RE: ARFs in SCALE CONTESTS
WHEN CARROLL SHELBY WAS ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT OF THE "FAST LITTLE IMPORTS OF TODAY" HE SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT A HIGH SCHOOL KID COULD BUY A CHEAP CAR AND HOP UP, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN POSSIBLE IN YEARS. I FEEL THE SAME ABOUT ARF'S, IF YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT A BOX DO SOME BETTER DETAILING AND HAVE A CLASS TO GO COMPETE IN THEN IT'S FOR THE BETTER. I USED TO BE A GREAT OPPONENT OF THE ARF THING BUT FACE IT THE WORLD IS A RAT RACE AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR BUILDING ANYMORE. I HAVE OTHER THINGS I ENJIOY DOING ALONG WITH FLYING SO I CAN'T DEDICATE THE TIME TO IT. BUT WHEN I GET FINISHED WITH AN ARF NO ONE WILL BELIVE IT EVER WAS AN ARF! AND IF THEY GET MAD THAT IT BEATS THEM THEN THEY NEED TO DO WHAT WE SAY AT THE BOAT RACES "GO HOME AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK!" JEFF