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HOSTLER MODEL CONTEST
ENTRY FORM 2023
1. INDICATE ENTRY CATEGORY:
____ Steam Locomotive: All types of locomotives driven by steam.
____ Diesel Locomotive: All types of locomotives except steam types and
passenger revenue carrying types such as RDC or Doodlebugs. Multiple
units are included in this category (up to four units).
____ Passenger Car: All types of passenger revenue carrying equipment
including RDC, Doodlebugs, and RPO cars.
____ Freight Car: All types of freight revenue carrying equipment.
____ Caboose: All types.
____ Maintenance–of-Way/Non-Revenue
____ Structure: All buildings housing personnel, machines, or equipment,
stations, water towers, etc. but containing no supplemental scenery such
as a sceniced base.
____ Diorama: A group of models, or a single model, which includes
supplemental scenery not pertinent to the functioning of the model or
primary structure. For example, a piece of rolling stock sitting on a section
of ballasted track, or a building with anything more than a foundation is
considered a diorama. Diorama size is limited to 11-inch depth (front
to back) and a total area of 144 square inches.
____ Youth: Any entry by a person 17 years of age or younger.
2. DESCRIPTION OF ENTRY:
Locomotive: Railroad __________, Type/Class _________, Number _______
Wheel Arrangement (steam) __________
Car: Railroad ____________, Type/Class __________, Number ________
3. CONSTRUCTION:
____ Kit Built or Kit Bashed: The modeler has used only parts supplied in a kit
or has made a major alteration of parts from one or more kits or ready-to-
run. Upgraded trucks and/or couplers is permitted. Repainting and/or
decaling is permitted.
____ Scratch Built: The modeler has fabricated all of the parts. Preformed
stock materials are considered to be basic materials for scratch building;
commercially made motors, trucks, and couplers are permitted.
4. PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name: (printed) _____________________
Surface Mailing Address: ___________________________________
Telephone Number: _________________
email Address: ______________
5. Entry Number: (Assigned by a Contest Official.) ____________________
6. DETAILED INFORMATION:
Describe, below, the work you did to bring the model to its present configuration.
____ I declare that this entry is mine and all model work is my own.
____ I declare that I am entering this model for (name) ___________________
and that all model work is his own.
Liability Release:
Even though the Hostler Model Railroad Club has taken every precaution to ensure the safe keeping of your Model and other personal property, the Hostler Model Railroad Club and all its members make no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to the loss or safety of Models or other property entered in this model contest. The entrant, in entering this contest, will assume the entire risk as to the loss and safety of his/her Model and personal property. In no event will the Hostler Model Railroad Club or any of its members be liable for direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage from this model contest.
I have read and agree to the Liability Release.
Signature: _____________________________
