Duty done. Great models this again. As I havent had the time to be around much in this last month, Ive missed a good few of these models and its really cool to be able to see the month´s finished work in one place.

Again I feel there are at least 2 models that do not belong in the beginner/intermediate section. I have purposly not voted for either, as I feel this section is better served to giving a stage for those who are newer modellers or feel they belong in this section, rather than an easy award for somebody who (in my opinion) should be competing at the higher level.

I have voted as I try to do most of the time. My request is could we have a permanent link to the voting galleries placed on the main page/ home page so they are easy to locate, this may even encourage more people to get involved in the voting side of things as its not reliant on them finding the forum post. This depending on whether it’s a tab or a bold eye catching link could achieve the kind of input from members everyone seems to want.

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I have voted as I try to do most of the time. My request is could we have a permanent link to the voting galleries placed on the main page/ home page so they are easy to locate, this may even encourage more people to get involved in the voting side of things as its not reliant on them finding the forum post. This depending on whether it’s a tab or a bold eye catching link could achieve the kind of input from members everyone seems to want.

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Darren,

The post is stickied here in the AFV forums precisely to accomodate what you are asking for. The post also gets bumped up on the latest posts page throughout the voting period to boost awareness as well for those who don't use the traditional forum method of finding posts.

isnt there a way that the armorama staff or even the guys who vote can decide what models go into what class ? dont know how you will do it though, it may be harder than i think. as i have only been a member for a short time does this happen often ?. i dont mean to offend anyone with my questions.

Darren,

Ther's a link, via a prominent graphic, on the Homepage already, it's a set feature in the mid-top right. It links to the dedicated DMOM thread which describes the contest, includes a link to the Contest galleries, etc. It's been up for months since we did the contest split into the new categories. Hasn't done much to increase voting...may have increased viewing, not sure, that's a lot harder to track. I personally would love to see more people vote, enter, and generally participate in the Contest but, for a variety of reasons, the number stays generally the same month over month. It's not suffering, pretty stable in fact, and a reflection of the users vs. visitors count more than anything else I think.

The problem where there's a gray area I believe is that the two classes are "Advanced" and "Beginner/Intermediate" where people are unsure if they belong in the "Advanced" category and so choose to enter into the lower class. Something that we may consider is flipping that so that it becomes Advanced/Intermediate and Beginner, that might help, not sure.