Wafu Posted January 8, 2018 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
zebra Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 Fantastic. The landing craft is amazing - congratulations on your Telford win. I also love your S-61N. 1
pacificmustang Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 brilliant results from an amazing modeling year Woo. Congratulations on the win too Bruce 1
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 Great builds all i reall like the LCT 1
SimonT Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 Yep they all look good. That landing craft dio is something else! 1
Whofan Posted January 22, 2018 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
Gorby Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 All stunning builds, but that landing craft dio is out of this world - a worthy winner. 1
airbus320 Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 That LCT diorama is museum quality!!!! Absolutely stunning! Chris 1
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