3RD ANNUAL SECRET SANTA GROUP BUILD FOR AIRCRAFT

jwb wrote:

Thanks Steve (sidure)! I was certainly surprised at your generous gift- thank you my friend, from the bottom of my heart. And you said it right in your note- this is not something I would have normally gotten, but believe it or not I have been eyeballing this plane for a while- it is so cool looking! Thank you my friend- God bless you. Merry Christmas everyone!

Dee Plane, Dee Plane. 

Looks like Jon is going to have to build an addition to his model display case for this one.

to Jon for another super GB. 

364 days left till SSGB4. 

John

This is fun to see everyone get there gifts,

THANKS GREG! (gzt) for a nice Academy Spitfire! Yes John a  spitfire!

and a bonus, two nice spitfire books!

Thanks again Greg there one of my favorite planes. I will get started on it in no time

 OH MY GOSH! That's all I can come up with! Check out what my Secret Santa hooked me up with! Thanks Jeff (Firesmacker)! I am literally speechless. This is truly above and beyond the call of duty. Jeff you're unbelievable buddy. WOW!

Well, after leaving this gift wrapped on my coffee table for the last month until we got a tree, Christmas is finally here.  Before I go on any further, Merry Christmas to all of you.  This has been awesome so far. 

Anywho, my secret santa, RadMax8, wrapped up Tamiya's 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat.  Along with the kit he threw in the Walk Around for the Wildcat, and a Moto Tug from a Tamiya Corsair kit!  It's great!  I had been eyeing up this kit for sometime and now I don't have to anymore.  Well, Max, to answer your question, yes, I do like it.  

For the gratuitous photo:

Thanks again Max, and Merry Christmas to everyone!

 By the way today's high in Tampa......80 degrees! So much for my white Christmas

Zip

Glad you like it Frank! I knew that you like Japanese fighters, but the Ki-100 was a guess on my part. Glad I chose wisely!

I went home to my parent's place yesterday and spent the night there. On Christmas morning this year, there was a new kid in the family... my parent's retriever puppy Molly. As you can see, she likes presents. My brother had a hard time with this one:

Notice the Dremel box at the bottom of the photo. Guess who got that one?

And here's what you all want to see. My as-yet-unidentified Santa knew found me a USMC fighter - a 1/48 Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk! I have been wanting one of these for a while - thanks Santa! I don't build a lot of jets, but this one is going to be fun!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Kevin

raptordriver wrote:

This is fun to see everyone get there gifts, THANKS GREG! (gzt) for a nice Academy Spitfire! Yes John a  spitfire! and a bonus, two nice spitfire books! Thanks again Greg there one of my favorite planes. I will get started on it in no time

Waaaaaay cool! Merry Christmas!

zipmeister wrote:

OH MY GOSH! That's all I can come up with! Check out what my Secret Santa hooked me up with! Thanks Jeff (Firesmacker)! I am literally speechless. This is truly above and beyond the call of duty. Jeff you're unbelievable buddy. WOW!

Glad you liked it Steve. Sorry for being a lazy bum and not including a card or anything but I was in a rush to get it out before the deadline.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Jeff

raptordriver wrote:

This is fun to see everyone get there gifts, THANKS GREG! (gzt) for a nice Academy Spitfire! Yes John a  spitfire! and a bonus, two nice spitfire books! Thanks again Greg there one of my favorite planes. I will get started on it in no time

I am glad you like it . Merry Christmas !!!

Some great stuff guys.  Merry Christmas to all!!!  Thanks Jon for hosting this yet again.

So I opened my SS gift this morning from Papa John and was very pleasantly surprised to find this...

An Italeri 1/72 Ca. 311 Bomber and a book on allied fighters.  Thanks John and I'm really looking forward to building this one.  I just finished the Italeri Br 20 so this will add nicely to my growing Italian collection.   Awesome!!!

Jmart set me up in royal fashion!

What better to get for a mustang lover than a mustang! Along with this fantastic kit he included a stack of WWII a/c dvd's and the Squadron walk around issue for the Allison mustangs. Great day here! Thanks James and Merry Christmas!

Looks like some nice stuff going on here! Good day for everyone!

swingr1121 wrote:

Well, after leaving this gift wrapped on my coffee table for the last month until we got a tree, Christmas is finally here.  Before I go on any further, Merry Christmas to all of you.  This has been awesome so far.  Anywho, my secret santa, RadMax8, wrapped up Tamiya's 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat.  Along with the kit he threw in the Walk Around for the Wildcat, and a Moto Tug from a Tamiya Corsair kit!  It's great!  I had been eyeing up this kit for sometime and now I don't have to anymore.  Well, Max, to answer your question, yes, I do like it.   For the gratuitous photo:   Thanks again Max, and Merry Christmas to everyone!

Humm, I wonder, is he truly a Flyers fan.

John

razordws wrote:

Some great stuff guys.  Merry Christmas to all!!!  Thanks Jon for hosting this yet again. So I opened my SS gift this morning from Papa John and was very pleasantly surprised to find this... An Italeri 1/72 Ca. 311 Bomber and a book on allied fighters.  Thanks John and I'm really looking forward to building this one.  I just finished the Italeri Br 20 so this will add nicely to my growing Italian collection.   Awesome!!!

I anticipate that you will enjoy building this as much as I had fun in trying to decide what to sent for as a token.  I never knew I could spend so much time in a LHS looking at and reading plastic styrene boxes.  So may choices, so many different aircraft out there.  Enjoy your time at the bench with this gift from me to you.

Also the book was a little add in as I saw it and said to my self, Self, this looks interesting, looked a few pictures and realized that my victim - oops - recipient would enjoy a little light reading between builds.  You never know the book might entice you into building even more or increasing your stash.

Best wishes to you and your family from Papa-John and his family.  We are patiently waiting for the grandkids to arrive and that is when we are going to open the brightly coloured paper (assorted shapes and sizes) that patiently wait under the tree.  Talk about the house being turned upside down. 

Best wishes to everyone and enjoy you day.

One of the nice things about seeing mug shots - we get to see the range of ages - younguns - to old codgers like me.  Maybe I better not upload a mugshot, don't want to scare the younguns or give them nightmares. 

John (alter ego - PaPa-John - still a kid at heart)

ollie wrote:

My secret Santa gift was unwrapped. I dont know who it is from but it is Tamiyas Mistubishi Zero. No photos as of yet as my camera decided not to play ball.

Ooops! I knew I had forgotten something: I'm your Secret Santa!

Hope you like it and have fun building it.

Azgaron wrote:

Glad you liked it Klaus!

Yes I like it a lot! Thanks again! 

WHOAAAA!!!  Big Thanks to bspeed!  Dude you nailed it!!  I've been drooling over 1/48 Accurate Miniatures SBD-3 Dauntless for the past year...It's like you read my mind!!    Plus he even threw in True Details' wheels!  This really deserves a great diorama...Can't wait to tear into it.  This will be my first project after we move into the new house! 

Thanks again bspeed and Merry Christmas!!

  I also got some unexpected gifts from my recipient in SSGBII from last year. I'm honored to recieve these wonderful gifts. If you remember SSGBII, you will remember this creation from Chris (Bossman) Thanks friend!

And her is another. These are 1/72 scale folks. What a talent!

Merry Christmas Chris!

Zip

Avus wrote:

ollie wrote: My secret Santa gift was unwrapped. I dont know who it is from but it is Tamiyas Mistubishi Zero. No photos as of yet as my camera decided not to play ball. Ooops! I knew I had forgotten something: I'm your Secret Santa! Hope you like it and have fun building it.  Azgaron wrote: Glad you liked it Klaus! Yes I like it a lot! Thanks again!

I do like it very much. Im already planning lots of ideas for in including a special colour scheme. Im also going to try some new techniques with her. I was pleased to see the kit came with canopy masks. Im already looking at a resin engine and some etc brass.

Well, Jon, aka jwb, hooked me up with a delightful bird that will be a pleasure to build.

First, Santa's helpers:

This little elf made sure I unwrapped things properly.

This little elf made sure nothing was missed.

An Ilyushin IL-2 Stormovik.  Already popped the box open to smell the styrene.  This little baby is going to build up nicely!  Thank you Jon, and thank you for making my Christmas that much brighter.

Many thanks to Jon for organizing this.  It's so nice to see so many happy faces on Christmas.  Merry Christmas to all!

I opened my gift from Paul aka: "btp2k2", and I love it! It's an AM P-51 Mustang 20mm cannon armed 1/48! How he knew the early "non-bubble" mustangs were my favs, I'll never know!I didn't notice it right away, but he threw in some white metal goodies with it. Prop, cannons, and exhaust.

Thanks Paul, and Merry Christmas everyone!

Here's a pic of me, the kit and a couple of camera hogs....I mean my sons!

Lofweir wrote:

Well, Jon, aka jwb, hooked me up with a delightful bird that will be a pleasure to build. First, Santa's helpers: This little elf made sure I unwrapped things properly. This little elf made sure nothing was missed. An Ilyushin IL-2 Stormovik.  Already popped the box open to smell the styrene.  This little baby is going to build up nicely!  Thank you Jon, and thank you for making my Christmas that much brighter. Many thanks to Jon for organizing this.  It's so nice to see so many happy faces on Christmas.  Merry Christmas to all!

Glad you like it! I always thought that was a cool looking plane- just looks like it'll stomp a mudhole in a tank! LOL 

Merry Christmas my friend!

WoooHooooo.  Thanks Frank aka Daywalker for the great Rhino.  He even included a color pe and mask set.  SWMBO also showed me the letter you sent explaining the bowl.  LOL funny stuff.  Thanks again and Merry Christmas to all my fellow styrene addicts.  The wife got me a gift certificate to Squadron so its a modelers paradise in my house

Here's my model and mug, I hope you don't go blind.

Thanks to Mark aka MaxSheridan for the cool Fujimi BF 110 C/D. After opening the box I also found a True Details set for the office along with a Squadron vac-u-form canopy and if that was not enough True Details wheels! Thanks again Mark! And Merry Christmas everyone! And thanks Jon for organizing the build!

First, thanks to Jon for this GB. So fun! So cool!

Second, I'd like to give a big YOU'RE WELCOME to my Santa-ee! I don't know if you've ever looked through one of those books before, but they're awesome!

And.... not to be outdone by my Santa-ee, I'm wearing my Blue Jackets White Out shirt... Perhaps not as blatent, but you get the point My gift was from Leaadas, aka Tom. He sent me a real neat plane last year, a Corsair. This year was just as good!

How does he know I like those big, burly radials?! The P-47M... I can't wait!

This little number wasn't much of a suprise... "Santa" came to look it over while I was working HAHA

Merry Christmas everyone!

Many thanks to Mike aka "Swingr1121" for this incredible SS gift!  I must say I was surprised to find not one, but two, kits in the box!  I actually already have the Eduard P-39 but it's the "D" not the "Q" so that's great!  This year I have actually built multiple versions of the same aircraft (5 P-40s and 2 F4Us).  The MiG is one I've had my eye on for a while now but have just never gotten around to acquiring.  Thanks so much!

Grea stuff guys.  I'm enjoying seeing all the faces to go with the name.

Hmmm...  No word from Drew yet and it's almost noon here.  Wonder if he fainted???

razordws wrote:

Grea stuff guys.  I'm enjoying seeing all the faces to go with the name. Hmmm...  No word from Drew yet and it's almost noon here.  Wonder if he fainted???

 I know I have been waiting to see what was so UGLY! and not a Corsair!

Chatterer wrote:

Here's my model and mug, I hope you don't go blind. Thanks to Mark aka MaxSheridan for the cool Fujimi BF 110 C/D. After opening the box I also found a True Details set for the office along with a Squadron vac-u-form canopy and if that was not enough True Details wheels! Thanks again Mark! And Merry Christmas everyone! And thanks Jon for organizing the build!

Glad you like it David! I just couldn't resist all those goodies! I almost bought double of everything so I could have one too!

Looks like everyone's making out well this year. There seems to be a little of everything: US, German, Polish, Japanese, Russian.....even Italian! Gonna be some nice builds this year!

Thanks again Jon for hosting....this is a real blast!

 I know David ( Chatterer) You just look so overcome with happiness! People say I never smile too!  I consider a good scowl a true talent! 

I am loving the pics!  Kinda like judging a Miss America Pagent!  I didn't see any tan lines on Jon this year though?

 Thanks to him and to each of you for sharing a little of your Christmas!

MaxSheridan wrote:

Glad you like it David! I just couldn't resist all those goodies! I almost bought double of everything so I could have one too!

Oh yeah, I was happy to see a 110 never built one before. I was surprised when I opened the box and kept on pulling out detail sets for the thing. I was thinking how many things can Mark pack into this box?  Can't wait to start on the office this weekend. This will be my first time building a resin office.

sfcmac wrote:

I know David ( Chatterer) You just look so overcome with happiness! People say I never smile too!  I consider a good scowl a true talent!

Yeah, Aaron I thought I looked really overcome with happiness in that picture also! I was half asleep when that picture was taken.