Box stock contest questions

[moparmagiclives]

I would like to build a model for a real contest, but I'm not real big into after market and scratch building stuff. So what little I would do would not get me very far in a contest. Is there alot of box stock entries at most shows, In the box stock class, does it break down from there as far as vintage, race, late model..stuff like that.

Thanks guys.

[moparmagiclives]

I think alot of it stems from the many ODC's I have, If I'm going to do something to a model, I feel I need to do everything to it. It would just be so much safer for my mental stability if I just built from the box...

[Eshaver]

Shane, as much as I seem to off on I P M S 's misgivings , I can say this about the club, they always have out of the box . In fact, it's the ONE THING they do WELL! I won an out of box for a 1960 Ford F-100 from S M P . Oh to you younger folks , they were a small competing company that was bought by A M T .You have to use whats in the box , period . Theres no room to gaudy up the piece with Photo- etch, resin and other more modern pieces .

Oh , it won O O B in Norfolk Virginia at the T A M S contest .... Ed Shaver

[niteowl7710]

Most contest I have gone to in the past (when I lived in Ohio) and now (that I'm in PA) have a Box Stock Class. The exception being the Olde Potbelly Gang's Show, which is a total People's Choice award system. No sense in having one there since no one is individually judging things.

Remember that just because you built it for Box Stock/OOB doesn't mean you can't enter it in a different category it fits into, if you like your chances better in the other class.

[highway]

Shane, as for your question if the box stock catergory is split into different classes such as you mentioned vintage, late model, etc., most all the shows I have attended do not. Most of the time, the box stock class is only separated into general divisions such as land, sea, and air. Usually the automotive category will have one box stock class for all tyoes and scales, and the same applies to the other major categories like aircraft and ships as well. The best advice is check the flyer or, if they have one, website of the show and/or host club and see what the categories and classes are. If they only have a "Box Stock" class listed under the "Automotive" category, you can expect that it will more than likely be for all automobiles, from NASCARS to vintage hot rods and late model cars, and maybe even a tractor trailer or two thrown in.

[Aaronw]

If the judges are actually following the IPMS rules, out of the box / box stock should be able to compete with the kits loaded with aftermarket stuff. They are supposed to be judging the quality of techniques, which start with the basics (filling seams, good paint job, good decals, no glue marks etc) not which model is the most whizbang neeto (although I'm sure some of that creeps in).

There are examples of very clean out of the box models beating ones with a ton of aftermarket, because the basics or the aftermarket parts were not done well. If you are going to add stuff make sure you do it well, $50 of resin and photo etch does not make a good model just because it is there.

Edited November 9, 2010 by Aaronw

[Jantrix]

  On 11/9/2010 at 10:27 PM, niteowl7710 said:

Remember that just because you built it for Box Stock/OOB doesn't mean you can't enter it in a different category it fits into, if you like your chances better in the other class.

Absolutely right. If you built every kit completely OOB, you would still be able to enter them in other classes and do very well if your building is of good quality.