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| Subject: | Re: OOTB Contest |  |
| Date: | Jul 29, 2006 |
| From: | Eric Scurlock | |
Here's the IPMS rules for OOTB:
IV. SPECIAL CATEGORIES
1. OUT-OF-THE-BOX entries will be governed by the following rules:
A. KITS. Any commercially available kit may be used. The host chapter and the National Contest Committee will determine the number of categories incorporating Out-Of-The-Box awards.
B. FINISH. All finishing techniques are allowed. Decals other than those included with the kit may be used. Insignia, markings, and instrument panels may be hand-painted instead of decaled. Weathering is permitted.
C. CONSTRUCTION. The modeler may fill seams and gaps; sand off rivets; drill out gun ports, exhaust pipes, or other appropriate openings; thin to scale such parts as trailing edges, flaps, and doors; add rigging and antennas; and add simple tape or decal seat belts in the cockpit of an aircraft or the interior of a vehicle (NO commercial or modeler manufactured hardware - e.g., buckles, etc.).
D. IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO: vacuform, manufacture, or replace any part, or substitute parts from another kit; cut or separate canopies, surfaces, hatches, doors, etc. (no major surgery); combine a standard kit with a conversion kit; add anything other than specified on the instruction sheet except as shown in Section C above.
E. INSTRUCTION SHEETS. Modelers must attach the kit instruction sheet to the entry form. Models entered without an attached kit instruction sheet will not be considered for an Out-of-the-Box award.
Not being an expert on the interpretation of IMPS rules I have a question. If the kit instructions refer to a PE fret available separately, is it allowed? There are some Tamiya kits out there that refer to separate PE frets. Are those PE frets allowed? The lack of plastic equivalents within the box makes many of these frets true necessities.
The way I read it is that yes PE frets specifically referred to in the instructions would be allowed.
Unfortunately scratch built grab handles would not be allowed.
Of course this is Trak-Link, not IPMS, but having written rules I think these are good, to the point, and draw pretty clear lines. Making exceptions for things such as grab-handles leads one down a slippery slope. |
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 | What is "Straight from the box"? - Terence - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - terence - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Paul Clark - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - John - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Jason Burch - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Dwayne Williams - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Dave Johannsen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - ben bagley - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Bo Pagh - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Don't forget it's "Straight from the box"? not OOTB - Andrew Herbert - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Throwing a spanner in the works - Roderick Lenz - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - RJ Kellog - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Andrey Mikhalenkov - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Eric Scurlock - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - David Manning - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Bill Goodrich - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . I think folks miss the point of OOB contests - Jason Burch - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Mike Tittel - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Nenad - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What about scratch-building? - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: OOTB Contest - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - Eric Scurlock - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - Eric Scurlock - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - IPMS OOTB rules - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - IPMS OOTB rules - Eric Scurlock - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - IPMS OOTB rules - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - IPMS OOTB rules - Eric Scurlock - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: OOTB Contest - Eric Scurlock - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Juan Contreras - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . History and purpose of OOB - Roy Chow - Jul 29, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: History and purpose of OOB - John F. Steinman - Aug 3, 2006 |
| . . . "Straight from the box" my way - frank forster - Jul 30, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: OOTB = Tamiya catalogue? - Alex Borsboom - Jul 30, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - David Golinsky - Jul 31, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Gary Cooper - Aug 1, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Terence - Aug 2, 2006 |
| . . . Re: What is "Straight from the box"? - Philippe - Aug 1, 2006 |
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