Your chance to sway the 2013 Whiffies

[Cliffy B]

Note to all nominators,

Please include the link to the build AND the category(ies) it qualifies in.  This thread can get pretty darn jumbled at years end so please keep it organized!

Thanks,
The Whiffies Committee



I know Phil normally starts these but he's late this year and this build deserves a nomination.

PACOPEPE's USAAF 1946 P-55J
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36518.0.html



Best Jet, Hog Award

[Father Ennis]

I agree whole heartly with you !!!!!!

[Spey_Phantom]

i nominate Paulie's MIG-29UB

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36514.0.html

[Cliffy B]

sandiego89's ATLANTIC CONVEYOR mainland attack, 1982. 1/700 scratch
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36634.msg589330.html#msg589330



Best Ship

[Cliffy B]

ujik's Red Tail Spit!  
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36784.msg592806.html#msg592806



Top Gun Category

[Dizzyfugu]

IMHO, PR_19_Kit's Hawker P.1086 (Son of PR19) fro m March 2013 deserves a nomination (post WWII aircraft, weirdness, style):



More about it:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36798.msg593129.html#new

[tc2324]

A contender for the Sci Fi whiffie is.....

MarkMarples Nazi Cylon Raider



http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36418.0.html

[tc2324]

Dizzyfugu`s  Rei Ayanami`s new plugsuit design for a best figure whiffie nomination.


1:8 Rei Ayanami - Evangelion 3.0 Plugsuit (Kit conversion) - on black by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36385.0.html

[tc2324]

Now I know this was posted at 11.30pm on the 31st December 2012, but I`m kinda thinking that I should imagine for a moment I lived in Australia, (although I`m in London), and when this was posted it was already a good few hours into 2013.

Therefore it seems `right` that Sticky Fingers "Outback Buggy, 1929" should be nominated for best Vehicle and Kitbash.



http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36243.15.html

[Dizzyfugu]

Dizzyfugu`s  Rei Ayanami`s new plugsuit design for a best figure whiffie nomination.


1:8 Rei Ayanami - Evangelion 3.0 Plugsuit (Kit conversion) - on black by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36385.0.html

I have to chime in here: This actually is NOT a whif, rather the attempt to build a "real" movie figure...   Thanks a lot for the nomination, though, but IMHO it does not qualify!

[tc2324]

I will of course delete my nomination if you so wish Dizzy, however as the character herself is the creation of someones imagination I would submit that it does qualify. 

Add to that the fact that figure nominations can be quite low throughout the year, I don`t think anyone would be that offended. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, we might leave it to the Academy - but the dark Rei actually is a "real" design, despite being a fictional character. Defining a whif is hard in this case, but IMHO it does not since if was built as an authentic screen character which does not exist as an OOb kit (yet). 

I could offer an alternative (even though from last year), though, which IS a whiffy version, based on fan art:


1:8 - Neon Genesis Evangelion [Doujinshi variant]: Rei Ayanami in test plugsuit (kit conversion) - on black by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

More about it here: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,35802.msg574779.html#msg574779

[philp]

Hey Dizzy.

Know where you are going here but a model of Capt. Kirk would qualify as a what if even if it was an attempt to model Shatner as the character just like a model of NCC 1701 is also a whiff.  Course, a Constellation Class starship in RAF markings is more of a whiff but both would qualify.

I say leave it for now.  We get so few figures that we haven't had the class in the last 2 Whiffies (that includes the upcoming one) and I would love to see the class return, and dioramas too.

[tc2324]

dekybomber`s  1/35 Gun Truck build is excellent and worthy of a best Armour and Top Gun nomination.



http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36569.0.html

[tc2324]

sandiego89`s ex-HMS INVINCIBLE turned to The INDEPENDENCIA (V-2) for best ship.

Great effort in turning a small carrier into a CTOL carrier IMO.



http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36412.15.html