***Special Announcement***
Due to the flood of entries and great work, we have decided to split the entries. We will have a Winner for both R/C and Plastic Models categories.
We would like to thank everyone who entered and made this one hard competition to judge. We really had a difficult time and wanted to give everyone something for all their hard work, but knew someone had to win, so here they are!
Congratulations,
Your Friends at
Tamiya America, Inc
Your Plastic Model Winner:
Mr. Ian Anderson of
Ridgecrest, CA with 5yrs of Experience
Product#: A6M2 Type
21 Zero Fighter (C0116), Item # 61016
Why Ian chose this item:
I am a WW II naval aviation history buff. I had recently read LCDR Tom
Blackburn's book "The Jolly Rogers" (a memoir of his experiences leading VF-17,
a Navy Corsair squadron) and found the subject matter very interesting. After
building Tamiya's F4U-1A kit with VF-17 markings, I noted in a Osprey book on
Zero Aces of the Imperial Japanese Navy that Japanese Ace pilot Tetsuzo Iwamoto
had fought VF-17 over Rabaul in November 1943 while flying an A6M2, and that
Tamiya's A6M2 kit contained Tetsu's markings, I decided to create "book-end"
models by pairing his Zero with my VF-17 F4U-1A kit. Like the Corsair, I
decided to build the Zero out-of-the-box and focus on the paint finish and
weathering - a real challenge on wartime Japanese fighters.
2nd place goes to:
Mr. Peter Johnson of San Marcos, CA with 50yrs of
experience Product#: 24238 Why Peter chose this item: What else is there to say other than
sexy, powerful, rare, georgeous lines and sound. Everything a sports
car should be. 'nuf said!
3rd place goes to:
Mr. Christopher Turbert
of Guilford, CT with 5yrs
of experience Product#: 20045 Why Christopher chose this item: I am a hardcore Formula-1 fan, and
I just had to add this beautiful kit to my collection.
Your Radio Control Winner:
Mr. Seth Tastad
of Laramie, WY with 20yrs of experience Product#:58391 Why Seth chose this item: I Found myself lacking stock vehicles so I used that as
an excuse to buy a couple Tamiya kits I've wanted to build for this contest, I
Always wanted this buggy as a kid and now as a bigger kid its all I could have
wished for. I Built the car by the book and my Cousin Jesse and I spent half a
day jumping and running and adjusting and after about 400 pictures we chose this
one which we felt best captured the Hotshot in action and interaction with its
natural muddy environment.
2nd place goes to:
Mr. Ryan Overbye of Lakeville, MN with 15yrs experience Product#: 58383 Why Ryan chose this item: It’s a VW! The attention to detail
and overall “scale” look of the Tamiya kit.
3rd place goes to:
Mr. Brandon Eastman of Whittier, CA with 20yrs
experience Product#: 57101 Why Brandon chose this item: I chose the Porsche 934 for a
few reasons. The original car was among top racers in the year I was
born. Also, being #1 in a long line of beautiful Tamiya models, this
new version is one I can drive and really have some fun with. The
details are exquisite!
