;D these things happen.  It is a shame, I like to compete in these great contests ... they're by far the most fun I've had in a competition before, but sadly circumstance, time and planning were not on my side.

I was prepared to fail, so it's not such a bitter pill to swallow !

I have already got some great ideas for the base using some half-finished models from previous modelling exploits!  It will be nice to get them off the shelf and into use!

they will also form some useful subject matter for future videos I'm sure   they do say the fun is the taking part, and this is very true.