KJ-1 at the China Aviation Museum in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (Danmairen via Wikimedia Commons)
Welcome one and all to Shipbucket's Airborne Early Warning System Challenge! The title is (mostly) self-explanatory. Willing participants must draw a fictional airborne early warning system in FD Scale. The only other requirement is that your system must be shown in active service at some point between 1945 and 2000. This challenge was proposed by Remorseful Dreamer in the Future Challenge Ideas/Suggestions thread, which you may wish visit if you have your own ideas for an upcoming challenge. Don't be afraid to second a suggestion that has already been made. It shows that multiple people are interested in a topic.
Design Requirements
- Your submission must depict a fictional airborne early warning system.
- The system must be shown in active service at some point between 1945 and 2000.
Challenge Rules
- Each participant may submit one image.
- The image must be an FD template modified to include the participant’s system and, optionally, crew figures at their stations within the system and/or one of the following: unit insignia, manufacturer logo, national flag. Other elements, including data sheets and scenic elements, are not permitted. If you have specifications and blocks of text, please include them as text in your post and not in the image itself.
- No more than three views are allowed in each image.
- If two or three views are included, they must depict the same individual aircraft in the same paint schemes, markings, and configuration (e.g. landing gear deployed).
- All art must be in FD scale and conform to the same drawing and shading rules as official Shipbucket styles.
- A textual description accompanying each submission is permitted, but not necessary.
- Non-serious entries, or entries substantially deviate from the challenge requirements, are not allowed.
- Off-topic posts will be reported to the relevant authorities.
This challenge will run until Sunday the 29th of December, ending at 23:59 UTC-12 (International Date Line West).
A countdown timer can be found at this link.
A poll will be held after this date to select a winner. When it opens, please provide honest and meaningful scores for each entry. Responses which grant maximum scores to a select group of entries, and minimum scores to all other entries, will be deleted. Members of the community who manipulate the results in such a fashion may also be subject to a permanent ban. Scores will be allocated in two categories, each with a scale of 1 to 10:
- Drawing Quality - The overall quality of the drawing. One might consider detailing, shading, and accuracy.
- Design Quality -The quality of the design presented, irrespective of drawing quality. One could consider feasibility, practicality, and realism.
