Entries are now open for A.F.M.O.T.Y 05

Its that time of the year again !!! :grinno: :grinno:
The 4th annual AFMOTY CONTEST
The rules are the same as the last 3 years.
Once again it will be open to the first 50 entries received.

The only change this year will be the voting will only be open for 2 WEEKS....NOT 4 WEEKS

PLEASE READ THE RULES SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE POSTING A QUESTION IF YOU HAVE ONE.

"AF's 2005 MODEL OF THE YEAR"

The rules ARE

*Only open to AF members who have joined AF BEFORE the 1st December 2005
*Must be a model built this year (2005) by a AF member before the 31st December 2005.
*Entry will open on the 1st December and close on 31st December 2005...NO models will be accepted before this date
*One photo only will be posted...so make it a good one.
*The photo MUST be uploaded from AF….no other site allowed to host your photo UNLESS you PM me with a good reason.
*Only ONE model per person.
*The contest will be open to the FIRST 50 MODELS I RECEIVE This is due to the large amount of people that are members on AF. So you will need to be quick if you want to enter.
*Open to cars and bikes only....any scale.
*The Modeling Mods decision will be FINAL.
*This is run as a Peoples Choice contest.....no category for different models


HOW TO ENTER.

*Two photos to be sent by Private Message to .....Me, "Primera Man"
*ONE photo for the contest…the SECOND photo to show that the model is yours. Take a photo of the model with you’re A.F name on a piece of paper with the model to prove it’s yours
*Photo's only...no text
*You well receive a PM from me saying your entry has been added to the contest


HOW TO VOTE.

*Once all the cars have been intered I will make a thread at the start of the year.
*Each model will have a number to vote beside it, and the person who built the kit.
*To vote, simply send a PM to me with your vote....NO OTHER VOTES WILL BE ALLOWED
*You can vote for THREE (3) MODELS
1st=3pts
2nd=2pts
3rd=1pt

*Only AF members can vote that are members BEFORE the 31st December 2005. This will also stop people logging on with different names to vote again. If a vote is suspect, I can check it out and it will be deleted along with the entry of the model.
*You CAN NOT vote for your own model
*The thread will be locked so you can view it only.
*My idea of doing this is that it willl ONLY have the pics of the models.
*Stop's any AF Mod from deleting or changing the votes. This way if the poll is changed in any way I will know as I will have all the votes.
*The judges vote will be FINAL.
*In the event of a tie...i will go through the votes to see who had the most 3pt votes to get a winner.
*The updates of voting will be posted every 1-2 days
*Voting will finish on the 14th January 2006 and the winner can then show off as much as they like !!!

I will enter the contest, but in the event of myself coming first, the runner up will receive the prize

I will give a prize out to the winner.
Remember....this is just abit of FUN
Goodluck to all of you that enter.
Look forward to seeing the entries for this year, and i'm sure it will be even harder to pick a winner with some of the outstanding models that have been built this year.

Cheers
PMan

I hope there will be a slot left when I will finish my project (1 week or so)

Thanks! entered!

Damn. Gallery not working?

"Unable to create image [/home/aftp/gallery/uploads/85123/turbo21.jpg].
Please contact system administrator."

I got that.

entered!!

dang my winter break starts at the 16th :(

my entry has been submitted, with my lacking photo skills..lol

looking at the rate of entries in a day, looks like I won't make it to the contest this year. :frown:

What is the maximum size of the picture ?
640x480, 800x600 ?

What is the maximum size of the picture ?
640x480, 800x600 ?

Upto PMan I know but I would like it see 800x600 but the file size under 100kb. ?

Upto PMan I know but I would like it see 800x600 but the file size under 100kb. ?

100KB? I thought since images have to be hosted on AF the file size limit is 80KB.

640X480...have to look after the dial-up users!!!

Wasn't it 800x600 last year? Oh well.

dammit, i hate deadlines i still got so much work on my vette including i had to start over with another car

Wasn't it 800x600 last year? Oh well.

It was 640x480 last year too. However some leniency was allowed. :)
Only finished one model this year thus far, so I guess that will be my entry. :lol:

I only made 3 model this year so not much to choose from.

And with the stupid 80k limit, I have to over compress my entry.. Anyway, it's just for fun.

13 entries so far

13 entries so far

One of those will be a 1/12 Camaro, right? ;)

I can`t wait to see what everyone comes up with this year.

Only finished one model this year thus far, so I guess that will be my entry. :lol:

Exactly the same with me (the year isn't over yet but I'm not overly optimistic)! Good luck to everyone.

One of those will be a 1/12 Camaro, right? ;)



I hope to get it done....but looks like time isn't on my side :disappoin

Maybe its just me, but I think this has been a real slow year, for everyone.

As for me, I've kinda turned away from models, except I got a few left over on my desk I hope to finish up, and then after that, I may call it quits for awhile. I'm starting to take on a more expensive hobby, in car entertainment..

I haven't finished anything this year, betwen school and the lack of inspiration... :disappoin

Not that i had any chance of winning though...

good luck to everyone!

Its always fun being a part of the AFMOTY, i'll have to do lots of work on my Civic this weekend to see if i finish it. Save me a spot P-mAn!

I have my entry ready but I can't upload it to the AF gallery!:(

way to much happened this year only finished 1 model and its crappy i may enter tho just for kicks.

I have my entry ready but I can't upload it to the AF gallery!:(

Same with my gallery, it is still chewing on an image that failed to upload about a year ago! :lol:

I've got my entry sent in! The upload link seems to be working correctly now. :sunglasse

Same with my gallery, it is still chewing on an image that failed to upload about a year ago! :lol:
Me too can't upload for Months now :(

I upload the pic and i pm to P-Man!

:cool:

I really do not understand these restrictions. 80kb picture cannot be good one
I tried to decrease the size and qualitiy of my pic and the result was terrible.

I m supportive of this tradition!

Never won, but hey, having an Olympic spirit is good to, isn't it!

as for the pics resizement, I feel your pain, well still, we ll do as is!

Oli

Pman..... how many entries do we have so far?

Pman..... how many entries do we have so far?

Only 23 so far...well down on last years number of 45. Maybe contest has lost some interest :uhoh:

To answer a few PM's i have had about being unable to host a pic from AF.
The 2 main reasons i wanted the photos hosted/size from AF is because the first couple of contests we ran at AF we allowed photos to be hosted from any site people wished. The problem we had with that is when people came to view the photos, most didnt work due to their site being down or people had deleted the photo from there gallery....and some photos were HUGE!!:nono:

The other reason on size is due to the amount of dial-up user's that use the site.

So i have had to allow a few photo's this year to be hosted at my own site at Photobucket DUE TO THE ABOVE REASONS.

I have the same problem of not being able to host a phots through AF.

I hope this clears up a few questions

Cheers
PMan

I'll take some photo hopefully tomorrow, been busy fitting a new kitchen and can't find the camera at the moment. But I will before 31st Honest.

Only 23 so far...well down on last years number of 45. Maybe contest has lost some interest :uhoh:




Hmmm. Surprising. I wasn`t planning on it, but maybe I`ll drop something in there, especially since someone else doesn`t have his Camaro finished yet. ;) :p (you`re killing me!)
Maybe I will enter the Corvette, as that is about the only one I built so far this year. :icon16:

24 Hours Till Entries Close

24 Hours Till Entries Close

How many entries do we have now? Last year there was a rush at the end, correct?

How many entries do we have now? Last year there was a rush at the end, correct?

Dont think there will be many more as most will be out for new years eve parting etc soon :tongue:

25 So far

I have abit of a problem here. I want to enter my Skyline model but I tried to upload my pic and it wouldnt let me. It said no images found, can I use a photobucket pic for this, its the correct size. this is the pic.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/tardster/Skylinesidepic1.jpg

Read my post from 12/28/05

Sorry didnt see that there "P-man", so am I cool? Anything else I need to do to get in?