Dukie99 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I like Martin’s idea of “oldest in your stash”. I would not mind a repeat of the Phantom fever or strictly OOB GB. i think it could be also interesting if we were all building the same kit. It would have to be something easy to find and relatively cheap like the Revell 109, 190 or P-51 for this to work. Middle East GB Duelist GB: you build two kits (over 12 months) of aircrafts that fought each other (P-51 vs 109, hellcat vs zero, Sabre vs Mig-15, Tomcat vs Flogger) Wheels up GB: any aircraft in flight Cheers, David fab and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyforgothispassword Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Civilian aircraft would be a nice change, just to get some colour into the mix MikeC, Archimedes and RLWP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 It's inevitable that group builds are going to be repeated. I think a lot of guys would like to improve skills in other areas. One skill I am looking to improve is painting figures. And a figure or two give scale as well as a bit of a story. So my idea is: With pilots and or groundcrew. mozart, chrish, Martinnfb and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelf75 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 56 minutes ago, Gazzas said: It's inevitable that group builds are going to be repeated. I think a lot of guys would like to improve skills in other areas. One skill I am looking to improve is painting figures. And a figure or two give scale as well as a bit of a story. So my idea is: With pilots and or groundcrew. Have you tried painting any figures from Reedoak? Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 11 hours ago, Madelf75 said: Have you tried painting any figures from Reedoak? Never owned one from Reedoak. Are they that good or that bad to paint? Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaning_Dog Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) There are some great ideas in this thread so far - and I won't let the fact that I have failed to complete every group build project I've ever started deter me from suggesting a couple more.... - Cheap Thrills: Any kit of any LSP subject so long as the all-in cost (kit, decals, resin bits, etc) is less than $50 USD (or whatever value is deemed appropriate). Could be an Ebay win, a swap meet find, hobby shop sale, or whatever. - Clear the Bench (SOD, Stalled prior GB project): Realizing this would probably violate the 25% GB rule - any project that is sitting there begging to be completed, regardless of how old it is, or how far along. Just get 'er done and into the display cabinet! Cheers! John. Edited August 7, 2021 by Leaning_Dog corrected typo Mark B., Dave Williams, Martinnfb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, Leaning_Dog said: - Cheap Thrills: Any kit of any LSP subject so long as the all-in cost (kit, decals, resin bits, etc) is less than $50 USD HOW MUCH!! <I feel all faint now> Richard Martinnfb, Rick Griewski and europapete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 22 hours ago, Madelf75 said: Have you tried painting any figures from Reedoak? Never had one, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 How about "Heretics Build" - any plane NOT in 1/32 scale. Sepp, Rick Griewski, Gazzas and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Build the kit you won during one of the Christmas Raffles. For me this would also cover a “out of my comfort zone” GB; my first modern jet. Fanes, Dave Williams and Alain Gadbois 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Leaning_Dog said: - Clear the Bench (SOD, Stalled prior GB project): Realizing this would probably violate the 25% GB rule - any project that is sitting there begging to be completed, regardless of how old it is, or how far along. Just get 'er done and into the display cabinet! Cheers! John. no problem for me as I have a number of stalled builds way before the 25% rule kicks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Leaning_Dog said: There are some great ideas in this thread so far - and I won't let the fact that I have failed to complete every group build project I've ever started deter me from suggesting a couple more.... - Cheap Thrills: Any kit of any LSP subject so long as the all-in cost (kit, decals, resin bits, etc) is less than $50 USD (or whatever value is deemed appropriate). Could be an Ebay win, a swap meet find, hobby shop sale, or whatever. - Clear the Bench (SOD, Stalled prior GB project): Realizing this would probably violate the 25% GB rule - any project that is sitting there begging to be completed, regardless of how old it is, or how far along. Just get 'er done and into the display cabinet! Cheers! John. I like the Stalled GB theme. Participants could refer to the GB it was originally intended for. Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 Including some figures in a build is an interesting idea. The 'cheap kit' GB is already on the short list. Aircraft you have flown or family association with is probably a bit too limited. The same with the christmas raffle builds, it would exclude too many people. We did do 'Clear the Shelf of Doom' back in 2017 so it might be up for another round. The idea of an off 1/32 Group Build has been discussed before and rejected, I know the guys really want to keep this an LSP place. MikeC, Daniel Leduc, Gazzas and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 56 minutes ago, BradG said: Aircraft you have flown or family association with is probably a bit too limited. The idea is we list aircraft that members have flown and then anyone can build one from the list. Not sure what we would get, perhaps it would be interesting to compile a list just for giggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelf75 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 8/7/2021 at 8:53 AM, dutik said: Never owned one from Reedoak. Are they that good or that bad to paint? Regards - dutik I have seen some figures from them and its hard to tell if its a figure or a photo http://reedoak.com/#!/Modern-USA/c/13281246/offset=0&sort=nameAsc Alain Gadbois and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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