The Official Awesome Sub Photo Contest

[RCSubGuy]

At our last DiveTribe meeting, Bob Gaito shared the success that he had with a boat photo contest over on RC Groups and we were universally excited to see what such a thing could turn into here at the Drydocks forums. If you're a DiveTribe member (and everyone should be!), you can view that archived video on the DiveTribe Home Page. If not, get your butts over to the site and sign up!

I managed to put a (tiny bit) of though into the structure, so, hey... let's give this a shot, shall we!? A few rules (and these are open for debate or addition):


Contest Rules:

1. If you enter a photo, the sub needs to be yours. If you have a cool shot of someone else's boat, hit them up and get them to post it. This will stop people from simply doing internet searches for RC sub pics and winning with them. The only exception is if you built the boat, but it now belongs to someone else, you can still take credit.
2. Contest duration is 60 days. Entries will be accepted up to March 15th, 2023.
3. Photos must include a note about the boat's class, scale and owner name.
4. Contest categories: We're not going crazy here. Three categories is about all we need to keep track of
   1. Most realistic shot: Well I'll be darned if that doesn't look just like the real thing at sea!
   2. Best action shot: Missiles away? Torpedoes LOS? Emergency blow? Let's see some frothy wakes!
   3. Craziest/funniest: Alligator taking a bite of your boat? Post mission damage? Pale, flabby skipper in wet swim trunks doing the walk of shame with a disabled boat?
5. Prizes: As of right now the only prizes are ultimate bragging rights, but if this turns into something, and if we can get some generous individuals to step up, who knows what might end up going to the winners!?
6. Winner Selection:
   1. A panel of a handful of independent judges will go through the thread and select the TOP FIVE photos in each category.
   2. The best five photos in each category will be posted up along with a poll that any forum member can vote on ONCE.
   3. The photo with the most votes will be announced as the WINNER!

[RCSubGuy]

EXAMPLE PHOTO ENTRY:


Subject: German Seehund
Scale: 1/9 (OTW hull)
Original builder: Ken Griffin
Repaired, upgraded, tested and trimmed by Bob Martin

[Bob Gato]

OK, I'll Start it Off


Subject: Atlantis TS-IX CI-004
Class: Tourist Sub
Scale: 1/24
Builder: Bob Gaito
Researched, Drawn, Scratch Built (Materials: Polyester GRP and Azek) -by Bob Gaito
Photographer: Ray Mason

[QuarterMaster]

Subject: USS SHARK SSN-591 "Underneath the Muck"
Class: SKIPJACK
Scale: 1:48
Builder: Ed Tordahl
Purchased: July 1995. 4 Major refits over her Service Lifetime

[neitosub]

Subject: U-21
Class: Type IIB U-boat
Scale: 1/35
Builder: Nate He (me)
Hull scratchbuilt using styrene with a scratchbuilt 3in WTC
Photographer: Dwayne Hill

[rwtdiver]

Subject: Nemo's Nautilus "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
Class: Movie fantasy boat.
Scale: 1/77th
Builder: Rob Taylor



Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."

[QuarterMaster]

Subject: USS ULYSSES S. GRANT SSBN-631 "Underway, making way"
Class: JAMES MADISON
Scale: 1:96
Builder: Ed Tordahl
Purchased: November 1995.
3rd major refit

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Subject: Killers that bump in the night
Scale: 1/96 scratch-built SKIPJACK and 1/72 assembled Thor ALFA
Original Builder and Assembler: David Douglass Merriman lll

[Das Boot]

My 1/96 BLUEBACK.

[QuarterMaster]

Subject: "An American Wolfpack"
USS RAYFISH SSN-558, 1:72 Moebius by Ray Mason running surfaced
USS SHARK SSN-591, 1:48 DeBoer by Ed Tordahl running at Periscope Depth
Class: 2x SKIPJACK
Scale: 1:72/1:48
Builder: Ray Mason/Ed Tordahl
We'll split the prize lol
Credit Capt. Bob Gaito for an epic photo!

[QuarterMaster]

Subject: "On a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea...."
SSRN SEAVIEW
80" DeBoer
Class: SSRN (4 Window Refit SEAVIEW)
Scale: 1:63
Builder: Ed Tordahl
Purchased: Summer 1991.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Subject: Ernst Stavro Blofeld briefs S.P.E.C.T.E.R. wet-team members
Scale: 1/12 scratch-built USS ALLIGATOR effects miniature
Builder: David Douglass Merriman lll

[tifosi12]

Class: German Seehund
Scale: 1/12 (OTW hull)
Builder: Andreas Forrer

[tifosi12]

Class: German Type VII
Scale: 1/72
Builder: Andreas Forrer

[tifosi12]

It'd be nice if somebody could post the perfect way to attach pictures on here. Apparently I get it wrong all the time. Too many options to chose from. Please advise.