Welcome to the 2015 Whiffies Award Show

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The 2015 Whiffie Awards Show

The lights dim, the audience settles down and your host, tc2324 appears stage left and addresses the crowd gathered seated in front of him.....



Ladies and gentleman, members of the jury,.......   Ooops!,   .... wrong speech .....,   but just for the record...., that money was `resting` in my account.  

Moving on..., ah.., here we go........,

The road has been a long one, the models and ideas tremendous in their application, but finally we have reached that point of the year again where we all find out what the public voted as their best of the best What If subjects.

As always the Academy has been impressed with this year's selection and quality and would very much like to thank all those that nominated, contributed and voted so that this year's awards ceremony is as exciting as previous years.

Anyway, enough of the gibberish from me and let`s move on to the first category........,  

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Best Helicopter

The nominees were.......,

springheel jack`s Westland Boeing Kestrel
JpeP's  RN Autogyro
sandiego89`s Belvedere Gunship
Alvis'  VW/Bell Heli/Combo

....... And the winner is.....,





springheel jack`s Westland Boeing Kestrel

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HOG Memorial Award for most original build

The nominees were.....

MMM`s Eagle from "Space: 1899"
Scooterman's JS3 Hovertank in Sci Fi
su27rules Mischievich heavy star fighter
springheel jack`s Westland Boeing Kestrel
AndrewJ's Miles/Supermarine PR 1
Trickyrich's  He 177Z A6/R3
MMM`s  "Orca"-class Aerial Police Unit Alpha Indigo 1-8

....... And the winner is......,




su27rules Mischievich heavy star fighter

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Best Jet And Alternate scheme Pre 1960



And the nominees were.....,

The Rat's GASSP-1 Meteor
Pacopepe's Mistel VII from KG 201
Peterlepold's Arado Ar/Tr 235
ujik's Northrop B-55 Corona/Arado 555
Pacopepe's Me 262 Nachjager
McCreig's twin Mig 15
Sandiegoe89's Jet P-38.
Devilfish's RAF Scorpion
Kitbasher's Fw Ta 193 H-1
Big Gimpers P-80
Ujik's Natter
Ujik's XJP-2P
Ujik's Me 163C
Ujik's Banshee
Dizzyfugu's Douglas F3D-3/F-10C Skyknight
Bungle's RAF Grumman Cougar
CSMO's 111 Sqd Hawker Hunter
Zenrat's navalised Yak 15
Paul's Japanese Ta 183
Rickshaws Fanta Can F.106
Steelpillow's DH99 Vampire prototype
Modelling Mushi's AlbFalc

...... and the winner is.....,



ujik's Northrop B-55 Corona/Arado 555

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Best Jet And Alternate scheme Post 1960



And the nominees were......,

TC2324`s  RAF Intruder
Dizzyfugu`s Hawker Harpy
Aragorn`s F-14D Tomcat, MFG1, German Navy
General Melchet's Rockwell F(V)12E
ALF's Grumman F-47 Bobcat
Dizzyfugu's AMD Mistére IVN
Martin H's Lightning 2
dekybomber's AQ 10 CAS UAV
Devilfish`s BAC Eagle PR5
Talleng's Italian Lightning
Dizzyfugu's MIG-23Ö Austrian Flogger
Hobbes Fokker Fokker F28 COD/Tanker
TC's Tiger Sqd F111
Wacek85's PZL 230 Skorpion
McGreig`s Su 11
McGreig`s  Su 9
Chris Payne's Nigerian AF F16/79
TC 2324's Tiger Sqd Jaguar
Zenrats  Gully-Lomax GuL-29PR
Gondor's Yak-75 'Flipper'
Devilfish's FAA Corsair S.1
Nils  SABENA Airbus A350-900
Kit`s Hunter T12
Rickshaw`s Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Crusader FAW F-8K

....... And the winner is.......,




Hobbes Fokker Fokker F28 COD/Tanker

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Best Single Engined Prop And Alternate Scheme


And the nominees were.......

AndrewJ's Miles/Supermarine PR 1
"Ujik's Wild Kitty"
Flappydaffy's Turkish floatplane Devastator
Sticky Fingers BV P.195
Dizzyfugu`s Suchoj-Chizhevskiy SuCh-1
CSMO's "naked" Hurricane
TallEng's Spitfire F.22
Zenrat's Vought Kookabura
comrade harps' CANT Z.2003 C.O.
Dizzy's  Polish AF Hurricane
Devilfish's  `Red Arrows` Hurricane
Bungle's IJN XP-55 "Ascender".
Dizzyfugu's RMI-11 'Sólyom', Hungarian Air Force
Hottes Phoenix D. X
PR19 Kits Hawker Cyclone
Darkmaster's  Brianovitch
ericr's "Levasseur PL201"
CSMO's Fokker Dr 1
Zenrat's Kawanishi N1K1 "Rex"
zenrat's "Gully Gu-16 Galah
Johnsjunk`s Super Corsair F2G
Steelpillow's MacrRobertson Interceptor
Talleng's Mustang XI
Narses2 BPF Sea Fury
ericr's Brewster Buffalo float plane
Dizzy's Wet Provost

..... and the winner is.....,




Flappydaffy's Turkish floatplane Devastator

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Best Multi Engined Prop And Alternate scheme Post 1950


And the nominees were....,

Bungles Vickers C11 Valet
Novis2's AC 130C U Spectre gunship
Captain Canada's" RCAF SAR Otter
Knightflyers Hawker Siddeley/Tupolev Chancellor (M)R.Mk.1
Ratty's Bowrider seaplane
PR19_Kit's Northrop Northampton B(PR)1.
Zenrat's Gully Godwit
Jaybee's Swedish JetScream

...... and the winner is.....,



PR19_Kit's Northrop Northampton B(PR)1.

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Best Multi Engined Prop And Alternate scheme Pre 1950

And the nominees were.....,

andrewj`s Supermarine Sirius F1
Trickyrich's  He 177Z A6/R3
Old Wombat's push/pull Spitfire
NARSES2`s Rare White Tailed Tiger
buzzbomb`s AEW Lancaster
Librarian's  Ta 154
comrade harps' Nakajima Ki-80-IIIc "Omar"
tigercat`s Avro Lincoln Mk IX
Dizzy's Whirlwind Mk FB2
TallEng push/pull Spitfire

...... and the winner is.....,



Trickyrich's  He 177Z A6/R3

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Best Wheeled Armor

And the nominees were....,

Dekkybombers Special Forces Humvee
comrade harps quad .50 mount DUKW
Paul's Post-Apocalyptic Rover

And the winner is.....,



Dekkybombers Special Forces Humvee

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Best Tracked Armor


And the nominees were.....,

Buzzbomb`s half track and counter battery radar
Buzzbomb's Universal Carrier with Polsten cannon
Buzzbomb's Churchill 5.5" SPG
Rickshaw's M 111 SPAA
buzzbomb`s Twilight 2000ish BMP2
Wardukw-NZ`s Tracked Boxer
Rickshaw`s M41as1 Light Tank, 3 APC Sqn, Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam, 1966

..... and we have a joint winner...., ........ well kinda!?!!



Buzzbomb`s half track and counter battery radar



.... and would you believe it...?

Buzzbomb's Churchill 5.5" SPG

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Best Scratchbuild



And the nominees were....,

Dizzyfugu`s Suchoj-Chizhevskiy SuCh-1
Devilfish`s BAC Eagle PR5
su27rules Mischievich heavy star fighter
Alvis' latest 'VW Space Transporter'
Modelling Mushi's AlbFalc

...... and the winner is....,


Alvis' latest 'VW Space Transporter'

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Best Kitbash


And the nominees were....,

springheel jack`s Westland Boeing Kestrel
Old Wombat's push/pull Spitfire
McCreig's twin Mig 15
Zenrat's Vought Kookabura
Sandiegoe89's Jet P-38.
Dizzyfugu's Douglas F3D-3/F-10C Skyknight
ericr's "Levasseur PL201"
Wacek85's PZL 230 Skorpion
AndrewJ's Miles/Supermarine PR 1
tigercat`s Avro Lincoln Mk IX
Gondor's Yak-75 'Flipper'
Alvis'  VW/Bell Heli/Combo

...... and the winner is.......,



springheel jack`s Westland Boeing Kestrel

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Best Sci-Fi

And the nominees were....,

Scooterman's JS3 Hovertank
pwagner's White Falcon
dekybomber's crusher robotic vehicle
nighthunter`s SLDF Royal Battlemech
Nighthunter's Klingon Birds of Prey
The Chaos Battlestar Galatica Hyperion
su27rules Mischievich heavy star fighter
MMM`s  "Orca"-class Aerial Police Unit Alpha Indigo 1-8
MMM`s Eagle from "Space: 1899"

...... and the winner is......,



su27rules Mischievich heavy star fighter

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Best Ship/Sub


And the nominees were.....,

Nonobar`s  SMS Emden
Nonobar`s  USS Independence
sandiego89's HMS MAJESTIC (ex-MELBOURNE) Falklands 1982
Wacek85's  Nautilus
Ujik's "Clown Sub"

....... And the winner is.....,


Ujik's "Clown Sub"

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Best Miscellaneous


And the nominees were.....,

The Rat`s Zero Easter Egg
sykotic's BR-52
Alvis' latest 'VW Space Transporter'

........ and the winner is.....,



Alvis' latest 'VW Space Transporter'