2016 completions

Bossman

Member since
December 2002

2016 completions

Posted by Bossman on Friday, December 30, 2016 2:45 PM

Hello All,

This is one of my favorite things at the end of the year: Seeing everyone's build summaries.

This year was a good year for me to finish up alot of projects that were started in 2014 and 2015. So although the number is high for me (12 in all) alot of the work was done before this year.

My one foray into 1/48 scale this year - the new tool Airfix Spitfire Mk XII. This was a dream kit

1/72 new tool Airfix Bristol Blenheim Mk IV.

1/72 Academy P-40E Aleutian Eagle (old aftermarket superscale decals)

1/72 Hasegawa P-40M (not as nice as the Academy E or N kits - but it had the Burma Banshee decals that I was looking for !)

1/72 Haswgawa Dual P-47D kits (Bubble top and Razorback) These were built in a wheels up configuration with the pilot figures - mainly because the cockpit and wheel well detail were so poor.

1/72 Italeri B-25H

1/72 MPM A-20G Havoc (one of the more difficult to build kits)

1/72 Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (Judy) (unknown mfg) This was built as a model of a aircraft identification model. Tongue Tied

1/72 Revell Spitfire Mk. V

1/72 Airfix new tool Harrier Gr. I

And my hands down favorite build for this year was the 1/72 Airfix new tool Hurricane Mk. I. A very nice kit of my favorite aircraft.

A Happy New year to all !

Chris

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fermis

Member since
January 2009
From: hamburg michigan

Posted by fermis on Friday, December 30, 2016 2:58 PM

Good show!

Very similar tastes, we have!

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Hodakamax

Member since
April 2016
From: Parsons Kansas

Posted by Hodakamax on Friday, December 30, 2016 4:03 PM

Nice collection and work, I'm amazed you did that in one trip around the sun!

Max

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castelnuovo

Member since
July 2008
From: Vancouver, the "wet coast"

Posted by castelnuovo on Friday, December 30, 2016 4:51 PM

Very nice, like them all

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Tojo72

Member since
March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, December 31, 2016 6:35 AM

Cheers to a very productive year.

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Bossman

Member since
December 2002

Posted by Bossman on Saturday, December 31, 2016 7:59 AM

Thanks for your kind words guys,

Fermy - Yeah, I've noticed similarities in taste and in scale. I aspire to bring my builds up to the level of detail and fineness that you and others here on the forum can achieve. Respect !

Max - Alas . . . some of these have languished for 2 to 2.5 trips around the sun while being built. They were getting dizzy. Things just kindof came together in a perfect storm of completions this year. I still have quite a few in-process kits that were started in 2016, or 2015, or . . . as early as 2013, hmmm I don't wanna think about going further back in my memory.

If next year goes the same as this one - I'll keep working on a few oldies and then get impatient to start the new Airfix BP defiant kit that has been calling to me from the basement. One of my goals is to finish off some Auto kits. They require a different skill set that I'm not as comfortable with. But I'll get at least one of them done . . . Lord willin' and the creek don't rise !

Happy 2017

Chris

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Saturday, December 31, 2016 8:36 AM

Chris,

You had a productive year, I like what you did with the "identification" model, that is a great idea on some of these "dime store" models I have in my stash.

Scott

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Saturday, December 31, 2016 8:38 AM

Great collection there Chris, nice to see a good few Brits in there.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Bossman

Member since
December 2002

Posted by Bossman on Saturday, December 31, 2016 9:07 AM

Thanks guys,

Bish - I'm not really sure why, but I tend to gravitate toward British A/C. So you'll probably see more of that from me in the coming year. My stash is full of bright red boxes . . . Defiants and Blenheims and Lysanders (oh my !) and yes - there is one obligatory Spitfire - but that's not at the top of the build list.

Chris