Last year some guy, using nothing but bondo, an airbrush and some elbow grease, upstaged true craftsmen simply because the voting public chose cosmetics over masterfully crafted remakes of unusual vintage plugs.
Last year some guy, using nothing but bondo, an airbrush and some elbow grease, upstaged true craftsmen simply because the voting public chose cosmetics over masterfully crafted remakes of unusual vintage plugs.
Last year some guy, using nothing but bondo, an airbrush and some elbow grease, upstaged true craftsmen simply because the voting public chose cosmetics over masterfully crafted remakes of unusual vintage plugs.
A division for refurbished plugs is needed.
nothing wrong with bondo plugs or fiberglass plugs or pvc trimboard plugs, what difference does it make?
Woody, you give the impression that the plug you mentioned beat out some other catagory of plugs did that happen?
I am pretty sure we had a restoration/representation of a classic award last year. And we'll have it this year too.
Maybe some written explanations to go along with them will be in order this year so the general voting public can have an idea what they are voting on.
yea someone could argue its says plug building forum ... not plug painting forum .. I would hope any entrys would have had to go through the thought process of weighting , thru wiring or rigging, lip selection if a metal lip,, and some testing . Some peoples painting skills are stella but its more than that ..
Wait till next year ? .. plenty of time ,,. go for it ,, we're here to help .. who knows if we'll be around next year .. What do you need ? a Pikie lip ? 00 shot ? its in the mail ..
Frank.....when do you have a free weekend day? You come over here and I will give you a lathe lesson and help you turn a plug, drill, whatever! I got hardware and all kinds of stuff! Let me know!! I am home weekends so.........
Frank.....when do you have a free weekend day? You come over here and I will give you a lathe lesson and help you turn a plug, drill, whatever! I got hardware and all kinds of stuff! Let me know!! I am home weekends so.........
Didn't Flap basically do just that? He took a plug, be it was a classic old plug, but stripped it down and refinished it. I think what Frank is doing is the same thing pretty much, No? IMO if he states that is what he did I see no problem. You just wouldn't put it up against a completely, from scratch, fabricated plug. I really do think we need to have specific categories for the entries, not too many but a few. Some people get up tight about this stuff. Personally i could care less and do it for the fun but others get really serious about the competition part and if it is going to be serious i think we need specific guide lines so there will be no complaining after the fact. Just my 2 cents and if you need someone to draw up these specific rules I will volunteer and if you think there are enough rules in place now than I will shut up. Like I said I don't care about the brass ring I just like to see the plugs and do it for the fun of it.
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Perhaps anybody can enter, they give all the plugs to me, I fish them for a season, and I let everybody know who the fish picked as a winner the following year?
Brass ring? I thought we were playing for twinkies.
George, from your pics, you could make anyone's plug a star.
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Thomas Paine
did that happen?
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