I guess we’ll just have to disagree on that then.

To me, the whole purpose of a diorama is to tell a story. No story, no diorama.

That’s why I’m also not entirely in agreement with the crew figure = diorama thing. Just because my tank commander has decided to poke his head out of the hatch for a moment, it doesn’t necessarily tell a story (although it’s certainly closer than if there hadn’t been a commander in the first place).

I guess I really am one of the few persons, then, who consider a base to be an integral part of the model itself.

For example, I’m considering entering my AH-6A helicopter in the contest. And I will, quite naturally, mount it on a base. No crew, no story, Just a simple concrete heli-pad. That, at least to my mind, is not a diorama.

Anyway, Scott makes the rules, so that’s just the way it will have to be. If a simple concrete base makes it a diorama, then that is the category I will enter it into.

I didn’t intend to start an argument about Scott’s decisions here â€" I was merely voicing my opinion...