JWM Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hi, This year I finished 21 models. All are airplanes 1935-45, 1/72. The score is high for me. I am doing models from early seventies XX C, however in years 1983-91 I had a break. After returning in the end of 1991 till 1993 I did 33 and after it I have notes about each year score. Namely, starting from 1994 a yearly scores were following: 11, 21, 13, 16, 13, 7, 8, 6, 6, 11, 15, 24, 8, 11, 6, 6, 2, 0, 6, 7, 16, 18, 21. The minima: 2 for 2011 and 0 for 2012 are due to construction of our new house... All of this year were on RFI. The first was Douglas O2MC2 by Ardpol (resin) from China, 1937 Douglas O38E, Haiti 1942-3, Ardpol (resin) Heinkel He 115 N, Norway 1940 (Revell ex Frog) Polikarpov R5 "limousine", winter 1944 scratch conversion Apex/Encore Polikarpov R-Z, Spain 1938, Special Hobby reshaped Polikarpov R5, Soviet invasion on Poland 1939, MPM (vacu) Polikarpov I16 type 5, Spain 1936, Amodel Polikarpov UTI-4, China 1938-40 Polikarpov I-15, Spain 1937, Azur Bleriot-Spad 51, Spain, AZ Breda 27, China 1937, AZ Polikarpov I-152, Nomonhan battle, 1939, ICM Curtiss Hawk II, China 1937, Monogram (conv.) CASA Breguet XIX A2, Spain 1936, Hit-Kit Kraljevo-Breguet 19.8, Yugoslavia 1941, scratch conversion of Hit Kit Potez XXV Jupiter ambulance, Croatia 1942, Hit kit (conv.) Potez XXV TOE, Indochina - French Vichy AF, Hit kit Potez 29, FFAF Tchad 1941, scrach conversion from Broplan Potez XXV Boeing B 29 (Bockscar), Saipan 1945, Academy Blackburn Ripon, Finland 1942, Broplan (vacu) Douglas DT 2 C, Norway 1940, scratch conversion of Williams Bros DWC Currently I am working on Hoever MF 11 (Broplan, vacu ) - like two hydroplanes it is within floatpalned GN. I do not think that I will end it till 1st January, so I hope to publish it in next yearbook (and earlier in GB gallery and RFI) Coments welcome and have happy New Year with many completed and enjofull builds Jerzy-Wojtek 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 J-W ... what can i say but Thank you for your models. Ive been a fan of aviation since i was a little child. But I continually see new types I never knew about because of your models. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Jerzy-Wojtek, my compliments - finishing 21 models in a year is good work, finishing 21 including a lot of rigged biplanes and a four-engined bomber is exceptional Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Dennis, many thanks! I have also a lot of fun of finding that all not obvious topics for modelling. Finding those bizzares is with some help of my Brother, who for years worked in Krakow Museum of Aviation and wrote some Polish monographs books for some types. However it has a price - hard to belive that after almost 50 years of modelling mostly WWII airplanes I still do not have any Ju-88 on shelvs. I did one in schooldays but went to people. Five or six are in stash. Stew, many thanks! I would say that 21 is a high score and thank you that you've notice that they were rather labour ones. My the highest score (2006) year with 24 models finished contains some Hasegawa monoplanes (Ki 15, Ki 51) along with scrtach conversions like Junkers G24 he or Junkers K43. Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 That's a good year's worth! That's a lot of very sharp rigging too. Looking at your selection is very educational - I haven't even heard of some of the types before. Although it would be wrong to have favourites from such a spectacular collection, I particularly love the whitewashed Polikarpov R-5 Limousine, the Ripon and the immaculate NMF B-29 Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Bravo Jerzy, an impressive & challenging line up, all those biplanes to rig & you make it look so easy. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 All very nice, the He-115 is a real peach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 6 hours ago, AdrianMF said: That's a good year's worth! That's a lot of very sharp rigging too. Looking at your selection is very educational - I haven't even heard of some of the types before. Although it would be wrong to have favourites from such a spectacular collection, I particularly love the whitewashed Polikarpov R-5 Limousine, the Ripon and the immaculate NMF B-29 Many thanks Andrian. R5 in winter camo is perhaps also one of closses to my heart from this set. I am glad that you like Ripon and B-29. The last one was very long build - I started her in Christmas 2014... 6 hours ago, stevehnz said: Bravo Jerzy, an impressive & challenging line up, all those biplanes to rig & you make it look so easy. Many thanks Steve. I was waiting all my life for a stuff like EZ for riging! :). Threfore now I am going on with so many biplanes... 5 hours ago, SimonT said: All very nice, the He-115 is a real peach. Thank you very much Simon. When I've seen photo of camouflaged Norwegian "52" in Net and then drawings by Kjetil Akra, here on BM, in WWII planes section - I simply had to do her! Regards and greetings from Krakow Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Wonderful collection of varied aircraft builds! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Some well-off-the-beaten-track modelling here. Nice selection, Jerzy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Many thanks Roman and Stix for your comments. My stash is still containing some off-main stream machines, so I am going to continue Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Hi Jerzy! Indeed a lot of nice models. I amire your productivity! Think it would have taken me the whole year just to build the B-29. Have two of them (Airfix and Academy) in the stash for years... My output in 2017 was only six finished builds (but a lot more started). Cheers, Mario Edited January 18, 2018 by Mario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Mario said: Think it would have taken me the whole year just to build the B-29 Thanks Mario! I was constructing this B29 (OK - with long breaks in between) since Christmas 2014, lucky finished in September 2017! Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 A fascinating collection J-W, I always learn from your builds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Many thanks Cookenbacher - I appreciete Hope that this year set will be similar! Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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