End of the Year Awards

[jjnodice]

I know there's still a few weeks left in 2005, but there has been some pretty amazing builds and pics on this forum this year, and it's fun to think back on it all.

My vote for build of the year, the last two years really, is Drew Tomko's Energia-Buran. If you missed it, you should go through the thread and see for yourself the amazing skills and patience Drew shows over the course of the project!

Drew's Buran Thread

And my vote for photo of the year is a launch picture of Fred22's clustered Estes Saturn V.

What a shot! Fred, you should take the hi-res version and upload it to Cafepress so we can all buy posters of it!

So everyone...What are your favorites????

 

[Hospital_Rocket]

I hate to admit it, and there are some other techical tour de force candidates, but just watching Flis carry Dudley Do Right to the pad was worth a build of the year award.

 

[brianc]

My vote goes to sandman's Soyuz as built by Silverleaf!

https://rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13042&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

https://scale-rocketry.tripod.com/id32.htm

Most IMPRESSIVE!!!

 

[Fred]

Hi guys,
Thanks for the compliment on the saturn V shot JJ but whats a cafe press?
Build of the year is hard to pick but the Buran was flat out amazing not leat of reason why it was a scratch build.
Cheers
fred

 

[Reed Goodwin]

Cafe press is a place that puts images on shirts, mugs, hats, etc. I think the Buran is certainly a great model. As to the best launch picture, I think my personal best was one of these two: https://www.rocketryforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=241240 or https://www.rocketryforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=234137
Reed

 

[dr wogz]

I'd vote for that torriod ring rocket scratch build, based on the BattleStar Galactica show. A bad guy I think it was..

Sorry, thats all I know about it. Dunno his name, nor the name of the rocket, nor the thread it appreaed in. He does have it posted in the EMRR 'Nekkid' contest.

And from what I remeber, it wasn't a sucessful flight, but one of teh coolest builds I've seen!

 

[jflis]

Originally posted by Dr Wogz
I'd vote for that torriod ring rocket scratch build, based on the BattleStar Galactica show. A bad guy I think it was..

Are you talking about this one?

 

[dr wogz]

Actually, no. But that one will also get my vote! Very cool looking bird there Jim!

No, i meant this one:
(Stole it from the EMRR site. Hope that's OK! )

 

[adrian]

That would be Stormbringer's Pleasure Barge.

 

[dr wogz]

Cheers!! that's it!!

thanks Adrian.

Strombringer, you got my vote! tied with Jim though...

 

[SpartaChris]

My vote for Photo of the year would be this one:

https://www.polecataerospace.com/N1liftoff3x1.jpg

though I dunno who took it so I don't know who to give credit to. If anyone knows, please feel free to speak up!

And the attached photo, taken by Jacob Dennis. It's a spool on an M1315..

 

[gerbs4me]

there were so many very cool projects, I can't pick just one

 

[kelltym88]

I'm kinda partial to this one, especially the picture on page 3, third frame down. https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15836&highlight=4x+Argosy

 

[vjp]

Anyone else having trouble accessing Silverleaf's Soyuz site?:

https://scale-rocketry.tripod.com/id32.htm

...whenever I try to go there, it hangs up IE, and Task Manager shows that particular IE process pegged at 100% CPU... weird....

 

[SpartaChris]

no problems here.

 

[vjp]

I just tried it again, and no problems. Strange...

 

[kelltym88]

I'd also have to go for Forechecks' upscale Deep Space transport.