Oh..........Wow..........What can I say?
I'm so flattered that the Academy thought so much of my efforts, I'm so embarrassed.
I'd just like to thank all of you, and of course my producers and directors and...............Oh sorry, wrong speech.
I mean I'd like to thank my Mekpak supplier, Thomas Dizzyfugu for supplying the TONS of Presto putty that I had to use, my local hardware shop for the square miles of wet and dry paper, my local Hobbycraft for the plastic beads, my Mum, my Dad, my primary school teachers (all 14 or so of them...) and you for voting for the Monterey and its trolley.
Seriously I'd like to thank the late Mrs_PR19 for putting up with me all the time I was building the Monterey. I couldn't have done it without her, and a couple of times I was going to give up, but she always loved flying boats and it's the first one I've built for years, so she kept on egging me on.