One of two models I actually
finished in time for IPMS Vancouver's "Big Mouth"
contest. The rules are simple. Everyone builds the same
kit out of the box. Aftermarket decals are fine but there
can be no added detail - plastic, resin, photo etched
or otherwise. The finished models were displayed in a
local hobby shop and the general public (recently busted
back to captain I understand) votes for the best one.
The winner gets to be the "Big Mouth" who picks
the kit for the next contest.
There was a clause in the
rules catering to the clumsy people who broke bits off
in that lost pieces could be replaced by scratchbuilt
items. Some members, I think, took advantage of this clause.
"Oops, I dropped the entire cockpit in my gerbil
cage and they made a miniature La-Z-Boy out of it. Nevermind,
I'll replace it with this scratchbuilt superdetailed cockpit
- I'm allowed to under the "clumsy clause".
I didn't get to be the
Big Mouth but in my defence the competition was pretty
stiff. Ron Koropatnick won with his two seat A-4 and deservedly
so - the man has inhuman powers when it comes to modelling.
Many a junior member has been reduced to a quivering mass
of jelly upon sight of Ron's superb models. No wait...
that was me. I was the jelly. Probably caused by that
dodgy sandwich I ate the day before.
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