Spruefest, 2022 at Brookhurst Hobbies.

[Duke Maddog]

On Saturday April 30, Brookhurst Hobbies hosted their fourth Spruefest contest at their location. They had some 581 model entries on the tables. There were more models than that as a number of them were collections.

Here's some pics I took during the show. Granted, these are the ones that caught my attention the most.

General pics of the room. This is normally the game room where gamers come to play, and on Tuesday, they have the Sprue Cutters model builders club. Yes, it is a bit small, but they made it work.

We also had a number of importers/distributors showing some of the latest releases as well as what's coming. Here's some shots of those displays:

Now, here's some of the aircraft entered:

The 1/32 Lancaster:

A chrome plane; I think he plated it. It's too smooth to be paint:

Awesome artwork on this 1/32 scale Eagle"

Navy COD. You don't see these built every day. I believe it's 1/48 scale:

a 1/72 scale Tu-142 Bear:

Here's a shot of that same Bear next to other 1/72 scale aircraft to show size reference:

1/32nd scale Swallow; the engines and nose cannons scratch built:

A close up of some of that detail:

Some helicopters:

Excellent WWI biplane:

A two-seat A-10 Warthog:

This one rocked! Love the umbrella:

More to come in subsequent posts...

 

[Duke Maddog]

Adding to this, here is some of the armor that most caught my eye. I'll be posting a few, as I took about 175 pics at this show.

I'll start with the Braille Scale entries to get them out of the way..

These are the Braille Scale armor entered that were not mine:

First is this game set; I believe it is 1/100 scale:

1/72 scale armor:

This one placed first in category:

Now all the entries by the same guy who focuses on knocked out and/or abandoned vehicles. His ability to capture this look is uncanny:

This was found in one of the civilian vehicles categories:

Now for some well-done 1/35th scale armor:

A fully loaded StuG:

Escorted by fully loaded Panther:

1/12th or 1/16th scale Japanese Type 10:

That's all the armor I have time to post. Next up: Automobiles!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Here are the automotive categories, starting with this interesting piece:

Some interesting Big Rig mods:

We had a surprising number of rusted out and/or abandoned cars on the tables this year. Here's one:

That's about all the cars I have. I'll add more to this by showing some of the interesting miscellaneous models.

This first one was hilarious!

The detail he did to this little ship was amazing:

Here's some more:

I love the planking on this:

I want to do something like this someday for a photo base:

This is a 1/16 scale Panther modified into a Bergepanther. All interior detail is scratch built:

A close up of that interior:

Some Ships armaments...

Curious....

This is a 1/16th scale Sheridan, fully motorized:

Gotta love Batman!

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Finally a couple of collections:

All the Pearl Harbor Battleships which were on Battleship Row:

All the M-48 variants built by one guy for the SoCal AMPS Nationals Group Build:

That's all these for now. Next up: Sci-fi!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Here are the interesting Sci-Fi subjects that were entered. This first one was very cool:

This one lights up:

Interesting Warhammer diorama:

And of course, you can't have Sci-Fi without Star Wars!

The Mandalorian...

...and his replacement ship:

Finally Best of Show overall is this four-foot-long Blockade Runner fully scratchbuilt:

Now I'll show some ships, subs and a couple figures and dioramas that caught my eye:

Best Ship and Theme Award: 1/350 scale USS Langley:

This one is hilarious!

Anime Wonder Woman... interesting...

Go Navy!

And that completes this showing from the Brookhurst Hobbies Spruefest 2022.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Wow Mark! There were some really good builds there. Kind of wish there were some more events around where I live.

Thanks for posting all the photos! Good job!

 

[Rhino]

Very Cool! Sir Francis Drake sailing off the edge of the Earth! Poor Golden Hind!

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Thanks for sharing Mark. Looks like a great display!

 

[jeaton01]

Thanks, Mark.

 

[centaur567]

Wow!! I bet that the judges had a hard time with all of these magnificent models. Gary S.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thank you guys for all the awesome comments!

Paul, I wish you had more events as well. They are such a blast to attend! You're welcome for the pics.

Chris, I agree; it is quite hilarious though! It reminds me of another one I saw some years back with all three of Columbus' ships heading toward the abyss....

Thank you Mike, it was!

You're welcome John!

Gary, it sure was difficult! That's part of the reason I did not judge; Just looking at everything was borderline sensory overload!

 

[moon puppy]

Really great models, considering where you are I wonder how many are out of work old movie prop model builders.

 

[Rhino]

Really great models, considering where you are I wonder how many are out of work old movie prop model builders.

I hadn't thought about that. Yup! Really cool post! I appreciate your extra effort! HARRUMPH!!

 

[errains]

Awesome Show!! Thanks Mark for posting these.

 

[Frank]

Mark, looks like it was a great day.
all the models looked very good.
It would be hard for me to judge the best ones.
Frank

 

[Duke Maddog]

Really great models, considering where you are I wonder how many are out of work old movie prop model builders.

Bob, you'd be surprised how few of them are in that group of entrants. I think only one or possibly two are former prop model builders.

Chris, thank you! Man, it is tough getting all these resized and posted.

Thank you Eric! Yeah, it was an incredible show!

Thank you Frank! It was a great day. It was difficult to judge so many incredible models so I declined to judge as well.