shall959

Chris, Before judging I heard you talking to another modeler about how you made the Enterprise the way you did so you can take it around to schools and open it up to show them the insides. You mentioned that you knew it would not win many awards due to the massive seams in the deck for opening the ship. Other than the seams, I think your ship looks really nice. I didn't actually judge it as I judged two other categories so I'm not totally sure. If you are interested in the ship doing better at contests you may want to try what some armor modelers do and find a way to attractively open up the deck pieces to display the hangar deck at contests. From what I could see the hangar deck looks clean and detailed. I can't take credit for having this idea as another judge I was talking to about your ship came up with it. Whatever, more awards or just a unique way to display a carrier, it might be something to think about. Steve (also used to have the nickname "Mongoose")