ok one last comment then I'll shut up 

ft with the comment about all being in the same cat as the contest here. It is hard in AMPS to move to masters, so you stay in advanced. Lets say you have been in advanced for the past 5 or ten years right. The new guys moving up into that cat will be competing WITH you, not against as this is important. Generally the same as here everyone in the same category. OK maybe thee AMPS thing was not a good example but you get the picture.

Like I said, I don't totally disagree with everything. It's just from reading the comments, one gets the impression that it focuses on people complaining because they lost.

The one thing I forgot to mention, and why I'll be quiet after this. I know of a couple of the winners who entered for the first time and won. These are not the veterans some of you speak of, but just model builders like everyone here that has commented. Who's to say that they will take a first place again, not saying they just got lucky and are not that good, they are good that's why they one. As for the veteran who has one the past two years, he has also passed on his winnings to a fellow modeler. Last year I wanted to enter but other things came up and I didn't enter. I had told the staff that IF I did win the 1st place to pass it on to another member as I have enough AB's as is and only can use one at a time.

ok, got to run now, and maybe get bench time in as well. good luck to all