2004 Best Modified Diecast Contest

[Camber]

Theres been many contests on the Plastic modeling section of the forum.
I see the Diecast section has become much more popular then it used to
be. So why not a contest for diecast cars? Surely the car will need to be
modified, theres no point of having a contest with a bunch of stock cars
no one did any work on.

I'd be willing to organize it. It could be a simple entry and vote through
PM. The thing is ill be entering, so possibly a nuetral person like a mod.
can handle the voting part, so i can be trusted.

[mike@af]

Sounds great. I'd be willing to help with the voting, which I think should be open poll, or open vote by post. That way I can check for cheaters.

I was wondering how long it would take for one of these to arrive. Whats the timeframe? I have plans for a diecast, but I need to build my shop in my new house first.

[Camber]

Cool man. Yea your right, open post would be good, then people can
give there explanation and what not.

About the timeframe im not too sure, deffinately 3 or 4 months maybe.

[mike@af]

Any specific rules?

I for one say there has to be a progress thread.

[Hobbes]

This sounds interesting...

Will there be different types/classes for the contest, like from the simple interior change to the more extreme? I for one can only do the interior mods and maybe wheel changes. I'm not really ready for the chop/cut/rebuild thing yet...

A progress thread is a really good idea...

[mike@af]

Good question Rickey. I think there might be two categories, one amateur, one pro. I dont think it could be split up much more than that because of the limited number of entries.

What do you think Camber?

[IImportSupra]

Hell yea, Im in. Progress thread indeed.

[EvilSI]

im in

[NOS_racerX]

yeeaaah im in
can we have a scale enviroment in our pics?
how many entries?
custom choppers alowed?
whats a progress thread do?
just show people where you are? doesnt that ruin the suprise though? sorry im new to modeling competions...

[Hobbes]

Originally Posted by NOS_racerX

whats a progress thread do?
just show people where you are? doesnt that ruin the suprise though? sorry im new to modeling competions...

Good question. This is what I think might happen:

Have the person get their own thread for their project because just about all the time they have an idea of what they're going to do.

Use that as the progress thread so that when entered in the contest, the 'judges' will have an idea what the person did and at what time.

Then at the contest make another thread just showing the complete mods of the cars and people can vote from there.

It's not really ruining the suprise at least... Just look at the contests from the modeling forums...

[Camber]

That sounds good to me Hobbes.

As for divisions, yes, i suggest we dont' split it up that much since theres
not going to be tons of entries. I dont even think a Pro and amatuer
division is neccisary, how about just an SUV and Car division? In my
opinion i dont think theres that much over the top modifications in the
diecast field right now. Just my 2c.

[jcz1987]

I like to be in this. I dont modify diecast much but I want to give a try and have fun! Plus I have a lot of diecast cars I could customize.

[Camber]

Ok, just so I get all the entries together, please label your entry thread with "contest Entry", so i know whats what. Thank you

And correction on my last post, It can be SUV/Trucks, and a Car
division. How's that sound everyone?

[TexasF355F1]

Man, this sounds so tempting. I may decide to attempt this, but will probably just screw one of my models up.

Shouldn't there be other classes too, like cars, trucks, or what type of mods, like slight customization, advanced and extreme. Or something like that. Just throwin out some ideas.

[Camber]

Maybe a mod can sticky this?