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redleg12 Enjoy the show for the social event that it is. If you wil great, if you don't you still had a good time. Most important is are you happy with the model!!
Enjoy the show for the social event that it is. If you wil great, if you don't you still had a good time. Most important is are you happy with the model!!
Mike's perspective is the one I 'try' to have. It can be hard, sometimes, when you've spent a good deal of time and effort on a build, to have people 'rip it apart', but there is a lot of subjectivity in judging, so you never really know what you are going to get.
Hans' approach is also a smart one - entering your builds for display only. Definately removes the potential frustration of having a build that you think is pristine from getting pulled apart by a bunch of strangers...
'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)
Some contests that are hosted by model clubs get the judges stoked for certain builds before the event. They all ready have the winner in mind going into the contest, thus creating a unfair atmosphere for the rest of the entrants. Also at some point there should be a division between professional & enthusiasts models, that is commission builds and models featured in magazines (paid articles) should have a separate category from the rest.
One contest I entered asked every participant to judge if they had entered a model. 'Peer judged' if you will. I found this format biased to the size of the entry, also the 'judges' tended to dwell over the category's that interested them and only took a quick look at the rest. I never judged the category's I had entered to avoid this.
In my humble opinion the most fair format was where each model was removed from the table and judged on its own merits to score points against each judges hypothetical 'perfect' version of the model in question. Only if the exact score was achieved was more than one award gave for gold, silver & bronze. Highest & lowest scores were removed further leveling out the scores. It was a small contest (armor fighting vehicles) and I realize this cannot be done (time constraints) at a larger contest where entries number in the hundreds.
Judging is tough and the people doing so are only human. Everyone has favorite variants and types of models, remaining unbiased would be very hard for any person. Give these people thanks for taking the time to perform under time constraints and the pressure of a contest atmosphere.
I always end up being a judge (Dioramas), so I don't enter any of the contests, I just display m' work... Haven't won anything since the early 80s... But to answer the question, I entered mine to win, and usually didn't place back then, except for my 1/32 UH-1D shoot-down back in 1984 or so. Took the Gold on that dio, but there were only three dioramas in it, so...
Initially, I never entered more than one, simply because I didn't know that you COULD...
Modeling shows and dog shows are the same when it comes to judging!!
Enjoy the journey....not the destination
Rounds Complete!!
"The Moral High Ground....A Great Place to Emplace Artillery."
It happens. I've entered models that I was quite proud of & not place. Conversely, I've entered models that I knew had minor flaws & go home with Gold. It has more to do with the quality of the Judging & not the models.
Regards, Rick
Happens to me quite a bit. On the flipside though, I've taken a few just for the helluvit, not expecting anything and get a first place, over one that i thought would have done well. but that don't bother me none, I go mainly for the vendors and to BS with some fellow model dorks!!!!
I build for fun and I'm not really good but manage to get an award or two every year Even if it's a 2nd or 3rd place I feel really good about it.
But the funny thing is that most of my favorite models and ones I'm really satisfied about the my work and their looks didn't get any award.
Does that happen to anyone else?
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