Post by Bernard Kron on Jan 1, 2022 19:32:47 GMT -5
2021 proved to be a disappointing year in terms of the number of models that I actually completed. While it’s not unusual to start a project and then set it aside for a while, I generally don’t let projects linger for too long, and rarely start one without finishing it within a year or so. It does happen that some projects have stayed in their box for several years, but it’s not that common for me. This year, however, was an exception in many ways. I suspect that the limited socialization that the current pandemic has forced on many of us has something to do with it, but 2021 was a strangely unfocused and lackadaisical one for me. I completed 5 models and started at least as many that are all fairly far along but will have to wait to 2022 for completion. Besides the Covid Blues there was another reason for some projects falling away, and that was that I sold 20 of my earlier models dating from when I first returned to modeling in 2008. I auctioned them on eBay, and many of them required repair and cleaning, and re-photographing. It was an effort well worth doing since I felt better about selling them and I’m sure the buyers appreciated a clean, freshened up build, too. In the event they were all well sold and I’m glad I did it. But in terms of bench time it probably meant deferring a couple of projects.
In any event here are my 5 for 2021, 3 Deuces, a fat-fendered ’40 Ford and a 50’s Maserati. The multiple Deuces show what a lazy year it was for me, because I can always find a way to do another Revell Deuce if all else fails. All 3 were “spare parts” builds put together from odds and ends in my stash. The same was true of the ’40 Ford Sedan Delivery. The Maserati was a first for me, made from an obscure and rare resin curbside kit, something I had never tried before.
So please accept my best wishes to you all for a healthy, happy and fulfilling 2022.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
’32 Ford “Pseudo Tub” 60’s Style Show Car - February 2021
’53 Maserati A6GCS Fantuzzi Roadster – June 2021
’32 Ford Chopped & Channeled 3-Window Coupe – July 2021
’32 Ford ’50’s Style Channeled Roadster Show Car – August 2021
’40 Ford Sedan Delivery Hemi-Powered Street Rod – December 2021
In any event here are my 5 for 2021, 3 Deuces, a fat-fendered ’40 Ford and a 50’s Maserati. The multiple Deuces show what a lazy year it was for me, because I can always find a way to do another Revell Deuce if all else fails. All 3 were “spare parts” builds put together from odds and ends in my stash. The same was true of the ’40 Ford Sedan Delivery. The Maserati was a first for me, made from an obscure and rare resin curbside kit, something I had never tried before.
So please accept my best wishes to you all for a healthy, happy and fulfilling 2022.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
’32 Ford “Pseudo Tub” 60’s Style Show Car - February 2021
’53 Maserati A6GCS Fantuzzi Roadster – June 2021
’32 Ford Chopped & Channeled 3-Window Coupe – July 2021
’32 Ford ’50’s Style Channeled Roadster Show Car – August 2021
’40 Ford Sedan Delivery Hemi-Powered Street Rod – December 2021
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