Originally Posted by
Flying Officer Kyte
I think we have to tread carefully when on the subject of decals chaps.
Some repaints can be done with the Ares decals left in place and maybe just added to.
Some decals, like mine are mostly home made and often printed from an Osprey book, reduced, visited by photo shop and then applied, but may have the Oberst's or Dom's roundels or letters added.
Other people may buy in decals, but even then, overall decaling can be an intricate and difficult task in its own right if a large area and matching of joins have to be done.
If we start to distinguish between these aspects of the model, do we then not need to look at the complexity of the model itself, and judge the degree of difficulty in assembly. So is a Valom more challenging than a Reverisco, than a Red Eagle, than a Shapeway, than an Ares.
Let us not forget what this challenge is really all about.These competitions are meant to be a fun way to help get a member to Origins, not a cut throat attempt to score top marks over your fellow members.
The day we start nit picking about entry levels is the day I will be saying sayonara to that for a game of soldiers. I had enough of that sort of thing grading practical examination work for forty odd years.
When all is said and done, it is going to come down to a bunch of we chaps just doing our best to give a vote for the plane we like best.
Rob.