ORIGINAL: jeff naul
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
Ummmmm, Jeff,
Last time I checked, Carroll Shelby didn't compete in Scale Model Airplane contests. And you can't enter a cheap car in a Scale Model Airplane contest either. If people don't have time to build, that's fine. They won't enter a Scale Model Airplane contest either. If there is something that you enjoy doing more, then still fine. You still won't be entering a Scale Model Airplane contest. If you show me a bashed ARF, I will not only believe it was an ARF, I will know it was an ARF. You can't put a pair of pink silk drawers on a Spotted Poland-china Sow and pass her off as a pole dancer either. It's all about choices. You make yours, and I'll make mine. So, to turn a phrase against you, If you want to enter a top level Scale Model Airplane contest then (here it comes) (are you ready?) (It's gonna sting....) Go home and do your homework. You should really read the rules for the various contests. They are really the rules, and they ain't gonna change them to suit you. I really hate to sound like a Horses rear, but that is the honest truth. I know that you are probably a member of the, "ME", generation, but this one is not about what you want. It's about what the facts are, and if it doesn't suit your purpose, sorry about your luck.
Bill, AMA 4720
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