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Title: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Dave W on September 28, 2021, 12:28:19 PM
Our thanks to everyone who entered the Roden 1/32 scale Spad XIII Early kit prize draw.

Unfortunately we can't award a prize kit to every entrant. However we are delighted to say a Roden Spad XIII kit will be going to the following members:

KiwiZac
Hiddeous1973
PrzemoL
Kreston
Pup7309
andonio64


Our congratulations to the winners and i will be in touch with each to get postal details.

Our thanks to Roden for their support and providing the prize kits.

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Rookie on September 28, 2021, 04:38:24 PM
Congrats to all you guys!

I hope to see some build logs of this kit on the forum.

Willem
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: PrzemoL on September 28, 2021, 05:38:55 PM
I am so happy and proud to be on the list of lucky ones!  :) :) :)

Many thanks to Roden for donating the kits, to Dave for the organization of this nice contest, and to the judges for deeming me worthy enough to get this valuable prize.

Surely, I do promise to build the kit and to show the progress here in this forum. This in a couple of months.
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Pup7309 on September 28, 2021, 06:36:49 PM
 :)  Same. I still have to get a new airbrush but hopefully my hand painted novice efforts will pass muster once posted here  ;)
Thanks Dave, thanks Roden!
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: andonio64 on September 28, 2021, 06:37:44 PM
Great news!!!
I am so grateful to Dave and Roden for offering these prizes, I hope I'll deserve it!
I feel proud to be included in such a great bunch of fine modelers although I won't ever reach their level.

Thanks again!

Antonio
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: pepperman42 on September 28, 2021, 07:27:20 PM
Congrats all!! Enjoy the build

Steve
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: bobs_buckles on September 28, 2021, 09:34:06 PM
 8) 8)

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Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: kensar on September 28, 2021, 10:04:02 PM
Congratulations!  Hope to see  more SPAD builds on the forum soon.
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Bughunter on September 28, 2021, 10:48:09 PM
Congratulations to all the winners!
I am so happy that KiwiZac is on the list :)

Cheers,
Frank
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: RAGIII on September 28, 2021, 10:57:40 PM
Congratulations!  Hope to see  more SPAD builds on the forum soon.

Congratulations to all the winners!
I am so happy that KiwiZac is on the list :)

Cheers,
Frank

I agree with Ken and Frank! Congraatulations to all!
RAGIII
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Kreston on September 28, 2021, 11:08:43 PM
Thanks for the SPAD Roden!  Looking forward to building it!
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Bughunter on September 29, 2021, 01:01:44 AM
Kreston, we expect a build report!
See "Under Construction"  ;)
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: KiwiZac on September 29, 2021, 11:40:37 AM
Thank you for the kind words folks, I have to admit to being a little emotional to see my name on the list! Thank you Dave and to Roden for this very generous offer.

I already have my subject set: one of the pilots on Roden's decal sheet went to school in my hometown!
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Pup7309 on September 29, 2021, 12:04:16 PM
Hi said I'd do the 23 Sqn SPAD but looking at the Baracca and Guynemer ( I wonder how you pronounced that?) SPAD, now I'm not so sure...
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: loopyloop on September 29, 2021, 06:30:40 PM
Spad you like, enjoy.
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Whiteknuckles on September 29, 2021, 07:47:44 PM
Congratulations to all the winners!!

Thankyou to Roden for their generosity.

Looking forwards to some great build logs  ;) :)
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: gbrivio on September 29, 2021, 09:07:04 PM
Congratulations to the winners and Roden, I hope to see your SPAD build logs soon.
Ciao
Giuseppe
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Monty on September 30, 2021, 02:04:01 AM
Congratulations to the worthy winners! Very much looking forward to a build or two! Thanks to Roden! Marc
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Europapete on September 30, 2021, 08:38:31 AM
Congrats to all who won! Well done. Regards, Pete in RI
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Edo on September 30, 2021, 04:00:01 PM
I am happy for the winners!
and also for myself, as now there will be some spectacular build threads to follow! :D
I already have my ton of popcorn ready!

ciao
edo!
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: KiwiZac on October 21, 2021, 06:57:08 AM
I just wanted to let everyone know my Roden 1/32 SPAD XIII cI kit arrived yesterday morning and, yes, I thought I was smiling in this photo!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51612049499_fbb88d9efa_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mCMfbp)Roden 1/32 SPAD XIII cI (https://flic.kr/p/2mCMfbp) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr

As it happens the first WW1 model I ever built by myself was the Revell 1/72 SPAD XIII. I have very happy memories of flying it around my bedroom and, somehow, it survived the intervening years to be posed with my new Roden kit!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51612277200_2251bd01aa_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mCNpSh)Roden 1/32 SPAD XIII cI (https://flic.kr/p/2mCNpSh) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr

My choice of markings was sorted pretty much immediately as the RFC pilot on the decal sheet, JD Hewett, went to Wanganui Collegiate School...which is in my home town! No-brainer!

A sincere thank you to Roden, Dave W and the forum for this wonderful prize. I won't be starting it for a wee while as I would like to clear the bench of (too many) started projects so I can give this beautiful kit the attention it deserves.
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: PrzemoL on December 10, 2021, 03:35:25 AM
I have just picked up my prize Spad including a very nice bonus.
Many, many, I really mean "many" thanks to you Dave for organizing this event and taking care of the proper packaging and despatching the models worldwide. Actually I have just realized mine is a real traveller having gone from central Europe to Australia and back! Dave, your commitment is very much appreciated!
Also thank you to Roden for kindly donating the kits.

I already have a plan to build it as a conversion to the late version with Polish markings. I know that the late boxing is planned but I did it once with Eduard 72nd scale kit and I think I can repeat it here.

(https://i.ibb.co/VjPdLGc/20211209-182311.jpg)
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Dave W on December 10, 2021, 12:35:06 PM
Hi PrzemoL

I'm delighted the Spad finally arrived. Australia Post warned when I mailed yours and the other prize kits it would take quite some time for them to get to you because of global shortages of flight cargo space due to reduced aircraft due to Covid.

It gets worse. I mailed the Special Hobby prize kit to Kent this week and was told it would take more than a month by airmail to reach Denmark.

Worse than that, I sent a small package to Canada and was told I had just scraped in by the deadline. What deadline? All mail from Australia to Canada is now paused due to lack of aircraft capacity. My package sneaked in on the very last day mail for Canada was being accepted.

All of this means forum promotions and prizes are severely disrupted at the moment. I reckon a Sopwith Camel could provide a better airmail service than most postal authorities now.

As for the 'bonus' in the prize pack, all winners of Forum promotions receive a nifty shiny steel paint stirrer/ body putty applicator which is remarkably effective for something conceived as a coffee stirrer!

cheers

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: Kreston on December 10, 2021, 10:59:39 PM
I did receive my SPAD in the USA several days ago.  It arrived safe and sound!  Thanks again to the Forum and to Roden for the generous donation!

Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: andonio64 on December 11, 2021, 12:56:39 AM
I have not yet received my box, Dave already told me about some problems with AU mail reaching Italy, I am not in any hurry, I hope to get it as soon as possible.

Thanks again for taking care of this Dave.

Antonio
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: bobs_buckles on December 11, 2021, 02:52:19 AM
Congrats!!  ;)

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Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: KiwiZac on December 11, 2021, 10:01:00 AM
I'm on the verge of starting mine - it's a little daunting as it's been a while since I last worked with a large scale WW1 subject but I'd like to get some paint on today or tomorrow. Keep an eye out for my build thread!
Title: Re: And the winners of a Roden 1/32 Spad XIII Early kit are...
Post by: andonio64 on December 14, 2021, 01:15:25 AM
I received my box on friday noon. Everything's ok!
Thanks again Dave and Roden for this present.