John Redman- I agree with everything you say but the builder has to be able to glue former 'one' to keel 'B' accurately before the finishing touches can be applied to generate a beauty contest winner. I would not be a fair judge because there is no way in Hades I'd ever give the nod to an arf that is refinished or a pre-assembled kit that needs assembling and painting! To me, scale contests are subjective so I don't participate in them. It's kinda like watching figure skating- I can't do it, athleticism is evident but how do you separate the winners from losers? By the subjectivity of judges! Folks will argue about documentation, etc. but it still boils down to interpretations! I'll take a good old fashioned Australian Rules rugby contest any day if I want to see a winner and loser! I do like to look at scale airplanes and only build such.