ASSOCIATION OF MODEL RAILWAY

SOCIETIES IN SCOTLAND

MODEL RAIL SCOTLAND COMPETITION RULES

RULES

1. Entry forms should be completed for each model and should be submitted to the Competitions Secretary with the model before the exhibition opens by 10:00am on the Friday. Please note that all forms and/or models should be handed in to the Stewards Office.

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2. All models entered in a competition must be made available for display in the Association Showcases (where applicable), or at a location agreed by the Competition Secretary by 10.00am . All entries require to be on display for the duration of the show. In the case of models forming part of a layout (including rolling stock), this fact should be clearly stated on the entry form including the stand number.

3 . A model other than a layout may only be entered in one category in any one year.

4. A model, which has won a trophy other than the old Evening Times Cup, the S.P.T Trophy and the Renfrewshire Quaich, may not be entered again in the same competition category.

5. Locomotives, Rolling Stock etc. may be required by the judges to perform on a layout.

6. Where the model is not the unaided work of the entrant, this fact must be clearly stated on the entry form with details.

7. Unfinished models may be entered in a competition but this must be stated on the entry form.

8. Trophies and certificates for placed or commended models will be presented on the Saturday afternoon or as soon as is practical during the show. Winner to return trophies to the competition secretary at the close of the show on Sunday in order that they can be sent for engraving.

9. Trophies will remain in the possession of the winners until the subsequent exhibition or until recalled by the A.M.R.S.S. should such an exhibition not take place.

10. Trophies should be returned in an undamaged and clean condition no later than 1 hour before the exhibition opens.

11. All competitions are open to Amateur Modellers only.

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JUDGING

1. Judges will be appointed by the A.M.R.S.S. except for the Allan Cup, Hornby Trophy and the Renfrewshire Quaich.

2. Judges will utilise the following criteria:-

a) Faithfulness to prototype

b) Quality of workmanship

c) Extent of detail

d) Technical quality including performance where appropriate.

3. Where possible, drawings and/or photographs of the prototype should accompany the entry form. These should be clearly marked with the entrant's name and address and will be returned with the model.

4. The Renfrewshire Quaich will be judged by members of Renfrewshire M.R.C. or appointed by them. The donating club (Renfrewshire) will be excluded from the competition.

5. The Hornby Trophy will be presented to the best of all other trophy winners (except SPT trophy) as judged by a representative of Hornby.

6. The Glasgow & West of Scotland Model Rail 40th Anniversary Cup is voted for by member clubs – one vote per club.

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GENERAL

1 All competition entries will be covered by insurance during the time they are in the possession of the A.M.R.S.S. , however the association is in no respect liable for items entered in the competition, other than for the insurance value stated on the entry form.

2. All persons entering models in any competition will be responsible for the retention of all packing and transit materials. No responsibility can be assumed for loss of boxes, wrapping etc, which should not be left at the competition stand.

3. At least two judges will adjudicate in each category, but a judge may adjudicate in more than one category.

4. The A.M.R.S.S. reserves the right to withhold a trophy where the standard and/or the number of entries, in the opinion of the judges and the competition secretary have not been met.

5. The judge's decision is final and the A.M.R.S.S. will not enter into any discussion or correspondence concerning the awards.