2012 Year End Review

[moon puppy]

Another year has come to a close and I know we all are in shock that the Mayans were wrong, so lets share what we have been able to accomplish this year.

Can't remember what I got finished really,

the Banana chopper..for Charlie Don't Surf again

The lil' Sherm for Quarterscale

The Panther for Cold Steel

The Steward Honey

And of course the Mustang

And the Sherman I did for Dad's lesson on how to weather OD

Let's see. that's 6, not bad for me.

Whatcha'll get done? :coolio

 

[Tojo72]

productive year,my favorite,the Honey looks great.

 

[Iron Mike]

It's been a productive year at Iron Mike's, spurred by that Mayan deadline, I guess? :idonno
Anyhoo, here's a snippet of what got finished (so far)

Getting closer to finishing two more, maybe before the end of the year? Whew, makes me tired!

:drinks

 

[paddy]

My year started with my Xmas build, the WnW FE2b

In March i did the Hase 1/32 Kittyhawk.

April saw me try a Helicopter the 1/48 Italeri Sioux.

Closely followed in May by the Airfix 1/48 Lynx

June and July was taken up by the WnW Albatros DVa

August brought a 1/32 Tamiya spit

September i did my first "wheeled thing"

My first tacked thing

The Staghound in November

And now ? work continues on the Diorama.

Somewhere along the line i did a Italeri 1/48 Wessex review /build as well.


My first full year here. Great site, Great people, I have been made really welcome so thanks to everyone.

 

[Tankbuilder]

I absolutely love the grain in the wood base under tthe yellow hot rod. What kind of wood is it?

Cheers

 

[Iron Mike]

Very old American Walnut, finished with polyurethane.

 

[Tankbuilder]

Well there's still six days left to this year.

I never was concerned about the mistaken belief in the Mayan Apocalypse as I knew it was just their calendar turning over again like ours does evey 1000 years.

My biggest accomplishment this year was simply sticking around and surviving it. Christmas Day is really tough this year.

My next biggest accomplishment was in getting back to working on some long ago shelved modelling dioramas I hope to finish within the next few months. I have two 25 pounder dioramas, a L.R.D.G. diorama, an S.A.S. diorama, an circa 1948 IDF Beasts of the Negev diorama (jeeps) and a civilian truck and related stuff diorama based on the Dragon ZIS-5 truck which is a clone of the Ford truck seen in the television series The Waltons. I also have my civilian Greenland kayaks diorama to wrap up.

It's really nice to be back here with the great folks here and to be sharing model builds and ideas gain.

Cheers, Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year.

 

[Adam Baker]

My completion for the year currently sits at a big fat goose egg. Didnt help I was down for almost 3 months b/c of a move. Got a couple builds going that I have a small chance of having done by the end of the year.

 

[agentg]

I surprised myself this year.

Armor

Autos

Two I started years ago and finished this year.

G

 

[agentg]

I want to edit the post but cannot get to the edit button. Anyone know how to decrease the size of the page?

G

 

[moon puppy]

Yep, use firefox. Sorry, IE just doesn't not render the page right. Best to use Firefox or even Chrome. Sorry, only answer I got G.

 

[Tankbuilder]

I want to edit the post but cannot get to the edit button. Anyone know how to decrease the size of the page?

G

Hi there.

If you are using Internet Explorer you're probably out of luck. The board is set up to be used best with Firefox. I've found a few hangups with using IE for this board; page size and word wrap are two of them.

What I do sometimes is use Firefox to view and make corrections to posts with my images in them and use IE for just browsing.

Cheers

 

[cb1]

my own humble contribution to 2012.
Thanks to all for the tip and tricks. I had lots of fun and that is all that matters.
Tamiya M51

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Academy M2A2 to M2A3 conversion

Monogram Dauntless

Monogram Texan

Monogram Mig 21

Monogram P51B

Monogram P40B

Monogram Kingfisher

Tamiya M4A3

Tamiya M8

Monogram M4 Screamin Mimi

Tamiya Centurion

Tamiya Chieftain

Tamiya M113 FSV

What a Great Year!
:laugh:

 

[Tankbuilder]

I remember building a numbr of those Tamiya kits many years ago. I like the Centurion and the Chieftain. The others look very goo too. One really neat thing about those older Monogram and Tamiya kits is how well they go together. They are also excellent kits for a modeller just getting into the hobby or the advanced modeller who wants to do extra detailing. They are also nice kits for the diorama builder who prefers a quick build kit so they can spend more time on their base and diorama scenery. Some people enjoy creating the base and scene more than building the model for it.

I hope you have at least as good a year in 2013. Tanks for sharing.

Cheers

 

[MrT]

Well you guys are a hard act to follow, but here's my contribution.

Terry B)

And maybe this one.

B)

 

[Sharkmouth]

Terry, you probably told us but I don't remember... what is the purpose of the red button on the base?

Congrats to all on their completed builds. I join Adam with a fat big goose egg (but I now have a dozen).

Regards,

 

[paddy]

Very impressed with your LRDP truck MrT. I have one of those to do soon. I hope it comes out half as good as yours

 

[MrT]

Terry, you probably told us but I don't remember... what is the purpose of the red button on the base?

Congrats to all on their completed builds. I join Adam with a fat big goose egg (but I now have a dozen).

Regards,

It makes the gun rotate.

B)

 

[MrT]

Very impressed with your LRDP truck MrT. I have one of those to do soon. I hope it comes out half as good as your

Thanks Paddy! I'm sure you will do fine and I look forward to seeing it.

Terry
B)

 

[cb1]

Everybody did excellent work this year!

I can't wait to see what we all do in the next 12 months