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The SIG had a cracking day out on Sunday. Rob always makes us welcome and this year called our bluff by giving us 24' of table space!

I think we rose top the Challenge, sadly Malcolm couldn't be with us but we still managed to field a respectable Yacht Club, alongside group themes including ...

Malcolm that, as ever, is astonishingly good - the attention to detail and finish must put you in that very elite group of true masters of your craft - my salute sir!

Given the dismissive attitude to 144 that was prevalent in the early days I'd challenge anyone in any scale to do better - a ...

We had a great show and came away with the Black Mike Shield for the best SIG display - 2nd time we have achieved this - we won it in 2022 previously.

It should also be noted that Huw - wearing his '580 Modellers' hat was double blessed as they came away with the 'Best Club' trophy !!

AND we ...

lovely job! another recruit to the SIG Yacht Club methinks. As a (mostly) aircraft modeller I find an excursion into submarines very refreshing and an excellent challenge. Revell is a good choice - I get the impression that their sub models are somebody's labour of love. They certainly garner lots ...

THAT looks to be a heckuva project Malcolm - looking forward to seeing how it goes.

Agree with you that more of us (me included) should post about builds - even if it's only a summary, always good to see how things go.

Mike

As ever Malcolm a lovely build - and such an unusual subject - thanks for sharing

that is a cracking job as ever Malcolm, and you can't have better reference than a personal tour of the thing !

moral - always have your camera handy!

and the merriest of new years to you all !

hopefully the long break will permit some surreptitious fettling !!

But remember not to leave the paint brush water out if aunt Gladys is coming for xmas drinkies !!

Wonderful!

I visualise your penguin, clearly the first to arrive at the scene, with a thought bubble.................'the lads will never believe that a bright red whale has turned up on the ice.........................'

It's actually a really good model - finding the one in Iranian markings during a trip to the US was one of the reasons I got into 1/144.

There are lots of Orion decals out there too!