Well done everyone who participated & extra well done to the place getters!      

Quote from: McColm on October 26, 2024, 03:39:29 PMThe Wooden Spoon for getting no votes at all goes to me...

To be direct (us Finns are known for not understanding the concept of "small talk") your entry was a little difficult to vote for because there were four models in it. I like a couple of them very much but a couple of others were not quite to my taste. Also, the photo here in the voting thread was probably not the best among the ones you posted in the completed entries.

Anyway... Thank you for being a Mod for the build AND producing some entries!

Great fun 😁 😂
This was a very enjoyable GB ..well done to us all ...top marks to the Mods ..very nicely run chaps 👍
Reckon we do this every year ..what says you lot ?? 

Quote from: perttime on October 27, 2024, 05:43:38 AM

Quote from: McColm on October 26, 2024, 03:39:29 PMThe Wooden Spoon for getting no votes at all goes to me...

To be direct (us Finns are known for not understanding the concept of "small talk") your entry was a little difficult to vote for because there were four models in it. I like a couple of them very much but a couple of others were not quite to my taste. Also, the photo here in the voting thread was probably not the best among the ones you posted in the completed entries.

Anyway... Thank you for being a Mod for the build AND producing some entries!

It is my SOP to use the first photo the builder posted in the completed builds thread.  I base this on the assumption that the builder will use the picture they think puts their build in the best light first.  It also ensures I can't be accused of picking the wrong picture.

Quote from: zenrat on October 28, 2024, 04:12:04 AM

Quote from: perttime on October 27, 2024, 05:43:38 AM

Quote from: McColm on October 26, 2024, 03:39:29 PMThe Wooden Spoon for getting no votes at all goes to me...

To be direct (us Finns are known for not understanding the concept of "small talk") your entry was a little difficult to vote for because there were four models in it. I like a couple of them very much but a couple of others were not quite to my taste. Also, the photo here in the voting thread was probably not the best among the ones you posted in the completed entries.

Anyway... Thank you for being a Mod for the build AND producing some entries!

It is my SOP to use the first photo the builder posted in the completed builds thread.  I base this on the assumption that the builder will use the picture they think puts their build in the best light first.  It also ensures I can't be accused of picking the wrong picture.

At the time I was having problems with Imgur App and getting very impatient so as a compromise I decided to group all my builds together leaving the option of looking at the work in progress for the person who was doing the voting as a reference point.
If I ever get the chance to have multiple builds in the future they will be loaded separately.

Thanks everyone, glad the Tophe Air Cargo DC-6 was well received.  Well done mods.

 Sorry for the delay, was on an epic 3 week Europe jaunt.   Malta was a surprise jem for me.

Quote from: sandiego89 on November 13, 2024, 06:58:10 AMThanks everyone, glad the Tophe Air Cargo DC-6 was well received.  Well done mods.

 Sorry for the delay, was on an epic 3 week Europe jaunt.   Malta was a surprise jem for me.

Six years ago I spent a week on Gozzo (plus a couple of days in Valletta). Amazing place! So packed with history! I'd go back in the blink of an eye, if I could afford it.

Quote from: Old Wombat on November 13, 2024, 07:18:30 AMSix years ago I spent a week on Gozzo (plus a couple of days in Valletta). Amazing place! So packed with history! I'd go back in the blink of an eye, if I could afford it.

Coming from the USA I only had a cursory understanding of the history and culture of Malta (primary related to holding out during WW2), but boy was I overwhelmed by the history and culture going through the ages!  We were only there for a day (cruise ship) and I took the hop-on, hop-off bus to explore a bit.  The bus drove over the remains of a runway and I immediately recognized the runway and aprons as former military (had to look it up, the ex-fighter strip at former RAF Ta Kali) and grabbed a beer right next to the bombed out Opera house in the center of Valletta.  Now used as an open air theatre- which I thought as a perfect middle finger to the Axis. 

I'm almost finished listening to the audio book of "One Man's Window" (AKA Malta Spifire Pilot) by Denis Barnham.  He was an artist and Spitfire Pilot who spent 10 weeks of 1942 flying Spitfres from Malta.
It's a fascinating book.  He eloquently describes Malta and is open about what he perceives as his personal shortcomings as a leader and fighter pilot (despite claiming 6 1/2 kills while on the island).