vppelt68 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I like the music of Cole Porter, and one day maybe a week ago the words "Night and day..." lead in my mind to a Group Build idea. But to the point: Night and Day GB. The Allied combined bombardment campaign to defeat the Axis and its industrial heart and logistic veins. Why not bleed their air force white too, conveniently along the way. Achieve this with British by night, Americans by day, hammering the enemy Night and Day. Adding Little Friends as they came along, from the early Spitfire escort reaching the Netherlands to Mustangs all the way to Berlin and back. Not forgetting the photo recon Mosquitos, Lightnings and Spitfires that brought back valuable information about the effects of the bombing. Assembly ships and Pathfinders too, of course. And the Dambusters! On the other side of the table, Jagdwaffe, with anything they ever could send up in the air to defend Das Reich. Night and Day. The wild boars and the tame ones. Rocket firing dayfighters to break them up and ones with antitank guns to do havoc in a tight combat box formation. The Schräge Musik, btw, that's jazz. A lot of metal in the air too, known as the notorious Flak, so the German AAA and ground radar equipment are eligible if that's your interest. And the night fighters chasing other night fighters, the choices are endless...less...less... So how'd this sound for 2022? 1) V-P the host 2) MarkSH 3) Col. the co-host 4) Antoine 5) Corsairfoxfouruncle 6) Rabbit Leader 7) Arniec 8. trickyrich 9) Ol' Scrapiron 10) CliffB 11) Silenoz 12) Wez 13) TEMPESTMK5 14) Mottlemaster 15) Hockeyboy76 16) JOCKNEY 17) specky 18) Peter Lloyd 19) Valkyrie 20) Muddyf 21) Redstaff 22) BerndM 23) PhantomBigStu 24) Paul821 25) alt-92 26) franky boy 27) Greg Destec 28) modelling minion 29) Tim R-T-C 30) Stefan Buysse ... thank you all! 31) Work In Progress 32) Davey Gair 33) wimbledon99 34) Bill Davis 35) Richard Tucker 36) Rafwaffe 37) ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 There certainly is a Smörgåsbord on offer there V-P, I'd be interested but with what? It may take a while to settle on something. Cheers, Mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 About one and a half years to make up your mind! V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Sign me up V-P and as co-host if you require. Most likely take the opportunity to go with a PR Spit or Mossie for my photo-recce collection but there was plenty bomber types stationed in this little corner of the world where I call home so who knows what new kits I can justify by the time this one comes around 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 You're hired! V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Day's not really my cup of tea, but Night, why not? Of course there's a long way to go, but I've had a look at the stash. I've a few 1/48 Nightfighters, all from Tamiya, and all classic.... Mossie II He 219, And a Beau. The only one with this little something different, because it comes with a conversion set for a Beau II. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 But then it would be the perfect excuse to dig into my small collection of Ju 88 Nightfighters. C-6, with... Or without radar. G-1, G-6, G-6, And G-6!!! And finally, an R-2 façon spaghetti! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Ok i can stand to do a Bf-110 or a Ju-88 night-fighter. Anyone do a TA-154 in 1/72nd ? I have the He-219 but will build that long before this comes to pass. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 You’re twisting my arm V.P, so under immense distress you’d better sign me up too! Ive long had this publication in my aero library and with such classic raids as - Wilhelmshaven (1939), Rotterdam, Coventry, (1940), Knapsack (1941), Augsburg, Cologne, Eindhoven (1942), Ijmuiden, Hamburg, Schweinfurt, Hannover (1943), Berlin, Nuremberg (1944) and Dresden (1945).... there’s certainly plenty of choices on offer from both sides. Might even be tempted to build one of my many unbuilt Lancs taking up valuable storage space. Cheers.. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I am in. Got loads in the stash and will see what I build. But at least some 250 models will fit the bill O, and before Enzo says it. I will not build them all. Cheers, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 oooo I have to be in this with something that has black crosses on it and flies at night....maybe! Not sure what for now, but theirs plenty of time for manufactures to produce something to tempted me with! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Well, I've found an outsider. No more than a prototype, so might not be eligible. And I forgot a few 190, just in case... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 My 80 years old Mom was today at our house to spend the Boxing day and brought me some old photos. Her mind sharp as a needle, dancers agility and still driving a Kia Rio, way to go Mom 👍. Now this here below is me on my 9th birthday back in 1977, and a build-in-one-day Revell B-24D Liberator work in progress pic. Haven't built one since. Maybe in this GB should it gain enough support? V-P 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 A shameless BUMP! Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to build something for the lacking roof of the Festung Europa! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol' Scrapiron Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I will put aside these three kits to build as part of the Night and Day project. I've held on to the Matchbox kits for decades so far, so what's another year? I actually have multiples of the Lancaster and Halifax. Not sure when I got the Liberator (7-8 years ago) but I haven't even opened it yet because it is the wrong variant for my Great-Uncle's plane in the 466th BG out of Attlebrige. Might as well throw it in to make a true "Night and Day" combo project. These are all 1/72nd (smaller than I prefer) so don't expect quite the same level of effort as I have been putting in for the current B-17 STGB... but I'll try not to embarrass myself. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Count me in too please V-P, probably with something jet or rocket powered. Thanks Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I'm in too.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) I have a lot of studying to do next year for the final year of my degree (doing a BEng in my fifties - I must be mad)! So, depending on when the GB is held I would be in with a 100 (Bomber Support) Group RAF Mosquito night intruder. Edited February 1, 2019 by Wez 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Good afternoon VP Count me in please I am pretty sure to find something suitable in my stash (probably a Tamiya Mosquito NF ..) .. Patrice Edited February 1, 2019 by TEMPESTMK5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 please put my name down for this one VP . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Something mottled on its way, perhaps? Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 On 02/02/2019 at 18:06, vppelt68 said: Something mottled on its way, perhaps? Welcome! Or maybe something from the Newzealand Rugby team ........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 You might have seen this coming 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 @vppelt68, Please Sir, Me Sir, I want to play too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 Bump - and please note, we already have a Banner, well, sort of, as the dates are still missing . But isn´t Miss Lace beautiful?! V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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