When Did "nnl" Events Become Contests?

[Modelmartin]

I would add to Tim Boyd's recollections of early NNL events that one of the thoughts we had was that NNLs were a scale counterpart to events like the Street Rod Nationals. Model car contests were the counterpart of judged car shows like custom car shows and restored car concours. Most of the street rod type shows had some type of people's choice awards and Street Rod Nats always had a top 10 or some such for those who wanted to be judged and compete.

Harry! I knew you were just asking a question so please don't think I was jumping on you. I took no offense whatsoever from your query.

I would like to see some hybrid type model car events where one side of the room was an NNL with no awards and the other side of the room was a full-blown contest! Now that would be fun! I would have models for both sides!

Andy Martin

p.s. Beating a dead horse is a good way to release excess aggression that builds up!