Alex Gordon Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Don't let Enzo see that lot,you'll end up with them all on the go at the same time . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 7:05 PM, Marklo said: I got the five kits at the bottom of the stack for €20 including postage I’ve built the f117 but that still gives me 4 to build. I also have a pair of Glencoe albatross kits that cost €15 for the two; one offaeg do I’ll probably do an Austro hungarian DIII ( mind if the last Glencoe Albatros I did is anything to go by I’ll be entering it in to the Anything but injection build ) I'm building a pair of the Su34s at present - they are somewhat rustic in their moulding - you'll probably need more than £10 worth of putty and sanding sticks! I know some people who have taken parts from the superior Trumpeter Su27 kits to complete the models to a much better finish but I doubt that would be in the spirit of this GB and not something I'm doing, but then I'm from Yorkshire... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Supposing I had three kits, each of which cost me £9.95. Could I build all three, in (almost) identical markings in the same thread? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I *might* join this one (depends if I still have modelling mojo in May), but I'm tempted so that I can potentially build 5 kits all under £10. Literally, 5 x £1.99 kits from Aldi last year I've got to do something with all those 109s, Spitfires and Hurricane... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 hours ago, tangerine_sedge said: I've got to do something with all those 109s, Spitfires and Hurricane Wot..... No Cutty Sark ⁉️😅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Being a cheapskate modeller, my pile of kits is LOADED with options! I'm going to have to think about this one. ESCI DC3 for £7...... I have a box of kits in bags that I got for a fiver each! I shall weigh up the situation and get back to you on this. Hey, that Buccaneer I'm finishing in Gulf GB was only £9.50. Doh, too late 😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 11/02/2021 at 19:46, Enzo Matrix said: Supposing I had three kits, each of which cost me £9.95. Could I build all three, in (almost) identical markings in the same thread? Hi Enzo. Yes I think that should be fine. Each kit is less than a tenner. 18 hours ago, tangerine_sedge said: I *might* join this one (depends if I still have modelling mojo in May), but I'm tempted so that I can potentially build 5 kits all under £10. Literally, 5 x £1.99 kits from Aldi last year I've got to do something with all those 109s, Spitfires and Hurricane... That sounds good - I have added you to the list.....just in case. 12 hours ago, rob Lyttle said: Being a cheapskate modeller, my pile of kits is LOADED with options! I'm going to have to think about this one. ESCI DC3 for £7...... I have a box of kits in bags that I got for a fiver each! I shall weigh up the situation and get back to you on this. Hey, that Buccaneer I'm finishing in Gulf GB was only £9.50. Doh, too late 😎 Hi Rob. Sounds like a range of excellent options!! I have added you to the list as well. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoolioPaulio Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Bagged this for £9.50 posted on Ebay, was super excited to get it started as I've been wanting some form of air ambulance chopper for a while now. Then it dawned on me its perfect for this GB, so now I'm going to have to keep looking at it in the stash while it slowly eats away at my soul for the next 3 months . I also already have Hunting Percival Jet Provost which was £9.99, and a Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a which was £6.99, both 1/72 and were impulse buys when I was in the LHS pre-lockdown days. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Awesome purchase and perfect for this GB Hoolio! I do like the look of that. Sounds like you have some other good choices as well.........if Enzo hears about the latter - you may have a very busy GB! Kind regards, Stix 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Hi Stix, Sorry if this has already been covered, but I have a Hasegawa Tornado GR1 I bought for £9.99 back in the 1990's I am considering entering. However, would it be OK to use some of my existing stock of generic bombs etc on it as I don't think I want to use the kit JP233, ditto the TIALD pod and BOZ from the Airfix weapons set I bought years ago to use on a number of planes such as the Buccaneer I built recently? To expand the question a little further, I take it the resin under the nose gubbins (FLIR fairing I believe) I bought for it many years ago would not be acceptable, and neither would the GR4 decs I bought at the same time when I was thinking of making a few mods to update it? Finally - how about a Master replacement Pitot? As I understand it the total expenditure, presumably not including paint, should be less than £10 and I appreciate that once you start getting "flexible" on that the floodgates can open! If I can't build this as part of the GB, I will build it anyway and I am sure I can find something else in my stash - it's just that I got the box out to check something today and noticed the Beatties price sticker on it, so I thought I would ask. Cheers Pete Edited February 25, 2021 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Hi Pete. No problem at all - it's always worth asking. I can quite understand that you want to build this kit as best you can and, if you have purchased a lot of things that could enhance it, then you want to use them. The kit on it's own would be perfect for this GB and it would be okay if you wanted to use a few bits and bobs from the spares box. But, as you suggest, the idea of the GB is to show how modellers can make great models from the cheapest of kits. So, if you were to use the other specially purchased items it will take it all above the £10 mark - and outside the spirit of this GB. The paints, paints and varnishes used are not counted as part of the £10....so you could splash out on those.....well perhaps not literally!! I think it may be best to make the most of the kit and the aftermaket extras you have and build it outside this GB. I do hope you have something suitable that you can make in this GB. Should be fun! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) Thanks Stix. No problem. I have quite a few that I think would have cost under £10 but not many have a price on them. However I have just noticed an old Airfix AW Seahawk starter set that is priced at £6 complete with paint and glue (not that I need it). I will have to do something about the cockpit and see through intakes and exhausts, and of course the wheel wells, but that will just require card, rod and tube stock that is at least 20 years old and maybe some old cut up bombs or drop tanks from the spares boxes that are even older and so presumably acceptable. This will be the third one I have built and it is very basic, but actually does not look bad, and Airfix have updated the colour scheme and decs for a slightly later version. Incidentally, I was looking at your painting video the other day and we do things pretty much the same when I can't be bothered to get one of my airbrushes out. I try and use the widest thin flat chisel point brush that is practical and on larger kits sometimes use one 1.8cm wide - I read somewhere that it spreads the paint better than a round brush and avoids a ridge at the boundary with other colours. It is cut at an angle so twisting it varies the width of the contact area and it is surprising how thin a line it can make when you turn it on edge, but as you say the trick is to thin the paint and work it out - I try to just lightly load the tip of the brush. I did my Shackleton and Lincoln that way and with the right paint it is almost as smooth as air-brushing I find. Cheers Pete Edited February 27, 2021 by PeterB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKrypton Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Count me in. I am just getting head wrapped around how these group builds work and this one looks like fun. Visited my local hobby shop today if you consider a two hour round trip drive local. Found a handful of interesting old kits for less than a tenner ( about $17.29 Canadian at todays exchange rate) so now I have something suitable. cheers, Graham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 16/03/2021 at 22:13, GrahamCC said: Count me in. I am just getting head wrapped around how these group builds work and this one looks like fun. Visited my local hobby shop today if you consider a two hour round trip drive local. Found a handful of interesting old kits for less than a tenner ( about $17.29 Canadian at todays exchange rate) so now I have something suitable. cheers, Graham Hi Graham. I'm pleased you were able to get some bargains! Welcome along, I have added you to the list in my first post. There's now less than two months until the kickoff! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Just been having a scroll through Amazon (Prime will be the undoing of me), it's amazing what I can have in my sweaty hands within 24 hours for less than 10 quid. There's a danger that in addition to the Smer(/Heller) Tempest that I already have in the stash I'll pitch in with this interesting subject, £6.76 delivered (the Revell rebox is on there too for not much more). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Hi folk's well I thought it time to cast a line for a kit for this GB as last years efforts drained the supply of cheapie's in the stash so strike number one paid of with this one picked up for £8.99 today,probably do a second build if anything interesting turns up. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/trumpeter-01644-j-10s-fighter--107127 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 21/03/2021 at 22:09, PlaStix said: There's now less than two months until the kickoff! Crikey, I'd better get my skates on, then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Hi @TonyOD and @stevej60. Looks like you've got great kits ready for this GB! Can't wait see them in progress. Hi @jackroadkill. I make it just 7 weeks to go!! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 hour ago, PlaStix said: I make it just 7 weeks to go!! I'm looking forward to it. I've been itching to build another 109 and the kit I've got for the LTAT GB especially. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Hi all, Here to set out my stall or at least showcase the potential candidates, truth be told I'm struggling to make my mind up which ones to go with. I'm nowhere near fast enough to "build'em all!" ......so any preferences?: Cheers, Mark. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Just realised that if my AVIA S199s do turn up they would qualify as they cost €17 inc postage. So that gives me a bit more choice if kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 My second and final(yes) build just secured for £8.95 from e-bay. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hobbyboss-80270-f-15c-eagle--101306 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Hobbyboss F-15 arrived and a cracking kit it is too so my two are ready to go should look great in the mock Flanker scheme! Not bad two kit's coming in at under eighteen quid thirty quids worth at RRP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 31/03/2021 at 06:58, Beermonster1958 said: If its not too late to sign up, count me in please. I have a couple of Revell Twin Otters I could enter for the GB 😊 John Hi John. Great to have you along for this GB!! I have added you to the list in post 1 at number 78! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 29/03/2021 at 11:35, MarkSH said: Hi all, Here to set out my stall or at least showcase the potential candidates, truth be told I'm struggling to make my mind up which ones to go with. I'm nowhere near fast enough to "build'em all!" ......so any preferences?: Cheers, Mark. Hi Mark Being completely biased either the Frog Skua or Shark would be terrific. However that Connie would look amazing as well. Cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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