I know what it's like to have someone really appreciate the work one does....
No surprise on how much they have to like that neat build!!
It's been years since I gave a model to someone...1st was early to mid '70's, it was the original Tom Daniels designed Fire Cracker Mack Fire Engine....It went to my oldest brother who was a dispatcher for the Torrance, CA F.D. The other was also a Tom Daniel's designed creation...the Hang Man tow truck, which went to the owner of a towing companiy also in SoCal..in the mid to latter '70's.....g=have no idea what happened to either of them....
But...with my plastic canvas hobby....a goo 90%+ go to others.....always have over the years....and still doing that today....