I agree that this is one of the best scale models I've seen. But, it is a static model and not an RC model. It may have started it's life out as an RC (kit or scratch built), but it is not one now. Museum quality scale models can be very impressive, but to compare them to those that compete in scale competition, is not a fair comparison. One can do amazingly fantastic detail (19,000 rivets, some of them actual fastners, completely covered in litho plate) if you don't have to worry about weight, function, radio interference, structural integrity and so on. I marvel at the craftmenship of models like this, but I don't think it lessens the achievements of Top Gun and Scale Master winners like Dave Platt and the rest of the crowd, let alone something that they should 'bend down and eat dirt' over!!

I agree that it's unfortunate that builds often don't get as much attention as ARFs, but ARFs are what is popular, so it's no big suprise either.

Scott