ANNOUNCEMENT - DESERT SCALE CLASSIC V16

[Danno]

When the Desert Scale Classic Management Team learned we had to cancel our traditional live Event here in Phoenix, we immediately started brainstorming to come up with a way to keep the show going. But how the heck do you do that in the middle of a pandemic, where we have to hunker down and isolate ourselves for a while? (Not that car modelers mind either hunkering down or isolating.) The fact is, for fifteen years we have all enjoyed the annual gathering of model car crafters known as Desert Scale Classic! Frankly, we were bummed that it was looking like we wouldn't be able to host our Sweet 16Event at all.

We considered alternative dates and alternative venues (who knows how long this virus quarantine might go on, or if we would have to cancel yet again?). Then we hit on a somewhat wild and crazy idea – “If we can't count on a live venue, let’s just do DSC in a Virtual Venue, as a Virtual Championship, all online!”

All Entries will appear on this website in the dscV16 Virtual Championship Gallery, arranged by category and published as they arrive. Each Entry will be represented in a folio of five to eight digital photo images provided by its builder. Entrants' names will be hidden from view. 

Entries need not be professionally photographed, or even photographed using an expensive camera and lighting equipment. A decent cell phone camera will do! We will publish some tips and hints right here on the website to help you take good quality photos.

But the big question is: "Are you game?"

dscV16 Virtual Venue Model Car Championship

http://www.dscv16.com/home.html

 

[Misha]

Great idea! Count me in. As circumstances developed our travel plans to Scottsdale have been sidelined due to health and the Covid19. This is a very innovative idea, thinking out of the box, congrats.

Stay healthy and cheers, Misha

[Tom Geiger]

Great idea Dan! Sounds like a lot of fun!

[Danno]

Thanks, Misha, Tom.  We're just trying to make some lemonade out of all this.

-danno

[Danno]

Registration deadline for dscV17 - The Virtual Venue Model Car Championship is 11:59 p.m. MST tonight. That leaves 17 hours (from now) to fill out Registration Forms and pony up $2 per Entry to participate in our Anti-COVID-19 Alternative DESERT SCALE CLASSIC!

Join us! Show your stuff! Beautiful Awards! More than 13,000 visits to our website this month!

Hurry! Ending soon (16 hours and 58 minutes now).

dscV16 - The Virtual Venue Model Car Championship Website

 

[Misha]

Wow, 7:45 PM Friday evening on the West Coast and I just finished posting my entries! Congrats on a very slick and friendly system that Tim and everyone else ha s come up with. Truly a model program (pardon me! Couldn’t resist)

Thanks again to all and congrats to all participants! Cheers Misha 

[Danno]

Thanks for the kind words, Misha.  Glad you joined and glad the entering was a good experience for you.

We still have a truckload of Entries in the uploading process, but the IT Team tells me every Entry will be in place by tomorrow. We won't begin vetting and judging until everybody's Entries are in their proper places.  I like to say 'we won't start without you' to anyone who Registered by the deadline. We intend to live up to that promise! 

More fun ahead!  Thank you for making our COVID-19 Lemonade work!

[mrm]

Unfortunately I just saw this, so I missed it by a weekend.

Oh, well....Maybe next year in person.