ATTENTION LOGGING AND WOOD
PRODUCTS MODELERS AND HISTORIANS!
HEAD UP TO THE WOODS AND SHAKE OFF
OLD MAN WINTER.
There is no pre-registration. Doors open at 9 am, and we wrap up around 6 pm.
The Pacific Model Loggers’ Congress is a one-day gathering of authors, historians, photographers, loggers, model railroad enthusiasts and other persons who share an interest in logging in general, and Pacific Northwest-style logging in particular. Look at it as a one-day convention that’s easy on your precious leisure time and money.
We’ve scheduled a full day of special speakers, clinics, a model contest and dealer sales area. Here's the tentative rundown on the days activities, subject to revisions, adjustments and timing changes as needed:
9:00AM Open the doors, begin model contest check-in, begin display model setup
9:30AM Welcome remarks
10:00AM “Old School Rules, Logging in the Sumpter Valley” with Alfred Mullett
11:00AM “Fall of a Giant, the end of Weyerhaeuser’s Longview Operation” multimedia show with Gary Durr
11:30AM “Moving a Donkey” video of Mike Rotschy’s donkey move at Pomeroy Farms
12:00PM Lunch Break
1:30PM RTR Track Upgrades, modeling clinic with Jeff Johnston
2:30 PM “Diesel Era Logging in Oregon” with Rod Loder
3:30PM Coos Bay Logging Tourist Excursion film, with Bruce Strange |
Dealers: We’re exploring the addition of a few more dealer tables at our event due to some space that is potentially open to us. If you’re interested in learning more about this, please contact Lon Wall at (503) 857-2800 at your nearest convenience.
(Note: We do not have more table space inside the main room, this is an entirely different area. Existing dealers inside will not be able to buy extra tables and we are not bumping any existing dealers to the new space, unless any existing dealers want to bump to the new space for the extra table room available).
2011 AWARDS
A large HO scale diorama of a logging camp at the top of an incline took home best of 2011 show for Gary Brooks of Willamina, Oregon. The model depicts the Blue Star camp of the Whitney Company, Kilches River, which was located in the area behind the Tillamook Cheese factory in Tillamook, Oregon.
MODEL CONTEST NEWS!
New Contest Class, Contest Specifications and Two New Special Awards!
We have a new model contest class, called Equipment Set and have posted a new list of model contest rules and specifications that you can access by clicking here or going to the Contest Info link.
Thanks to our friends at Woodland Scenics we have two all-new special awards we’ll be giving out this year, along with some cool prizes to go with them. For more information, go to the Contest Info link.
Continuing our tradition this year, we’re giving model contest winners First Place
and Second Place plaques and Third Place certificates. Our award plaques are
cedar,with classy laser etching by Rich Shepard of RS Laser Kits, and you'll
receive the award the day of the event.
Our model contest includes individual models and dioramas, and this year we’re continuing a new “Mini Diorama” contest class. The day promises to be a round table bull session on all subjects involving the Northwest wood products industry, including its history, preservation, and modeling-related material.
New Camp Cars Contest Class!
See our Contest Info page for complete information about this fun new category for contest models.
New Honor Awards
Starting with the 2009 event we instituted two new annual honor awards. See the Photo Gallery page to learn more about this year’s recipients.
The “Dean of the Woods” award is given for outstanding service in the preservation of wood products history.
The “Memorial Award,” sponsored by Timber Times Publishing, is given in remembrance of our friends who have passed. This award is given to the model contest entry that typifies the spirit of our hobby.
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Lyle Spears received the 2011 Dean of the Woods award, shown being presented to him by Lon Wall (left), co-host of the PMLC.
Lyle Spears is one of those craftsmen whose work has been an inspiration to many, if not most, of the people involved with the logging part of the model railroad hobby. At the risk of dating someone or placing anyone’s age on the line, Lyle’s writings in the mainstream hobby press, including Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman, go back to the 1960s and thereabouts. It was those stories, and the photos of his glorious scratchbuilt railroad and logging equipment models, that served to kindle and fire up many a young hobbyists’ interest in model logging.
Lyle stands among the giants of the model railroad hobby, those who did so much back then with so few of the ready-to-use resources we take for granted today. We owe him a debt of gratitude for paving the way, after first clearing the brush of course, for the rest of us modelers who would one day aspire to match his standards of modeling excellence.
Previous Dean of the Woods award winners:
2010 – Merv Johnson
2009 – Glen Comstock
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SHOW INFORMATION
Admission is $15 per person at the door. There is no pre-registration.
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
We've made significant improvements to the room and contest model lighting in the Camp 18 event room, so the dimly-lit contest area is a thing of the past. You'll almost need sunglasses from now on.
Dealers: Space is very limited and our dealer tables are sold out for the 2012 event. We occasionally have cancellations so if you’d like to be “on the list” call Lon Wall at (503) 857-2800. We’re exploring options that would allow us to expand our dealer sales area and that would open up more table availability. Likewise, if you’d like to be “on the list” please let us know by phone or email us via the Contact Us form by clicking here.
All vending is strictly limited to logging-related items, and will be available on a first-reserved, first-served basis
Meals are available at the Camp 18 Restaurant, and they’re darn good, too! Breakfast starts around 7 am and is served until 2 pm, lunch starts at 11 am, and dinner selections are served starting at 5 pm. Be sure to check out the famous Camp 18 cinnamon rolls – they’re huge and delicious!
For general information, phone Lon Wall, (503) 857-2800
, or Jeff Johnston, (541) 485-8203.
E-mail us with questions or for more info. |
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