Darren

I don't think anyone could deny Tommy Gleissner's flying skills and he was a worthy winner, the choice of type can be just as important as the execution of the model and the Airworld Hawk flies beautifully and looks absolutely right in the air . However, having said that a deep wallet gives you an advantage with a composite kit with all the extras, it may actually cost less to complete than a scratch built model if you factor in the number of hours required to put a scratch built model together and cost these hours out at any kind of realistic rate.

Let's face it, that's why composite kits and ARTF'S are so popular now, not many of us have unlimited leisure time and, I for one would rather be flying than building.

I am sure a scale metal finish on a BVM F100 takes a lot more time and skill than the gloss finish on a Red Arrows Hawk, but you are replicating the full size and both finishes, if well executed should score similiar marks despite the disparity in skill needed to apply the alternative finishes.

I would like to see some sort of recognition of the skill in building a model from scratch, but unless there is a separate class I think it might be difficult. Anyone have any ideas?


John