Secret Santa GB 2018 - Nearing the Finish Line!!

Roster:

BrandonK: Head Santa: Meng 1/72 F-102A Case XX Completed 8/21/19

Goldhammer: TBD XMas day

Eagle90: Tamiya P-47 Bubbletop

Model Crazy: Co-Head Santa : 

Model Crazy: 2nd Entry: 

Model Crazy: Third Entry completed 10/18/2019

Mopar Madness: Completed 08/02/2019

kg4kpg: TBD Xmas Day

German Armour: Completed Nov 22, 2019

Sailing_Dutchman: M41 Walker Bulldog

DiscoStu: Completed 06/05/2019

Keavdog: 

The Mongoose: Completed 01/01/2019 FIRST ONE DONE!!

The procastinating elf....will get the last touches done on the prior SSB done before the sleigh arrives overhead.

I'm still in...PM sent. 

Thanks for hosting this...it is a blast!!

Keep'em coming folks, the more the merrier. 

BK

Oh boy, you know I'm in BK. I always drop everything to finish up a SSGB gift. I'm in the Dallas area for a few more months but am going to be in the Boise area for Christmas. I'll PM you my Idaho address with my wish list. Now let me think......

I’m in. PM inbound. 

Chris

How does this work??? Do you send a list in for gifts other people want or do you send in your want list????? Thanks.

GA, you PM BK with you general wants IE 1/72 scale BF109, 1/35 armor, 1/700 ship, submarine any size any era, 1/72 Hasegawa etc. BK didn't specify but it's usually held to $25 give or take. On Thanksgiving his daughter I believe, will draw names from a hat and he will match the drawn names to to the members. He will then PM you with who you have, their address and what they want. It's up to you where and how much you spend just as long as the gift arrives before or very soon after Christmas. On Christmas day you post a picture of your gift for everyone else to see. You won't know who your SS is but they will enjoy watching you build their gift as you put your WIP on the thread. If your SS is familiar with your work and skills they may throw you a curve or send you something they know you will knock out of the park.

I've participated in 2 and have really enjoyed it. In fact, the gifts are some of my best builds and award winners.

I will drop everything on the bench and give my full attention to their gift but that's not necessary. Hopefully you can finish it sometime during the year.

Yes sir, that's correct.

Thanks for the assist, Steve. You hit the nail right on the head. 

Welcome everyone!

BK

Isn't Thankgiving the 22nd? Just saying 

This looks like fun. I will be out of town for about two months so will not be able to work on many of my current projects. Most of my supplies will be coming with me, but I am not able to spray anything other than Mission Models or Vallejo. I will still be taking part of this and the Modern Armor GB.

Bump

Looks like we have a good crew of Elves lining up to help Santa out. I am really looking forward to doing another one of these. I, like Steve, really put extra effort into the kit I get to make the sender proud. This is gonna be a blast.

BK

I am happy to annouce that Steve, ie ModelCrazy will be co-hosting this event as I will take all the help I can get. Thanks for your help, Steve. It is always greatly appreciated.

BK

Good day!  I'd love to participate in this again.

Hey DS, I was just saying to BK the other day I hadn't seen you around in a little while (granted I've been on and off this last year). I just must not have bee looking in the right places.

Glad to see you again.

BrandonK

I am happy to annouce that Steve, ie ModelCrazy will be co-hosting this event as I will take all the help I can get. Thanks for your help, Steve. It is always greatly appreciated.

BK

 

modelcrazy

Hey DS, I was just saying to BK the other day I hadn't seen you around in a little while (granted I've been on and off this last year). I just must not have bee looking in the right places.

Glad to see you again.

 

Thanks!  I have been MIA for a while.  We had a new addition to the family so my free time isn’t what it used to be.  I’ve been trying real hard to get back to the bench.

I've had some good questions from some of you of just how to go about this GB. We don't really have any hard and fast rules, but we need to keep a few things in mind. 

One, don't spend a ton of money on a kit that may make the other builders in the GB feel poorly of what they got. Try to keep the cost of the kit to $25-30ish or so.

Two, try to make it somewhat easy for the buyer by making your wish list a bit broad to make finding a decent kit easier AND TO MAKE IT A SUPRISE to what you get to build. Asking for a specific kit takes the suprise clean out of the season. I like going "hey, hadn't thought of this one, this will be cool".

Third, we need to make this a fun GB and do the best job we can with the gift we get to honor the person that was kind enough to get it for us. Even if the kit is not one you would have picked for yourself, we need to do our best to make it a diamond as a thank you for the gift.

Finally, unless life totally derails your ability to get the kit finished, we need to get these done sometime during the year so as to not disappoint the peron who went to the effort of getting you the kit. This GB has one thing that seperates it from all the other GB's and this is the kit was GIVEN to you out of kindness. Do your best to say thank you by completeing it.

I hope that helps give a clearer picture of what SSGB is all about. Most of all enjoy each other and have fun.

BK

Come on out and play folks......This is even better than what the spouse or others stuff under the tree. 

BK is going to be drawing and matching tomorrow, still not too late to get the feet white in the Christmas snow.

You know you're going to buy one for yourself anyway, it might as well be a suprize.

I can't wait to see who and what I get to shop for. This is just too fun. 

modelcrazy

I can't wait to see who and what I get to shop for. This is just too fun. 

 

Same here.  The buying is just as fun as the waiting to see what you get!!