ArnoldAmbrose Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Gidday, that's a BIG plane, and a very good model of it. Very well done. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 WOW, that is an epic build, and turned out to be an excellent looking model of the Mriya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound32 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 @k5054nz @ArnoldAmbrose @kev67: Thank you all for the compliments! My biggest build ever. And the most complicated kit ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound32 Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 Well, what a weekend.... I won a silver medal at the World Model Expo 2022 with my An-225!! One of the 5 silver medals. I'm very proud, never thought this would happen! This is the transport box: I copied the drawing on the kit box and enlarged it several times: This looks better than the 'coffin' it was first. Saturday morning I arrived at the WME and placed my model on the table. And there it stayed until sunday. When I arrived back at the show sunday morning, I saw nothing of a note with 'Congratulations! You've won a medal.' orsomething. That's what I already thought. So I waited until 3 in the afternoon, the award ceremony started and I packed my Antonov back in it's transport box. I was watching the ceremony, a lot of people gathered together in a hall so very crowded. I stood somewhere in the back, watching all the names and models on the big screen and a lot of applause for everybody. Suddenly... The category 'Aircraft' was announced. 5 Bronze winners, everybody cheering and the 5 came onto the stage to receive there medals. After that 5 silver winners... and I was completely shocked to see my name + model: Antonov 225 on the screen!! I won a silver medal!! So I tried to get to the stage but there were a lot of people in front of me. So I reached the stage after 3 minutes, and at that time they were cheering for the gold medal winners. I missed the official photo but here it is.... My silver medal, yess!! So, this is it. I don't care what I maybe will win in a future contest. To win something at the WME is for me the ultimate victory. And a good end to a 2 year build. Yess!! 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwikitbasher Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Well-deserved, congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Congratulations!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingdutchman Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Gefeliciteerd! Fantastic model and love the transport box! Cheers Evert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Congrats to the silver medal.This is very well deserved. A stunning model and a great tribute to the mighty AN-225🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Splendid model, if my 1/144 scale offering turns out half as good as this I'll consider it a success. Well done on both the model and medal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 That box alone deserves its own medal. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound32 Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 @everybody who liked and replied: Thank you very much for the compliments ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Superb modelling on a - erm - “challenging” project! Wonderful, and a well-deserved award. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Absolutely a masterpiece build with incredible build skills and patience as well. Simply awesome. Congratulations! Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Good going! Congrats on the award 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Congratulations on winning the silver medal, always nice to win something when you put a model in a competition, but as they say it’s the taking part that counts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound32 Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 @AdrianMF @Serkan Sen @Mike @kev67 + everyone who liked : Thank you gentlemen ! I feel a bit ‘empty’ now the Antonov project is finished.. I’m thinking to pick up my 1:72 Boeing 747 SCA project (which was on hold) again. So whatever my next project will be, another ‘big one’ is coming for sure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaf-man Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, Wolfhound32 said: @AdrianMF @Serkan Sen @Mike @kev67 + everyone who liked : Thank you gentlemen ! I feel a bit ‘empty’ now the Antonov project is finished.. I’m thinking to pick up my 1:72 Boeing 747 SCA project (which was on hold) again. So whatever my next project will be, another ‘big one’ is coming for sure Great!!! is this the AIM kit? Modelsvit has the IL-86 and TU-144 as well,as are the A-Monsters :-)) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound32 Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 @iaf-man: Hi iaf-man! No, this is not the AIM kit. This is an old 1:72 Skyland B-747 Qantas desktopmodel which I’m converting into a B747 SCA. I once started a topic on Britmodeller about this project a few years ago but due to some set backs it’s on hold. I have the Modelsvit Tu-144 and IL-86 in my stash also: But I don’t know if I will ever have the time to build these. Too many kits to build.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guilherme Kosciuv Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikt0r Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 12.03.2022 at 11:39, Wolfhound32 said: Враховуючи жахливу ситуацію в Україні на даний момент, я однозначно вирішив побудувати свою Modelsvit 1:72 Мрія в її останніх зношених синьо-жовтих українських кольорах. Я сумнівався, чи будувати Ан-225 з Бураном поверх, але це однозначно буде синьо-жовта схема. Thank you, @Вовкодав32. I am from Ukraine and I like to glue airplane models from cardboard. But as a child, I had as many as 40 plastic airplanes. And when I was looking for an An-225 cardboard model on the Internet, I came across your post... And I reread all the messages - from A to Z. I even registered on the tsomts forum just to thank you for the Mriya. You did an incredible job. Very neat and elegant - respect. And for the fact that they decided to finish the model of the Mriya (especially in her latest livery), my huge thanks from all Ukrainians. By the way, I, in turn, will glue the Mriya from cardboard also on a scale of 1:72. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound32 Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 8 hours ago, Vikt0r said: Thank you, @Вовкодав32. I am from Ukraine and I like to glue airplane models from cardboard. But as a child, I had as many as 40 plastic airplanes. And when I was looking for an An-225 cardboard model on the Internet, I came across your post... And I reread all the messages - from A to Z. I even registered on the tsomts forum just to thank you for the Mriya. You did an incredible job. Very neat and elegant - respect. And for the fact that they decided to finish the model of the Mriya (especially in her latest livery), my huge thanks from all Ukrainians. By the way, I, in turn, will glue the Mriya from cardboard also on a scale of 1:72. Thanks for your reply Vikt0r, your compliments are much appreciated! The Mriya was (and still is) the coolest plane ever.. I hope it will be rebuilt soon. That’s quite an impressive challenge, building a cardboard Mriya in 1:72 scale. Good luck with your project and I wish you all the best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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