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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => What's New => Topic started by: Dave W on September 08, 2019, 11:11:59 AM
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The biggest group build competition in the history of the Forum is completed, with 49 entries and 25 completed models for judging. Now the five judges, who were blown away by the astonishingly high quality of the entries, have made their decisions.
The Grand Prize winner of the Des Delatorre Memorial Group Build competition is Ken Mouton (P9o1r1sche) of the USA for his spectacular 1/32 scratchbuilt Hanriot HD2.
(https://i.postimg.cc/cHpf0dfB/Hanriot-120-Ken-Mouton.jpg)
The Major prize winners are Mike Norris ( Sandbagger) of the United Kingdom for his 1/32 scale skeletal Fokker D.VII and Brad Cancian of Australia for his 1/48 Albatros D.Va diorama.
(https://i.postimg.cc/cHn8DPPg/Mike-Norris-Sandbagger.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Vv90wnfz/Brad-Cancian.jpg)
Thanks to our amazing prize sponsors we have also been able to recognize excellence across a wide number of GB entrants. Our ongoing thanks go to Wingnut Wings, Copper State Models, Roden, Albatros Productions, Bob’s Buckles, Taurus, Proper Plane, Pheon Decals and Flugzeugwerke.
The Forum’s special thanks also go to our judges – Richard Alexander, Dave Johnson, Ray Rimell, Lance Carroll and Alex Belov.
And now, please meet all the winners for the 2019 Des Delatorre Memorial Group Build Competition:
Grand Prize- any kit from the currently available Wingnut Wings catalogue courtesy of Wingnut Wings
Winner – Ken Mouton USA ( P9o1r1sche) 1/32 scratchbuilt Hanriot HD2
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10117.135
Major prizes – 1/32 Nieuport XVII kits from Edgar Liepinsh of Copper State Models
Mike Norris- Sandbagger - United Kingdom- 1/32 skeletal Fokker D.VII
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10223.135
Brad Cancian Australia – 1/48 Albatros D.Va
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10149.60
Prize kits in various scales kindly donated by Roden Ltd to recognize modelling excellence in the GB builds.
Mike Norris - (Sandbagger) -UK
Eric Larson – USA
Guy Goodwin ( Gisbod) UK
Przemyslaw Litewka (PrzemoL) Poland
Frank Barkhofen- (Bughunter) - Germany
Andreas Holndonner – (Borsos) - Germany
Krzysztof Kosiak – (KrzysiekK)– Poland
Terri Werner - Canada
Rick Geisler – (RAG III)- USA
Alistair Luke –(Aliluke)- NZ
Albatros Productions Wingnut Special publication from Ray Rimell
Ken Mouton USA ( P9o1r1sche) 1/32 scratchbuilt Hanriot HD2
Rigging- A package of 50 eyelets and 50 cut tube courtesy of Bob’s Buckles
Przemyslaw Litewka (PrzemoL) - Poland– 1/32 AEG G.IV
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10089.105
Special prize from Roden
Mark Wise (Bluesfan) Roden Sopwith Triplane & Rolls-Royce armoured car
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10139.45
Aftermarket - A 1/32 scale Oberursal engine ( #3216) from Lukasz of Taurus
Mike Norris- (Sandbagger) – UK – Skeletal Fokker D.VII
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10223.135
Propeller- A Propeller and set of hubs from the British collection courtesy of Alex Belov of Proper Plane.
Przemyslaw Litewka (PrzemoL) - Poland– 1/32 AEG G.IV
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10089.105
Best finish – prize of wheels and propeller hubs sponsored by Proper Plane
Guy Goodwin- (Gisbod)- 1/32 Halberstadt CL.II
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10158.0
Two sets of decals from existing stock or pre-orders ( excluding Limited Editions) courtesy of Pheon Decals.
Frank Barkhofen- ( Bughunter) – Germany – 1/48 Eduard Fokker D.VII
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10098.105
Best Albatros- A copy of the new virtual model airplane “Aircraft in Pixels 2/ Albatros D.V” courtesy of Flugzeugwerke
Brad Cancian – Australia – 1/48 scale Albatros D.Va diorama
A special prize of a kit from Des Delatorre’s own stash.
Przemyslaw Litewka- (PrzemoL) Poland – 1/32 AEG G.IV
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10089.105
A WW1 kit from Forum Owner & Administrator Dave Wilson
Brad Cancian- Australia – 1/48 scale Albatros D.Va diorama
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=10149.60
Our warmest congratulations to the winners and sincere thanks to everyone who entered and made this GB such a successful and heartfelt tribute to Des.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Congratulations to all the winners (and participants). Des would be extremely happy with the quality and quantity of all the truly magnificent builds.
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I am Honored to be recognized in a Group Build that included such spectacular Builds. Congrats to Ken, Mike, and Brad on the Very Well Deserved Honors. I have had the privilege of seeing the Hanriot in person and it is indeed a Model worthy of the Grand Prize! Most of all I want to thank Dave for Organizing the build, all of the Modelers for participating, the Judges for doing a great job under difficult circumstances, and God Bless Des for Starting this Great Forum!
RAGIII
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I echo everything Rick says. Especially to thank Dave, the judges and the sponsors.
Ken's Hanriot was one of my picks as was Mike's and Brad's models. I feel honoured to be among all of these great model makers. It was all about the making for me and the tribute to Des. Time to get on with the next one!!!
Cheers,
Alistair
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Many thanks to
Dave for organizing this great event
Judges for they effort to choose the winners
All the awardees, I am honored to have competed with all of you
All who participated.
Des would surely be proud to see this GB, I do believe he sees it from up there...
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Congratulation to all winners! Des would like all the great outcome of this group build.
The jury had a really hard job, but chose really great models.
And can sign all the comments above, it was a great pleasure to take part.
Thank you Dave for the work in the background!
Cheers,
Frank
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I also can only echoe what is already said. My gratitude goes towards Dave and his amazing work he does in running this forum and organizing this group build, towards the judges who did a great job and towards all participants of this build for letting me being a part of it. I feel honored to be recognized and would like to give my „Cheers!“ and my congratulations to Ken, Mike and Brad for their amazing builds.
It was a real pleasure to take part on this extraordinary group build. I am convinced that Des liked this, wherever he might be now.
All the best
Andreas
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Likewise, many many thanks Dave + sponsors + judges for organising this competition. The results have been a very fitting tribute to Des and Adrienne and have been an impressive showcase of the excellent work done by modelers on this forum. I feel very humble to be on that list at all, and in awe of the Grand and Major prize winners - and everyone else, to be honest. I love that Hanriot!
If it's possible to pull something like this together next year, I can see everyone pushing their standards to better what they've already done this time around.
Big cheers,
Mark
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Many thanks for
Dave for organizing this great event
Judges for they effort to choose the winners
All the awardees, I am honored to have competed with all of you
All who participated.
Des would surely be proud to see this GB, I do believe he sees it from up the.
Prze,
Congratulations!
Please let me know the size tube required and scale of eyelet.
Once I have those details the goodies will follow in rapid order!
Well done everyone!
von B :)
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It was a great honor to take part in the GB in honor of our Friend Des . He would have been very stoked on the quailty of the builds and subject range and encouragement shared with everyone .
Congrats to all of the winners , very well eared ! And a big thanks to all of the judges , who did not have an easy task before them . Dave for setting it all up and the GB donors for the wonderful prizes . Most of all for Des , who brought all of us together :)
Terri
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Congratulations to all the winners! I too must add my thanks to Dave, the judges, and sponsors for their efforts in putting together this terrific group build.
It was an honor to be part of it and I'm delighted to have been listed amongst the recognized entrants.
Cheers,
Eric
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I am very happy to be honored with the grand prize of this inaugural Des Delatorre Memorial Group Build. Or course, the best prize is the model that was created for the build as it represents a lot of 'firsts' for me as a builder. I had thought about building the Hanriot for some time but the group build was the impetus to do it!
I want to publicly thank Dave for organizing and running this build, the judges for doing the truly difficult job of ranking these builds, and the sponsors for donation of the great prizes. I also want to recognize Des' vision for this forum as place for people to learn about the Great War and remember the sacrifices of those who fought it.
Congratulations to Mike and Brad, as well as all the other prize winners, as they were well deserved.
I had a great time participating in this build and I believe it was a lot of fun for all who took part in it. Now I'm looking forward to the current builds going on and those of the future!
Keep on modeling!
Ken Mouton
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As all have said above. Well done everyone, the standard was incredibly high!
The three main winners are fabulous! Well done indeed, and well deserved.
Thanks to Dave especially for organising - when’s the next one?!
Guy
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Congratulations to all the participants for some spectacular models, and especially to the winners who most certainly earned their rewards. I was too busy to enter this year but will most certainly participate in what must surely be an annual event in Des' honour.
Ian
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congrats to the winners.
and to those not even mentioned. haven't seen 'em all but from what i've seen the worst build of this lot is freakin' spectacular, Des would be proud i'm sure.
also looking forward to seeing the ones not finished yet cross the finish line.
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Hi all,
With such elite modellers on the forum I feel honoured to have been awarded for my model.
Many congratulations to all of the members who received awards and to ALL of those who took part.
Also many thanks to our judges for what must have been a difficult and time consuming task and to the sponsors for providing the prizes.
Finally thanks to ALL forum members throughout the various builds for their encouraging comments , which were both kind and constructive.
It's what drives us all on to better things,
Mike
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Congratulations to the winners, who very well deserve this recognition on their works.
As a side comment, the judge's chioce fits perfectly to my personal taste and I beleve most of us share this same feeling.
Thank all of you.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Congratulations
And thanks to Dave, the judges and the sponsors for organizing the memorial
And to Des for this forum, that made it possible
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well deserved, friends!
those models are really a stunner....
and a big thank you to Dave, the judges and the sponsor.
as for me, it has been an honour to be part of this very particular group build!
ciao
edo
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Congratulations to all the winners and the participants of this great memorial contest.
Thanks to all the sponsors and the judges.
Bye,
Manni
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Congratulations to all winners!
You have built a very nice models and we will support you in it in future!
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Congratulations to all the winners! Excellent models :D
It was an honour to partecipate in this GB for Des.
Thanks!
Andrew
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Prze!
Goodies on their way to you!
;) 8) :)
(https://i.ibb.co/jVDDQ3q/Thanks.jpg)
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Prze!
Goodies on their way to you!
;) 8) :)
(https://i.ibb.co/jVDDQ3q/Thanks.jpg)
Many thanks Bob. That is a blitz quick service.
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The pleasure is all mine.
I'm just happy to be part of this wonderful tribute to Des.
Cheers,
Bob ;)
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I wish to add my congratulations to all of the winners - spectacular models of the very highest standards. It was an honour to compete with you all - even though I could not get mine finished on time!
Thanks to Dave for organising this event - a real tribute to Des who of course was a master modeller but also a very patient teacher and respecter of modellers of all standards. Thanks too to the judges - I am just pleased that it was you and not me who had to make the decisions!
Stephen.
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I'll add my congratulations to the winners as well and also Thanks to all who participated, what a fitting gesture to Des and Adrienne. It was a great honor to serve on the Judging Team and I was completely in awe of the quality of modelling that was presented, choosing winners was an enormous challenge in the face of such incredible work. Well done each and every one of you! 8)
Cheers,
Lance
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Several people have asked me when the next Group Build will be run and the honest answer is - not yet! These events take a lot of organising and they don't finish when winners are announced.
Here's a peek at my table today with a stack of posting boxes being filled with Roden prize kits to be dispatched around the world to GB winners.
(https://i.postimg.cc/5bktnsNy/GB-prizes.jpg)
These kits are heading for Germany, Poland, USA, UK, Canada and NZ which emphasises just how international our forum has become.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Congratulations to all the well deserved winners! And thanks Dave - a Herculean effort and very much appreciated! Des would be thrilled. And for what it’s worth I will finish my entry! Cheers Matt
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Well, I've told my wife that I won a prize in this on-line contest and she asked what it was.
"A model", I told her.
"You can keep if if its a box of plastic and not a person" ::)
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Really great work everyone! There was some truly exceptional skills on display. Congrats to all the champions!
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Hi all - apologies for the delayed response but I am overseas at the moment — a big congrats to Ken and Mike, as well as all of the other winners, all very well deserved. I am especially humbled to have done so well amongst some unbelievably good models.
A big big thanks to Dave and the judges for such a well run group build, and to all of the prize donors. You have all certainty done Des’ memory proud.
Here’s to the next one!
Cheers,
BC
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Many congrats to all the winners!
I was late in this Forum to partecipate, I'm here for the next!
Looking at the winners, I think that being a judge was extremely hard, first class realizations.
I agree about the scratchbuilt HD.2 winner, it's a masterpiece.
Cheers!
Roberto
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I'm also a bit late... but congrats to all the winners! I cannot name you all, but all well deserved! The Judges did a great job too... and the sponsors definitely came to the Party.... Special Thanks to Dave... Marc.
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Many congrats to all the winners!
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Today the two sets of Pheon decal arrived, what a great prize :) Thanks to all involved!
I selected the Pfalz D.XII and the Sopwith Dolphin/Snipe (here I have the very old Hi-Tech kit) sets in 1/48.
Cheers,
Frank
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I have just got the Bob's Buckles prize. Many thanks!!!
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Hi all,
Today my 'CSM Nieuport' arrived along with a figure I had previously ordered.
Great kit from CSM with rapid response and delivery,
Mike
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I have just got the Bob's Buckles prize. Many thanks!!!
Thanks for heads up, Prze!
Enjoy!
vB ;)
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Congratulations for all winners of the Des Memorial Group Build. They are well deserved and I like the models made by the winners very much. It continues to show the high standards of builds that I have got accustamed to on this excellent Forum!
Today I also saw that there's an after build! That's a nice idea. I'm afraid it will not work as I'm abroad for work the coming weeks and in the meantime during holidays (I always take something to build with me during holidays and my family has gotten used to that ;) ) I usually do not take with me polysterene models as they are too fragile.
My build since the partly finished Fokker D.III now:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48740118857_a3b1313ab3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hfZRfR)
Kit with nickelsilver PE and brass and copper cast fittings. Kit production about 25 pieces...
The original served with the dutch national railways between 1901 and 1955, so fitting in the ww1 era ;)
regards,
Ivo
regards,
Ivo
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I received My Prize today in the Mail. Roden SPAD VII c1 Lafayette version. Thanks to Roden and the rest of the sponsors! Also one More HUGE thanks to Dave for putting this together!
RAGIII
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Today I picked up my kit at post office. Thanks to Roden for sponsoring and Dave for postage (not cheap to Germany), careful packing and declaration - I didn't have to pay customs :)
Cheers,
Frank
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Ken, I just found your posting:
Well, I've told my wife that I won a prize in this on-line contest and she asked what it was.
"A model", I told her.
"You can keep if if its a box of plastic and not a person" ::)
You made my day! :D ;D :D
Otherwise a nice joke will match:
"Which is the most expensive Barbie doll? The divorced Barbie, Ken's car and house are included." 8)
Cheers,
Frank
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My prize arrived today too! A lovely Roden 1/32 Pfalz D.III. Thank you Dave and Roden!
I'm thinking it will be an appropriate subject for next year's Group Build (assuming there is one).
Cheers,
Eric
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Many thanks Dave and Roden from me too - a very nice SPAD VII :)
A long time since I've seen this, in fact it was my very first 1:32 model, and there are so many ways in which I could improve on it now; when I get round to it I quite fancy doing it as Pinsard's all black machine...
Cheers, very pleased,
Mark
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My prize, a Ninak kit, arrived at the house today with a congratulatory note from the man himself, Mr. Alexander.
Thanks again to Dave, the judges, and all the sponsors.
Ken M.
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I have received a Roden SE 5a. It looks like a really great kit! Thanks Dave, judges and thanks Roden and all the other sponsors. I really enjoyed being part of the group build and winning a prize at all was a big surprise!
Cheers
Alistair
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Today I received a parcel from Australia containing a Roden Albatros D III, which I really love. Many many Thanks to Roden and Dave! I t was a great joy to be part of this group build.
Andreas
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Postman really made my day , Roden's SSW D.III was inside the package :)
Thank you Dave for organizing and setting up the GB . Roden for a great kit and Judges for an impossible task going through the builds .
Terri :) ;) :) :) ;) ;) :) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) :o
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Hey Terri, Hannants still has Bren Gun Brass PE sets for it (I got one recently) and it's worth the price for the "chin' engine panel alone, highly recommended and I know you have a particular interest in this aircraft. Some photos of the results that survived the "Photo Bucket Purge" here:
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6768.0
Hannants order info here, "Ya know ya gotta have it!"
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BRL32014
Congratulations on your win!
Cheers,
Lance
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Hey Lance , I'm well head of you on this ;) When I first heard the news from Dave I went and placed an order with Ultracast and pick up a set of Gaspatch guns and RB seatbelts . Already have the Bren PE set ;) as well as Aviattic lozenge :) . I just need to find a scheme for her now .
Terri
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I'm looking forward to another SSW, Terri.
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Hey Lance , I'm well head of you on this ;) When I first heard the news from Dave I went and placed an order with Ultracast and pick up a set of Gaspatch guns and RB seatbelts . Already have the Bren PE set ;) as well as Aviattic lozenge :) . I just need to find a scheme for her now .
Terri
Silly me, I should have known! Looking to forward to seeing what you do with this Kit. It is a bit of a "bear" at times but overall a really fun Build.
Cheers,
Lance
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Hey Terri, Hannants still has Bren Gun Brass PE sets for it (I got one recently) and it's worth the price for the "chin' engine panel alone, highly recommended and I know you have a particular interest in this aircraft. Some photos of the results that survived the "Photo Bucket Purge" here:
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6768.0
Hannants order info here, "Ya know ya gotta have it!"
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BRL32014
Congratulations on your win!
Cheers,
Lance
Thanks for the Bren Gun order info Lance. I had done a search a few weeks ago and couldn't find one. Now just need to get SWMBO to OK the purchase ;D
RAGIII
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Today I have received the parcel from Australia. My Des Memory GB prizes have arrived!!! Thank you, Dave, for careful packing and describing the contents so that the visit at the customs was avoided!
(https://i.ibb.co/4KH1hQR/PA026953.jpg)
As you see I was given Roden's Nupe 24bis and, above all, a model which touched my heart very much. It is A-model Nupe 11 but the make is not so important. What matters most is that it is the kit coming directly from the stash Des was building from. To know that this kit was meant by Him to be built and that He was touching it, makes me feel as if Des was still somewhere here. I feel His spirit around me... I will certainly try to build this kit, to honour our Mentor.
Once again, thank you Dave for making that GB happen. And I hope we will have subsequent editions thereof.
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Amazing lovely prizes... and Congratulations to the Winners! I see your prizes will result in amazing blogs for us mere mortals! All The Best, Marc.
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I have just received the last but not least part of my GB prize. Many thanks to Alex for granting me this lovely piece of his work. Very much appreciated!
(https://i.ibb.co/PZcgmD2/20191023-201409.jpg)
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Hi Guys,
Pleased to be associated with both tightly-fought contests-it was not an easy judging task thanks to the high bar set by all the entrants..Well done all those
who participated and let's hope we can do it all again another time! :)
Cheers,
Ray R.
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Congrats to all. Inspiring work you've all done.
James