What IS GSL?

The GSL Championship was created in 1979 to provide an encouraging, objective, and a hospitable venue for sophisticated scale vehicle modelers, regardless of their interests, to compete where craftsmanship and technical innovation would be recognized and rewarded.  As well, GSL offers an enjoyable and congenial atmosphere where friendships are formed, and where old friendships are renewed.

As a reaction to other historic shows where certain building styles were favored and others discouraged by the judging preferences and selection of winners, and as a further reaction against competitions were personalities and public favor played significantly in the outcome, the GSL Championship was fashioned to provide a "safe harbor" to competitive builders interested in aggressive, quality building. The GSL Championship has been a forum where excellence, craftsmanship, good humor and friendship would be sponsored and encouraged.

GSL-XXII attracted a huge crowd of fantastic builders. A few are shown here.

Over the years, the antiseptic fairness of the GSL Championship has encouraged an everwidening group  of wonderful and very competitive scale vehicle builders to attend and be a part of the series of the greatest scale vehicle contest series ever created. As an outgrowth of that commitment to fairness, GSL competitors and attendees have developed a cheerful demeanor where friendships are made and renewed regularly where it is safe to share ideas and techniques, and where each builder's efforts are respected, and where everyone is challenged by the work they see.

In fact, one of the several attractions of the Championship has always been the cheerful and cordial demeanor of the participants. The attendees and builders always share their techniques and thoughts about building better  models, encouraged in no small part by judging impartiality and good humor that are hallmarks of the Championships.

The Twenty-Third GSL International Scale Vehicle Championship and Convention will be presented Thursday, April 28 through May 1, 2011 at the Salt Lake Sheraton City Centre Hotel (the same excellent place where GSL-XXII was held). Here are the details: All rooms are $103 base rent (1-4 person occupancy) plus room tax of 12.46% for an approximate per room cost of $124.

The GSL Trustees are already at work planning for the Twenty-Third GSL Championship. The traditional range of competitive Classes, three days of seminars, a day of Museum tours, the Museum-benefit auction, the famed Trade Show, four days of renewed friendships and shared experiences, will end with the Awards Breakfast on Sunday morning, May 1. We will start the Championship and Convention on Thursday morning, April 28, 2009 with a general "welcome" opening session at 10:00 a.m. to hand out the Championship and Convention schedule, acquaint everyone with last-minute details and developments, and talk generally about the event. The Contest Hall will open for registering scale autos for competition at 11:00 a.m. that Thursday morning, and seminars will start at Noon, Thursday and extend through Saturday morning April 30, 2011. Judging will occur on Saturday evening, starting at 5:30 p.m. with the Awards Banquet held on Sunday morning, May 1, 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel.

Please return to the home page for the GSL Championship and check out the other information on the Twenty-Third Championship, as well as the history of the Championship.

See you in April/May 2011!