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`Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the 2019 Whiffie Awards show. It`s going to be another great awards show to share with you tonight with many of the fine contributors I see seated around the audience in front of me. Of course in rickshaw`s case, only wearing those sporrans means I`m seeing far too much of him from up here!
Also glad to see Paul Hogan attending in Crocodile Dundee costume ........, er...., oops ...., my mistake, how`s it going Mr Wombat?
And please, someone cover zenrat up! Sir, I know it`s the weekend but dress thongs are against Whiffie Award Show dress code.

Right, that`s the riff raff sorted so I`d like to take this opportunity to thank the Mongolian Nose Flute Orchestra for their pitch perfect rendition of AC/DC`s War Machine. Well done chaps, look forward to next year`s show opening number.

So with no further ado,

............. on with the show!

First Award up is for..........,

Best Alternate Jet Scheme Pre 1980

The Contender`s were ......

Zenrat's Yak 28R
Ju-707 from nönöbär
Rickshaw's Mirage IVO
Andrewj's Swift
Zenrat's ARDU Mirage F.1
Aeroplane Driver's RAN Crusader




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





Andrewj's Swift

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F421466a2-563c-4a9a-9a94-614458aad2d3%2Fresized_a548f570-b640-4a44-984c-3feed34cdd8c.JPG&hash=ef4ac16ebfeb06e2e644ced40882c4dfbeee46c4)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=45238.new#new

Best Jet Kitbash


You contenders were ............

Cammnut's F-16F Agile Falcon
Cammnut's Vigilante B.1
sandiego89's EE Sea Lightning
Jalles's Mig-41 PAK-DP
leptiprince's Aéronavale swing wing Jaguar
Cammnut's Vickers-Armstrong Lightning F.1
leptiprince's F4u-J Jet's Corsair
CammNut's Alternative Gripen
63cpe's  MiG-15 OPLR "Fireside"
63cpe's MiG 25 Foxbat G
63cpe's Su-15MP Mantra
Firefox`s  F-16SN
Dizzy's VF-4A
Dizzyfugu`s Hawker Sea Hawk T20
nönöbär's fab FW 800.
Dizzy's Blackburn Barghest F(AW).3
comrade harps' HAL Vayu FGA.3
Zenrat's Harrier B
Dizzyfugu's Potez CM.194 Magister SS
jalles' F-42B Tempest





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




jalles' F-42B Tempest

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/43507502950_c97a69299f_b.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45444.0.html

Best Alternate Jet Scheme Post 1980


The contenders were,

TheChronicOne's Retro F-16
Firefox's RAAF Rafale
Firefox's ARDU Rapahel
Jalles's Avpro Marauder
leptiprince's Aéronavale swing wing Jaguar
Tc2324's RAF Su27
TheChronicOne`s F-15N Sea Eagle
AeroplaneDrivers RNZAF 75th Anniversary A-1B Kārearea (Falcon)
Kit`s General Dynamics Canberra PR9
Tom Z's VAK-191
TomZ 's A-12 Avenger II


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







Jalles's Avpro Marauder

(https://i.imgur.com/zGPp3ER.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44476.0.html

Best Alternate Prop Scheme – Allied

The Contenders were .........

TheChronicOne's Polet Cargo Airlines H4 Hercules
b29r`s B-25 
Dizzy's F-47 D-30
Doug K's Spitfire F22 No 1 Squadron, Royal Scots Airforce 1953
Zenrat's USAAC Spitfire Mk I
Kitnut 617's Martin Baker Lone Ranger NF1
Doug K's Scottish AF Defiant
VickersVandals Biggles Beaufighter
AeroplaneDriver's F6F-5 Hellcat
Dizzy's Dweotine-Tatra D.520
Devilfish`s Defiant
Comrade Harpo's Fairchild Aviation Crimea Curtiss Hawk 75A-11
Zenrat's Bristol A-27 Intruder
Hotte's USAAC P.44
b29r's Vought F4U-1K
Dizzy's Estonian Siskin




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





Dizzy's Dweotine-Tatra D.520

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/980/40862197675_be2bd7f1d5_z.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45191.new.html#new (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45191.new.html#new)

Best Alternate Prop Scheme – Axis

The contenders were ........,

Zenrat`s Supermarine Foxhound
Zenrat's Fw190-D9
Zenrat`s Kawanishi H6K5
leptiprince`s Super Do-335 racer
comrade harps' Hitachi Ki-75-II KAI Ricky

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






Zenrat`s Kawanishi H6K5

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4715/39528191324_698c56d17b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23dYj95)Kawanishi Type 97 H6K5 8 (https://flic.kr/p/23dYj95) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44462.0.html

Best Multi Jet


The contenders were .........


Cammnut's Vigilante B.1
sandiego89's EE Sea Lightning
Jalles's Mig-41 PAK-DP
Ju-707 from nönöbär
Rickshaw's Mirage IVO
Cammnut's Vickers-Armstrong Lightning F.1
Firefox's RAAF Rafale CO
63cpe's MiG 25 Foxbat G
TheChronicOne`s F-15N Sea EagleSandiego89`s B-52 "FICON": B-52E carrying F-104's
CammNut's F-120
Dizzy's Blackburn Barghest F(AW).3
Kit`s General Dynamics Canberra PR9
TomZ 's A-12 Avenger II



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





Sandiego89`s B-52 "FICON": B-52E carrying F-104's

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/3K5bfm.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45040.60.html

Best Multi Prop


The contenders were ........


TheChronicOne's Polet Cargo Airlines H4 Hercules
CammNut`s Marlinspike
VickersVandals Biggles Beaufighter
leptiprince`s Super Do-335 racer
comrade harps' Hitachi Ki-75-II KAI Ricky
Zenrat's Bristol A-27 Intruder
Zeke's Twin Tony
Doug K's Westland Waterspout (Sea Whirlwind) MKIII
b29r's  Boeing YRB-29K Superfortress


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





Zeke's Twin Tony

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv634%2Fsae05%2FTony_21.jpg&hash=f755dc3bd9a4628093ae3311ef10f0295580ec77)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45649.15.html (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45649.15.html)


Unfortunately Zeke`s Twin Tony could not be here tonight so to pick up his award on his behalf is Zeke`s Twin Tracy .........   :banghead:

Best Prop Kitbash

The contenders were .........

leptiprince`s F-75
CammNut`s Marlinspike
Dizzy's JetCat
Dizzy's Hawker Cyclone FR. MK II
63cpe's Polikarpov I-15 Pro 30-ies Racer
Zeke's Twin Tony






And the winner is .......



leptiprince`s F-75

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/51/85/19/_mg_1010.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44748.msg794956.html#msg794956 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44748.msg794956.html#msg794956)

Best  Single Jet

The contenders were .........

Cammnut's F-16F Agile Falcon
leptiprince's F4u-J Jet's Corsair
Firefox`s  F-16SN
Soup Dragoon's "Avions Marcel Dassault x-plane L' Heretique "
AeroplaneDrivers RNZAF 75th Anniversary A-1B Kārearea (Falcon)
comrade harps' HAL Vayu FGA.3
Zenrat's Harrier B
Tom Z's VAK-191
Zenrat's ARDU Mirage F.1
Aeroplane Driver's RAN Crusader




And the winner is .......





leptiprince's F4u-J Jet's Corsair

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/51/85/19/img_0411.jpg)
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45078.0.html (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45078.0.html)

Best Single Prop


The contenders were .........



Dizzy's Fokker DXX
leptiprince`s F-75
Zenrat`s Supermarine Foxhound
Doug K's Spitfire F22 No 1 Squadron, Royal Scots Airforce 1953
Dizzy's Ta 152 J2
Zenrat's USAAC Spitfire Mk I
Doug K's Scottish AF Defiant
AeroplaneDriver's F6F-5 Hellcat
Devilfish`s Defiant
Comrade Harpo's Fairchild Aviation Crimea Curtiss Hawk 75A-11
b29r's Vought F4U-1K
Dizzy's Estonian Siskin
Zac's German Tiger Moth "The Blue Max"





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





leptiprince`s F-75

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/18/51/85/19/_mg_1010.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44748.msg794956.html#msg794956 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44748.msg794956.html#msg794956)

Best Tracked Vehicle


The contenders were ........



The Chaos's Panther F/E50 hybrid
Chaos' 1:100 Sturmtiger
Strobez's 72nd Bordurian Tank
Old Wombat`s RAM "Waltzing" Matilda
Old Wombat`s RAM M41
sykotik's Merkava Mk.IIID




The winner is ..........





sykotik's Merkava Mk.IIID

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1792/30102940038_cf22dda1fa_c.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45483.msg817923.html#msg817923

Best Diorama

The contenders were ..........

zenrat's Apocalypse Post Mitsubishi Delica
Hotte's USAAC P.44
strobez's Area 88 1/144 - Kamikaze (Cessna + Zero
Wacek85's Jacob the Wanderer




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




zenrat's Apocalypse Post Mitsubishi Delica

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4775/26815199998_7db4e2182d_z.jpg)
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45002.new.html#new (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45002.new.html#new)

Best Figure


The contenders were .......


Wacek85`s Dragon
Wacek85's Jacob the Wanderer



And the winners is .......


wacek85`s Dragon

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4750/39639895182_a1c9451384_c.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44762.msg795511.html#msg795511 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44762.msg795511.html#msg795511)

Best Miscellaneous


The contenders were .......


Ericr's  tentacular PZL 39
TheChronicOne`s Jantar racer




And the winners is ........



TheChronicOne`s Jantar racer

(https://i.imgur.com/c1Eqeob.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45885.0.html (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45885.0.html)

Best Newbie

Only one contender this year ......, but what an entrance ..........!


Soup Dragoon's "Avions Marcel Dassault x-plane L' Heretique "

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F242aa316-0043-4361-a091-56a87da2c1f9%2Fbec1ded4-d30b-42d5-adca-c4d0c833c678.jpg&hash=940cb6c109d5a8b28b22426ed99f556089360854)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45343.0.html

Best Profiler/Artist


The contenders were .........



Glanini
AXU
PantherG
Spinners
ysi_maniac




The winner is .........







Glanini

(https://imageshack.com/i/pozEPpIVp)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,6929.msg797374.html#msg797374 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,6929.msg797374.html#msg797374)

Best Sci-fi

The contenders were .........



Austanker's Proton Cannon
Dizzy's VF-4A
Liebemaister's manned Sputmik
CammNut's
TomZ's DHL in Space
Kitbashers Walrus
Sykotic's 2199 Cosmo Zero
The Chaos' 1/2500 Space Eskort Schiff



The winner is .........







Liebemaister's manned Sputmik

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/835/43436708352_c797ed0fa1_k.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45539.new.html#new (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45539.new.html#new)

Best Ship/Floaty Thingy


The contenders were .........



nönöbär's Kriegsmarine Monitor "Thor", May 1938
TomZ's USS Hobart Bay
TomZ`s USS Thomas Southway (CVM-11)





The winner is ........




TomZ's USS Hobart Bay

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fairwar1946.nl%2Fpics%2Fcvc-5-4.jpg&hash=4ee713b93de846a2189dcfbcee978a97ae2fc8cb)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=45682.new#new

Best Vehicle


The contenders were ........



zenrat's Apocalypse Post Mitsubishi Delica
Strobez' Fiat 500
Zenrat's Toyota Aristo Vertex Itasha
zenrat's 1958 Edsel Pacer
Strobez`s Peugeot 403
Strobez`s  Opel Olympia
Dizzyfugu's Chardiv Laboratory of High-Speed Automobiles ChADI 9-II скорость




The winner is ..........






Dizzyfugu's Chardiv Laboratory of High-Speed Automobiles ChADI 9-II скорость

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/46010523361_b31716b07f_c.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45898.0.html

Best VTOL

The contenders were ..........



Thorvic's Merlin HMA.1
wacek85's AhMiL-24/1 CobraHind
Martin H's Puma HAR Mk 2
Zenrat`s  Javelina
Zenrat`s  Piaseki H-21
Kit's Westland-Fairey Rotocrane HC4
Tom Z's VAK-191
ssdunkel@me.com's AV-64F




The winner is   ............





Kit's Westland-Fairey Rotocrane HC4

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg923%2F2194%2FsJvzn4.jpg&hash=24eca2f71319b7b9ca59aa4dc518e2cbf3e1d48b)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45475.0.html

And Finally ...........

The `Top Gun` Award

The contenders were ...........


Jalles's Avpro Marauder
Cammnut's Vickers-Armstrong Lightning F.1
Soup Dragoon's "Avions Marcel Dassault x-plane L' Heretique "
wacek85's AhMiL-24/1 CobraHind
Hotte's USAAC P.44
Liebemaister's manned Sputmik
CammNut's F-120
sykotik's Merkava Mk.IIID
Zeke's Twin Tony
Dizzyfugu's Potez CM.194 Magister SS
jalles' F-42B Tempest
Kitbashers Walrus
Sykotic's 2199 Cosmo Zero
ssdunkel@me.com's AV-64F




And the winner of the 2019 `Top Gun` Award goes to .........





Jalles's Avpro Marauder

(https://i.imgur.com/zGPp3ER.jpg)

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44476.0.html

........... and that concludes the 2019 Whiffie Awards show for another year.

As always we hope you enjoyed the show and a hearty congrats to all of this year's winners, a huge well done and pat on the back to those members nominated and finally the usual big thank you to you the members who nominated and voted and quite frankly, keep me in rehab for a few weeks after the event.

In a few weeks or so, the Academy will be contacting the winners for an email address so that your winner's certificates can be sent on to you.

The Academy look forward to seeing you all again soon for next year`s 2020 Whiffie Awards sponsored by `Perfect Vision`.

Thank you and Good night.

Congrats to not only the winners but all those that were nominated.

Nice Show TC.

Congratulations to all the winners - tough choice, as usual, and again many thanks for setting this event up!

And I am really surprised about winning two categories - I had high (secret) hopes for the ChaDI vehicle, due its strangeness, but the Czech Dewoitine comes unexpected - and it is actually a shared win, since the original inspiration came from a profile, created by PantherG! Whoa!  :lol:

Well done everyone and thank you.

Now, to the afterparty.  I can't wait to get these thongs off, they're chafing something awful...

Congratulations to the winners AND the runners up, since getting nominated is the real win... :thumbsup:

AAAAND thanks to TC for organising all this. :thumbsup:

Zenrat - okay, but you are going to put something else on instead, right? Right?  :o

Oh my gosh, I won a Whiffie!   :o :o

I'm SO amazed, and overcome with emotion (has anyone got a dry hankie I can borrow please?)

I'd like to thank my producer, my director, my agent, the studio, the camera crew................... er, what?

It's NOT that ceremony? Oh dear, so sorry.  :-\ (blush)

In that case I'd like to thank Airfix, Revell, Heller, Matchbox and CRail, all of whom contributed to getting the Rotocrane onto the top spot.  :thumbsup: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

And I'd like to thank the jury for voting, TC for organising it all and YOU lot for putting up with my ravings over the past year.  ;D

No, you cannot barrow a dry sporran!  They are live animals and the last time I saw someone try and blow their nose on one, it bit that person on the proboscis!   :banghead:

I must say, I am yet again disappointed.  My only entry this year didn't win.   I think I will have to start upping my bribes to you lot in order to win!

Well done, to all the winners!   Even being nominated is a prize in itself.  I thank you all for looking at my Mirage IVO (even if you lot didn't vote for it!).    :thumbsup:

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Thanks to tc2324 for putting this gig together  :thumbsup:

Considering the other nominees, I feel fortunate to have won anything, let alone getting a Top Gun Award!

congratulations to all the winners and nominees  :thumbsup:
it gets harder every year to choose the best ones.

Great show and great models. Well done to all.

Has anyone else noticed that the "riff raff" all appear to be Australian? :unsure:

The rest of you are definitely dropping the ball on this, gents! :rolleyes:


As to the Awards:

To everyone nominated (even me); a hearty congratulations on a HUGE number of worthy contenders! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

To the winners; Very, very well done at getting past an extraordinary field of challengers to take the Prize! :bow: :bow:



PS: I may add, though, that once sykotic's Merkava rolled up I knew it was all-over-Red-Rover in the Tracked Vehicle contest.

What a great show, and no politics! 😀  Glad the B-52/F-104 FICON was well received, I am honored.

Really apprecaite all the hard work you put into this tc, well done and thank you!

-Dave

Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Well done, everyone!  The winners were very deserving for their fantastic builds.  And a huge thank you to TC for spending LOTS of hours pulling this altogether.

Best,
Kem

Quote from: Old Wombat on February 26, 2019, 04:52:11 AM
Has anyone else noticed that the "riff raff" all appear to be Australian? :unsure:...

:thumbsup:

Quote from: Old Wombat on February 26, 2019, 04:52:11 AM
Has anyone else noticed that the "riff raff" all appear to be Australian? :unsure:

Your lucky I didn`t use the word convicts .....  ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: tc2324 on February 27, 2019, 11:43:34 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on February 26, 2019, 04:52:11 AM
Has anyone else noticed that the "riff raff" all appear to be Australian? :unsure:

Your lucky I didn`t use the word convicts .....  ;D ;D ;D

How dare you, sir!  I come from South Australia, the only completely free colony established on the continent of Australia!   I demand to meet you at dawn!  Have your second talk to my second about your choice of weapons!  I demand we settle this by a duel!   :wacko: :wacko:

OOOPS!!!! This could get messy.  How about rancid halibut at sunset, or meat pies at ten feet range? Honour would be satisfied, and the rest of us would find the spectacle fascinating!

Well done to everybody who was nominated, won and especially to TC for organising the whole thing  :thumbsup:

Thank you very much, TC, for producing this!!!

Congratulations to one and all, and many thanks for the votes that apparently has my engine-less glider clad with fuel combustion emblems winning a Whiffie!  ;D 

Thanks fot the show! Oscar Ceremony is nothing compare to this one :D

...and wow! I won with myself :D

I hope that the Academy have managed to have a brisk lie-down with a large glass of their falling-over liquid of choice.  They deserve nothing less after organising such a successful event.

Quote from: Rheged on February 28, 2019, 04:36:21 AM
OOOPS!!!! This could get messy.  How about rancid halibut at sunset, or meat pies at ten feet range? Honour would be satisfied, and the rest of us would find the spectacle fascinating!

Only a Pie Floater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater) would satisfy!   :wacko:

Awesome stuff! Thanks for the award for my Twin Tony...much appreciated... :mellow: :thumbsup: ;D  :lol:

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for the effort TC...I know it took time and probably a few swear words along the way but it was worth it in the end... ghood work that man!  :thumbsup:

Quote from: Zeke on March 10, 2019, 04:37:27 AM
Awesome stuff! Thanks for the award for my Twin Tony...much appreciated... :mellow: :thumbsup: ;D  :lol:

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for the effort TC...I know it took time and probably a few swear words along the way but it was worth it in the end... ghood work that man!  :thumbsup:

Well deserved and thanks to the academy 👏

My apologies all for the delay in getting the certificates out, I`ve had a death in the family and that is taking some time to sort out.

I will be getting round to this so please bear with me.

If you were a winner it would be very helpful to PM me an email address I can send it to when I do get back to this.

Thanks in advance.

Family comes first mate.
We can wait.

To all the winners,

I`m looking to start sending out the certificates but I`ve only had 3 members PM their email.

If you have won, please PM me an email addy so i can get these off to you asap.

Thanks,

tc

I just see I won !
thank you!!!!!!!!!it was a big surprise

Congrats!! You can even get a certificate and print it out for your wall of accolades!

Well done to you all,  I best get a move on and get some of my builds finished for the 2020 awards  :banghead: