3 very nice bulds stik and some very deserved awards. Heres to more this year.

You may not have finished many kits, but I followed each one, and they are all very well done.  The awards are testimony to your skill.   

Bish and Dwayne, thank you for your kind words. Better than the year before, but I do intend for the year ahead to be better.

Very nice builds Stick. And getting awards with them is a bonus 

But, its 3 less kits taking up space in the stash!  I’m really impressed with the aluminum finish on your F-86.

3 great looking models, Stik. And you beat me by 2.

Thank you guys!

MC, yes, at least 2 of them did good enough. That always is good for a smile.

MM, three down and ??? to go... But my stash still keeps growing for some reason.... 

Greg, thanks. 1 is better than none, right? 

Great subjects and nice builds!  I used to up to OrangeCon years back (I'm in San Diego - Ramona actually).  I have an OrangeCon plaque or two around somewhere ;)

Thank you Keav. Are you going to Orangecon this year?

No pictures.

Wasnt planning on it.  But I could couple that with a trip to brookhurst!  I'll check the website 

Got them on my phone.

Those are all great. The gun is the only model of that not on a gun truck I have seen. Must be a palm sized thing.

I was at an Airshpw with my friend Airman Jim. We were looking at the radios in a Sabre. He is an expert at tube radios. He says to the Owner “ I could fix that set and get it working. ‘Course there’d be no one to receive”.

I think I prolly built two last year. Tough year.

Bill

If I could complete one with the same quality I'd consider it a good year. Nicely done Stik.

Nice work Stik. I only got two done last year and probably only one if you only count ones where the majority of work was done in 2017. As long as it's enjoyable time at the bench--that's what counts IMO.

All great looking models, Stik. Being an F-86 fan I really enjoyed seeing that build, and a very deserved award from IPMS. Well done, hopefully more will be done this year.

You da' man.

Patrick

Keav, Orangecon is the first Saturday in October I believe. Always a good show put on by our club.

Bill, the Quad .50 is indeed a small model. Smaller than a Jeep. As far as your friend being able to fix that tube radio, Ill bet somebody out there could hear it, all depending upon the frequency range that it transmits on. The HF radios we had in our RATT rigs in LRS would pick up all sorts of crazy stuff across the frequency spectrum. 

Patrick, Templar, and CB, thank you. 

Making up in quality what you're lacking a quanity there. As usual beautiful work and congrats on the well-deserved awards!

All great builds and congrats on the trophies!

Stik,

You have quality over quantity on your side. Actually they are awesome builds and I wish I did such quality work. I really like your goal of completing sidelined models and trying for one a month completion ratio. I think I need to set those for myself.

Steve

Doc and Steve, thank you for looking and for your kind feedback.