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It has been a pretty productive season for builds (10 in all). Here they are in no particular order...

Tom Daniels Design California Street Vette


Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf, F/G


ZSU-23-4M Air Defense System "Shilka"


Hawker Hurricane Mk. I



British Phantom FGR.2 "Firebirds"


F-16A Fighting Falcon No. 671, 338 Sqn. 2004 Tiger Meet


F-16 ADF "Green Lightning" Aeronautica Militare Italiana 37o Stormo, 18o Gruppo/CIO 1000hours, Birgi AFB


USS Missouri "Mighty Mo"


Bandai X-Wing Fighter in Tuskegee Red Tails Squadron markings (What-If scheme)


And finally... the most enjoyable and favorite kit of the year, the last kit finished of 2021....

P-38M Lightning Nightfighter

That is a lot of glue fumes. Explains a lot.

Tom, those are outstanding pieces of work!

Nice batch of builds Tom! You had a really good year!

A good lot of builds for the year! I really like the old lighting kit.

Quality work, Tom. I don't remember the F-4.

Thanks guys. Hard to believe I only did one auto kit in 2021. Hopefully 2022 will see at least 4 automobile kits and a couple more ship subjects along with the usual aircraft kits. There will be a restoration build of an oldie kit of mine on the docket for 2022.

Lyle, sniffing glue is what keeps me going. LOL! Thank you for the kind words.

Carlos, yes it was a very good year for me. Looking back, I did 8 builds in 2020 compared to 10 in 2021.

Clint, if I find that same Revell P-38 Lightning kit at Syrcon 2022, I wouldn’t hesitate in grabbing it. For a kit that’s dated 1976, everything went together with zero issues.

Thank you, John. That Phantom kit was done in July/August. I really liked the shark mouth on a British Phantom was the reason I bought that Fujimi kit.

Nice stuff Tom. I only did one car as well. Let's get some race cars built this year!

That is an eclectic mix of models. That P-39 is a rare variant, you don’t see that modelled often. Great work!

Thank you, Borg. I want to do three in 1/48 scale. Perhaps the old Monogram P-38 kit that gives you three options - Fighter, Nightfighter, and Droop Snoot.

Wow Tom!! That's alot of good builds across a range of subject matter. I think you got a little of everything goin' on there potna. Great year for you.