Model making in the VMRS
Mid-year Modelling Challenge
In addition, twice a year there is a modelling challenge. The Mid-year Modelling Challenge forms the syllabus item for the July meeting. There is a different theme each year for the Challenge and members are invited to bring a model, display it and say a few words about the prototype and the model.
Annual Modelling Challenge
The syllabus item for the December meeting is the Annual Modelling Challenge. This is an opportunity for members to show the results of their modelling activities over the year. Members are invited to submit models and a popular vote is taken to award the Commissioners’ Trophy for the best model on the night.
The Commissioners’ Trophy was originally donated to the Victorian Model Railway Society by the Victorian Railways Commissioners in recognition of the contribution made by the Society to the 1954 Cavalcade of Trains show which was mounted as part of the celebration of the Centenary of Railways in Victoria.
