John's 2023 year in review

[jeaton01]

I had thought my production was rather slow this year, but putting it all it one place it doesn't look so bad.  All that ground equipment and the associated figures did use up some time.  The group photo is all stuff I did myself, the Sea Fury my grandson Alex and I built together.  I did the masking but he's getting to where he runs a pretty mean airbrush at age 7.  

The last one is one that was built for me by Howard Weaver. I have had a stack of Tamiya 1/32 F-4J's for some time and he really likes to build Tamiya F-4's, so I took 3 J's to him in kit form and got one back, as you as see built to a very high standard.  I am shamefully proud of it and know that I got one heck of a good deal on this transaction.  I have a few models that have been gifted to me, but this is the first one someone has actually built for me.

 

[aaronw]

Nice collection for the year. Really like the 1950s jets in the lower right.

Is the yellow wing a Vindicator?

If your grandson is looking for work it looks like he has a better handle of airbrushing than I do.  

[jeaton01]

Dec 23, 2023 23:10:54 GMT -5 aaronw said:

Nice collection for the year. Really like the 1950s jets in the lower right.

Is the yellow wing a Vindicator?

If your grandson is looking for work it looks like he has a better handle of airbrushing than I do.  

Aaron, it's an SBD-1.  Alex is pretty busy with baseball but I will take your offer to him.  Thanks for the nice comment!

[kyledehart5]

Truly fantastic work. An excellent year.

[jmarc]

NNNNNNNNNice .. was a good year for you too !.. Looking forward to see what 2024 you will reserve for us!.. GO,GO,GOOO000

[TJ]

No slow year for you. Great bunch of builds. Can't wait to see what Alex can do in the coming year

[406 Silverado]

Man that is IMPRESSIVE John. I only cranked one out this year!! Sheesh!! An excellent and most productive year brother. Way to go !!

[tcoat]

A great collection and really cool idea to document it.

[handiabled]

Amazing group of builds! It's great your Grandson got to sit and build with you

[stikpusher]

That’s quite an impressive years worth of work John in both quality and quantity!

[dukemaddog]

What a magnificent lineup! Brilliant masterpieces all around!

[jeaton01]

Thanks for all the nice comments! Helps drive me back to the bench. I started a Tamiya 190A tonight that may well be running by year's end, it's the motorized 1/48 kit.

[project510]

Wow John, just... wow! And you are worried about building the Lotus?! Excellent work!

[castelnuovo]

Vey nice collection :-)