AnonymousDFB1 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Will appear here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Welcome to the Obsolete Kit Groupbuild, courtesy of Britmodeller. Thanks to Mish for finding us a slot and to Col for agreeing to co-host. Take a good look at your Stash. Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions at the back of the cupboard, where nobody goes, sits a mouldering box. Deep within this dank and uninviting place, lurk old kits, their box art faded and uninspiring, their prices scrawled on in shillings and pence. But that's nothing compared to the horrors that lurk within the kit boxes themselves: kits with no wheel bays... kits with marking locations moulded in... kits with the pilot's head moulded onto a shelf... For there is always something horrifying down there... in the dark... waiting to come out... Of course, no sane person would ever dream of building these because... well, there's a lovely shiny Edrevfujitamigawa kit of the same subject. Or because it's going to take a bit of work to bring it up to standard. Or because... well, just look at it... Well, every dog has its day. And this groupbuild will give those dogs of kits their own day in the sun. There are only two hard and fast requirements: 1. Lancfan's Law. The kit must have been issued at least thirty years before the start of the GB. This applies to the original boxing. Subsequent reissues are eligible. So any kit which was issued before or during 1983 is in. 2. The kit must have been replaced by a newer kit in the same scale. (Or as near as dammit if the kit is to FTB scale) Not necessarily better. Just newer. There is also a guideline: Murdo's Law. "I opened the box for a quick look, shuddered, cried, then very quickly closed it again. What in the world was I thinking of?" You know a rubbish kit just by looking at it. If it's a rubbish kit, then it's definitely following the spirit of the GB. If you look at it and think "ooh! That's nice, I'd really like to build that sometime" then it's not a rubbish kit but it could still be in. And let's not consider kits against the standard of their times. Yes, it may have been state of the art in 1783 when it was first issued, but that doesn't mean it is any less pants in this day and age. I also foresee three different ways in which a model can be built for this GB. Built to the highest standards possible with rescribing, resin, PE and scratchbuilt parts. This could be an attempt to build a model from the old kit to be indistinguishable from one built from the latest Edrevfujitamigawa kit. For instance, make the Frog Gannet look like the Revell one. Built OOB using all the techniques you know. Filling, spraying, weathering, maybe a bit of rescribing. Build an old kit in the same manner and to the same standards as you would a modern one. A nostalgia build. An old kit built in exactly the same style as when you first built it forty-odd years ago. No filler or sanding of joint lines. Enamel paint daubed on using a hairy stick. An attempt to recapture the joys of your youth! Of course, it's your model, so you build it in the manner that you see fit. There will be no seperate categories for the different build styles. All the other usual GB rules apply. 1. The GB will run from 00:01 on 14 September 2013 until 23.59 on 15 December 2013. 2. Entries must not be more than 25% complete at the start of the GB. If in doubt, please contact one of the GB co-hosts. 3. Any parts or decals etc which you want to buy or sell, must be placed in the 'wanted' or 'for sale' section, not on the GB thread. 4. All builds must have a WIP thread showing progress. If you are building two or more almost identical models, they may be combined in the same thread. 5. There will be a poll at the end of the GB. Please do not canvas for votes. 6. This is the most important rule. HAVE FUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Enzo, Would a Pegasus Spitifre Prototype be eligable? it was before 1983 i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Enzo, Would a Pegasus Spitifre Prototype be eligable? it was before 1983 i think. I don't see why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I don't see why not. Good ill be in with this then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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