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I picked up the new Scale Auto 2026 Contest Annual this week at B&N. Fun read. Haven't counted yet, but theremight be fewer contests covered this year, but there are tech articles in it. Also some 'interesting' contests in it this year.

Earlier this year, I thought MCMA president Len Woodruff said he didn't submit any photos of this year's Showdown, partly because last year's annual only gave ONE page to its coverage of last year's Showdown.

The articles cover stuff like chassis painting details, flocking interior carpets, and other topics I don't remember offhand.

The odd contests? I can see a few pages for the IPMS Nationals, but they did a page for the AMPS (Armor Modeling & Preservation Society) Nationals? At least the models they ran photos of, were all soft-skins (trucks, not tanks or armored vehicles).

Last year's cover had a higher number highlighted. It said '500+' last year

Hmmm...the entire image of the cover looked OK when I copied it...