Dave Platt rule number 7

1 All of the best information on a subject arrives the day the model is completed, and proves conclusively that what you have done is wrong.

2 You never finish a scale model. You just stop working on it.

3 Those subjects requiring the greatest number of working channels have the least room for radio gear.

4 How right it looks matters more than how right it is.

5 Competitive scale modeling is about replication, not authentication.

6 Given a choice, judges will believe wrong information over right.

7 Live by the principle of scarfology. Things disappear from the marketplace, so scarf them up while the scarfing is good.

8 Experience has demonstrated that the worst 3-views of any subject are the ones that came form the factory. The best were done by some careful modeler who wanted an accurate model and made his 3-view a labor of love.

9 Never, ever, use color photos in documentation.

10 The weak link in the RC Scale reliability chain is still - the engine.

11 A fair model with a good docs-book will outscore an excellent model with a poor docs-book.

12 Scale RC is a very relaxing hobby – if you can stand the pace.

13 Big models fly; small models flit.

14 First, it’s got to fly.

15 No amount of flying will improve your static score.

16 It’s a mistake to take a scale model out to fly while you still like it.

17 Whenever a manufacturer improves his product, the old one is much better than the new one.