[TC20] Technic Studless Recreation Contest - Information Topic

[howitzer]

2 hours ago, MangaNOID said:

So anyone who chosen a systems set, so far as I can tell, may as well not participate.

It’s a shame as maybe the contest should have stipulated technic studded rebuild as that’s where the confines on the rules really take you.

It’s also a shame as I thought the sysltems re builds were very interesting.

It’s a shame that the scale is open yet you will have votes taken away for re scaling, kind of wasting some time for some builders.

Anyway it’s not my argument just my opinion 

good luck to all.

 

Your entry is one of the more interesting ones in the contest, and in my opinion a great interpretation of the contest theme. Especially your minifig build is well within the spirit of the contest in the way I interpret it.

 

2 hours ago, brickless_kiwi said:

well that's kind of interesting.... Smokey Yunick  anyone...

I don't understand, could you please rephrase this?

[MangaNOID]

5 hours ago, MangaNOID said:

 

So anyone who chosen a systems set, so far as I can tell, may as well not participate.

 

Ok so I realise this is a bit harsh 

3 hours ago, howitzer said:

is well within the spirit of the contest in the way I interpret it.

From what has been said, in my interpretation, some entries may seem unfit for the voting, (such as mine which is scaled up 4 times!) But are still within the contest rules. 

Thats ok, The contests here are not started just to give prizes away,  they are started to promote discussion and I’m happy to contribute with my build entry...Plus I think I’ve finished my input to this discussion even if it was a bit late 

I’ll just build now and leave the Jibba jabba. 

[Milan]

3 hours ago, MangaNOID said:

I’m happy to contribute with my build entry

Thanks for having the positive attitude

[brickless_kiwi]

9 hours ago, howitzer said:

I don't understand, could you please rephrase this?

Google is your friend. However. Smokey Yunick was a very famous nascar driver and builder who pushed the rule book to the limit but also if it wasn't in the rule book he did it. Innovator certainly. Cheater? Well if you have never raced cars perhaps. He is certainly one of the reasons why nascar's rule book is as thick as it is today.  And I certainly don't want Jim's competitions to go down that route.  The whiners I am hearing ( reading ) need to take a cup of harden the !@#$ up.  Be better be creative.  It's not about how big or how much money you can throw at it.  I have had people race against me with motors worth more than my car. It's the overall package that's better on the day. 

And I sure as don't want jim or the admins to go enough to hard basket and don't do any more competitions.

[howitzer]

10 hours ago, brickless_kiwi said:

Google is your friend. However. Smokey Yunick was a very famous nascar driver and builder who pushed the rule book to the limit but also if it wasn't in the rule book he did it. Innovator certainly. Cheater? Well if you have never raced cars perhaps. He is certainly one of the reasons why nascar's rule book is as thick as it is today.  And I certainly don't want Jim's competitions to go down that route.  The whiners I am hearing ( reading ) need to take a cup of harden the !@#$ up.  Be better be creative.  It's not about how big or how much money you can throw at it.  I have had people race against me with motors worth more than my car. It's the overall package that's better on the day. 

And I sure as don't want jim or the admins to go enough to hard basket and don't do any more competitions.

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

Rules lawyering is an inevitable part of any kind of competition (at least if there's prizes involved), but I think it's still pretty civil in here. And the most important rule still is to have fun!

[Seasider]

@MangaNOID - please don’t abandon your build and please do submit it. It’s a great model and I’m sure it’ll get lots of interest from the general users.

[MangaNOID]

No way @Seasider that was never my intention  I just wanted to clarify a few things cause of other builds that are scaled up and comments received and other ‘perfect’ examples shown of what a good entry would be.

Never was my intention to whine either, I wouldn’t of really called it whining  I know I’ll loose points from scaling up, it says that in my first post in my WIP. I just wanted to know whether my entry would still be valid so I don’t look like a stupid idiot for such an entry. And that didn’t backfire on me at all... 

Anyway, I had a cup of chamomile tea, yep, chamomile, didn’t need to take a cup of harden the !@#$ up. So back to building as I may get a couple hours tonight, not that I’m getting to far with the buggy as there aren’t many panels in LBG but anyway that’s a discussion for my WIP. I’ve already said too much and you know the saying, wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak when they want to say something...

[SaperPL]

@Jim are gifs allowed for the entry post in the thread (that is closed for now)?

Edited June 24, 2021 by SaperPL

[Jim]

1 minute ago, SaperPL said:

@Jim are gifs allowed for the entry post in the thread (that is closed for now)?

You mean like those annoying ones in your signature? Yeah, they are allowed 

Personally, I do prefer stills from a couple of angles though.

[SaperPL]

3 minutes ago, Jim said:

You mean like those annoying ones in your signature? Yeah, they are allowed 

Nice one :D

Yeah, I would just go with few shots, but my submission will be about the set that has A, B and C model. So I'll have the reference image from original box/instructions + one of each models from this set.
Not sure which way should I go though, but when it's about voting, if that's a fair game and it works, then why not ? :D

Edited June 24, 2021 by SaperPL

[Jim]

2 minutes ago, SaperPL said:

Nice one :D

2 minutes ago, SaperPL said:

Yeah, I would just go with few shots, but my submission will be about the set that has A, B and C model. So I'll have the reference image from original box/instructions + one of each models from this set.
Not sure which way should I go though, but when it's about voting, if that's a fair game and it works, then why not ? :D

Do what you think is best. As long as you keep the number of pics limited to the number stated in the rules.

[SaperPL]

@Jim This might be a stupid question or I'm just blind, but when does the entry topic open up to allow placing valid entries? I assume there may be people that could be already ready to submit their entries, but the entry topic is closed for commenting.

Additional question, to be on the safe side: I don't have an original round tile with a grill/mesh print and the only resellers that had enough of those had pretty high MOQ for me. I 3d printed the grill mesh (2 layers, 0.2 mm) to act as a sticker/imprint. It's practically just a slightly thicker sticker than paper and mechanically works in my build the same as the original one. I assume this should be okay.

[RuTechBrothers]

I didn't find it in the topic and rules. Are homemade stickers allowed?

[SaperPL]

14 minutes ago, RuTechBrothers said:

I didn't find it in the topic and rules. Are homemade stickers allowed?

It says in the rules that custom stickers are allowed.

[RuTechBrothers]

4 minutes ago, SaperPL said:

В правилах написано, что пользовательские наклейки разрешены.

Thank you, I found it from the third translation:)

[RuTechBrothers]

Hello everyone.

I found a minute and decided to look at the diaries of the participants.

A lot of people just redo the old technic sets, but I thought that it is necessary to redo the sets without pins to the technic.

I have doubts that I have correctly understood the terms of the competition. Please explain.

Here is my diary:

 

[SaperPL]

8 minutes ago, RuTechBrothers said:

Hello everyone.

I found a minute and decided to look at the diaries of the participants.

A lot of people just redo the old technic sets, but I thought that it is necessary to redo the sets without pins to the technic.

I have doubts that I have correctly understood the terms of the competition. Please explain.

Here is my diary:

 

It's about no studs, not no pins :)

You might be confused since a lot of people start by rebuilding the original model first, that's for one.

As for not using studs- small amount of those is allowed, but not as general use of construction techniques used like with Model Team approach where you mostly combine beams with system bricks.

You're doing exactly what you're supposed to with your model, so don't worry.

[RuTechBrothers]

3 hours ago, SaperPL said:

It's about no studs, not no pins :)

You might be confused since a lot of people start by rebuilding the original model first, that's for one.

As for not using studs- small amount of those is allowed, but not as general use of construction techniques used like with Model Team approach where you mostly combine beams with system bricks.

You're doing exactly what you're supposed to with your model, so don't worry.

Thank you, you reassured me.

[Jim]

For those of you going on a holiday, or are simply finished with the model, the entry topic has been opened!

 

[GerritvdG]

Hi @Jim, just a detail about the entry topic. The link to the rules links to the [TC19] topic. Same for the first link in the entry topic.

On 5/26/2021 at 6:52 PM, Jim said:

Please take a careful look at the rules before posting in this topic. Each participant is obliged to create a post in this entry topic. Posts need to follow the rules stated below. Posts not following the rules will be disqualified so please read them carefully.

 

 

Edited July 13, 2021 by GerritvdG

[Milan]

47 minutes ago, GerritvdG said:

The link to the rules links to the [TC19] topic.

Fixed. Thanks for reporting it.

[Jim]

Thanks for pointing it out. I don't know what happened, because I did change the links. Maybe I changes the ones in the TC19 entry topic to TC20 

2 hours ago, Milan said:

Fixed. Thanks for reporting it.

Thanks

[Agent 00381]

If I want to recreate classical technic set and it has a lot of open space, it would be better if I leave this open space in my creation(to make it closer to the original) or if I make the body more competed(to make it more stylish)?

[Jurss]

As I understand, idea is not to make just studless copy. Idea is to make that set as it would be made today, in similar scale, with similar functionality, colors etc., using actual parts.

[Jim]

8 hours ago, Agent 00381 said:

If I want to recreate classical technic set and it has a lot of open space, it would be better if I leave this open space in my creation(to make it closer to the original) or if I make the body more competed(to make it more stylish)?

Hi. Closer to the original is better. That's what this contest is all about. Of course you can do some modernization, but I won't slap on panels without proper reason.