1st Show of 2011 Fleet Air-arm Model Show.

Put my stuff in the comp room and i was starting to feel a  bit sheepish, Darn there are good models being added all the time. Oh well i will leave my stuff in the hands of the gods (judges then)

We went back to our stand and had lunch. We created a lot of attention at our stand as we had most of my Dio,s on show,alot of mine and Ians armour and Ians aircraft Models.  We were answering questions about our work all day. After another trip around all of the four huge halls filled with real aircraft with all our modelling world laid out underneath them it was time to take some pics.

Heres some more

Time was getting on so i went to see how the competition had gone.

Walked in and went straight to armour . Darn ,Nothing for my Shlepper with flak. I had high hopes for that.

 Next category i came to was ships and wow what modeling skills some of these guys have.

Figures next and yep ,a result, Bust took Bronze yippee. well happy with that.

After accidently knocking the winning model off the table i went over , No only joking Time to check out Cars and bikes. 

Wow Rusty took Silver

Boy i can tell you i was well happy. There was some very nice stuff on display so i was a bit surprised and thankful

Dioramas was my next port of call seeing as i had nothing in Aircraft category.

Lost for words , couldnt believe it Gold The day couldnt get much better a complete set.

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Congrats on the wins.  I really liked your entries.  I thought your schlepper would have placed as well.  Must have been some serious tread-head competition. 

Personally, if I enter anything this year, I'll be glad if it doesn't get moved to the "junior" category by one of the judges...

Here are some more pics of the competition models.

Good and Awesome stuff Andy.

I'd say you have done very well here.

(edit: I'm getting some posts mixed up here..........    sorry 'bout that.............   glue fumes)

Cheers Smitty I am sure you are being too hard on yourself. Here are some more.

I didnt take too many pics of the competition as i would have liked but i was buzzing and had to share my news with my two buddies..

After i came back down to earth we went back for the prize giving to collect my awards.  The show was sposored by Airfix and so along with the certificates the gold winners recieved a model in keeping with the category. I recieved an Air field doirama kit with a Spitfire two trucks ,personal crew and a base to set it up on,   Nice, Thanks. 

It came to the last award of Best of Show with the price being a nice Shiney Silver cup . 

And the winner of Best of Show goes to Andy Argent for Timeout.          WOW Hold on

I couldnt believe it .I went up to have me picture taken with the cup when the Airfix reprecentative said you also recieve  those ,pointing to a lot of limited edition multiple kit boxes . I said which one as there were four each with at least two kits in each box. He said all of them.Woh . Not only that i recieved free membership to thier exclusive members club worth £25. Afree years subscription to thier mag including all back copies and a calender. What a haul . I was lost for words. I am not blowing my own trumpet here i am just letting all know what a feeling to get all of this at the first show of the year for a hobby i love doing . I was on a right old high. I just had to let some of you guys hear of my good fortune.

Andy,

You should be proud.  Your diorama is seriously first rate stuff, and the judges knew it.  Quite a nice haul for BiS as well.  Cheers all around, great work!

Congrats on the well deserved Awards .  Looks like it was a great Show with some excellent entries.

Regards,  Rick

Congrats on the awards Andy and the haul to go with it!

disastermaster

Good and Awesome stuff Andy.

I'd say you have done very well here.

(edit: I'm getting some posts mixed up here..........    sorry 'bout that.............   glue fumes)

  Well, I missed your next batch of pics good buddy. Professional work here as far as I'm concerned. I'm very happy for you.

Time-out is my favorite also.

           And yeah, I'm still workin' on that Sherman.

Thanks guys, It was a nice feeling for sure. Back to work and reality kicks in again, Oh well.

No surprise at your awards Andy. Congrats on a job well done. There was some stiff competition there. I love the birds as well as the armor.

Cheers Steve and Tigerman. I should have taken more pics of the competition. What you see is a tiny fraction of what was there.I didnt even get any of the winning armor pics , there was about 40 or so aircraft in its class and loads of dio,s that i didnt get. Maybe my mate got some snaps.  There was some stuff i really liked but i got talking to someone before the judging took place and i had only taken what you see and after the judging i was on too much of a high to think about pics. Silly me.

I'm Gobsmacked,  really Gobsmacked, truly Gobsmacked, well I'm.. er... GOBSMACKED...cheers....Kenny

Whats that Kenny? Ididnt quite get that

VERY well deserved Bodge. As always I am astounded by your work and the hardware is well deserved.

Love the rusty Chrysler. Cant' wait to see what 'doog' says when he sees it!

Thanks for sharing all the pics!

impressive models with work like that ,winning must be getting old for you jest kidding,congrats

From what I saw from your pictures, that must have been one tough contest to judge. I don't envy the judges at all. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your winners!

Ibuild 3rdlav and constructor, Thanks for your congrats. It is allways a nice feeling to win an award for your efforts no matter what the subject or event you participate in.I am allways thankfull and appreciate the vote.

Congratulations on your awards Bodge.
I have spent a couple of hours looking at all the pictures of various subjects.
Altogether very inspiring work!

As always
Boarder 

First, let me apologize for not reading this sooner.....sorry

Now, big time congrats....nice grouping.....love the bust....a ll well deserved

Rounds Complete!!

Labour glad u liked the pics.

Redleg cheers buddy.

Congratulations on the results Andy, the show report is excellent I just loved looking at all the shots.

Again Congrats and well done.

Terry.

Congrats on the wins. Well deserved.

Congrats!  That bust is still one of my favorites.  Go and have a on our behalf! 

Cheers you guys,