[WWI] Plastic Modelling Competitions

[Ray Boorman]

This always reminds me of an aerodrome diorama I saw at the IPMS show
in Vancouver years ago. It was pretty cool to say the least, a whole
Jasta of Fokker DVII's were modeled with hangars and equipment in
1/48th (This was before Eduard and Roden btw). One Judge was heard to
say hrmm he really should have painted these aircraft matt. The
modeler had a slight sheen trying to replicate the fact that aircraft
were doped on the DVII's. In other words the judge really didnt know
much about the subject matter and was using second great event logic.

I like the systems now, where skill and modelling ability are judged
more than so called (hehehehe I have lots of swampland) accuracy.

I entered two contests this year Ajax and London Ontario and at both
there were very kewl wwi subjects. Each won its class. My one wwi
entry came third but thats another story since it was a figure.

Ray

On Nov 23, 2007 7:50 PM, Andy Bannister <a.bann at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> I'm probably not the best one to answer this having been out of competitions
> for many years, both as a contestant and as a judge. But unless it has
> changed drastically in the past few years, there is no requirement to
> document and/or prove colour schemes. Some modellers do this anyway,
> especially if the chosen scheme is less well known or somewhat
> controversial. For the most part - at least when I was judging IPMS contests
> anyway - the emphasis is more on building and finishing skills. Many of the
> judges are judging subjects they know little about anyway; case in point:
> one year I very nearly didn't place at all with my Fokker D.VII because "it
> wasn't rigged"! The judge obviously knew nothing about Fokker aircraft.
> Fortunately there was another judge there who decided to ask someone who did
> know and I ended up winning first place.
> These days however, the emphasis seems to be how many resin and photo etched
> detailing sets can be crammed in one model, regardless of how well the
> modeller can glue and paint....
>
> Andy
>
>
> >
> > Ok Andy since we are on the subject of Competitions I think
> > we have given a
> > slight understanding on how our R/C system works I am curious
> > as to how you
> > plastic modellers document and prove your schemes during
> > competition or what
> > the rules are? From the sound of it it seems like there is
> > quite a bit less
> > required to prove scale fidelity and accuracy than ours is.
> >
> > Joe
> >
>
>