The Official Z PBL Challenge Thread

Way to go, Terry! Your diorama is great

Terry has been awarded 10 Z points for his first Z PBL Challenge entry.




June 30, 2009 is the deadline for all entries

Thanks Beverly. if I can find time, I will try to make the Bates Motel as well.

Wow, Kelley! Gilligan's Island I wonder how many people will have that song in their heads all day

Kelley has been awarded 10 Z points for his second Z PBL Challenge entry!

Gee, I'd better get the lead out for my entries. But we do have until June 30 to enter. Barring some sort of disaster, I expect to build the last of my Kibri kits for the European layout by the end of the week after which I'll have lots of time to work on the Z PBL dioramas

I want to thank everyone for the nice complements.. I might be able to squeeze a couple more PBL's before the contest ends.

Kelley,

I can tell you're having a great time putting together your Z PBL entries I can hardly wait for your next installment. Which tv show will you do next from that era? I have a couple of favourites, but I don't want to influence your creative juices. Go, man, go!

Chris has this week off and today we officially began work on our Z PBL Challenge dioramas

Just thought I'd remind folks that it's not too late to begin work on your dioramas! Closing date is June 30, 2009 at 24:00 Pacific Daylight Time

Hi,

I just added pics of my PBL-Diorama
Thank you Beverly to announce this challenge at the ZFE-Forum. I really love this idea and it inspired me to realize some memories of my childhood in Bremen, a town in the north of germany where I played around a lot in various harbor sites.

greetings from europe,
Rainer

Moin Moin! I really love the harbor scene. All these years and I haven't made it up north yet. Not even when the Amis were in Bremerhaven..
Great job on your PBL entry!

Moin Kelly (the more you go west in northern Germany, the fewer "moins" you need ),

even ELVIS made it to Bremerhaven - so you did it worse! Nevertheless, I can understand, that you rather dream of coconuts, endless white sand beaches...
I love this very special coconut!!!

And: don't worry - I'm living in Austria now for more than seven years and never made it to Vienna

Rainer,

Thank you for entering the Z PBL Challenge! Your entry is finely detailed and it has a possible murder mystery to keep us intrigued

Rainer, you have been awarded 10 Z points for your first Z PBL Challenge entry.

If you like, please enter another diorama prior to June 30, 2009

Thomas (bqfh-zipp),

Cow vs. Locomotive! This is another great scene for the Z PBL Challenge

Thomas has been awarded 10 Z points for his first Z PBL Challenge entry



There are another three weeks or so to enter the Challenge which closes at midnight PDT (GMT-7) on June 30, 2009.

I'm sorry to say that there is no possible way in the world I will be able to make an entry into the PBL contest by June 30th. Wanted to but life just gets in the way too often. Then Jeff had to go and remind us that there are only 100 weekends until NTS Sacto!!!! Seems like plenty of time? Wish I had time to play with trains more... but I have made July 2011 my priority since I want to make a run for a plaque :^) And I had the coolest idea planned for this contest, maybe another time.

Karin, since you are leaving on a jet plane tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. then I'll just have to finish up my PBC project and offer it up for critiquing.

Although I do not know what Karin had originally planned for her PBC entry, I'm sure it would have been nice.

I still need to add a couple of small details to my offering before I can photograph it.

Like Karin said, the time to do fun Z things is very limited around here. And indeed, the NTS 2011 is already filling many a West coast modeler's mind and thoughts as we begin to plan greater projects and modules.

The NTS in Sacramento is going to be perhaps the best since Cincinnati in 2005. I think the clubs on the West coast are going to attempt to beat the module record held since 2005 in Ohio.

100 weekends sounds like a lot of time but for those who have never built a module the time flies faster than a Marklin train at a show in Germany, (and they go real fast).

I don't know who is going to coordinate the Sacramento show, but the planning is beginning already. The excitement will build quickly and result in some fantastic displays for all to see.

Loren

Loren, Well, I'm sure you will borrow some of Karin's ideas for your PBL entry! Cheers, Jim CCRR:woohoo:

Just a reminder that there are only 15 more days to submit your entry for the Z PBL Challenge! Deadline is June 30, 2009, midnight Pacific Daylight Time.

Admittedly, since there are no prizes or judging or anything of that nature, it might be an idea to keep the Z PBL Challenge open indefinitely. Folks who don't have time now to work on a diorama, but may be inspired at a future date can always join in the fun. After all, fun is what the Z PBL Challenge is for, oh as well as for the glory and fame and something about small furry animals What say all of you?

And never end! So now you don't have any excuse. Cheers, Jim CCRR:)

I have decided to let the Z PBL Challenge run indefinitely. It'll be cool for new folks to stumble across the Challenge and actually be able to participate.

The Z PBL Challenge will have no closing date.
Everyone is encouraged to enter as many times as they wish.
Please have fun with your entries!

Hello,
I looked at the "PBL Challenge" and could not figure
it out. I have a "PBL" soldering station that is quite
powerful and will solder just about anything. What
is "PBL" for this website?

Sorry for my confusion,
Reynard Wellman

Reynard, That is the Peanut Butter Lid Challenge. The diameter of the project can be no more that 3.5 inches! Cheers, Jim CCRR:)

Of course! That's what that weird thing that
looks like a demon's ear is -- a swirl of peanut butter!

Do our models have to be made out of peanut butter? ;>)

I know, I'm being silly. I think this is a very cool challenge
now that I get it. I'll have to come up with something tasty
and enter it sometime. Are chocolate chips allowed?

Thanks Jim!