Wafu Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hello all, its been a very rewarding year in the shed for me, I finished a 5 year project, even found time to model a few helicopters for guys at work and did a few bits and bobs for me. Anyway it kicked off in Feb with me finishing this Werner Wings conversion of the Trumpy 1/35 Chinook. Moving on from this I had to finish a very long term project, 5 years in the making. Accurate Armour's 1/35 Landing Craft Tank Mk4. this started as just a loose build but after getting into family history I discovered that my Great Uncle served with the 13th/18th Hussars and landed on D-Day. This put a whole new spin on my build, so much so that I wanted to include Uncle Jack's Sherman in the scene. So going from a general interest build to a full on homage to a family member. I was fortunate to get the whole 45kg's of 6'x2' base to telford this year, with a lot of help from friends and IPMS members it sat in the competition hall. Absolutely taken aback to find it won Gold in its class and Best Diorama 2017, I drove home on Sunday night with a very stupid grin on my mush. Anyway here are a few photos.. After a S61N appeared in the Airfix magazine a guy at work who flew as a Winchman asked me to build him one, so here was his model. As part of a friendly group build with the subject of 1/72 helicopters these two spawned themselves, only one made it to SMW the other to the storage boxes. My final completed build of 2017 saw a 1/48th Italeri Chinook, built for an ex-MERT (RAF Reserve) Paramedic with two Afgan tours under his belt. Bit of a build this one, I wanted to get it just right for him both internally and externally, he's happy so I am. 2018 has started with two consecutive builds over the Christmas period, both helicopters and both 1/35. Thanks for looking and happy plastic sticking. The Woo. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Fantastic. The landing craft is amazing - congratulations on your Telford win. I also love your S-61N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 brilliant results from an amazing modeling year Woo. Congratulations on the win too Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Great builds all i reall like the LCT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Yep they all look good. That landing craft dio is something else! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Woo, A lovely collection, and the impressive landing craft diorama is given quite a mention in the current Model Airplane International report on Telford (page 49). Edited January 22, 2018 by Whofan correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 All stunning builds, but that landing craft dio is out of this world - a worthy winner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus320 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 That LCT diorama is museum quality!!!! Absolutely stunning! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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