will be picked by their donators, and will be announced at the time of winners announcement posting. Please do not vote for these add on awards.

#2

The little voices in my head have been screaming all week that it is to hard to choose…fortunately I was able to drown them out with repeated doses of rum and coke. So here is how I see it (although in double and somewhat blurred).

First Place: John Passarro - Yankee Girl Mine

Second Place: Daktah John - “Wall” Passenger Shelter

Third Place: Devon Sinsley - Two Bay Engine House

Congrats to everyone as those are some amazing builds. Just so they know, I will be stealing ideas from Cape Cod Todd, Dan Hilyer, David Maynard and Travis Drague. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery my friends and all of you have inspired me for this summers builds. :slight_smile:

PRIZES FOR PARTICIPATION:

Results to be announced at the end of voting. All of these figures will be awarded by random drawing. For each category I will write the name of everybody who qualifies on a piece of paper and have Mrs. Boomer draw the winner from a hat. To set the mood of an official award ceremony she has agreed to dress up in high heels, stockings, opera gloves and a shiny leather mini dress…unfortunately for all of you, you will not get to see that.

The categories are:

CAT. 1 Everybody who participates in the build according to Dave’s rules. You do not have to be the best craftsman, have the best idea or get any votes. Heck you do not even have to finish as long as you make a good try. Have fun and you are in for this category.

CAT 2 Everybody who casts a vote. Yep that’s right. If you vote at the end of the challenge your name is in for this category.

CAT 3 Everybody who runs the challenge and is named Dave Taylor. This one is hard to qualify for… in fact Dave may be the only person eligible, but it is LSC and anything can happen.

So here are the prizes, Cat 1 - Allen “Mik” Bupp, Cat 2 - Bob “Benevolent Dictator” McCown and Cat 3 - Dave “President NMNRR” Taylor:

#3

I would gladly put any of the builds on my layout, all look fantastic but I can only vote on three:

1st Place: Vic Smith - Cliff Hanger Outhouse (Attention to detail is awesome!)

2nd Place: Devon Sinsley - Two Bay Engine House

3rd Place: Eric Schade - Section House

#4

Lots of good buildings this year! They all are winners. But I guess if I have to choose I Would say…

For first place: John Passarro and the Yankee Girl Mine…Very cool and looks like the real thing…only a little better.

For Second Place: Todd Haskins for his Irish Barn…an unusual project an again a good representation of the prototype!

For third place: Daktah John and his Wall waiting shelter…Gotta love the Victorian styling and basic white paint!

I could just as easily have chosen several others but it was the roll of the dice so to speak. Shawn’s church captures the feel, the roof truss on Randy’s freight house, log cabins and engine houses and out houses … well done!

#5

Well done Gents, First place Eric Schade section house. Second place John Passarro Yankee girl mine. Third place Dakota John Passenger shelter.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

#6

Again this year it is hard to pick just three. All are great. Congrats to all.

My choices this year came down to this…

1st place…John Passaro Yankee Girl Mine

2nd place…Randy Lehrian EBT Freight Station

3rd place…Jon Radder Station Platform

#7

Hmmmmmmm this is tough. Everyone did a great job, making it even more difficult.

Since I have to choose Ill go with:

1st place…Travid Dague Fire house I love the colors and its old fashion look

2nd place…John Passaro Yankee Girl Mine (the weather etc… really makes this look realistic.

3rd place…Eric Shades Section house ( loved the details inside)

#8

I’ve narrowed it down to 5 …

1st; John Passaro Yankee Girl Mine.

2nd; Todd Haskins Irish Shed (excellent treatment of the tins)

3rd; Daktah John’s Passenger Shelter

4th and 5th Honorable Mentions; Devon Sinsley, Dan Hilyer.

Great job gents.

John

#9

This is difficult. So many great projects. Everyone did a fantastic job. But here are my top 3.

1st Place - John Passaro, Yankee Girl Mine

2nd Place - Daktah John, Passenger Station

3rd Place - Eric Schade, Section House

Congratulations to everyone. This was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.

#10

Time to suck it up and make some tough choices! So here goes…

1st Place: Eric Schade for the excellent use of JAX as a weather-er, and for the detailing carved in wood no less, although there is no way you can ignore the fantastic coloring and weathering on Todd Haskins barn or Dan Hilyer’s tin weathering. Beautiful treatments that I’ll imitate at some point. Dave should be happy with what these guys did with his tin!

2nd Place: Daktah John passenger shelter because that raftering and roof support is an intricate work of craftsmanship, although there’s no escaping the quality of Vic Smith’s detailing or the finish that went into Travis’s Firehouse.

3rd Place: John Caughey’s Whale’s Tale. I know he didn’t finish, but the grand concept, the animation, and the sheer ambition are carried far enough along I think. Heck, the finial on the top of the amusement ride is worth an honorable mention all by itself, just like Devon Sinsley’s sign out in front of his engine house…I’m copying that sign for sure.

#11

What? I have to choose? That’s cruel, man, just plain cruel. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)They are all good.

Guess I’ll go down the thread, see what strikes me, then come back and figure out how to place them.

1st - Devon’s engine house - something about the colors and textures really appeals to me. The clerestory. The water tank.

(it and Eric’s shed would likely go well together)

3rd - Matt’s log cabin - can imagine the old fellows having KFC on the front porch visiting, conversation like with my brother, maybe what, 12 words in 3 hours? … “Nice day.” “Yup.” “Hound’s lazy.” “Yup.” And really like end view with awning over door.

2nd - Todd’s barn - gotta love a build with legend and lore behind it. Detachable ivy is neat idea.

#12

Boy this is always the worst part. Everyone that participated did great. The best part of this is seeing how different people tackled projects using the same thing and getting radically different results. It just great. I can find something in every build that I appreciate and will use. But we have to decide. So for my criteria this year I went with prototype fidelity. The four builds that continually caught my attention where the ones built to a prototype because they all did an awesome job of copying their chosen structure. So here is my votes

#1 Todd Haskins Irish tractor shed. He jut simply nailed it right down to the coloring of the tin being nearly spot on.

#2 John Passaro Yankee girl. And he did it without a pin nailer.

#3 Randy Lehrian. EBT Robertsdale freight house. I mean come on the roof structure is insanely perfect.

And we were told to pick three but I couldn’t leave out Dakota John and the Wall passenger platform I mean what and ambitious project, the detail is killer.

Edit becaue i jumped the gun

#13

I think all the participants are Winners because we rose to the challenge and from fertile minds came some really cool unique structures that will look right at home in our little RR empires.

I’m always impressed by what is built from humble beginnings like the door and gondola kits of past challenges. A Special Thank You to Dave the Tin Man who supplied us with some excellent panels. His Tin Works is a very nice building in itself.

Voting was tough as it usually is but details and execution is what swayed me this year.

#1 John Passaro. The Yankee Girl Mine is so good with its pieced together look and weathering. It looks like the real deal.

#2 Eric Schade. A simple enough building in design but the details and aging in and out were top notch.

#3 Dan Hilyer. His engine house/ display/ tote looked to be built very well and I look forward to future photos of how he is going to detail it.

Very close runners up were Daktah, Devon and Travis but well done to all.

#14

First timers Award

I must have done Dave T wrong in a former life. I am not sure what I did to get punished and now am left to picking a winner alone. But I guess I have to. So before I do I want to make sure I have the list right. Between declared first timers and ones I know are first timers here is the list of candidates in no particular order. And just because I voted the way I did above don't think the winner is declared. I have reasons for picking anyone of them because prototype fidelity isn't the criteria for this one. In no order the contestants are:

 

Randy: EBT Robertsdale freight House: The roof I can't say enough about it it could be a photo of a 1:1 pole building.

 

Dan: Waverly Shay Shack: I have a soft spot for this build. Dan loves wood as much as I do. I can tell. Oak and Black Walnut classic. Is this a train competition or wood working? The joinery, the wood, the pocket shelves just awesome.

 

Daktah John: Wall Station Platform: This is the architecturally best build. the visual appeal is a cut above. all the little repetitious pieces. very cool detail work.

 

Did I miss anyone? Jump in so I can vote if I must. Half tempted to make a set of trucks for each of you (but I won't).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#15

1 Randy’s 1:20 EBT freight house

2 Travis’s 1:24 fire station

3 Vik’s outhouse for the pizza.

Well done by all.

Terry

#16

As everyone else has mentioned, this is a very tough choice as there are so many great builds. That being said here are my choices…

1st John Passaro’s Yankee Girl Mine. Both interior and exterior are excellently detailed and weathered. Finish photo staging superb.

2nd Randy Lehrian’s EBT Robertsdale Freight House. Excellent roof structure / detail. Interior framing detail looks fantastic.

3rd Eric Schade’s Section House. As always, Eric’s stuff just looks real. Love all the hand made interior details.

Honorable Mentions: Todd’s Tractor Barn, Travis’ Fire House and Shawn’s Church.

I really enjoyed participating this year. Thanks everyone (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

#17

Yes, This part is definitely way harder than the actual build part of the challenge. There is so much talent on this site and in this challenge. It’ almost like asking me to decide to only eat steaks, fruits , or desserts for the rest of my life. They all have their own time and place. Well enough stalling…

  1. John’s Yankee Girl Mine

He just did such a good job of capturing the flavor of the real thing, and I real like the subject too

  1. Eric’s Section house

For the absolute attention to detail through use of very inventive construction techniques. Also for the very realistic and rustic finishing.

  1. Vic’s Cliffhanger

just for the hilarious notion of mounting an out house that way, and for having every square millimeter of if finely detailed with very interesting adornments.

These decisions as earlier stated were quite hard to make. I really liked Todd’s barn for its faithfulness to the original, Devon’s engine house for it’s detail and rustic feel, John’s attempt at a whacky and wild desert wonderland (can’t wait to see it finished), Dan’s superb and stately engine house that had such a homey feel, David’s well with very well done flooring and unique propulsion, Doug’s simple two holer with it’s hilarious waiting line photo, A very sharp looking fire station by travis, Daktah’s wonderful exercise in exposed ornate framing, Shawn’s church makes me actually want to go this sunday, Matt’s cabin which I think I could easily hide away in for years, Larry’s fine oil shed that would look just right on so many layouts, and of course and experiment in tin gone wild by none other than Dave the Tin man Taylor who made this all possible. Well done gang! and a huge thanks to Dave for putting the enormous amounts of time and thought into the challenge once again. I had a ton of rule #1.

#18

First place:

1st : Todd Haskin’s barn I liked the subject matter and the aging that was done.

2nd : Travis Dague’s firehouse, the turned bell was a great touch

3rd : John Passaro’s Yankee Girl mine, everything looked to belong and it fully captured the flavor of the prototype.

Second place:

How do you choose any above the others as all have their own merits. A really great challenge year. Thanks to all the participants for their wonderful builds and for keeping us on edge throughout the challenge with what was coming next.

#19

Crap this was SO HARD to vote this year, SO MANY EXCELLENT projects. but here it goes

  1. John Passaro, Yankee Girl Mine

  2. Eric Schade, Section House

  3. Travis Dague, Fire House

Big Thanks to Dave for organizing this years challenge, and for the material support, and a big thanks to everyone who participated.

#20

@Devon: I am not a first timer to the build challenge. I entered last year. Now, if I win, then I’ll be a first timer (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

I’m impressed with ALL of the entries. Even the ones who couldn’t make it to the finish line (or the starting line).

My votes are:

1st: Eric Schade: section house (I love the details)

2nd: John Passarro Yankee girl mine (I really get an old-time feel from the look of it)

3rd: can I vote for myself, yeah, I pick Matt’s log cabin