iModeler December Awards
Time to announce the official results of our final monthly roundup in 2013. 82 new articles and 1035 comments were added to iModeler during December. As per our usual procedure, we are awarding the iModeler Best in Show title to the entry that wins this month’s prize, but also list runner-ups as Honorable Mentions. We think that all are great modeling accomplishments that deserve recognition. The judging committee this month was @editor and @magnusf.
And the winners are…
iModeler Best in Show – December 2013
Frankly, we have seen but a small share of standalone figures at iModeler to date, but we are convinced that this month’s winner could easily stand a comparison with the best in this noble genre. Bob Mack’s rendition of Verlinden 120mm Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shows ambience, personality and presence that makes an entirely lifelike portrait of this great American.
We are pleased to award it the iModeler Best in Show title for December – noting the Editor’s remark that Bob’s masterpiece could probably be made even better by an addition of some text in the article:).
But wait, there is more! – the Random Award
We are also awarding a prize as a token of appreciation to all our contributors. This is selected through an entirely random draw among all the entries of the month. This time, our lucky winner is Johan Hugogård with his RAF Rescue Launch 1/72. A big thank you for contributing!
Honorable Mentions: 6 Extraordinary Finalists
(in no particular order)
1. Tamiya 1/35 Centurion Mk III tank, 4th RTR by Robert Bausch
2. The 1/48 Republic F-84G Thunderjet in French service from Tamiya by Rapid27
3. Gavia 1/48 Polikarpov Po-2 by Maxim Bylkin
4. VT-83 Grumman TBM-3 Avenger by Mark Beckwith
5. Bernard Wylie – Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b
6. Nikola Pentic – Tamiya 1:48 KV-1
6 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Craig Abrahamson said on January 8, 2014
Winners one and all….congratulations on the “top rung”, Bob – nice work.
Jack Mugan said on January 8, 2014
Congrats to all the winners….
George Williams said on January 8, 2014
Well done, everyone, excellent models, all deserved winners.
Bill Koppos said on January 8, 2014
Yep, that’s a well-deserved award. It sure impressed me.
Ramon R. Lomeli said on January 8, 2014
Congratulations everyone – you guys set the standard! Cheers!
AL HOFFMAN said on January 8, 2014
A well deserved win Bob. Your’e use of lighting definitely set the mood.
Congratulations Bob & all the other winners.
Frank Cronin said on January 8, 2014
Bob,
We’ll deserved award. I loved it when I first saw it and I love it more as I see it again.
A very well done and congratulation to all the winners.
P.S. Bob thanks for the heads up on the magazine. It arrived today and was better than I expected.
Alan Rush said on January 9, 2014
Congratulations to everyone. From a selfish point of view, thanks for posting the photos of your builds for me to look at. Great inspiration to try to do my best in the builds I have on the go.
Rob Pollock said on January 9, 2014
Great selection. Congratulations everyone.
Bryan W. Bernart said on January 9, 2014
Well done by all. Congratulations.
Bernard Wylie said on January 9, 2014
Congratulations Bob and Johan, and the others, and thanks for the Honourable Mention, I wasn’t expecting that 🙂
Simon Whitney said on January 9, 2014
Congratulations to Bob and Johan. Great examples of different genre that do not get a lot of coverage.
Also a hearty well done to all the honourable mentions.
Mike Maynard said on January 9, 2014
Bravo Zulu to Bob and all the receipients, wonderful builds.
bob mack said on January 9, 2014
thank you first martin for this wonderful site…i’m not worthy but i thank all you gentlemen for your outstanding support and encouragement…this is the first thing i’ve ever won in my life and what a great blessing it is for my spirit…i’m a man of few words so you know i mean it when i say this is the finest bunch of men it’s ever been my privilege to be associated with…the encouragement and courtesy that each and every one of you from all over the world show each other is an inspirational experience… it’s really a joy to be part of this band of brothers
Editor said on January 9, 2014
🙂
Joe Caputo said on January 9, 2014
Nice going, Bob ! Congrats ! Well deserved !
Robert Bausch said on January 9, 2014
Bob, what a masterpiece! It is so life like, I expect him to finish looking at the map, shrug his shoulders, and get up, and look afar with his binoculars! Thanks for creating this treasure. I am going to come back and look at it many times.
Congratulations to everyone, these are all fantastic, and I sure didn’t expect to find my name in there. I haven’t been in iModeler that long, and I guess I tend to downplay my efforts. This was a surprise, and an honor. Thanks!
Walt B said on January 9, 2014
Congratulations to one and all, I missed both postings originally glad to see Grant so nicely done. Wow I just wish I could paint figures half that good.
Erich Goldbach said on January 10, 2014
Bob …What a stellar job on your U.S Grant figure! Congratulations to all the winners this month.
Tom Cleaver said on January 10, 2014
Bob, that is definitely one of the best figures i have ever seen, and I have been to the SCAMMS show here (a humbling experience if there ever was one). Your Grant figure could appear in that show without the slightest hesitation.
Johan, that was a great project too. Very realistic in its finish and presentation.
Everyone on the “Honorable Mention” list posted something I wanted to examine in detail. Excellent work, gentlemen.
And I will echo Bob’s comment about this being the best model club on the planet.
Richard Mcstay said on January 12, 2014
Well done Bob, great work! And what you said there could not be more true! Fantastic work by all.