IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS

2020 TOP GUN SCALE INVITATIONAL

- RICH URAVITCH

Static judging this year was handled by a single, four-man team evaluating all the entries requiring judging. This task has been managed by two separate teams, but the smaller number of entries due to Covid-19 concerns meant that the number of judges could be adjusted accordingly. The changes were well managed and the results followed previous tradition—totally successful!

At an event as long standing and prestigious as Top Gun, you would expect to see a field of excellently executed replicas with many of them falling into the “outstanding” category, with entries that go way beyond the definition of “models” and are, more accurately, reduced-scale replicas. Top Gun rules allow the Craftsmanship judge in the static portion of the competition free rein to get as up close and personal with the model as we chose. And it can be a daunting task!