AMT/ERTL

Sponsors are needed for this contest, please contact me.

 Roll Models is a sponsor of this contest

Follow this link to the general rules. Failure to abide by these will result in removal from the contest so make sure you read them.

Specific information:

• Entries will be accepted on or about 15 June 2015 and continue until 15 August 2015 (Dates are subject to change).

• Do not vote until you see an announcement in What's New 

• This is another out of the box contest. It is open to any kit that has been in an AMT/ERTL box and that includes a rather large number of reboxes over the years.

• You must provide the box top for this one to verify that it was marketed by AMT/ERTL

• Things you can do to the kit are minimal since it is out of the box. This includes rigging, wire antennas, adding seat belts/harnesses, thinning parts and opening vents/gun barrels/exhaust, and using aftermarket decals. You can not use any aftermarket resin or photoetch parts nor can you scratchbuild missing items. Several entries were disqualified last time because of this.

• If you have any questions, post them on the  -Forums-.

• As with all other contests, if there are doubts and no one can answer your questions, I'll include it, but if I get any e-mails that show it is ineligible, I'll pull it.

• There will be no Display Section.

• Awards are fully dependent on what is received. If you wish to help with providing awards, contact me.

• Here are the out of the box rules by IPMS USA to use as a guide
  
  FINISH. All finishing techniques are allowed. Decals other than those included with the kit may be used. Insignia, markings, and instrument panels may be hand-painted instead of decaled. Weathering is permitted.
  
  CONSTRUCTION. The modeler may fill seams and gaps; sand off rivets; drill out gun ports, exhaust pipes, or other appropriate openings; thin to scale such parts as trailing edges, flaps, and doors; add rigging and antennas; and add simple tape or decal seat belts in the cockpit of an aircraft or the interior of a vehicle (NO commercial or modeler-manufactured hardware - e.g., buckles, etc.). (I don't mind if you add p.e. belts to cars and planes)
  
  IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO: vacuform, manufacture, or replace any part, or substitute parts from another kit; cut or separate canopies, surfaces, hatches, doors, etc. (no major surgery); combine a standard kit with a conversion kit; add anything other than specified on the instruction sheet except as shown above.

• ON TO THE ENTRIES