It's The Whiffies (2009)

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Diorama are: 

• B787 - Luftwaffe Harrier
• HOG - Dragon Natter
• John Howling Mouse - Javarian A-5 Menaz
• Leigh – Great escape diorama (Wallace and Grommit version)
• Puddingwrestler - Pteradactyls VS Zepplin

And the Whiffie goes to HOG - Dragon Natter

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Helicopter are:   

• Aussie747 - MH-53 "12SQN RAAF"
• Bluntie - Flettner Fl 440
• Gengriz - Westland WS-70 "BlackHawk"
• Kitbasher – Westland Warlock
• RotorheadTX – Jigabachi

And the Whiffie goes to Bluntie - Flettner Fl 440

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Aircraft - Two or more wings are:

• Brian da Basher - Canadian Car & Foundry Arctic Fox
• Brian da Basher - P-6EX Gloss Hawk
• Cthulhu77 - Albatros floatplane
• Kitbasher - Vickers Viagra
• The Rat - Fokker D-VII

And the Whiffie goes to Kitbasher - Vickers Viagra

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Aircraft - Jet powered are:   

• Ed S - F-107
• Eddie M - VF-142 Super Hornet
• Thorvic - Handley Page HP-111C Harrogate C.MK1
• McGreig - Kondratyev Fighter
• ysi-maniac - J-7FS

And the Whiffie goes to Thorvic - Handley Page HP-111C Harrogate C.MK1

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Aircraft - Propeller powered are:   

• Brian da Basher's - Peaceliner
• Eddie M - "P-51 Lanky Stang"
• John Howling Mouse - Javarian A-5 Menaz
• John Howling Mouse - P-47 SuperBolt
• Kitbasher - Gloster Mercury F.3

And the Whiffie goes to Brian da Basher's - Peaceliner

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Scratchbuilt are:   

• Brian da Basher - Breguet Baguette
• Ctulhu77's - Dansk Fast Attack Boat
• Daryl J - Steampunk Pirate Bouy
• Ed S - FV-12
• Macal's 8x8 Iumentum

And the Whiffie goes to Ed S - FV-12

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Kitbash are:   

• Ed S - Spitfire Bomber
• Eddie M – 31 flavour Flankenstein
• kitbasher - Westland Warlock I
• Sotoolslinger – Skyrocket/Avenger
• Thorvic - Handley Page HP-111C Harrogate C.MK1

And the Whiffie goes to Eddie M – 31 flavour Flankenstein

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Camoflage/Camouflage are:

• cthulhu77 - AV Harrier
• Ian the Hunter-Gatherer's - Bae/Saab Hawk Mk54
• Ian the Hunter-Gatherer - Me262-2A
• John Howling Mouse - AT-3 Tzu-Chiang
• Roger the Cabin Boy's - Zim J-10

And the Whiffie goes to Ian the Hunter-Gatherer's - Bae/Saab Hawk Mk54   

[philp]

The Nominees for Best Alternate Markings are:   

• Aeroplane Driver - JASDF Hawker-Mitsubishi Ryoushi
• BlackOps – Dixie, Pride of the South
• Ian the Hunter-Gatherer's - Bae/Saab Hawk Mk54
• MartG - Research Berkut
• Mossie - Gotha Ho-229 of 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flt

And the Whiffie goes to Ian the Hunter-Gatherer's - Bae/Saab Hawk Mk54

[philp]

And now, the moment you all have been waiting for.

Soviet Anthem plays in backgrou...

Stop that, stop that. (we hear needle scratching noise)

Drum roll...

The Nominees for Whiffie of the Year are:

• Macal's 8x8 Iumentum
• Brian da Basher - Breguet Baguette
• John Howling Mouse - AT-3 Tzu-Chiang
• John Howling Mouse - Javarian A-5 Menaz
• John Howling Mouse - P-47 SuperBolt

This is exciting, isn't it?

And the Whiffie goes to John Howling Mouse - Javarian A-5 Menaz

[philp]

And that concludes our ceremony for this year.

Congratulations to all the Winners.

The Academy wishes to thank the following:

Tojo633 for the designing and sending the Awards.
Martin H for the use of the What If logo.
Falcon who provided images for the Awards.
Jeffrey Fontaine for correcting links in the Voting threads.
AnthonyP for setting up the Whiffies Child Board.
Puddingwrestler and cthulhu77 for supplying humor.
Aeroplane Driver and Lancer for help fleshing out the original idea and categories.
And everyone else who took time to supply suggestions, made Nominations and Voted.

Without all of you, this effort would have gone like a JMN trying to decide what RLM color an unpainted wooden propeller on a Bf-109 was.

[philp]

Will the winners please PM Tojo633 for your awards.
Sandy will need a little information and then he will email your certificate(s) to you.

[HOG]

And that concludes our ceremony for this year.

Congratulations to all the Winners.

The Academy wishes to thank the following:

Tojo633 for the designing and sending the Awards.
Martin H for the use of the What If logo.
Falcon who provided images for the Awards.
Jeffrey Fontaine for correcting links in the Voting threads.
AnthonyP for setting up the Whiffies Child Board.
Puddingwrestler and cthulhu77 for supplying humor.
Aeroplane Driver and Lancer for help fleshing out the original idea and categories.
And everyone else who took time to supply suggestions, made Nominations and Voted.

Without all of you, this effort would have gone like a JMN trying to decide what RLM color an unpainted wooden propeller on a Bf-109 was.

RLM 00

G

EDIT

Philip on behalf of us all, a BIG thank you for the work you and your crew have put into this production. And as for myself I would like to tha............................................................................GEDDOFF! (a call from stage left)

[puddingwrestler]

Woot! Obviously posting pics of Almirante Epanada grinning like a loon influenced people to vote for me.

Congrats to Phil for editing down my supplied jokes into useable formats - and yes, I supplied more and yes, they where worse (although I thought the limerick about the whiffies could have been useful...)

It was really good to see that only one model won in two categories, despite a lot of people fearing that the awards would be scooped by a limited number of whiffists.

I'm sitting in the staff room right now, watching the oscars (it's lunch time), and I must say our ceremony is better. None of that stringing things out and boring victory speaches... although I see that we have considerably fewer starlets in ball gowns. Commerades, we must rectify this for next year!

[philp]

HOG, you sleigh me.

PW, I was trying to work out guest presenters but couldn't figure out how to work it in with the forum.
As to the request for nicely draped starlets, the calls went surprisingly unanswered.