BradG Posted Tuesday at 02:38 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:38 PM Righty-o gentlemen, it's that time of year again when I ask for suggestions for next years group builds. As always when making a suggestion, please keep in mind two things; the availability of large scale kits and what group builds we have done recently, say in the last 7-8 years. We try not to repeat subjects too often. That said, as the group build guy, I've made and executive decision that one of the GB's for next year will be; Imagination Land- The What If Group Build. There has been a few entries in GBs this year and some interest expressed so, lets do it. That will kick off on December 1st. So over to you for 3 more GBs. Let me have it. Alain Gadbois, Rick Griewski, Phantom2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted Tuesday at 05:05 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:05 PM Wrecks ChuckD, CRAZY IVAN5 and geedubelyer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted Tuesday at 05:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:09 PM (edited) Admittedly, I did not bother to check what has come before, but these come to mind…. “That’s not what I meant”: LSPs modeled for missions the planes were not originally designed for, such as firefighting or spray missions, search and rescue, research, air racing, R&D, maybe even a playground diorama. Lots of options. Must be supportable; no what-ifs allowed. “Helos only”: LSP rotary wing models. No other limits. ”Saturday night at the movies”: an LSP model of any flying device as it appeared in a movie except for the Top Gun movies - those airplanes have been done to death already. ”Demonstrators”: LSP model of anything flown by any demonstration team anywhere on the planet. Must be in team colors. ”Warboats”: LSP model of any military flying boat, floatplane, or amphibian from WW1 or WW2 ”Minis”: the smallest LSP model you can find ”No Crewcuts”: any LSP anybody wants to build as long as it has at least one well-dressed crew member and/or support vehicle (in a nod to Kev’s tanker truck) posed in/with it. Just posed together; no diorama needed. Edited Tuesday at 10:48 PM by Oldbaldguy Clarification Phartycr0c, Lee White, Phantom2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted Tuesday at 05:50 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:50 PM 40 minutes ago, rigor said: Wrecks May I assume wreck, wreck and not shelf of doom? My friend grew up in India. He and other kids played in a derelict Zero. A perfect diorama for a transformation from shelf of doom to wreck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted Tuesday at 05:54 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:54 PM 41 minutes ago, Oldbaldguy said: ”Saturday night at the movies”: an LSP model of any flying device as it appeared in a movie except for the Top Gun movies - those airplanes have been done to death already. no Pearl Harbor movie, skip the M/F moon light joy rides too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted Tuesday at 08:37 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:37 PM Tamiya LSPs Trumpeter LSPs Aircraft with a nicknamed after a living creature: Tomcat, Hellcat, Hornet, Eagle, Fighting Falcon, etc. 21st Century Conflicts: aircraft involved in any conflict from Jan 1, 2001 - present ...... OEF, OIF, Libya, Ukraine, etc. (leaves out most prop options which many people here seem to prefer so may be "limiting" in options) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted Tuesday at 08:41 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:41 PM How about a What If/Paper Project build? We have the Luft '46 planes, not to mention P-59 & Kikka, and the Soviet early jet projects from LEM Kits, the ZM Do335, Ho229, Shin Den, the Das Werk EF-126 and others I am sure I forgot. Also, the Pogo is due out soon, and any of the X or Y-series fighters would work, etcetera, etcetera. Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted Tuesday at 08:43 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:43 PM (edited) Shouldn't we do a D-Day GB next year anyway ? Starting on 6 th June ? It's 80 years ago in 2024. An important event to let pass. Edited Tuesday at 08:46 PM by Erwin Landrotten Highlander, Neo, scott_t and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted Tuesday at 08:53 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:53 PM (edited) 12 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said: ”Saturday night at the movies”: an LSP model of any flying device as it appeared in a movie except for the Top Gun movies - those airplanes have been done to death already. Fine by me... But the kit decals are wrong . Edited Wednesday at 05:59 AM by Erwin Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted Tuesday at 09:51 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:51 PM 1 hour ago, Erwin said: Shouldn't we do a D-Day GB next year anyway ? Starting on 6 th June ? It's 80 years ago in 2024. An important event to let pass. Now that is a superb idea and very fitting and with so much subject choice! Regards. Andy Ayovan, Oldbaldguy, Erwin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted Wednesday at 01:22 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:22 AM D-Day GB sounds like a great idea MikeC, Rick Griewski and Erwin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted Wednesday at 09:39 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 09:39 AM D-Day is a good idea, although I will expand the idea a little more in to the Normandy Campaign just to give it a little more scope. @LSP_Ray Luft'46 is covered in 'what if' so that's all good, even paper project aircraft in wartime front like markings is fine. @Oldbaldguy Good ideas but there aren't many LSPs for most of the ideas for them to work here. That said we are probably due for another rotary wing GB. @rigor not sure about wrecks as many people don't build modified, but we could perhaps put the option in to build something on a base. @scott_t I like the animal theme and we did do Hasegawa LSPs this year so a manufacturer specific theme is always good. Erwin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted Wednesday at 12:37 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:37 PM Just throwing it out there, but what if the D-Day GB ended on June 6th, so we could do a wrap up/presentation thread on the anniversary? monthebiff, Phantom2, Rick Griewski and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted Wednesday at 02:32 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:32 PM Italian early flight up to today. Military and civilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted Wednesday at 02:34 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:34 PM Include VTOL with rotary wing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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