My 2020 Completions

[Bernard Kron]

2020… what year! And yet, despite all the social distancing and resultant available bench time I managed only to complete a half-dozen projects. That’s on the low end of my range – I usually finish about 8-9 of the ones I start in any 12 month period. The trend has been towards fewer but of higher consistency and quality, which ultimately is a good thing. Maybe I’m spending more time being careful, maybe some of the projects are getting more complex. I’m not entirely sure. One thing is clear: I’m broadening my range of subjects, although still in that post-war pocket. In the past couple of years I’ve added sports-racing cars to my usual hot rod/custom car/drag racing fare. As a result some of the kits I work from are getting more detailed and complex – this year for example, I started my first Japanese kits (a Tamiya and a Fujimi), with significantly greater complexity and parts counts than the AMT/Revellogram/MPC stuff I most often use. I say use because apparently I can’t shake the kit-bashing thing, even if some projects are basically replica builds. In any case here are my 6 for 2020 in order of completion.

Thanx for lookin’ and all my best wishes to you all for a happy, healthy holiday season and 2021,
B.

Revell ’32 Ford HiBoy Roadster

Revell ’29 Ford HiBoy Roadster in Vintage As-Found Patina

Revellogram ’37 Ford Tudor Slantback Sedan

Tamiya Lotus Seven Series 2

Academy Ferrari 250LM

Revellogram ’30 Ford Phaeton Show Rod

 

Edited December 23, 2020 by Bernard Kron

[landman]

Nice crop. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

 

[Misha]

Lovely work on all of them Bernard! I enjoyed following along on all of your builds through the WIP threads, always a favourite way to join in on a build. 
Cheers and wishing you & yours the best in the new year, Misha

[doorsovdoon]

Clean set of builds. The '30 Ford Phaeton is class. Beautiful paint work.

[falcon wagon]

Nice group of builds

[TooOld]

They're all your usual high quality builds , Merry Christmas Bernard ! 

[Tom Geiger]

Great bunch of models for the year!

[bbowser]

That '37 is awesome, great group!

[Geno]

[BlackSheep214]

Wow... 

[PappyD340]

Great looking group!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[slusher]

Outstanding builds Barnard!!

[espo]

Great looking builds. I recall when you were working on a few of these and they all are so well detailed. 

[BeakDoc]

Outstanding models! Really hard to pick a favorite from that group! Happy Holidays.

[Koellefornia Kid]

I just love your Hot Rods!

[donb]

All are superb builds. Can never go wrong with deuce builds! 

[Bernard Kron]

The MCM forum is a constant source of information, wonder and inspiration throughout the year. Thanks to you all for the generous comments and interest.

[Plowboy]

Bernard, you sure mixed it up this year! A Ferrari and a Lotus?! To me, your '32 hiboy is the cream of the crop. Your effort on that build clearly shows. Everything is so clean and neat. Like Dennis, you have all the right parts in all the right places. Something few manage to accomplish.    

[Bernard Kron]

6 hours ago, Plowboy said:

Bernard, you sure mixed it up this year! A Ferrari and a Lotus?! To me, your '32 hiboy is the cream of the crop. Your effort on that build clearly shows. Everything is so clean and neat. Like Dennis, you have all the right parts in all the right places. Something few manage to accomplish.    

Thanks Roger. The Deuce sure showed me who was boss, LOL! I had to really sweat the details to keep the whole project on-track and sanitary. It was a relief when it came out OK, for sure.

[gseeds]

Very cool collection for 2020 Bernard   !! I’m sure 2021 will be just as cool!!

[Dragonhawk1066]

Excellent works!

 

[Sixties Sam]

On ‎12‎/‎25‎/‎2020 at 8:39 AM, Koellefornia Kid said:

I just love your Hot Rods!

Me too! The 32 highboy is superb! Great builds all around!

Sam

[Bernard Kron]

Thanks again to you all. All the best in 2021.

[David G.]

Excellent work on all of them! If I had to pick a favorite I'd go with the '30 Ford Phaeton.

David G.