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OOPS! When it comes to deciding what material to use to cover your favorite Scale subject, the available selection is both wide and varied. Each modeler seems to have his favorite covering, and with the excellent materials available today from so many manufacturers, you just can't make a bad choice. My own favorite is Coverite's iron-on, heat-shrinkable material, Super Coverite. Over the years, most of my Scale models and many of my sport models have been covered with Super Coverite. I've found it to be consistent in quality, and the models I've used it on have weathered the years in great shape. I'm a little lazy, and I really like the ability to iron the Super Coverite on. Sometimes, however, I'm a little too lazy (or maybe it was that I was a little too thrifty).
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WHAT to build? I recently received an interesting letter from a young modeler I met at the 1988 Nats in Virginia. Stephen Chapis (Seaford, DE) was flying in Sport Scale Sportsman with a fine little Goldberg clipped-wing Cub in a colorful red, white, and blue color scheme. In spite of the fact that this was his first Nats, he overcame the "first-Nats jitters" we all experience and was rewarded with the Best in Senior award for a fine performance. Stephen went on to have a very successful 1988 on the contest trail, most of the time beating out his dad, John Chapis! Stephen writes that he is now facing the dilemma that most of us Scale modelers have to deal with . . . what to build next? At the beginning of his letter, Stephen had two aircraft in mind, the Tsunami P-51 racer, and a Piper Pawnee crop duster.
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The Matrix: The Craftsmanship portion of static judging in RC Sport Scale has been a subject of controversy and discussion for quite some time. There has been question as to what constitutes "Craftsmanship" and how many points a judge should deduct on items for which he feels the contestant does not deserve the credit. In an effort to guide the judges in their thankless task, we have used the "Craftsmanship Declaration," a list, provided by the builder, of items he did not construct himself. This helped in providing the judges the needed information to make their decision on how many Craftsmanship points to award - but it was still up to the individual judge to award the points, and obviously not every judge is going to deduct the same number of points for a particular item...it just might depend on what kind of day he's been having!
