2024 Christmas Raffle

[Clunkmeister]

Our Christmas raffle went over well the last six years, but we are going to tweak a few things to make it more fair and to attempt to calm down those who only come here to snipe some prizes at Christmas.

So, I’ve made a few changes to the rules and once again, will attempt to keep it simple.   So here is rundown of rules so everyone is refreshed and aware.  

1.   Anyone who wants to enter to win may do so, IF, they are an Active Member of LSM as of right now. Dec 08, 2024.

2.   Active Member is defined as anyone who has contributed to LSM by posting 10 posts to LSM within the last calender year. I thought again of making it a WIP requirement, but decided again to nix that idea.  The whole idea here is to promote a feeling of Christmas Spirit, get people posting more, and hopefully bring a better ending to 2024 So let’s make this fun!   This in obviously not directed at those who have recently come here from LSP, Hyperscale, or wherever, if you’re new, you’re welcome to enter  

3.   Enrolling:   Entering the raffle is easy. Just post  "I'm in" and I'll mark you down.   I’m going to change one rule:  To be eligible for the gift raffle, you need to contribute.  If you DON’T contribute to the raffle with a gift, your name will NOT be included in the regular gift drawings, but you WILL still be eligible for the Grand Prize.

4.   Gifts:  I’m not going to make this mandatory, but I will recommend a contribution of a new kit with a value over $30.00 USD, and under, say, $120.00.  That gives a huge range of ideas. From Hasegawa to Revell, to Tamiya. If you give a kit from stash, that’s cool, but let’s make sure it’s not a busted up old stash Queen from 1967 with a smashed box and yellowed decals.   The whole idea here is to have everyone get something nice.  
The LSM Grand Prize will be one brand new 1/32 new HKM A-20 kit. Yes, it’s more than 120, but I make the roolz and this will be THE one and only Grand Prize  

5.    Impropriety:    To avoid any sense of impropriety, I am going to ask that all people who feel led to contribute gifts to please verify your gifts as listed correctly. If I list it wrong, please let me know so I can correct it in time. Anything LSM related is good in my book.     Aircraft, AFVs, SciFi, Ships, are all OK.  It makes my job easier when it comes to keeping track of who gave and won what.

6.    More Impropriety:  As the organizer and overseer of this operation, once again, I will again give, but will NOT be eligible for any gift drawings.  

7.   Winning is great. Giving is an awesome thing.

8.    But remember, if you offer a gift, you're responsible for getting it to the winner. 

8a.  If shipping is outrageous, giver can substitute a gift card of similar value to the winner so he can source it locally.  In the EU, for sample, Duties, Taxes, Brokerage, and VAT for items shipped from the US are astronomical for someone on a tight income in the EU.  So consider for, say, a Brit, sourcing a gift card from Hannants. In the EU? One of the big German, Czech, or Polish model houses might be a good choice .  If that isn’t an option, contact me and I’ll arrange to help with shipping and VAT charges as I can. 

9.     Gift givers and winners are to contact each other in a timely manner and winner must provide shipping information so the giver can get the package in the mail. 

10.   This is a fun Christmas Raffle, guys.  If you pledge a gift, please make every effort to get it out in a timely fashion. 

11.    I will attempt to update the prize list and the names of those who entered the raffle on a daily basis.  If there's more entrants than gifts, not everyone will receive a gift.  If there's more gifts than entrants, then some will get more than one.  

12.   Drawing:  Christmas Day in the USA, because that's where I live, and I work the day before, so the Aussies and the Kiwis gotta wait an extra day. Sorry guys!

Grand Prize this year will consist of an HK A-20 kit, an absolutely unique and is the best kit the company has ever released
This will be the one and only Grand Prize awarded. 
Grand Prize will be drawn from all names submitted, after the regular draw has been completed.  The Viggen is offered as a simple THANK YOU for helping make LSM one of the buildingest? and by far one of the most welcoming and friendly Modeling Sites on the Internet. 

 

Pretty normal stuff, eh?  I think this oughta be a fun thing and I really hope everyone has a good time with this!

Ernie

PS: if you won a prize last year and have not received it, please PM me on LSM and I will look into it. 
 

ALSO: One cheaper way of sending a gift is to purchase the gift once you know who won, at a model shop, distributor, or supplier, INSIDE the economic zone of the winner.  This almost always turns out better for the giver, and is always MUCH better for the receiver. (No customs and duty).   Thoughts

[mark31]

Im in will go for a gift card off 75 dollar for your store.

 

Mark

[HubertB]

I will participate. As I find the gift card very impersonal, i will add a tweak, jumping on Ernie’s idea:

If the winner lives within the EU, I will ship a kit from my stash, from a short list I will supply to the winner. If the winner is outside the EU, I will order the kit or supplies the winner chooses (within the price limits set by Ernie in his roolz), from a local supplier. 
 

Why go the complication ? If you bear with me, it will, IMHO:

1) allow to have a real exchange with the winner, rather than the sometimes impersonal - or absent - mssages about « give me your address ».

2) avoid the « stash queen » feeling, or the faux-pas of sending the receiver something he will never build (like me with Nazi planes for instance)

3) make sure the winner gets something he/she really desires …

For potential EU winners. my stash is full of desirable (in my view) kits, but be aware it’s mostly resin and off-beat subjects. But I have one Tamiya Spitfire 😂, and some other IM rarities !

Hubert

[TJTX]

I plan on donating and Italeri F-104 with decals and aftermarket goodies.  I just need to retrieve the kit next week and verify it's all there.  If not, I'll put together something else.  I do not need to be entered into the raffle, just happy to donate. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Please put me down for the raffle. 

For a prize, I'll let the winner choose either the just announced Takom Horten Ho-229 from the nearest retailer to them or a $75USD (or equivalent) to the shop of their choosing.

Carl

[GusMac]

I'm in please Ernie.

I'll donate a Tamiya 1/48 F4B for those in the UK or EU where postage, etc isn't prohibitive. For those elsewhere, I'll substitute a gift card to the shop of their choice to the value of £75 or equivalent in the local currency.

Gus

[Clunkmeister]

5 hours ago, GusMac said:

I'm in please Ernie.

I'll donate a Tamiya 1/48 F4B for those in the UK or EU where postage, etc isn't prohibitive. For those elsewhere, I'll substitute a gift card to the shop of their choice to the value of £75 or equivalent in the local currency.

Gus

Gus, if someone in the USA wins, I have three Tamiko F-4B’s and can send one on your behalf. 

[Clunkmeister]

I’ll put myself in for a Zoukei Mura Fw 190A-4 kit.  

[ScottsGT]

I’m in of course, but I’m torn between a stash kit or a gift card or ordering the recipient a kit from their favorite vendor. I’m going to think about the options Ernie and Hubert posted.  

[HubertB]

13 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

I’m in of course, but I’m torn between a stash kit or a gift card or ordering the recipient a kit from their favorite vendor. I’m going to think about the options Ernie and Hubert posted.  

Whilst in practical terms, ordering a kit or buying a gift card is the same, it is not the same in symbolic terms IMHO.

Hence my preference for exchanging with the winner about what he wants, and placing the order for him/her.

Hubert

[Winnie]

I'll leave myself out for this year, simply because I'm in the middle of a move requireing every single penny and sense I have... (who are dumb enough to start a new job in January, in Manitoba...) 

Anyway, Ernie, you're a champ, and so is everyone else!

I'll rejoin next year!

Harald

[TJTX]

Confirmed from me, F-104 with aftermarket goodies.  A few items had been removed from the sprues but no paint or cutting work.  Was just curious how big it was!

[ScottsGT]

I’ve got it!  
Now it’s not 1/32, sorry.  I wish they made one in our scale.   But I’m going to purchase and have shipped to the recipient the new Airfix 1/48 Fairey Gannet.  If you’re in the US, it will most likely come from Sprue Bros or Squadron. 
If you’re outside the US, I’ll use the vendor of your choice you buy from. 
 

[HubertB]

Ok, I’ going to rephrase my offer.

The winner will have a pick of ANYONE of my stash (excluding the Fisher kits, the HPH DC-3, and the really battered boxes), wherever he/she is located, or, alternatively, to his/her choice, an order worth of 100 € in a local zone modelling shop. 

The value of some kits in my stash may exceed the cap Ernie mentioned, but it is time anyway to accept that I won’t be finishing all of them. Some are real collectibles fetching high resale value, but I hope the recipient will be happy for the gift and build his / her kit rather than pick it for resale.

I hope this will please the LSP crowd.

Hubert

[Fran]

Hi guys..

I will also join in as all others years.

 

As for the gift, I  will enter with the 1:32 Eduard Me-109 E-1 

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-3001-bf-109e-1--115282

 

[ScottsGT]

Hubert, that is way beyond very generous!  Now that’s the spirit!! 

[TJTX]

Hubert that is amazing.   Your a kind and gracious soul.

[telepatu]

I'm in. Sorry to be a little late to the party, but I'd like to offer a set for Bf 109 building:
A kit: Revell Bf 109 G6 Early & Late (kit nr 04665) and a reference book, Valiant Wings Bf 109 Late series (F to K including the Z series)

Alternatively, if the recipient is not keen on Messerschmitts or lives on the other side of the world, we can work out a gift certificate to the hobby shop of your choice.

Merry Christmas,
Jani

[Clunkmeister]

We have a semi small, but amazingly generous bunch here!  Wow!

I will soon make a spreadsheet for who’s to what.  

[HubertB]

Yes, it’s surprising there are not many participants this year … C.mon guys 🎅 !

Hubert

[TJTX]

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[CANicoll]

Update/Clarification:  I meant for this to be ONE entry - both models together. 

I'm in!  Sorry to be late.  Things are challenging these days...

My entries are the DML M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" from the Korean war, 1/35 Imperial Series and an Eduard D.VII kit in 1/48.  The Eduard kit has lots of goodies in there, including masks and PE IP, machine gun jackets and for the strut plates (have fun with that!!) and both four and five color Lozenge.  This kit makes some incredibly colourful planes.

The DML kit has a resin mantlet included.

For my friends outside North America, I'm offering a $75 gift card.

Edited Sunday at 09:56 PM by CANicoll
Clarification

[towerpower]

Hi i'd like to donate this kit, Hawker Tempest MkV, don't need to be a recipient, thank you.

Have fun with the raffle, all the best for '25

Jack.

[CANicoll]

In addition to my previous contribution, I'd like to make a second one:  The ZVEZDA TBMP T-15 "ARMATA" in 1/35 scale.  It actually came from a model club friend, who brought it from Russia.  Sadly, the bottle of Kalashnikov vodka that was included has mysteriously disappeared.  A search party has been launched, but no one has heard from the search party either.  Strange.  And with the boycott of Russian vodkas, another cannot be procured.  The sadness just keeps coming...

For some reason, all of a sudden, I can't post pictures, but the ARMATA has some extra PE and resin extra bits included.

To save on postage, I'd like to restrict sending this kit to the US/Canada.

Just one entry for me please - I don't need a second entry.  Thanks!

Edited Monday at 04:23 AM by CANicoll
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[HubertB]

Ah, the « Armata » … keeping alive and strong the Russian practice invented by Potemkin for the Great Katarina Tsarin …

Hubert