John Petik RIP

Tim Fortuna · **Posted:** November 26th, 2017, 8:38 pm

Awesome tribute Spike, he would of loved it.
I miss you John.

kitator · **Posted:** November 26th, 2017, 10:49 pm

John is missed by all.This place is a constant reminder of his presence.His posts are still here and I occasionally run across them still.i was lucky enough to get alot of his kits from him directly,and also from the Bullock auctions. I recently also was contacted by a family member of his that agreed to sell me the rest of his kits.All the money from the sales she says will go towards feeding John's cats.Already sent her alot of money and I agreed to keep sending her money to feed the cats as long as they live. I ended up with over 170 kits and put them all together in a nice tribute section in their own detolf glass shelves.So a whole wall there.They are the first thing I see daily in the morning since it was the only open space I had. Most of these are really nice.And some unbuilt. Just thought I would share.Will post pics when I gdt a chance.

Heavy Metal Spike · **Posted:** November 26th, 2017, 11:03 pm

kitator wrote:

John is missed by all.This place is a constant reminder of his presence.His posts are still here and I occasionally run across them still.

i was lucky enough to get alot of his kits from him directly,and also from the Bullock auctions.

I recently also was contacted by a family member of his that agreed to sell me the rest of his kits.
All the money from the sales she says will go towards feeding John's cats.
Already sent her alot of money and I agreed to keep sending her money to feed the cats as long as they live.
I ended up with over 170 kits and put them all together in a nice tribute section in their own detolf glass shelves.
So a whole wall there.

They are the first thing I see daily in the morning since it was the only open space I had.
Most of these are really nice.And some unbuilt. Just thought I would share.Will post pics when I gdt a chance.

Nicely done Anthony - VERY nicely done =D>

John would be happy to know so much of his collection went to people he admired, and that they will continue to be treasured.

Please do take some snaps and post in this thread - that would be great to see :beer:

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tay666 · **Posted:** November 27th, 2017, 12:32 am

That is very cool Anthony.

Tim Fortuna · **Posted:** November 27th, 2017, 9:43 pm

Way to go Anthony. I'd love to see pics as well.

Zeiram · **Posted:** December 28th, 2017, 6:54 pm

It's funny how things crop up that make you think of someone...

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2735515
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2567098

Heavy Metal Spike · **Posted:** December 28th, 2017, 7:38 pm

Zeiram wrote:

It's funny how things crop up that make you think of someone...

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2735515
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2567098

Nice - and I concur . . . (and the Buddha has John's tummy - awesome!

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Thanks for sharing :beer:

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Heavy Metal Spike · **Posted:** November 24th, 2018, 2:39 am

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Sat 24th Nov 2018 marks 2 years since our dear Brother passed.

He still has more posts on the Clubhouse than anyone else. He always will have.

John “Raydrz” Petik was many things to many people . . .

DAMN

I can once again say that courtesy of my visits here - and because of the buildups, kits, magazines, Wonderfest awards & Maiden memorabilia I was lucky enough to get from his estate - not a day has gone by without me thinking of him.

I never knew anyone else in John’s genetic family, but was saddened to recently discover that his Mother - Norma Jean Petik - also left us back in February this year, aged 85 - https://symondsfuneralhome.com/norma-jean-petik/

Photos of John are rare, but thanks to the Wonderfest part of Trev’s website, I found a pic I hadn’t seen before from 2010. I used it because I now own that T-shirt. John bought it during Iron Maiden’s 2008 “Somewhere Back In Time” tour, and ma wee Wifey removed a fair bit of the bulk so that it would fit me. It went to the UK with me earlier in the year too. Thanks John.

I still miss you terribly bud. I know I’m not the only one.

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Jon LeGrand · **Posted:** November 24th, 2018, 2:55 am

I don't think I will ever have another Thanksgiving day go by without feeling that sense of loss I felt when I first heard he passed on. I think of him often and I miss him very much. Thank you for sharing this, I wanted to post something but this was better than anything I could say.

tay666 · **Posted:** November 25th, 2018, 5:15 pm

Crazy Joe · **Posted:** November 26th, 2018, 12:05 pm

I still miss that fxxer - especially every time I post in the NFL thread.... :-(

Buc Wheat · **Posted:** November 26th, 2018, 3:59 pm

Crazy Joe wrote:

I still miss that fxxer - especially every time I post in the NFL thread.... :-(

hear, hear!!

Scooke123 · **Posted:** December 4th, 2018, 11:30 pm

kitator · **Posted:** February 1st, 2019, 10:58 pm

Nicely done Anthony - VERY nicely done =D>

John would be happy to know so much of his collection went to people he admired, and that they will continue to be treasured.

Please do take some snaps and post in this thread - that would be great to see :beer:

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I ended up.with another 70 kits to add to the 170 from his niece. Since she gave me such a good deal on the buyout she offered, I also agreed to feed John's cats as long as they live. So I will send every month to cover cat food. I do love animals. It took awhile due to a busy schedule but here is a pic or two for now. More to be added. And these are quick shots.Hopefully some better pics later.

kitator · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2019, 7:23 pm

As promised ,here are more of John's kits in their new shelves in my extra room.Many of these had to be repaired from shipping.Some still need repair.

kitator · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2019, 7:35 pm

Heavy Metal Spike · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2019, 7:51 pm

Some cool stuff there Anthony - thanks for sharing.

Wouldn't have minded getting that "Neal Andrythal" buildup myself - John did a great job - very nice.

Sorry about the breakages - but that's what happens when we have to deal with morons. There were plenty of us that were shafted by that lying shyster Matthew Bullock and his continually-revolving staff.

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kitator · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2019, 8:09 pm

The Neilandrythal is one of 3 kits on the shelves that John didnt do.The Neil kit was painted by Torpted,which I commissioned him to paint. He did awsome work on it. The Fewture Bye Bye kit is one of the others not from his collection

tay666 · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2019, 9:42 pm

John had one hell of a collection.
And you have an amazing display of his work.

Still miss the big lug.

Scooke123 · **Posted:** February 4th, 2019, 6:11 am

Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

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