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June MOM Contest
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, June 06, 2014 - 03:31 PM UTC
The June Model of the Month contest has opened for entries.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, June 06, 2014 - 03:32 PM UTC
As is becoming more and more usual, no sooner has the contest opened, than we have some entries for it!
Jessie_C
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Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 02:02 PM UTC
A very interesting entry has arrived.
Scrodes
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Posted: Monday, June 16, 2014 - 02:02 PM UTC
Food for thought Jessie -if you revealed the scale of each model we could better evaluate the work that has been done without breaching the anonymity of the entrants.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Monday, June 16, 2014 - 03:40 PM UTC
We thought long and hard about that and decided not to. First, not every entrant tells me the scale of their model, and secondly, knowing the scale introduces bias, even when it is not intended.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Monday, June 16, 2014 - 03:51 PM UTC
For example, consider these two models:


Both are very well done examples of the model builder's art.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Monday, June 16, 2014 - 03:53 PM UTC
But now consider how your impression changes when I say that this:

is 1/24 and this:

is 1/72.

I don't want that altered impression happening to influence the voting.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 12:26 PM UTC
Back to the entries, two more have come in.
Scrodes
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Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 01:51 PM UTC
Okay Jess thank you. We both interpret the same side of the coin differently - I think that's what makes modellers great; our varied approach
hellbent11
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Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 05:44 PM UTC
Thanks for the explanation, I've always wonderd that myself. BTW I would have guessed the other way around on the pics
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