SPA Modeler

This weekend my family and I went to the Austin "Capitol Classic" and had a really good time. My wife got to find out that there are more crazy people in the world besides myself. lol . She's into her own hobbies which are mosaic and glass work and can appreciate the work that goes into builds like what were there. There weren't just a whole lot of Axis planes up there and I was surprised to see that. Usually there's a ton of 'em in 48th scale. I think there were 4 or 5 in all. Anyways here's what we took home this time...



I was happy that the Stuka actually placed second....



as for the automotive subjects? The competition was FIERCE!!! There was one guy there all the way from Mexico and his builds were just phenomenal so I was well pleased to take second in the Show Room Stock category...............

Congratulations. Competition must have been fierce if those only got second and third.

JimD wrote:Congrats. Well deserved of course. Glad you didn't get cheated by the judges like someone else I know. From what I've seen the judging was questionable.

I just wish I had been able to make it. The horrendous brush painted 1/35 Hind is something I would have loved to see in person...freaking unreal...haha

I have to see photos of that.

Congrats to you on the well deserved awards!

Stikpusher wrote:Congrats to you on the well deserved awards!

- Well done mate!

Thanks everybody! Yeah that same person was none too happy to get the results he did............from the kits that he got beat by. I couldn't pick him out of a crowd but I'll see him in SA on the 20th of February. That Hind was just a sight to see but it didn't win anything. I was just as shocked to see it brush painted though. As far as armor goes, I aint ever seen so many purdy brand new , unweathered "tracks" in all my life! lol. There were a couple of brand new 190's there too. Jim you woulda liked the 32nd scale 262! That plane was just a masterpiece in almost every way.

Wouh!

Great news!
Great builds!
Great results!

Congratulation Mustang!!

- Kari

Y’know…. (in regards to the Hind).

I don’t think it’s the fact that it’s been brush painted that’s the problem, more the quality of the painting – I’m sure if BSY or Owl had done the painting it would look a lot better.

And while ok, it’s the guys model and he can do what he wants with it, I do think he was flying a kite a bit entering it into a competition - and hopefully he'll take some thoughts away from seeing the competition (Doog's Cobra looked stunning)