Bonhoff 2,932 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) Hows about this one? We all read don't we? And I guess in a lot of cases it's Autobiographies. Just read Geoffrey Wellum's "First Light" again and it got me wondering.... Why not a GB based on authors? You build a subject of their mount and show it with their book. Perhaps Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Roald Dahl, Chuck Yeager, loads of pilot's memoirs around. Build things that float? Nicholas Monserratt. Cars? Innes Ireland, Roger Clark.... Whaddya think? IanJ Names So Far 1. Kallisti 2. Arniec 3. Vppelt68 4. Simon 5. Avereda 6. Black Knight 7. Antoine 8. Whitestar12chris 9. Zebra 10. Alancmlaird? 11. Dave_R 12. Mach Turtle 13. SleeperService 14. TonyTiger66 15. Bonhoff (Ought to show faith in my own GB...) 16. Corsairfoxfouruncle 17. theplasticsurgeon 18. MarkSH Edited March 6, 2020 by Bonhoff Name numbers 16,17 & 18 added 6/3/20 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Kallisti 7,451 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I'd love to build some of the ships from Iain M Banks culture novels... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Arniec 5,449 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) That sounds interesting. I am in. I have got some books that might tick my box like a book of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. The top Nightfighter ace of WW 2. I think I also have a book of the Stuka ace Hans Ulrich Rudel. I have to look in my library what I have more. This idea has made me want to build now. I am lost. Cheers, I found some more. Hartmann and J.N. Thorne Edited May 30, 2017 by Arniec 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vppelt68 6,608 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I've tried to resist signing on too many GB proposals lately, but this I must not skip. My math says this is a classic 1+1=3 case. I'm in V-P 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SimonT 905 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Count me in, great idea! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Avereda 1,717 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hmm, that's got me thinking... A diorama based on Last of the Mohicans, Para Handy's Puffer, a bomber from Catch-22, boats from Swallows and Amazons, the ambulance from Ice Cold in Alex... I think I might be up for this one 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Black Knight 6,237 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 15 hours ago, Bonhoff said: ... We all read don't we?... I look at the pictures mostly. Open to any subject? Does it have to be real or can it include fiction? eg Richard Sharpe from the Sharpe stories by Bernard wotisname? In a way it would be more of a challenge to do only real which has featured in a book Either way, please add me in 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Antoine 1,615 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Great idea, indeed! Count me in, please. I've already a question. Open to autobio for sure, but what about simple bio? I mean, written by someone else? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
whitestar12chris 2,444 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Count me in, plenty of submarines in books, Nautilus, Skate etc. All the best Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites
zebra 8,066 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Interesting idea - count me in. I just finished the fourth volume of Mike Brooke's memoirs - he flew a lot of different aircraft in a long career with the RAF and RAE so there are plenty of options. Only one problem with the idea for this GB - I read them on my phone so the photo of the model with the book isn't going to work very well! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alancmlaird 384 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I probably won't join this one.....but its an absolute stormer of an idea.....Neville Shute.....TE Laurence......Guy Gibson.....Gandar Dower (go on, google him!). Hmm, then again, I might! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bonhoff 2,932 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 I'd better get on with composing a list then..... Thanks for the support. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dave_R 3,676 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 It's a great idea - I haven't got any inspiration yet, but assuming something fictional, like the "War of the Worlds" is OK then I'm in. Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bonhoff 2,932 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Perhaps two groups, fiction and non-fiction..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Avereda 1,717 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Bonhoff said: Perhaps two groups, fiction and non-fiction..... Careful, I'm a librarian by trade and if you're going to start classifying things.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Black Knight 6,237 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Judging by the responses of the signer-uppers that seems the best way to go May I suggest you start a names list in your first post so we can see the numbers 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mach Turtle 276 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Sign me up. I'd do either an Ernest Gann DC-2 or a Robert Mason Huey. Link to post Share on other sites
Mach Turtle 276 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Some more thoughts on this GB: There are pilots who capitalised on their fame as aviators by writing books. The Lindberghs, Chesley Sullenberger, and Chuck Yeager are among these. There are people who served as pilots in wartime, then went on to work as writers, recounting their wartime experiences in some cases. Roald Dahl, Joseph Heller, and Robert Mason are examples. Some people, such as Geoffrey Wellum and Bert Stiles, wrote just a single memoir, with no eye toward personal gain or a writing career. People like Nevil Shute, J.G Ballard, and Ernest Gann were truly double-gifted, having had full careers in both aviation and writing. Of course, I am considering only aviation here. Edited June 26, 2017 by Mach Turtle J.G Ballard, not Robert. Link to post Share on other sites
SleeperService 3,504 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 An interesting idea. I'm in Nevil Shute 'piloted' the Great Panjandrum explosive carrier at Westward Ho! and, IIRC helped develop it. I found and copied the report at Kew so finally have the reference material I need. Link to post Share on other sites
TonyTiger66 5,476 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I guess it's a really easy option, but I've always wanted to do a good model of one if Manfred Von Richthofen's aircraft. I made the Airfix Fokker triplane a number of times. I know it's not really any good, but it certainly looks nice on its little stand . I read 'The Red Fighter Pilot' around 25 years ago. I enjoyed its simplicity and direct approach. Quite disturbing in terms of propogandistic bravado but really, one would expect it from him at that time. He later said he was no longer like that. I have an old Revell Albatross in quite a bad, but repairable state (broken into component parts and all the paint will need stripping) and an unopened Eduard Fokker Triplane. No decals for the Baron, but plenty of time. Yes, count me in, great idea . Best regards TonyT PS: Just remembered I've got a Spanish Civil War Potez for Andre Malraux, and a Frank Tinker Polikarpov too . 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vppelt68 6,608 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Bump! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bonhoff 2,932 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Thanks @vppelt68 Completely forgotten that I'd suggested this GB - name list added, halfway there already! @SleeperService - Have you seen This? IanJ Link to post Share on other sites
SleeperService 3,504 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bonhoff said: @SleeperService - Have you seen This? Oh Yes. I need to invest 15GBP Worth it for the mad scientist alone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Corsairfoxfouruncle 23,501 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) Go ahead add me to the list John Boyd, Chuck Yeager, or Greg Boyington would be my best options for subject matter. Dennis Edited March 6, 2020 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to post Share on other sites
theplasticsurgeon 11,158 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Hmmmm, a book that I've got, and an appropriate model. Ed Macy - Italeri Apache that I won in a model-show Tombola. Backstop, rather than contractual answer - I could well find another offering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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