Nearly 200 of you submitted votes for this, our first Starship Design Contest.   Allowed to choose your top three favorite fighter designs,  you voted overwhelmingly  (in terms of both raw votes and total points) for Entry #104, the V-37 Warlock by Vic Rinaldi.   The Warlock will be produced this year in 1:72 scale by Fantastic Plastic Models, and Vic will receive two complementary kits as his 1st Place prize.  And for all you Warlock fans, the kit will be made available for general purchase via the Fantastic Plastic Virtual Museum Store.  Congratulations, Vic!

Coming in a  2nd in terms of raw votes and total points (and getting nearly as many 1st Place votes as the Warlock) was Entry #5, the unnamed fighter by sci-fi modeling veteran Randy Cooper.  Randy's 2nd Place award is an Iwata HP-CR airbrush set, including airbrush, nose, propellant and masking film courtesy of our co-sponsor, the Central Arkansas Scale Modelers Club (CASM).

Look below to see the complete results for all seven finalists.

Finally, I would like to thank EVERYONE who contributed designs to this contest.  Your effort, skill and originality was an inspiration to us all.  Contributing artists were:  Andrew McDonald, Andy Miller, Andy Reid, Blake Parker, Bob Liebman, Brent Gair, Cliff Runkle, Curtis Pardee, Daniel Thwaites, David Miller, Ed Resto, Erik Haines, Etienne Berry, F. Scott McKown, Gary Alum,  Ged Trias, Geoffrey Edwards, H. Ufuk Aydiner, Jay Andria, Jim Hawks, Jim Jessup, John Payne, Justo Miranda, Ed McCance, Koho, Lez King, Luca Cambiassi, Luca Zampriolo, Lucut Bogdan, Marcelo Leal., Matthew Teevan, Mike Sgroi, Nicholas Keyser, Nikolay Andreev, Oliver Cutter, Patrick Forbes, Patrick Riley, Randy Cooper, Reiner Degenhard, Robert Merrill, Ron Boronkay, Sean Schaur, Sylvain Beignet, Tim Francis and Vic Rinaldi.

And thank you to everyone who voted.  Your enthusiasm, support -- and occasional criticism -- were all very much appreciated.

Watch the Skies!!!

- Allen B. Ury, Fantastic Plastic Models

Third Place

Fourth Place

Fifth Place

THE PRIZE: 1st Place: Your design will be produced as a 1:72 scale model by Fantastic Plastic Models!  You will receive two complementary copies of your original kit.

2nd Place: An Iwata HP-CR airbrush set, including airbrush, nose, propellant and masking film courtesy of our co-sponsor, the Central Arkansas Scale Modelers Club (CASM).

THE RULES:

* Designs may be submitted in any form: Plan views (3- or 5-views), CGI models (showing all views) or photos of physical build-ups. 

* Designs may be created in any format but must be submitted as .jpgs for display on this site.

* Designs must be original and should not be based on existing designs or franchises.  In other words, no obvious Star Trek, Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica-type vehicles

* No kitbashes.

* Spacecraft should be designed to produce a 1:72 model no more than 8-9 inches long.

* Deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, December 31, 2007

* The winning artist will retain all rights to his/her design, but agrees to license Fantastic Plastic Models to produce and market kits based on the design at no cost (except for the two complimentary kits).

WINNER SELECTION:

* Allen Ury of Fantastic Plastic Models will select five designs from among all submissions as Finalists; these Top 5 designs will be posted anonymously here on the Fantastic Plastic website

* Site visitors will be invited to vote for their favorite design; only one vote per person, please

* The winner will be selected by majority vote and announced January 15, 2008

* Fantastic Plastic Models will finance the development of the winning model kit, including the pattern, casting and decals; the kit will be made available to the public through the Fantastic Plastic Virtual Museum Store