BradG Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 minute ago, cairnsy said: G’Day all, I have a few ideas that I thought I might Table, “Nose Jobs” any aircraft with nose art this gives you scope from WW1 right through to aircraft deployed on current ops and everything in between. “A dash of colour” any aircraft outside their usual basic/tactical/camo schemes so this could cover anything from WW1 in the dazzle and stripe schemes, through WW2 with some of the colourful fighters or even formation birds through to modern CAG birds and commemorative or show/display aircraft. “On the scoreboard” any combat aircraft with a tally painted on it, be it mission markings, bomb tally , aerial victory markings (inc Mig Killers from Korea/Vietnam/GW1 or even the Super Hornet in Syria) this will give you scope for a range of fighters and bombers particularly from WW2 up to current scheme. ”Jaws” anything sharkmouth…. Enough said I do also like the “Eye in the sky” suggestion made earlier to encompass any recce/photo recon or observation platform Just a few thoughts looking forward to hopefully taking part in my first LSP GB this time around cheers Cairnsy I don't mind the Nose Art idea, would include shark mouths in that just to increase the scope of the group build. Non traditional camouflage or a special schemes is due for a repeat as we did try tiger meet GB before, but I'd increase the scope of it by including commemorative or special colours in it. Scoreboards kinda meshes with Aces. Recon is a good idea but how many kits are there in LSP's available? scott_t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) Recon aircraft may have to venture into conversions. I have a set for the Bf-109 and a Mosquito. Edited August 28, 2022 by Rick Griewski MikeC and Rockie Yarwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) Out of box decals. Built one that you were attracted to because of its markings. Lovely, inspirational decals. Ukrainian Fokker DXII F comes to mind out of my stash. Aircraft named after a person e.g., Mitchell i vote for the helicopter auto-gyro. Edited August 28, 2022 by Rick Griewski Added more MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) I'd like to add drones and UAVs to the Helicopter and autogiro GB. - Continental Asian Air forces - everything from Turkey to South Korea. Saudi Arabia and Yemen are geografically part of Africa, but politically part of Asia too, so they should be in. Would exclude Russia (politically European power) (and part of many other GBs) but add the post soviet 'stans and Sri Lanka as politically part of Indian subcontinent. - Middle and Latin America - Mirages of 3 generations (III/5, F-1, 2000), Kfirs and Elkans, Broncos, Mustangs, Cavalier Mustangs, Corsairs, Curtisses, Texans, Sabres, Meteors, F-5, T-33, F-80, Thunderbolds, Vampire, Fouga Magister, Bristol Fighter, DH-4 (Liberty engine), PT-22, Bristol M.1C, Nieuport-27, Trojans, Catalinas, Walrus, Lancaster, B-17, Skyhawks, SBD/Banshee, Avenger, B-25, C-47/AC-47, Mig-29, Su-27, Su-22, Su-25, F-16, Black Hawks, Hinds, MD-500, Eurocopter, Mi-8. With Cuba on board also Mig-23 and L-39. Just what I remember being kitted in 1:32 by different manufacturers. Maybe there are some more kits for other aircrafts in Latin American service. Would nice someone would make an A-37B Dragonfly in styrene. An A-37B would be a megaseller, used by countries around the world in many markings and camouflages. HK Model, Special Hobby, Trumpeter, Hobby Boss, are you listening? - Recce (did we have a recce GB before?) - French made - everything french made in French Air Force and Aeronavale and elsewhere in the world. There is a surprising large number of french made aircrafts as kits available, from WW1 up to recent times. Regards - dutik Edited August 28, 2022 by dutik Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 4 hours ago, dutik said: I'd like to add drones and UAVs to the Helicopter and autogiro GB. - Continental Asian Air forces - everything from Turkey to South Korea. Saudi Arabia and Yemen are geografically part of Africa, but politically part of Asia too, so they should be in. Would exclude Russia (politically European power) (and part of many other GBs) but add the post soviet 'stans and Sri Lanka as politically part of Indian subcontinent. - Middle and Latin America - Mirages of 3 generations (III/5, F-1, 2000), Kfirs and Elkans, Broncos, Mustangs, Cavalier Mustangs, Corsairs, Curtisses, Texans, Sabres, Meteors, F-5, T-33, F-80, Thunderbolds, Vampire, Fouga Magister, Bristol Fighter, DH-4 (Liberty engine), PT-22, Bristol M.1C, Nieuport-27, Trojans, Catalinas, Walrus, Lancaster, B-17, Skyhawks, SBD/Banshee, Avenger, B-25, C-47/AC-47, Mig-29, Su-27, Su-22, Su-25, F-16, Black Hawks, Hinds, MD-500, Eurocopter, Mi-8. With Cuba on board also Mig-23 and L-39. Just what I remember being kitted in 1:32 by different manufacturers. Maybe there are some more kits for other aircrafts in Latin American service. Would nice someone would make an A-27B in styrene. An A-37B would be a megaseller, used by countries around the world in many markinggs and camouflages. HK Model, Special Hobby, Trumpeter, Hobby Boss, are you listening? - Recce (did we have a recce GB before?) - French made - everything french made in French Air Force and Aeronavale and elsewhere in the world. There is a surprising large number of french made aircrafts as kits available, from WW1 up to recent times. Regards - dutik Good suggestions! About French aircraft, note they also built aircraft of foreign origin such as the Mistral (Vampire), Aquilon (Sea Venom), Nord 1000 (Bf-108), Morane Saulnier MS 500 (Fieseler Storch). Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Foreigners - non-native pilots in an airforce... plenty of options in WWII at least, I don't know about WWI, vietnam or Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 A couple more ideas: "Brushfire Wars" - Any aircraft depicted in use during a low-intensity conflict. Lots of scope here, from the earliest days of aircraft to the present. "Rescue Me" (with love to Linda Ronstadt) - Any aircraft used in the air-land-sea rescue role. Cheers, Rockie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 57 minutes ago, Thomas Lund said: Foreigners - non-native pilots in an airforce... plenty of options in WWII at least, I don't know about WWI, vietnam or Korea I believe there were exchange RAF pilots flying F-86s in Korea. Plenty of similar examples no doubt. Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Thomas Lund said: Foreigners - non-native pilots in an airforce... plenty of options in WWII at least, I don't know about WWI, vietnam or Korea 1 hour ago, MikeC said: I believe there were exchange RAF pilots flying F-86s in Korea. Plenty of similar examples no doubt. Weren't there Navy and Marine pilots flying F-86s too. They were probably regarded as "foreign" too. Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 How about "In RAAF Service"? Aircraft operated by the Aussies. Lots of planes to chose from here. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 19 hours ago, BradG said: Recon is a good idea but how many kits are there in LSP's available? The only OOTB WW2 recon aircraft that I can think of is the F-6D option in the Tamiya P-51D/K boxing. Modern is slightly better with the Revell RF-4C and -E kits, the Italeri Mirage IIIR, and the Italeri RF-104. For WW1, I guess you would count two seat observation types as recon aircraft? Otherwise, I think you’re looking at conversions or aftermarket recon pods, but there are a number of those out there. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Both Brad and Dave are quite right: there are only a few Matchbox kits to choose from so Dave’s suggestion of ‘Gone but not forgotten’ is the better call. A few ‘out of the box suggestions: - Scratchbuild Something (anything) - it can be an LSP or a part of one or to convert something. - ‘Top of the Pile’. - what is the one kit that just went straight to the top of the build stack for you? - Since it will be 2023; “Aces with more than 23 victories” - “Alternate Uses” = aircraft that were repurposed for the one they were designed for (e.g. Tiger Moths with bomb racks, Ground attack Hurricanes, Cessna A-37 light attack that was developed from the T-37 Tweet. Just a thought. Cheers P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Repurpose… target tugs. I am so tempted to change my resin Boulton Paul over. Archimedes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Jerry Crandall tribute build. Rockie Yarwood, Stefano, Archimedes and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 I really like the Latin American idea, there's a huge scope for stuff especially as the US supplied aircraft post WW2 to many nations in South America. That's a good one. Asia is an option too inclusive of Japan. We could also dedicate a Luftwaffe Group Build to Jerry. Juggernut, dutik and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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