What no monkey wrench and blow torch???? LOL that's really cool though!

Yeah I'm thinking about this a lot, and I think maybe the rules are (were) just a little vague. If it's just the "coolest plane" prize, I'm fine with that too! We should all be proud of our models whether we buy them or build them....but it's hard to beat the pride of doing it yourself, and that means scratched OR ARFed. I am pretty confident that the votes will come out the way they "should", whatever that is. That's why I don't and never did have a problem with Sean's Astral winning runner up, I just took notice of the utter and complete difference in the planes. Mine wasn't the coolest plane last year, but I like to think what made it the winner was the whole and total package, maybe the fact that I designed it and did those planes from a blank piece of paper. So I'd hope things like that would be considered, but if somebody else just rocked it with coolness, that is the plane that should win. We love our toy planes. And pattern guys have the coolest toys.

maybe there should be another prize in addition that applies to the builder of the model? I'd be more than happy to sponsor it myself. Maybe not this year, but certainly next year, if there's any interest. I know there's a LOT of builders out there. Not trying to steal or take anything away from the Concourse, just thinking it might be a good addition to the line up of options and things to shoot for? Whatcha think Rusty?

-Mike