48-Alone-Is-Great

Thanks for the heads-up, I've changed the text in my post. Seems that hell only arrives on mobile devices. On desk/laptop it should be fine (well, it is on mine), so try to copy-paste it: http://www.geocities.ws/gustin_e/fgun/fgun-in.html because it really has a LOT of info on this topic. After more searching, I think I've found the actual official site: https://flying-guns.com/ this one seems spam-free!

Gustin has answered all your questions on his website The WWII Fighter Gun Debate: http://www.geocities.ws/gustin_e/fgun/fgun-in.html . I posted the link here before, but it appears it is only accessible with a desk/laptop. On mobile devices it forwards to lots of aggressive and unwanted advert sites. The site does have loads of info, so just copy-patse the address on your desk/laptop and enjoy! After more searching, I think I've found the actual official site: https://flying-guns.com/ this one seems spam-free!

None: was patiently waiting for the French fighters so I might finally start collecting ...

Politics has become so polarized, there is only ‘my way’. Everything is black and white. Yet somehow this GB isn’t 30 strong yet … are ... are BM members politically sensible? Surely not for a GB!? Come on! So many options to choose from! Like these: Arrow, Austrian, Betty, Blackbird, Black Knight, Brunswicker, White Scar ... from 1800 to 40K, why wait?

That was the farewell flight of the Mirage III in Swiss service: http://www.safc.ch/2003/sac/airshow3.html and https://www.pbase.com/m_mutsaers/goodbye_swiss_mirage And yes, that A-10 was black and white. They also did a 3-tone with grey: https://warthognews.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-80-0221-in-experimental-arctic.html

The choice is simple, there are no grey areas! So stop procrastinating and decide: either black or white ... (or both?) Join the Paint it Black GB! Here more inspiration:

Hey @trickyrich, I'll join. Never done any 1:32 plane. Just now bought something for it, colourful and smallish (span under 30cm/12", length under 20cm/8") so it's not too scary: Hasegawa's Boeing F4B. Might also do some 1/144 shipping. Come to think of it ... looong ago got/bought the Matchbox 109, it's hiding in a cupboard somewhere. BJ

More inspiration, who'll join too?

I'll join. I'll try to finish a Caproni triplane bomber.

I'll bite.

Yes! And the whitewashed winter schemes and Japanese surrender (basically all Japanese types) ... so you are in?

and if you want a real challenge, do a B&W pair of the same type (true heroes of course do an extra combo one):

Paint It Black … or white or both That says it all really: the main colour scheme should be black, or white, or a combination of the two (combination yes, so not "I've combined the two colours by mixing them to get US Navy light grey"). A black Black Widow, a white Gustav, a waterline Titanic, a white stealthy Mercedes camper van (with full interior detail of course), a SWAT officer, a UN APC, a black Blackhawk, a White Scars Dreadnought, you name it. Bonus points if you manage to work Rolling Stones into your theme. I’ll finally get started on my Josef Jacobs triplanes, perhaps on an airfield that has a couple of boulders. Anyone else interested to paint it black? @48-Alone-Is-Great @Corsairfoxfouruncle @Andwil @Marklo @CliffB @dnl42 @zebra @gingerbob @Redstaff @Adam Poultney @Col. @Paul J ...

OK, too bad. I can't find that rule about a 3 year wait though. Is "Paint it black ... or white" admissable? The main colour scheme is black or white or both (pics of just a pair of red hot exhausts or piercing eyes against a black background will probably be disqualified; a nice diorama of the Rolling Stones might just make it).

Halve the size, double the joy!™ A Matchbox Nostalgia Group Effort ploy ... let's make scale models of those scale models. As a group let’s try to build all Matchbox multicolour models, in all versions, i.e. the painting instruction versions and the original multicolour, but in half the original size, so there’s actually a chance to get it done. In other words, that 1:72 PK-115 Messerschmit 110 becomes a pair of 1:144 Me-110s (from whichever brand): one painted in the Matchbox plastic two-tone, the other as one of the fully camouflaged versions depicted on the back of the box. Each of your scaled down Matchbox entries should ideally be such a pair. You can enter as many (pairs) as you want, as long as you have a good backstory to explain the connection between them. "One from each of the 1:72 aircraft series." "The first three Matchbox models I ever built." "All the biplanes … duh!” "All types that have a 7." Etc, you get it. Planes, tanks, ships, men, cars, bikes. Inspiration found here: www.matchboxkits.org . Other than that, the more the merrier. If we’ll see dozens of Spits, but few or no Foxes, then so be it. I'll add the Ten Commandments for this GB all the way below, if more than ten fellow Britmodellers are interested ... who is? 48-Alone-Is-Great ...