So what have you finished in 2023?

[Stuart]

I seem to remember that last year we had a combined finishes thread - so whilst I'll share my finishes as I'm unlikely to complete anything else this year, please feel free to bung your builds in as well if you'd rather not start your own thread.

So 16 finishes for me this year which is cool. I do feel like I had a good year, although I wasn't always on line I was always building. That being said I do feel like it's dropped off over the last few months - probably due to workloads and possibly too many GB's.

1/48 Monogram P-47D



Airfix 1/72 Gloster Javelin



Monogram 1/72 Tornado GR.1 (technically finished although I need to finish up that WE.177)



Esci 1/72 F-100 Super Sabre



Airfix 1/72 P-80C Shooting Star



Airfix 1/72 F-35C Stater set



Revell/Special Hobby 1/72 Vampire



Airfix 1/72 P-51D



Hobbyboss 1/72 Brewster Buffalo - my first all airbrushed build with scratch-built interior and modded to an RAF aircraft.



Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane - with two blade prop.



PM models 1/72 Super Marine Spitfire mk.V floatplane 'the Red Herring', based on my daughters short story. Defo my favourite build this year.



Airfix 1/72 Fiat G.50bis



Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire mk.I



Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane mk.I



Citadel/Warhammer 40K Terminator squad (started in 2017)



Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF - probably my last and definitely my least favourite build this year.




So over to you - what have you guys built this year?

[VickersVandal]

16 finishes is excellent and those are top notch builds! If I can get the swingers GB entry done by boxing day that will be 27 done for me, but I plan to make my own thread later.

[Stuart]

16 finishes is excellent and those are top notch builds! If I can get the swingers GB entry done by boxing day that will be 27 done for me, but I plan to make my own thread later.

Thanks VV!

27!!?!? That's blooming awesome!

[VickersVandal]

27!!?!? That's blooming awesome!

I was aiming for 24 so I'm glad to have overshot rather than undershot. Last year I fell short by I think 4, which irked me.

By the way, I LOVE that Red Herring spit! Absolute art!

[Stuart]

By the way, I LOVE that Red Herring spit! Absolute art!

lol! Thanks - It's my favourite build of this year definitely. I have a feeling that I may be getting another of my daughter's 'Eccentric Ernst' stories for Christmas, so there may well be another weird and wacky aircraft in 2024.

[PaulBradley]

It certainly took a Tern for the better......

Nice work, Stuart!

And there's no reason to share your thread - others can make their own!

[iggie]

That's a cracking collection of builds Stuart, but the star has to be the 'Red Herring'

[Andy Dighton]

No pictures but here's a list. 46 in total.
Xtrakit Meteor F.MK.8
Matchbox Jaguar T.MK2
Eastern Express Hunter MK.1
Airfix SS Canberra
Smer Spitfire H.F.MK.VI
Airfix Strikemaster
Revell Hawk T.MK1
Revell Hawk T.MK1
Revell Hawk T.MK1
Airfix Hawk T.MK1
Revell Hawk T.MK1
Revell Hawk T.MK1
Airfix Hawk T.MK1
Revell Hawk T.MK1
Airfix Hurricane MK.1
Airfix Hurricane MK.1
Airfix Lightning F.2A
Airfix Typhoon MK.1B
Academy Tempest V
Revell Boeing 747-200
Airfix Sabre F-86D
Airfix Boeing 707
Airfix Spitfire PR.XIX
Airfix Hurricane MK.1
Airfix Hawk T.MK1
Airfix Spitfire Mk.VC
Xtrakit Meteor F.MK.8
Tamiya Lightning F.6
Airfix Gloster Javelin
Airfix Spitfire MK.1a
Airfix Vampire T.11
Airfix Tomahawk IIB
Airfix Vampire FB5/J28B
MisterCraft Hurricane IIc
Airfix Spitfire MK.II
Airfix Fairey Battle
Hasegawa Mustang MK.IV
Airfix Mustang MK.IV
Airfix Chipmunk T.10
Airfix Buffalo F2A
Airfix Defiant Mk.1
Airfix Spitfire MKXVIE
Airfix Spitfire MK.VC
Airfix Jet Provost T.3
Matchbox Tornado F3
Revell Blenheim Mk.1/1F

[iggie]

No pictures but here's a list. 46 in total.

[Stuart]

No pictures but here's a list. 46 in total.

Yep, you win Andy - that's amazing!

[wokka]

16 built is a lot let alone Andy's 46. When did you eat and sleep Andy?

[Andy Dighton]

When did you eat and sleep Andy?

I didn't.

[Stuart]

When did you eat and sleep Andy?

I didn't.

[AndrewR]

I'm on 26 completions, which is better than usual, and there's a sporting chance of 2 more before the New Year.

[PaulBradley]

I've got three almost complete models on the bench which will bring my output to a round 20, so I'll hold off on creating a new topic until those are done.