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Thank you!

Thank you for so much attention to this challenge! I received 47 official submissions, and it was hard to pick the best of the best. Many people with firm experience, expertise, knowledge, and skill have joined and have proved to me their work. I tried my best to rate them, and on this post I will publish the highest rated submissions. Once again, many thanks to you! This meant a lot to me and I hope it was fun for you all. Now I’ll get on with it, and show you the most amazing works in my opinion, and based on the ratings from the rubric.

The prizes will be awarded to their respective owners shortly.

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5th Place/Runner Up — General Dynamics RB-57F “Canberra” By AndiTontrado

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AndiTontrado’s submission was a great piece of work. It was beautifully made and designed and looked very professional. With a sleek metallic and 1960s design, it was one of my favorites. It is an accurate replica of the real deal and looks striking. However, I would have definitely loved to see some more representation for it, and a more creative description. Overall, this aircraft is such a great submission and was one of the most popular upvotewise. Congratulations on 5th place!

Official Rating:
Era Accuracy 10/10
Design Quality 10/10
Creativity 8/10
Performance and Flight Behavior 9/10
Overall Presentation 8.5/10

91/100

4th Place/Runner Up — P-1A “Cormorant” By Yushiimeow

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This fictional maritime patrol aircraft is another wonderful example of a winning submission. It is detailed and well designed. I personally loved it and for a solid bit of time this submission held onto first place. But more and more were submitted to the challenge and eventually it fell down to fourth. Nonetheless, the P-1A Cormorant is definitely an excellent airplane and it deserved a spot up here. I just wish that this entry had more representation like the previous entry and was a little more modernized for the era. Congratulations on 4th place!

Era Accuracy 8/10
Design Quality 10/10
Creativity 10/10
Performance and Flight Behavior 9/10
Overall Presentation 9/10

92/100

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Podium

These are the top three entries into the challenge. The following three submissions are the top prize winners. So congratulations!

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3rd Place — Bartini A-2500 Carrier By MinutesTanker

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The Bartini A-2500 Carrier by MinutesTanker is a beautiful replica. Not quite a plane, nor a ship, but instead an ekranoplan — a design that uses the ground effect. I thought that this was one of the most interesting and creative works. But it is difficult to fly the launchable Flanker, and isn’t as detailed as the other top entries to this challenge. But overall the A-2500 MinutesTanker posted is still marvelous. Congratulations on 3rd Place!

Era Accuracy 9/10
Design Quality 8/10
Creativity 10/10
Performance and Flight Behavior 8/10
Overall Presentation 10/10

94/100

2nd Place — JBP “Turaco” By JBPAviation

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The JBP Turaco by JBPAviation is another excellent submission to the challenge. No one else has made such an idea for the challenge and I find it very creative. It’s interesting to me how such a small aircraft has so much detail and potential. It’s very realistic in contrast to many other builds and presents some very unique features like the luxurious cockpit. Wonderful build. Congratulations on 2nd Place!

Era Accuracy 10/10
Design Quality 10/10
Creativity 9/10
Performance and Flight Behavior 8.5/10
Overall Presentation 10/10

95/100

Top Entry: 1st Place — Convair 990 “Coronado” By GuianLorenzo

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1st place! Congratulations GuianLorenzo, you have made the winning submission. The flexible wings, retro livery, stunning attention to detail, amazing cockpit, I could go on and on. This is a perfect plane. Very well done, and great job! I hope you are satisfied with your work because I sure as well am. You got a perfect score of 100/100, the only participant to do so. Once again, Congratulations on 1st place!

Era Accuracy 10/10
Design Quality 10/10
Creativity 10/10
Performance and Flight Behavior 10/10
Overall Presentation 10/10

100/100

Last Message

Congratulations to the podium winners of the 1960s Challenge! I received so many submissions and you out of all of them have done the best. Great work to everyone, and thank you all so much for participating!

Thank you,
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