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CONTESTS
Mike Mackey's Texas & St. Louis Model RailroadHO/HOn3 Scale |
Page Updated 06/27/2024 |
Philgas Drilling Platform
Mike put in 30 hours of research talking to professionals in the natural gas industry, visiting the East Texas Oil Museum, and studying numerous photos. He started his effort with a simple sketch. Some 350 hours of custom building went into the HO scale scratchbuilt model. Mike did CAD definitions for some of his 3D parts which he printed. He obtained and printed some commercial 3D print files and obtained commercial parts for other details. The drilling platform with its derrick and all its equipment is as realistic as possible down to the smallest detail. This model was enterred in the Lone Star Region 2022 Regional Convention and in the 2022 National Convention. At that 2022 St. Louis National Convention Mike's drilling platform model won 2nd Place in the scratch built structure category and received the Hunterline Award as the "best weathering of a wooden model."
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Amtrak Diesel #328
Mike detailed, painted and weathered this locomotive model that won 1st Place in the Diesel locomotive catagory at the LSR 2022 Convention in Temple, Texas.
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Narrow Gauge Train
Mike assembled a full narrow gauge train consist for his Texas & St. Louis Railroad and displayed it at the LSR 2022 Convention in Temple, Texas where it was named Most Popular Complete Train.
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2021 Tulsa Union (LSR & MCR) Convention
1st Place, Online Structures
1st Place, Favorite Train
2019 LSR Convention
1st Place, B&W Photo
2015 LSR Convention
1st Place, Freight Cars; 1st Place Passenger Cars; 1st & 2nd Places, Cabooses,
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