Fond Du Lac NNL style show

[lordairgtar]

September 6, 2009

Fond Du Lac County Fair Grounds in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Held in the Cow Palace...don't worry, there are no cows.

Model car show

9AM to 2PM

Participant and spectator voting for awards

Adult 18 & up, Junior 12 thru 17, and Children classes

Held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Street Rod Association's annual Corn Roast car show at the fair grounds. Bring your models and enjoy the day looking at cool cars and rods on the show grounds.

Model show is free but admission to car show is required

Adult $5

Senior $4

Under 12 free

Registration closes at 11AM for model show. Pick up awards and models after 2PM. Anything left after 3PM, model show staff and WSRA are not responsible for.

http://www.wirod.com/Events_Sale_Join_Links/earlybird.pdf

Gregg Kluck, model show chairman. Phone 262 679 6420

Edited July 15, 2009 by lordairgtar

[lordairgtar]

This is the article I wrote for my car club newsletter regarding the FDL NNL

The Model car contest which Lori and I ran again this year was down with people entering but those people had brought more models to display. We used the NNL approach to award the builders using participant and some spectator voting as well. Residents of the ARC also came by to see the models and were given the chance to vote on their favorites as well. NNL means Nameless National Luminaries. This was the name given to entrants of a model event some years ago as a way to get away from the judged shows, and now these are held all across the country. My own model club holds such an event every year for 17 years now. It is a non-competitive event without actual judging criteria but voted on by peers. The idea being that other modelers can and will recognize skill and originality in their fellow modelers’ builds. Special thanks to Al and Kathy Stout, members of the Auto Modelers Group of Milwaukee, for helping out Sunday by helping model builders enter their cars and watching over the tables throughout the day, which allowed me to get in another drawing for a client that day. The winners of the day were:

ADULT CLASS

1ST PLACE……..RUSS COLLINS age 47

1948 Ford convertible, poseable wheels and two toned flocked interior

2ND PLACE…….AL STOUT age 64

3RD PLACE…….BRETT MCDONALD age 44

Replica of plow truck used for Racine county, mostly scratch built except for the cab. Box, plow, wing was scratch built and was fully functional. All hydraulic lines were replicated. Had realistic weathering to depict heavy usage.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS

1ST PLACE…..JUSTIN TAYLOR age 15

1940 Ford with recessed fire wall, grave digger headers, Goodyear drag wheels and transmission from a funny car kit.

JUNIOR CLASS

1ST PLACE……LOGAN LAJSIC age 11

1969 Charger R/T

2nd PLACE…….JASMINE TAYLOR age 9

Chevy, “I put it together by myself. I only had help with the stickers.â€

3RD PLACE……NOLAN LAJSIC age 8

1966 Chevelle Malibu wagon.

Hopefully we can get more modelers to come to the Corn Roast and enjoy the day. The name from now on will be known as the Fond Du Lac NNL at the WSRA Corn Roast.

[lordairgtar]

It's OK. The FDL event is low key. I have fellow modelers and spectators voting on models instead of actual judging. NNL now means that participant voting takes place, whether it's for a theme or age group or a genre of car like a race car. No one really scrutinizes the cars and trucks that much in this event. It has been mostly young builders that come out to this event because they are there with their parent who have street rods. It really was kind of hit or miss until I took it over from the club. We have an actual budget and people to supply plaques and help. More things like door prizes from hobby suppliers will be coming in future years. Perhaps even a model swap meet. My car club never really pushed the event as something to do at the corn roast. Now, I want to have better adverts and posters in hobby shops. This year, we had the first long distance attendee all the way from Racine Wisconsin which is about a hundred miles distant. He was not even a car show participant. Hopefully next year pics will be posted of the entrants.