On the subject of not letting past winners participate:

I’m sorta on the fence here.

On one hand I really don’t like the idea of eliminating people just because they’re better than me.

On the other hand, getting consistently beaten by the same handful of guys, year after year, is no fun for the rest of us. Why would I pour my heart and soul into a model when I know full well that I won’t have a chance at placing in any category?

One solution might be to move past winners into a “Master class” category and let the rest of us poor mortals compete in the regular category. Just a suggestion...

And talking of the next competition: when will the categories be publicised? I usually need to order all my stuff from England so I’d like a bit of advanced warning so I can get the kits home in time for the contest.

And talking of categories: do you take requests? I have a few ideas for something that might be used as a category or possibly a groupbuild for later this year...