The Indianapolis 0 Scale Show started today...

Interesting there are no posts on this meet, hope it is not suffering from the same lack of attendance that happened to the Worcester,Ma National this past summer.

I want a USH  K4 C&O Kanawha 2-8-4 !  I can't be there..but that's what I want !!!!

Well you better power up the mini drone and fly over the tables. Yah, i can't be there either and wish there was some sort of video action to see the table

If you're in town for this, please feel free to stop up and see our layout. We will be there running trains all afternoon tomorrow, Saturday. We are at 1113 SW 3rd Street in Carmel, IN. Our back door is right next to the Monon Trial. 317.569.1999. Of course, you'll have to ignore the center rail. 

OK attendance.  Better than Worcester (well, anything is better than Worcester was)... AND a car show is going on at the Wyndham at the same time as the O scale meet. 

Prolly too late now but a wish list thread from folks that can't make it would be good. 

BTW Erik S and George Kohs have displays here...

Hope we get some reports and pictures.

I went to the Indy show during the National convention 2 years ago.  It was my first time so I couldn't be a judge on attendence but I thought it was well attended and I had a blast.  Even though I am a 3-railer, there was plenty available items to choose from for the layout.  I think that many 3-railers miss out when they don't attend a 2-rail show because there may be a perception that there is nothing for 3-rail....this is not the case.  Details, structures, etc. are all still the same scale and can be used on a 3-rail layout.  The hard to find (and afford) K-line Santa Fe Hi-levels were available at that show.  They had been converted to 2-rail and the entire set of cars averaged about $120.00 each.  Since I had the cars already, I didn't buy the set when I first saw it.....then I got to thinking about it and went back just about an hour or so later...it was gone!!  Darned!!

Alan

I hate to miss these O scale shows, they have the old kits, structures and rolling stock, with the unique variety that never shows up in tinplate, although, sadly, nothing like HO.  I am sorry Worcester sounds to have been a bust.  But that is not the area I model, so it better be something like the not too distant Burlington TCA Conv. to get me there in the NE.  I thought there was a large concentration of O

scalers in the NE to support that?  I think they had a Baltimore O Scale Convention

that was not too exciting?   I missed this Indy one as out of town, and then had to cut that trip short, as Murphy was meddling.  I hope it was a good one.

As someone who has run our twice a year O scale swap meet for several years, I can tell you this: It is not a case of 'if you run it, they will come'. It takes a lot of publicity, in print, online and through email and social media, to get attendees to a show. It is all about perception. Granted there are some shows that seem to have it easier than others attracting patrons. Our recent show saw nearly double the amount of attendees than the one previous to it and close to the high count of a year ago. I'm not sure without the concerted effort of all club members getting word out, would we have had as good a turnout.

In the case of an O scale swap meet, the perception becomes the reality.

Dave,

Thanks for sharing your photos, I enjoyed them. Congrats on first place for your COG GP9, I like it.

Travis

Dave

Nice Geep! Very well done.  I'd like to see it in person someday

David,

Did you attend the show on Saturday as well?  Was the attendance better on Saturday?  I was wondering how much the difference in admission fees ($20 on Friday vs. $5 on Saturday) influenced attendance on the two days.

Really nice diesel Dave!

Nice pics, I agree a great looking Geep.

Dave, extra nice effort on that early diesel. Congratulations on the first place win!

Bob

Congratulations, Dave. Great work.