User talk:Jeff Poindexter

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia.

I just removed some text you added to 1:144 scale. That article is about the scale, not about events and hobbies that use the scale except by way of mentioning them in passing. The text you added would probably be a good beginning to a new article on the hobby itself. Once such an article was written, it would be appropriate to link to it from the scale article with a brief mention of what it is. I could give you a hand with starting an article on this if you like. I've pasted the removed text below for reference if you decide to go in this direction. &mdash; Saxifrage ✎ 21:22, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

In the late 1970's a new hobby was born. It involved 1/144 scale model warships. These models included (and still do) any warship built between 1905 and 1947. They mount miniture CO2 powered radio-controlled BB guns. The original club is the IRCWCC (International Radio Controlled Warship Combat Club) and others have been established since. The hobby envolves sinking your opponent. The hulls of the models are 1/32 thick balsa and must be penatratable by the low-powered CO2 BB guns. Radio control equipment is protected by being enclosed in water-tight containers. There are Best-of-Scale categories at most of the larger events so detail is important. Every year there are 'Nationals' held. The first 'Nationals' was held in 1979.