Wonderfest 2024 amazing model contest room tour

[@avengerisd]

Well done mate. A lot of hard work went into the shuttle🎉

[@PitstainHobbies]

Thank you so much, I never expected to even win a bronze.

[@iancampbell8649]

Congratulations Ian.

[@PitstainHobbies]

Thanks Ian, wow it's always funny saying the same name to other Ian's.

[@diyfireking]

How awesome ✨✨

[@PitstainHobbies]

it's an awesome show, I highly recommend going one year if possible.

[@swpowell1226]

It was nice meeting you and the other guys. Congratulations on your wins !!!

[@PitstainHobbies]

Right back at you bud! thank you very much I never expected what happened, and still don't know how that happened.

[@normanlong2191]

Well deserved prizes ,congratulations !

[@PitstainHobbies]

Thank you Norman, I am over the moon!

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Incredible! Thanks for doing this! That vertical aligned "fin" ship is my absolute favorite thing ever.

[@PitstainHobbies]

yeah that ship was fully scratchbuilt and is pretty damn amazing.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

@@PitstainHobbies Do you know the builder? I'd love to see his other work and some closeup stills of this ship! It looks very "Star Wars" in a good way- reminding me of the Mandalorian transport Coronet from The Clone Wars and the vertical ship from Solo too!

[@PitstainHobbies]

@@jasoncaldwell5627 go to the Tested channel, they just released the interview video with the builder.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

@@PitstainHobbies Will do, thanks!

[@Kenshobbybench]

Congratulations Ian, all that hard work really shows, and it paid off. Thanks for showing us around the contest room.

[@PitstainHobbies]

Thanks Ken, and next year I am using a different camera, the Sony is no good when handheld.

[@GeoffreysTube]

Congrats PH! Really great work and I'm hopeful to meet you in person next year!

[@PitstainHobbies]

Thanks so much and I hope to see you at WF 2025!

[@whya2ndaccount]

Well done buddy! Obviously the lines on the sides of the canopy are what did it. :) Two tanks too (or 1 tank (Merkava), 1 tank destroyer (Hellcat)).

[@PitstainHobbies]

Totally the canopy lines LOL, and there were a few tanks Mate, they were all very nice.

[@relentlesstorm]

I saw the tanks too! There was a third near the end though technically it is an APC.

[@whya2ndaccount]

@@relentlesstorm Yes I didn't count Ian's contribution or the Warhammer or whatever "future tank" thing.

[@OzScalemodeling]

Congrats Mate !

[@PitstainHobbies]

Thanks Pete! much appreciated!

[@markn.3813]

I don't even want to imagine how you would have reacted emotionally if you hadn't won any prizes. Congrats.

[@PitstainHobbies]

I went in not really expecting much as the judges at WF are pretty strict.

[@stevethefishdotnet]

I was wondering what that guy was up to with spraying that Enterprise around the 13 minute mark until I realized that he was revealing phasers emitting from the front of it! Neat stuff. Thanks for sharing. I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit Wonder Fest back in '16 when I worked for Aoshima. I haven't been back to America since then.

[@PitstainHobbies]

Glad you enjoyed it Steve, I didn't even know about the photography canned fog until I saw that can. Working for Aoshima is pretty cool!

[@stevethefishdotnet]

@@PitstainHobbies Actually, it was a disappointment to work at Aoshima. There was a rather crappy business manager I had to deal with. He killed everyone's joy and I was one of many people who quit in short order. Fortunately, that guy is no longer around. I tried to get a line of Alien/Aliens models started, but their enthusiasm did not match mine. When that fell apart, I knew that it wasn't worth the abuse, so I went back to teaching and am making better money. Then later Plamax made that lone Ripley Power Loader model.

[@PitstainHobbies]

@@stevethefishdotnet Shame to hear that about Aoshima, anyone not enthusiastic about Aliens models is not worth the time.

[@Exocartonic]

I love that blade runner hover car,The one from the movie used to be on the backstage tour at Disney Hollywood studios. I wonder what happened to it.

[@PitstainHobbies]

I love the spinner from Blade Runner, one of my all time favorite movie vehicles, I'm pretty sure I saw it too at Disney years ago.

[@dazdaz105]

Some good stuff but you need to slow down with the camera.

[@PitstainHobbies]

This camera has terrible steadyshot, I will upgrade for next year.

[@Gulfer17]

👍

[@dr.a.995]

You gotta getta grip on your camera. Felt as if I was watching from a seal’s pov.

[@PitstainHobbies]

I almost didn't even post the video as I am so fed up with how bad the "STEADY SHOT" is on this camera, looks like I will be getting the new DJI gimbal cam for next year.