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Post by Pat Minarick on Jul 29, 2014 20:05:33 GMT -6
Is anyone going to enter this contest ? I saw that it was back. It also looks like RatRod magazine is going to have some contest's and they are also going to have a modelcar section in the magazine.
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Post by ira on Jul 30, 2014 8:58:21 GMT -6
Is anyone going to enter this contest ? I saw that it was back. It also looks like RatRod magazine is going to have some contest's and they are also going to have a modelcar section in the magazine. What issue of Scale Auto are the details in?  |
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Post by TooOld on Jul 30, 2014 10:13:22 GMT -6
Is anyone going to enter this contest ? I saw that it was back. It also looks like RatRod magazine is going to have some contest's and they are also going to have a modelcar section in the magazine. What issue of Scale Auto are the details in? It's in the July 2014 Model Cars Magazine . |
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Post by ira on Jul 30, 2014 12:07:36 GMT -6
Thanks Bob!I'll have to check the mail box...
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Post by hobbybobby on Jul 30, 2014 17:43:07 GMT -6
Thirteenth Custom Clinic Photo Contest!
By Mark S. Gustavson
Restyle a model, build a Custom, and Win!
General Notes: If you’ve always had the idea that you could better design a car, here’s your chance to show off your talents in scale! The revived Custom Clinic Contest is presented here so you can show off your best, most thoughtful miniature automotive designs. Chop, channel, section, mold – present your thoughtfully redesigned model car or truck kit of your choice! Don’t enter an essentially factory stock vehicle or truck with trendy graphics or just big wheels, and don’t enter a replica of a famous custom or a factory concept car. You must present a fresh, unique scale custom of your own design. Keep in mind that the model must be finished and painted, and don’t forget that photography can make or break an entry!
You can enter in one of two Classes: Adult (18 and older)or Junior (17 years old and younger). I’ll need a MINIMUM of six (6) high definition digital images (or glossy print photos if you participate by mail). Note that high resolution digital images are strongly preferred. You must also submit typewritten/computer printed, or emailed, brief description of why you designed your model as you did, and how you carried out the construction of your entry(ies).
This Thirteenth Custom Clinic Photo Contest is open to modelers anywhere in the world; Adult and JuniorClass women builders are heartily encouraged to enter!
This Photo Contest was first announced in the July 2014 issue of Model Cars Magazine. I express my deepest appreciation to EditorinChief Gregg Hutchings, Managing Editor Darryl Gassaway for their enthusiast support and embrace of this revived contest, and to Art Director Harry Pristovnik for his excellent layout of the article in the July issue. These guys are great to work with.
As I’ve done previously in Custom Clinic Photo Contests, in the feature on the winners that will appear in the September 2015 issue of Model Cars Magazine, the styling of each entry will be critiqued and evaluated, its strengths and weaknesses candidly discussed, but never unkindly. Winners will be selected and awards will be presented: First through Tenth Place (Adult) and First through Fifth Place (Junior) will be presented along with the prestigious Valley Custom Styling Analysis Award.
Be sure to carefully read the Contest Rules below!
Contest Rules
1) The aim of the revived Custom Clinic Photo Contest is to encourage the construction of original scale custom vehicles that display moderate-to-significant body modifications. Mere custom painting or adding large wheel/tire set ups does not qualify a model for this contest, nor does building a replica of a factory concept car or a famous historical or contemporary custom. The model must be finished – no “rat custom” entries will be accepted. No attention will be paid to engine or chassis detail, though the model must have an interior and clear glass to show the interior. Entries will be judged on the basis of the elegance of the scale customizing exhibited on their entry; the feature article on the winners in Model Cars Magazine will present both praise and critiques of the designs.
2) Send no fewer than six (6) gloss finish color prints or high resolution digital images of your entry (no Polaroids, no matte print images, and no low resolution electronic or print images will be accepted) plus the required keyboarded (keyboarded/printed if you entry by mail – no handwritten text) that describes why you styled your model the way you did, and how you built it. If you intend to be eligible for the Valley Custom Styling Analysis Award, submit text analyzing your entry and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your design. Required photos must include low angle photos of the left three quarter front and right rear threequarter, an overhead view, photos of the principal body work of your entry, and anything you’d like to photograph. Entries must be photographed against a neutral/plain light-colored background and must not be photographed in a diorama setting. All photos must meet minimum “printability” requirements (high resolution, good depth of field, contrast, focus clarity); poor photographs will disqualify an entry.
3) Anyone may enter the Custom Clinic Photo Contest, except the editors of Model Car Magazine and its publisher. Winners agree to solely absorb any duty or tax imposed on their winnings; contest sponsors are not responsible for these levies.
4) Entries will be judged in two age categories “Junior” for entrants up to and including 17 years of age, and “Adult,” for those 18 years of age and older. If age does not appear on entry blank, contestant will automatically be entered in the Adult category. Winners in the Junior category agree by entering the contest to give proof of age, if requested (no phantom “Adult” entries!). ALL entrants must provide their email addys or phone numbers in case of a problem or question.
5). You may submit up to two entries, total (not per category). Models entered in prior Custom Clinic photo contests in Scale Auto or Car Modeler magazines (whether or not these models were winners) are not eligible. Commercial truck, motorcycles, boats powered by car engines, or military vehicles are also not eligible.
6). Upon entering PhotoCon.13, you agree to let Model Cars Magazine, and the Custom Clinic Web site, publish and otherwise use your descriptions and photos for all editorial, advertising, and public relations purposes and in all formats, print and electronic, without compensation, including coverage in my Custom Clinic site. All entries (photos and text) will ultimately become the property of the International Model Car Builders’ Museum.
7). This Contest is void in states and countries where prohibited.
8). You can enter one of two ways: Mail your high resolution, glossy prints (no borders, no matte finished pictures), descriptive text and fully filled out/signed Entry Form to: Mark S. Gustavson, Revived Photo Contest, c/o International Model Car Builders’ Museum, 10291 South 1300 East, PMB #131, Sandy, Utah 84094. OR: Upload your entry using the form on this website. Your text and photos will be automatically emailed to me. Go here to the submission form for electronic entries. Entries must be date coded or postmarked not later than May 1, 2015.
9). The feature article on the winners of the Thirteenth Custom Clinic Photo Contest will be printed in the September 2015 issue of Model Cars Magazine!
Awards
1st Place Adult: One prize awarded a hard copy of How To Build Championship Scale Vehicles, Construction Considerations of Building Championship-Caliber Models that Bob Wick and I wrote, a tin of Evercoat polyester putty with hardener, a 1st prize award certificate. Model will be featured here on this site ( www.CustomClinic.com ).
2nd Place Adult: One prize awarded a hard copy of How To Build Championship Scale Vehicles, Construction Considerations of Building Championship-Caliber Models, and a “Place” certificate. Model will be featured here on this site. (www.CustomClinic.com).
3rd-10th Place Adult: a CD containing the book How To Build Championship Scale Vehicles, Construction Considerations of Building ChampionshipCaliber Models, “Place” certificates. Models will be featured on this site.
First Five Junior Entrants Are Winners! 1st Place Junior: a hard copy of How To Build Championship Scale Vehicles, Construction Considerations of Building ChampionshipCaliber Models by me and Bob Wick, and a tin of Evercoat polyester putty with hardener, a 1st place award certificate. Second through 5th place Junior winners: a copy of my Custom Car Research Bibliography and a special certificate. All winning models will be featured on this site:
Valley Custom Styling Analysis Award will be presented to the best written critique of his or her entry, as prepared by the entrant. The prize for this award is a hard copy of my Custom Car Research Bibliography and a special certificate.
Honorable Mention certificates will be presented to all entrants who don’t place in the Classes.
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Post by darquewanderer on Aug 2, 2014 14:30:15 GMT -6
Also, I think this contest is just a way for Mark Gustavson to boost his ego, same as he does with the museum, a museum that is only open 3 days every two years I guess that explains why when I went to Sandy,UT last year I couldn't find it. |
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Post by scurvydklown on Aug 5, 2014 9:03:13 GMT -6
Mark S. Gustavson has done more to help the model car hobby than he has done harm to it, but as Groucho says, it has never been at the expense of his ego. Just re-read the press release, and note the number of references made to himself. The focus on mail-in entries with glossy prints shows that Mark is a relic of a bygone era, much like his influence on the modern day modeller. The guys building customs today are building either to replicate the look of cars that have gone before, or doing wild things for shock value. Gustavson won't choose a winner from either of these types of builds, though they may receive some sort of exposure, if really well done.
The model that wins needs to be a fully-conceived restyling of an iconic shape. Something that was beautiful forty years ago, reinterpreted for our modern age, or a modern car tastefully re-shaped and re-proportioned to meet Mark's existing guidelines of greenhouse height = 1/2 body height, etc. (also outdated). Remember if you build for this, he expects you to allow room in your design for humans to have legroom, and sight lines from the driver's seat that allow for real world visibility. Unless you specify adjustable-height suspension in your write-up, make sure the car sits high enough to prevent scrub line interference in the case of a flat, as he'll look at that as well.
I may enter, just because there happen to be a few ideas that I'd like to build, and I do respect Mark's eye for line, proportion and detail. I could give a flying Ford about the prizes. Anyone who enters for the kudos is building for the wrong reasons, in my opinion. Also, one who donates to a cause they deem worthy, expecting recognition for their generosity, may want to re-examine their motivations and personal value system.
Have a great day,
Dirty Dave
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Post by scurvydklown on Aug 6, 2014 8:55:03 GMT -6
Back in the day, I did a fair amount of footwork to promote the museum and the GSL contest out here in California. Rather than dealing with Mark, Hollywood Jim was my contact, and he did thank me. It's a small operation, and I would believe that the only time they'd come close to making rent would be during GSL, since there can't be many model builders who'd make the pilgrimage otherwise. I am happy that somebody is trying to consolidate and preserve models from the past, even if it allegedly was that person's inflated sense of self that resulted in the entire concept of NNL model car shows.
I reckon that it takes exactly that kind of absolute belief in oneself - and by extension, ones ideas - to make a ludicrous endeavor like an International Model Car Museum possible. The problem is that it also makes that person, more often than not, kind of a jerk. Mark is a great modelbuilder (just ask him, he'll tell you) and I've learned lots from his magazine articles over the years. He also just happens to be one of those people that may sometimes forget that the rest of us exist, I think. I give him a pass. Without him, this hobby would be poorer, and we're already a fringe group.
Back to the subject at hand, I just bought a Cord 812 kit as a donor for what I intend to be my own entry.
-D
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Post by mykturk on Aug 6, 2014 15:37:39 GMT -6
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Post by scurvydklown on Aug 6, 2014 16:38:00 GMT -6
That seems like a good way to go about it.
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Post by oldcarrestorer72 on Aug 6, 2014 17:16:55 GMT -6
I have sent WILD DREAM and KING T years ago!! I did it in case they would need them in the museum for whatever reason!! It is a great job that Mark is doing (along with donations), of preserving the model car hobby!! I understand that credit or a THANK YOU should be given- maybe Mark does not have the time to thank every person that donates a model to the museum!! I am just glad there are people like MARK GUSTAVSON , TIM BOYD, PAT COVERT , KEN HAMILTON and model pioneers like Dave Shuklis, Bud Anderson, Mr Keeler and all the great modelers that have contributed to this great HOBBY of ours!!
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Post by darquewanderer on Sept 6, 2014 10:00:53 GMT -6
Mykturk, I'd say go for it.
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