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Welcome to the 2026 Whiffie Awards Show

Started by TomZ, March 15, 2026, 12:02:44 PM

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kitbasher

#30
March 16, 2026, 04:31:57 AM
Thanks TomZ (and apologies for my wardrobe malfunction).  :thumbsup:
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105ish/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurri IIc/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spit XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter/Fury F2

Rheged

#31
March 16, 2026, 05:42:30 AM
Quote from: kitbasher on March 16, 2026, 04:31:57 AMThanks TomZ (and apologies for my wardrobe malfunction).  :thumbsup:

I don't think anyone paid any attention to the event itself.  The question on most people's lips was "Why did you have a large mahogany double wardrobe with you in the first place?"
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

PR19_Kit

#32
March 16, 2026, 05:56:07 AM
Quote from: Rheged on March 16, 2026, 05:42:30 AMI don't think anyone paid any attention to the event itself.  The question on most people's lips was "Why did you have a large mahogany double wardrobe with you in the first place?"


It was Dave's idea on how to keep a low profile...................  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

#33
March 16, 2026, 06:29:59 AM
Many, many thanks TomZ for organising things and a very well done to all the winners and the nominees  :bow:  :bow:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Old Wombat

#34
March 16, 2026, 07:21:06 AM
I'll add my thanks to TomZ for all of his effort in pulling all this together! Well done, that man!  :bow:  :bow:  :cheers:


To all those who achieved Whiffie glory this year, I offer my sincerest congratulations!  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:

To the rest of us who failed to achieve glory, well, we all know how difficult the voting was, there is no shame in this!  ;)  ;)  :cheers:  :drink:
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est

kitbasher

#35
March 16, 2026, 07:50:15 AM
Quote from: Rheged on March 16, 2026, 05:42:30 AM
Quote from: kitbasher on March 16, 2026, 04:31:57 AMThanks TomZ (and apologies for my wardrobe malfunction).  :thumbsup:

I don't think anyone paid any attention to the event itself.  The question on most people's lips was "Why did you have a large mahogany double wardrobe with you in the first place?"

 ;D  ;D  :thumbsup:
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105ish/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurri IIc/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spit XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter/Fury F2

kerick

#36
March 16, 2026, 09:28:18 AM
Congratulations to everyone nominated and to the winners! Voting is definitely getting harder every year.
And thank for all the hard work putting this together!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

nönöbär

#37
March 16, 2026, 11:45:42 AM
Thank you all very much for your votes — I truly did not expect this!

My sincere thanks go to the award committee, and of course to my amazing team. This model would never have been possible without their support and dedication.

Scratchbär, the engineering mastermind behind everything

Lümmelbär, responsible for sound and music

Pedell, the ever-reliable helping assistant



Thank you all!



I guess there will be a big party tonight with the team!
Scratch Bears Model Page: www.scratchbaer.de

McColm

#38
March 16, 2026, 12:40:35 PM
I won, thanks to all that organised this and to all that voted. Stunned, once again many thanks  :thumbsup:

seadude

#39
March 17, 2026, 12:08:43 PM
Quote from: kerick on March 16, 2026, 09:28:18 AMVoting is definitely getting harder every year.


It's not just the voting getting harder. But so is trying to come up with new and fantastic model build ideas that will wow the audience and win a Whiffie.
Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

The Rat

#40
March 17, 2026, 01:08:14 PM
Another year of modelling mayhem in the books, with congratulaions to all the winners and participants. And as usual, the BIGGEST THANKSgoes to TomZ for his great work in organising the event!
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

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zenrat

#41
March 18, 2026, 05:02:06 AM
Thanks Tom.  You did well.
Thanks everyone here for being part of the best modelling forum on the interwebs.

Sorry about your suit Tom, but it's never a good idea to stand next to me at the urinal if you are wearing suede...

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

TomZ

#42
March 18, 2026, 05:50:09 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 18, 2026, 05:02:06 AMSorry about your suit Tom, but it's never a good idea to stand next to me at the urinal if you are wearing suede...

I hate to break it to you but that wasn't the urinal but the fountain on the front lawn........
Lucky for you that the crocodile was absent at that moment.

TomZ
Reality is an illusion caused by an alcohol deficiency

Weaver

#43
March 18, 2026, 06:39:29 AM
Well done everybody - an excellent crop of models.

Thanks to Tom for doing his usual sterling job of organizing it all, and also for making me LOL with this:

Quote from: TomZ on March 18, 2026, 05:50:09 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 18, 2026, 05:02:06 AMSorry about your suit Tom, but it's never a good idea to stand next to me at the urinal if you are wearing suede...

I hate to break it to you but that wasn't the urinal but the fountain on the front lawn........
Lucky for you that the crocodile was absent at that moment.

TomZ


 ;D
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Stan in YUL

#44
March 18, 2026, 04:08:50 PM
Thanks Tomz, great show.  Congrats to the winners and all that finished a kit!
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