Col. Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) Ladies and gentlemen we are now approaching the end of the 45-50s edition of this GB series and I'm thinking it's time to look at one more issue to contine the series. Same theme as ever but covering the 90s decade. Who's in? 1, Col. (Mod) 2, Wez 3, helios16v 4, wimbledon99 5, Jabba 6, modelling minion 7, Corsairfoxfouruncle 8, DAG058 9, Lex77 10, PhantomBigStu 11, franky boy 12, Angus Tura 13, CliffB 14, exdraken 15, theplasticsurgeon 16, rafalbert 17, Hockeyboy76 18, zebra 19, Giorgio N 20, Arniec 21, Dave_R 22, Redstaff 23, Valkyrie 24, Creepy Pete 25, Colin W 26, whiskey 27, IanHx 28, stevej60 29, @Cookenbacher 30, @trickyrich 31, @Panther II Edited July 5, 2019 by Col. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) Count me in. This will be an interesting one as the Warsaw Pact as we knew it effectively crumbled during this period. Old adversaries were suddenly new friends... Edited April 16, 2019 by Wez 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yeah baby! 😎 Too many options in the stash to select this far ahead. 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yes please !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Wez said: Count me in. This will be an interesting one as the Warsaw Pact as we knew it effectively crumbled during this period. Old adversaries were suddenly new friends... The DDR ceased to be on 3 Oct 1990. Yes a very interesting period of time. I arrived at Gutersloh at the end of Oct 1989 hoping to see the Berlin wall, the inter border and all that jazz. But the Berlin wall came down at the beginning of that Nov and sometime in the new year we were allowed to go across the inter boarder as long as we told the guardroom that we were doing so. Come 3 Oct 1990 we were allowed to roam where we wanted to as it was now one country so a few of us went to Colditz for the day, originally only going to Magdeburg. We could see Soviet soldiers just walking around the streets of some of the bigger towns that we passed through just wondering what to do. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Be rude not to seeing as I've done all the others, and thoroughly enjoyed them all too. Far too many to choose from to make a decision at the moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Ok make it official like and sign me up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 3 hours ago, Jabba said: a few of us went to Colditz for the day A friend of mine went to Colditz a couple of years back, their guide was a young woman who had no concept of the DDR, more worryingly, she had no idea of the significance of Colditz, very few of the locals did, I got the impression that the Russians hadn't wanted to acknowledge the contribution to WWII of other nations combatants and had hushed up the fact their castle had been used as a PoW camp, the guide had no idea about the Allied contribution. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 When we were there we did manage in pigeon english/german to speak to a few locals who were mightily impressed with the cars that we arrived in about the castle. They did know about the significance of the castle as they though (well we think) some of our relatives had stayed there. There was a guide who could have shown us around the area, but it would have not been to much later and we had gone a lot further than we had intended so we took a walk around ourselves. We found that it was now a mental asylum and one of the lads got into one of the wards by accident and made a very hasty retreat. I also found it difficult to photograph, but did manage to get a few. I do think that things have changed now and you are able to get into the castle. Oh forgot to say sign me up for this GB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jabba said: things have changed now and you are able to get into the castle. I thought it was getting out of the castle that was the problem . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Put me down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jabba said: We found that it was now a mental asylum and one of the lads got into one of the wards by accident and made a very hasty retreat. My mate mentioned it had been an asylum although it is not any longer, he had to explain to his guide why so many people from all over the world were coming to their castle. Edited April 16, 2019 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yes please! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Seeing as there’s little chance I won’t enter such, sign me up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yes I'm in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I'd be up for this Col. I'd be very happy just to endlessly repeat 1945-1960, to tell you the truth! I do have some pretty weird Syhart decals for various 90s things, Alan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) The more I think about this one the more I wonder just who the protagonists are? The Warsaw Pact itself was effectively disbanded in 1991 so what does that mean for those countries that had renounced the pact in 1991 but didn't join NATO until 1997 such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland? One thing for sure, it makes for some interesting options. Edited April 16, 2019 by Wez 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Wez said: The more I think about this one the more I wonder just who the protagonists are? The Warsaw Pact itself was effectively disbanded in 1991 so what does that mean for those countries that had renounced the pact in 1991 but didn't join NATO until 1997 such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland? One thing for sure, it makes for some interesting options. A good point Wez. For this edition I think we can adopt the same rule as in the currect edition; all current and former participants as well as neutral nations are eligible so long as they fit within the geographic scope and the equipment was operational within the decade 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Wez said: My mate mentioned it had been an asylum although it is not any longer, he had to explain to his guide why so many people from all over the world were coming to their castle. I think that sometime later it was actually turned into a hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Yes please Col. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I 'd be in! Czech MiG-23 or Su-22 or Su-25? Austrian "brand new " Draken pre- upgrade? Some Russian in GDR / Hungary? Or again an (Ex) Yugoslav fighter?. Large amounts of fighters around that timeframe!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I've taken part in each of these NATO v Warsaw Pact Europe GBs - and as usual I'm struggling to find something. This time I've got a Revell Tornado GR1, with decals for 1998 - I'm in. Also a Sword Harrier T4/N (1992), Possibly others will be added nearer the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 gosh did we just have this GB??? How about NATO vs Putin GB?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) On 4/18/2019 at 4:57 AM, trickyrich said: How about NATO vs Putin GB?? That would be a "current" GB then, no? 2010-2019.... Hopefully this vs. Putin ends soon... Not too useful having another Cold War... (better than a hot one obviously.....) By the way, ending the Kosovo war in June 1999, the Russians overtook NATO by surprise deploying forces.... Mi-24s and Special Forces..... That would definitely qualify, no? Edited April 19, 2019 by exdraken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalbert Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Go on then..... Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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