Me, I got a few new T-shirts (including an awesome Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time one), few jumpers, some books, a lot of beer! Tickets to see Steel Panther next year and also for the Last Days of Pompeii exhibition in London in a couple of days time. That was a big surprise.
Oh and my partner has also adopted me a Leatherback turtle named Seayonce. I can live track her on a phone app and she’s currently swimming around the Gulf of Mexico. Pretty happy with that.
Only one kit, my parents bought me an Airfix Blenheim Mk.IV. It’s a good kit so happy to get it.
So I got a new light for my work area which I can easily transport; the Sd.Kfz 9 with Bilstein crane; an AHN kitchen truck; the new Tamiya Pak 38; the Eagle transporter with science pod and boosters; two sets of the smaller Tamiya dinos (which will eventually be followed by the rest of the lineup); a Stug book and the updated Panzer Tracts on the Panther D; the Dspiae photoetch tool, thin saw, and vacuum; a coffee mug from Marshall’s with WWII aircraft all over it (the only one in the entire pile of birds and fish mugs).
The Bundeswehr tanker beret is from the boyfriend, who also got me a Belgian field jacket circa 1990 with the poacher’s pockets. They’ll hang alongside my 1981 West German winter parka, two Vietnam era rain parkas, and my Korean-era parka (which I decorated in tribute to one of my favorite punk bands when I bought it back in 1985, the Subhumans).
No kits this year. But the greatest gift (in my humble opinion) is my agency finally, after 6 years of back-and-forth, giving me my transfer from Arizona (Tucson OFO) to Texas (Houston OFO). I will finally get away from the Land Border and work in an airport environment for the next 3+ years until i retire from CBP, if I don’t feel like doing 30 years.
Main reason for this is family. Being closer to them. It is bittersweet, because after mom passed away in November. But I still have siblings and cousins living in North Texas.
Right now, all my current builds and yet-to-finish builds are being boxed up for the coming move, along with all my tools and supplies.
My current house is for sale and i close on my new home in Ft. Worth on the 15th of January. I am excirted and a little scared, it’ll be my last move of my lifetime (hopefully) and I will be slightly off the radar until i settled in.
To all my modelling friends, i wish you a great 2026. I will see you guys on the other side soon.
So does my dad. Trying to convince him to move from PR, since his brother (my uncle) lives in Plano with my cousin and his family. But his new wife is not too keen about moving to the US, so I won’t push the issue.
No plastic for me this time, as I bought about 10 - 12 kits this year, which is more than I can build in a year. So my sister gave me 3 new Louise Penny novels. Maybe you know her Three Pines Novels. Something nice to read …
