[WWI] Flying Model Judging (was: Re: Gratuitous posting)

[Andy Bannister]

Ray:
> ProfLooneys type of judging reminds me of a true story,  years ago at
> a certain IPMS show in Western Canada. When I say years ago  I'm
> meaning  the early 1970s. John Tarvin of airframe fame used to tell
> this story, and its set when the IPMS accuracy police were at there
> worst. Anyway John and some of his buddies were getting a little bit
> ticked of by some of the silliness they were seeing by the scale
> police. So they hatched a plan to shall we say embarrass the judges.
> They jointly built and developed plans, some faked pictures (long
> before pc's and photoshop) and a history for an Italian Tweeners
> floatplane. John actually built the model and anyone who has seen
> Johns models knows he can build a mean model. Anyway they entered it
> in the next years IPMS show. They named the aircraft a Macchi Castrati
> which should have been a big clue. The model won best in show. They
> were so suprised they never did let on to the fake.

Great story Ray - sounds like just the kind of thing John would do! He can be a bit of a cantankerous old bugger but a real hoot when he's in a good mood. I saw him for the first time in years last May when I went back to Vancouver for a visit. Retirement seems to be treating him well....
>
 
> As to what you write ProfLooney, it sounds by the way you write that
> your looking down your nose at the current IPMS method of judging.

In all fairness Ray, the same could be said of what us plastic modellers are writing about the R/C method of judging. We may not understand it or agree with it, but if the RCers are happy with it then I guess that's all that matters! 

Andy

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