RE: Is it possible to compete for less that 10K?
I think it can be done. If you got the skills to build it. You could get an older kit, detail it out and go for it. The documentation carries alot of weight. Maybe run across and older BVM F 86, or T 33. You could even go DF. I think there was a guy at the JWM in Hungary with DF. Better hurry for 07.