Robert Stuart Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Feeling a little cold, so wanted something to warm me up ... had a go a t a GB banner, here: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastvader Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Not sure if I'm flip-flopping on what to build for this. I was originally thinking something Italian like MPM's Breda B 88. But now I'm thinking of maybe doing a Dakota. Not sure where to start on finding the correct decals for one though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Right so I think I have an idea of what i want to build.... I am thinking of three PR aircraft, beaufighter, hurricane and a spitfire I also want to try and build 3 malta birds....not sure what yet with that option I will carry on looking at that as there are SO many I want to build Rob Have I got a good news for you - Malta was home to all those three PR aircraft! Hello I would like to put my name down for this. I was thinking of doing spitfire bp844 taking off of hms eagle as part of operation picket 1. Just wondering if it was within the GB requirements? Cheers Joss Good news to you too: Malta builds aren´t just eligible, they are recommended! In my opinion, Malta was the very heart of the war at the Mediterranean. Actually, I wanted to propose a Malta 1940-42 GB II but then I thought it´d have a better chance to succeed if I broaden the theme to cover more time and space, and here we are now so not a bad decision . Feeling a little cold, so wanted something to warm me up ... had a go a t a GB banner, here: Oh yes keep these coming! The colours are indeed hot, fit for the climate! Not sure if I'm flip-flopping on what to build for this. I was originally thinking something Italian like MPM's Breda B 88. But now I'm thinking of maybe doing a Dakota. Not sure where to start on finding the correct decals for one though. Hmmm... fortunately they give us eight months time to think about it and get ready for it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 I, as the proposed host of this GB, promise to build 5 single engine fighter aircraft models in 1:72 scale... Looks like I´ve got a promise to keep! I´ll probably slip a bit in all those planes being fighters... I have a Storch and a Stuka that just cry for building in this GB. Is that good for the GB people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Looks like I´ve got a promise to keep! I´ll probably slip a bit in all those planes being fighters... I have a Storch and a Stuka that just cry for building in this GB. Is that good for the GB people? So with 3 more 1/72 kits you need a spitfire vb, a hurricane MK.IIc and a Kittyhawk mkI that should complete a good set 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 So with 3 more 1/72 kits you need a spitfire vb, a hurricane MK.IIc and a Kittyhawk mkI that should complete a good set Nope, a Spitfire I will build in Edgar's Tribute GB and a Hurricane in its very own STGB. A Kittyhawk I just built a year ago and a Macchi Mc 202 too. For the FW 190 we´ll also have a dedicated STGB next summer but nothing for Bf 109s. But then, I´ll build one of them in the Vignette GB and another in the Blitz Build GB, so maybe not German single engine fighters after all... But I happen to have an Eduard Bf 110 Profipack and ZG 26 Sicilian decals for it, that should be good though it has one engine too many. I could also build a Sea Hurricane and a Sea(Spit)fire, lucky me there´s a lot of time left for decision making! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Not sure if I'm flip-flopping on what to build for this. I was originally thinking something Italian like MPM's Breda B 88. But now I'm thinking of maybe doing a Dakota. Not sure where to start on finding the correct decals for one though. Simple answer, do both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 V-P, you are full of good news! Here the ju88 gb... What a star. I know there were the Malta PR spits and I have seen some info for a Malta based FR? hurricane, I think there is a 1/48 boxing?? But I did not know there was a PR beaufighter on the island... I think more looking is needed. I feel this GB will take up most my focus next year!! I have a few more cunning plans to look at as well Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 But I did not know there was a PR beaufighter on the island... I think more looking is needed. One seldom disappoints while searching the Britmodeller for information! Check out this http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/20919-pru-beaufighters/ made me want to do one when I built a pair of Frog Beaufighters a few years back. Regards, V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) I do not know what to build, the choices are many among my kits: Bf 109E4 1/48 Eduard Fiat Cr 25 1/72 Special Hobby Gloster Gladiator 1/48 Roden Henschel Hs 126 1/48 ICM Henshel Hs 129 B2 1/48 Revell Macchi 202 serie I 1/48 Hasegawa Macchi 202 serie VII 1/48 Hasegawa Mc 205 Veltro 155° Gr 1/48 Hasegawa Me 110E-2 Trop 1/48 Cyber Hobby Spitfire Mk V Tropical 1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.IX Early 1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.Vb Malta 1/48 Airfix Bristol Beaufort 1/72 Special Hobby Cant Z 501 1/72 Italeri Caproni Ca 311 1/72 Italeri Caproni Ca 313/314 1/72 Italeri Cr 42 Falco 1/48 Italeri Cr 42 Falco 1/72 Italeri Ettore Edited December 10, 2015 by Ettore 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Ettore... I'm out of words. I envy your stash of models - fortunately they're not all in my favorite scale 😋. I'm sure you'll come up with a nice decision and even nicer model! Regards, V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 How do the hosts feel about captured aircraft that were, operated, captured and evaluated in theatre? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Absolutely yes in my opinion but the build needs to be based on a documented example. Regards, V-P Edited December 13, 2015 by vppelt68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Oh that's not a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 How do the hosts feel about captured aircraft that were, operated, captured and evaluated in theatre? Like this one Captured by an RAF crew from a downed beaufighter while they were being transported to be prisoners of war. As it goes they over powered the Italian crew and forced them to fly back to malta.... the crew were from a downed beaufighter Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastvader Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Well, I've made my decision. I'll be doing Revell's Boston Mk.V of 13 Squadron, 232 Wing, Royal Air Force, Italy 1944. Sorted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I'm in!!! Pop me down please! Cheers, Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Hi all. The rules state: "Eligible builds: Anything that was used in or supporting operations of war from 1.9.1939 to 8.5.1945 below the Alps and above the equator, from the Gibraltar to Iraq, sea, air or land, all scales and materials." Does that mean the eastern most tip of Iraq, or the western most tip? Why am I nitpicking? Because it might include or exclude a subject I'm considering. This below red box shows the limits of the eligible area. If is't the westernmost tip of Iraq, will I be allowed to build a 16 Squadron SAAF subject that was based at Addis Ababa, Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia)? Edited April 20, 2016 by JimmyZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Jimmy, a gorgeous map, thank you! That´s how I have written the geographical limits for this Group Build. The original title had both the Mediterranean and the North Africa mentioned. Officially Ethiopia has probably never been part of North Africa but in terms of WW2 most of us should link it to MTO. What else!? I assume it was part of the British/Commonwealth supply and assembly area, securing entrance to the Red Sea and the Suez canal, which were essential for the war at the MTO. So that´s eligible, welcome :-) But: for all the innovative members out there who view that map: don´t even try to build clearly Eastern Front stuff around the Black Sea, or Atlantic ops from Bay of Biscay etc. in this GB! Regards, V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thank you for the map Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I think that Operation Torch is included?! With the landings in Marocco as well?! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) I think that Operation Torch is included?! With the landings in Marocco as well?! Cheers, Aren´t the Central and Eastern Task Forces enough...? (read: of course the Op Torch was meant to be included as whole, but I wrote the rules "from the Gibraltar to Iraq"...) So you nitpickers, if it´s only up to me, have your Marocco eligible here, but no Bay of Biscay or Caucasus, please! Regards, V-P EDIT: 1000th post? Me, the quient and silent type? Edited January 19, 2016 by vppelt68 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Nitpicker Arnie. Hehehehehehehe I just had to ask after seeing the chart. That widens the GB a lot. I think I have a few decals in my stash for some Op Torch planes. Hmmmmm Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 vppelt68, I hope I didn't start something with my map now... I am happy to ablige if you decide the old "parameters" leaves too much room for nitpicking, and if you want to change it. After all, there's so much to build immediately around the Mediterranean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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