2001 - 2021 - 20th Anniversary January Ping

[lastvautour]

2001 - Solid Model Memories - 2021

A very special thank you to Ray as SMM celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Ray's vision of saving the art of Solid Modeling enabled newcomers and experienced carver to develop and hone their skills.

2020 saw the greatest amount of views at 2,242,181, exceeding the previous record by 800,000 views.

Forum stats as follows:

Total Members:                         275
Total Posts:                          19,337
Total Topics:                           1,646
Total page views:              9,156,091

Gallery stats as follows:

Total Files:                               8,214
Total Albums:                              347
Total Categories:                           17
Total Comments:                         750
Total Views                        3,951,019

The 2020 membership created 66 models ranging from 1/1200 to 1/32 scale.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Current models on the bench:

1/32 Beaver stalled at priming stage
1/72 Argus stalled at rough sanding stage


Lou

[Boomerang]

On the bench.

My son's Dewoitine

New start

1/32 Sopwith Triplane

1/48 Heinkel He 162

Cheers

Gordon

[Gearup]

Built a 1:133 size toy Beaver for my Grandson as noted on my Project Board.

Spent time looking in awe at great models in the new 2020 Yearbook produced by Lou. It is definitely a format that allows one to enjoy the individuals efforts in model building; such a variety of types.

Well Done Lou !!

Fraser

[lastvautour]

A tutorial by Fraser on attaining canopy symmetry.

Lou

[Gearup]

Working my way through a Banshee for the "early jets" cook-up.

Fraser