Roland Pulfrew

I think it’s time I drummed up some more support for the Not Your Usual Colour Scheme team and I thought some of those voting for the current top GBs might want to share the love. I mean you could easily build a Nineties winter camouflaged High Wing Jaguar that would also fill the Feline category in the Not Your Usual GB. A Sunderland in French colours (Not your usual) would also fit in theHigh Wing,and d’outre mer build, as well as Long Range Maritime Patrol, Rescue and Recovery, Post War Four and More and the Specialists GB. There are plenty of Not Your Usual colour schemes for Hunters and Tomcats (I mean who could resist an Iranian splinter camo Tomcat or a 2-tone grey Omani Hunter. Then there’s the 3-colour Not Your Usual Kuwaiti Hornet. Top Ten captured P-51s and Spitfires flown by the Luftwaffe would definitely be Not Your Usual, as would Me 109s flown by the Allies. Come on team, vote Not Your Usual Colour Scheme there’s a huge choice of schemes out there that meet 2 (or more) GBs. Can you tell I’m killing time, in the bar, at the airport, waiting for my flight? 🍻

An Eritrean Su-25 would fit the bill perfectly for the Not Your Usual Colour, so I hope you've voted for us 😉 Yes, but that would mean doing something French 😵🤢😉

Just to muddy the waters, whilst doing some research on PRU colours, I did come across a reference to "Mountbatten Pink" which was used, for a short period, for exactly the same reason - camouflaging ships against dawn and dusk. Unfortunately, it did make them more obvious during the rest of the day. Here is a description on Wiki I know you can never be certain with photos as it will depend upon the processing, lighting, monitors etc, but the picture of the Spit and the swatch do look close. Ish.

Daft question, but as of @trickyrich's last update, 4 GBs were sat on 39 votes, but the cut off was drawn between the second and third GB on 39 votes. My question is, what happens if there are a number (4 in this case) straddling the cut off line? Do we have a second Bunfight 🤩 between those on the same score? I know there's still a long way to go in the current Bunfight, but......

Well done team, it appears we are, just, above the cut off, but there is still a long way to go. Thanks to the additional voters who haven't signed up formally, for your support too. Long may that continue.

Of course! Or an Airfix 1/48 TSR2, although that, apparently, might have to go in the “Worst Kit in the Stash” class too. There was me thinking DHC Beaver or Cessna 172 style.

Whilst enjoying all the corny jokes (how nice to see some of the old ones make their annual outing in the Bunfight), I got thinking about this year’s Bunfight and @Wings unlevel’s comment about the stash. I thought “what if none of those I signed up to get through the Bunfight” and that got me thinking about the Stash and the alternative GBs. So using @Paul821’s list posted by Enzo I looked at the alternative options. This is what I worked out: Bomber Command: Yes – Mossie, Lanc, Stirling. Build A Nice Kit: Yes – Mossie, Spitfire IX Cool Cats and Furious Felines: Yes – Airfix Jaguar Ground Forces Mega GB: Yes – G-6 Rhino High Wing: Ooh, not sure!! Les Français d'Outre Mer: Yes - Sunderland Long Distance Maritime Patrol: Yes – Nimrod or Sunderland Muscle Cars: Yes – Aston Martin DBS Nineties: Yes - Nimrod, Buccaneer Not Your Usual Colour Scheme: Yes – PRU pink Spitfire One Man's Islands: Possibly – I see the Shetlands are still available and 404 Sqn RCAF flew Mossies and Beaufighters from RAF Sumburgh Paint It Black: Yes – Mosquito, Beaufighter Post-war Four and More: Yes – Lancaster, Sunderland, Nimrod Rescue and recovery: Yes – Nimrod, ASR Wellington SEAC/CBI: Yes – SEAC Spitfire, Mosquito, P-47D Self Propelled: Yes – G6 Rhino Sharkmouths: Yes – P-51D Starships – No!! Stick and String: Yes – Tiger Moth The Specialists II: Yes – PR Spitfire or Mossie, Typhoon, Beaufighter, Nimrod The Weather: Yes – Typhoon, Tempest, Whirlwind, Hurricane, Lightning Top 10: Yes – Spitfires and P-51D Two Seaters: Yes – Beaufighter, Mossie, Buccaneer Worst Kit In Your Stash: Hmmmm – not really sure. Airfix Nimrod, maybe, it needs a lot of work. It would appear that I am a bit short on the STGB stash though as I only have a Hunter and Hornet on hand. So it looks like I’m pretty much covered regardless of what wins!!

I definitely do not need more kits in the stash. I definitely do not need more kits in the stash. I definitely do not need more kits in the stash. I definitely do not need more kits in the stash. I definitely need more kits in the stash........

Still in time for the 2926 Bunfight vote though @Grandboof, welcome to the Team. Talking of which, we are languishing just below the cut off at present with 28 votes. I know there’s a way to go till the bunfight ends, but some of you haven’t voted 🤔

That’s me voted. I’ve simply voted for those I signed up to, I like to try and keep things simple. At present, quite a few are below the line 😕 but that’s the Bunfight. Oh, but I’ve still got 2 votes left 😈 🤔 Slightly disappointed to see Not Your Usual Colour Scheme still hasn’t had a vote from everyone who signed up (come on team, you know who you are 😘) but that’s the Bunfight! Now to sit back and watch the shenanigans unfold 🍺 🍿 🧐

Oh yes @Skodadriver either of those would be most welcome and spectacular builds. Now we’ve just got to get through the Bunfight!!

Thank you @Enzo the Magnificent 🤜

Only if @Enzo the Magnificent remembers to add 'Not Your Usual Colour Scheme' to the Bunfight vote 😉

It does, it does. You are in, welcome, I'll add you to the list @paul-muc

Wow! 20 years!! Well as I joined BM in 2007 and participated in one of the first GBs, even winning a prize if I remember correctly, I really ought to sign up to this GB. Not sure I’ve got anything with a 20 in it, so will have to think about that, but at least I do have a couple of years to think about it.