Contest question

[Jon Cole]

Say you enter a model in a contest, but it doesn't place.

Do you bring it back the following year?

Think of this as a poll.

My opinion, YES. No law against it. Another thing to consider, it helps the host club. They need our support!

What you say?

[CAL]

Say you enter a model in a contest, but it doesn't place.

Do you bring it back the following year?

Think of this as a poll.

My opinion, YES. No law against it. Another thing to consider, it helps the host club. They need our support!

What you say?

Yes, the only rule I have come across on this is past winning models at the same contest can be displayed but not participate in the contest.

I don't have a problem with it.

[Jantrix]

Hmm.......

Personally, I never bring a model to the same contest. If it doesn't place, then it wasn't good enough. Bringing it again, is just the hope that there are weaker models against this time around. If it wins, it's done it's job. Build something new and try again next year. I have nothing against bringing a model to several different shows, but never the same one twice, but that's just me.

[CAL]

Hmm.......

Personally, I never bring a model to the same contest. If it doesn't place, then it wasn't good enough. Bringing it again, is just the hope that there are weaker models against this time around. If it wins, it's done it's job. Build something new and try again next year. I have nothing against bringing a model to several different shows, but never the same one twice, but that's just me.

Agreed, I never brought a model back to the same contest again either, however, I don't have a problem with someone who wants to bring the same model again and again.

[Harry P.]

As long as there's no rule against it, why not?

If a person wants to compete with the same model again in the same contest the next year, that's his business.

[el Presidente]

Say you enter a model in a contest, but it doesn't place.

Do you bring it back the following year?

Think of this as a poll.

My opinion, YES. No law against it. Another thing to consider, it helps the host club. They need our support!

What you say?

Most places I have entered models at have a rule that previous winners are not eligible to be entered again. This is great, although in the past I mistakingly did enter a previous winner into another contest. I now write on the back of each plaque or trophy, what it was for, so I don't do it again. If it is not a winner previously I don't see areason not to re-enter it at some time in the future.

[Chas SCR]

I would have to say no and yes on this. If its a car say a Street Rod and you enter it as that the first year and but the car also could have gone into Custom then bring it back and try at that class. If it is just a one class car then no. There is also the issue on rebuilding the car and making it better, You could do this and to say bring the same car back but you are just bring back a new'er built one of the same. Street rod, Street Machine and Custom are the three great classis as you can inner swap with them a lot of times with the same model.

[Eshaver]

Yes , I have done it . Ive done the bring it back several times . It depends on who's doing the judgeing . In I P M S , you have so much apple poloshin goin down I wanna just choke ! Ed Shaver

[Steven Zimmerman]

I say yes,here's what happened to me. I entered a local IPMS show many(14 or so) years ago,with what I thought was a pretty good model-65 Chevelle 2 door phantom delivery based on the old AMT 65 elky,all mods scratchbuilt by me,on a scratchbuilt/kitbashed frame,,paint polished to a nice smooth shine,etc etc....zilch,nada,no trophy,did not even place ,I figured "Oh well,so much for THAT".....Brought it back the next year SAME judges gave me first place,against better competition.....Why?....I asked the judge the same question....His answer? 'Well,Steve-this year we were smart enough to read the 3X5 cards you had listing all your modifications. I said "You didn't read them last year?"...."Naw",he said....we thought it came outta the box that way".................'Z'

[LoneWolf15]

Z ,

Too funny ! , too tragic ! , but , alas, too true ! I say yes , for the same reason Zimm stated. However , after 4 or 5 years , of showing the same car without winning .... Either step on it , or give it to the dog to use as a chew toy ! I'm sick of looking at it on the tables ! Build another one , this one just is'nt going to make the grade !

[Ragnar]

I always figure that if it didn't win. it's not going to the next year. Having one of my builds fail once is more than enough for me!

CHEERS!

[ricky12]

As long as it didnt WIN I see no problem with takeing it back . the question I would have to ask my self is why it didnt win the first time . was it the model or the judges ?????

[Eric Stone]

Hmm.......

Personally, I never bring a model to the same contest. If it doesn't place, then it wasn't good enough. Bringing it again, is just the hope that there are weaker models against this time around. If it wins, it's done it's job. Build something new and try again next year. I have nothing against bringing a model to several different shows, but never the same one twice, but that's just me.

This is exactly how I feel also.

I have a truck I built in late '04 that got 3rd and 1st in two shows in '06 (I think). I won't take it back to those two shows, but I did take it to a show it had never been to last month and it took 1st there in its class. One of those local shows it placed in in '06 is coming up in April, and I won't be taking it back to that one.

I'll build something that's new instead.

[E St. Kruiser50]

We have about 6 or 8 contests a year locally in the Portland area.

Most of the guys build enough that we always see new stuff from most, but there are a few who like to keep bringing back the same models year after year.

I think it's up to the builder. People enter contests for a lot of different reasons.

As long as no rules against it, WHY NOT .

For me, I enter 3 or 4 of the local contests a year, and then retire the cars, or go out of state. The Washington guys have several contests a year too, with the Canadian guys coming down, so I can always go up there to see some of my friends.

For me thats what it's mostly about now is hangin' out, visiting with friends, and going out to eat lunch .

[VW Dave]

If a model of mine wins an award, I 'retire' it from that event. If that model doesn't win, I may or may not bring it back again....usually I don't.

An NNL is cool, because bringing a model back is OK....no awards to be had.

[jbwelda]

i think of course you can bring it back. there are so many nebulous factors in a contest (mainly judging and judges related) plus it could be it will be better than anything else on the table the second etc time. i also agree if you win, dont bring it back to enter again but you could certainly bring it to display and maybe get peoples or celebritys choice or something.

horses enter a race more than once, even after winning, so why not.

a more pertinent question might be if you brought a car and placed third say, then took it home and made significant improvements to it, should you be able to enter it again? i would lobby for yes on that question as well.

but at some point youre either gonna be accused of being a trophy hound or run out of space for the plaques and trophies, or the wife is gonna get bugged at dusting them all the time.

Edited February 20, 2010 by jbwelda

[dwc43]

How about one that wins then you take it home and add a lot of details to it? I won with one that I built and then later on I added a driver with correct uniform, helmet and methane filtered mask, chute lines and tons of other details it did not have before.

[Chas SCR]

How about one that wins then you take it home and add a lot of details to it? I won with one that I built and then later on I added a driver with correct uniform, helmet and methane filtered mask, chute lines and tons of other details it did not have before.

If it put it into a different class I would not see any harm. Now just adding things like that to me is not enuff of a change to keep it in the same class. I go by the 60% rule on this.