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Posted by DAVID ALCOCK on April 26, 2025, 3:44:15, in reply to "I've been judging for about 2 decades now and"
i gave up competions 40+ years ago a "capo di monty" style paint job would always beat a correct scheme- because it looked better!!! accuracy was irrelevant ,
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I rarely ever consider historical accuracy. How can you? How can a Gundam be considered historically accurate? Based entirely upon how it appears in the anime?
IPMS judges are to use the rules of fit and finish above all else. If someone is judging based on historical accuracy it's probably purely as a tiebreaker otherwise I'd consider them unqualified to be a judge. Previous Message
I asked this on another forum but got zero responses.
I am building a kit of a USS Florida. I have the last known revision of the plans(1924), but the kit portrays the ship in 1929 years later. Unfortunately she underwent a huge overhaul and major reconstruction then.
I'm assuming that the original kit makers just used reference photos(only 15 or so exist) to approximate what she looked like, because it isn't even remotely correct.
If I enter a contest with the kit as it built out of the box, are they judging historical accuracy?
If I enter this kit with the proper parts fixed, I'm assuming I need to provide documentation? I'm pretty sure the actual measurements are lost to time.
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