jackroadkill Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Thanks @PlaStix! Looking forward to it. I've got three contenders now - no promises on how many will feature, but one definitely will at the very least! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Hopefully get my Mercedes GT3 finished this week for the unarmed GB then I'll be ready to go 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @PlaStix Thanks for the reminder, good timing I was just looking my entries out, The Spitfire was a bit of a late decision, I visited my first physical model shop in over a year, Monk Bar Models in York, to get some paint, saw this on the shelf and couldn't resist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gordon Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 2 hours ago, PlaStix said: ONE WEEK TO GO!! I'd better clear the bench then 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Overlapping GBs are going to be the death of me.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) Spoiled for choice. I’ll build at least one of the Albatri and some of the little jets, just not sure which ones. But I need to get the Flivver, the Gee Bee and the Skyhawk done this week ( shouldn’t be that difficult) and I do have rather a lot of 1/72 me109s pencilled in for the summer. Edited May 8, 2021 by Marklo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Hi all. Thank you for all your replies. Looks like we are going to have a great range of models being built! I ended up getting my two kits washed this morning....they're now drying in the kitchen. Also took some photos of the sprues which I will post in the two threads. .....only 6 days to go!! Kind regards, Stix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Urg. Almost all GBs I applied to are over-lapping during the first half of the year, and then desert for the second. But I’ll try to find some time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 3:08 PM, Tim R-T-C said: Got an open Desert Storm and Africa GB to finish this month, Unarmed underway and pledges for T6 and non-injection. So of course today I started a Panzer III GB build 😏 Embrace the madness! 🤪 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I've only just started my build for the Unarmed GB as well as having a couple of GB s going on elsewhere but I do have some candidates lined up for this one. Hopefully I can get a couple of builds from the other GBs finished before this one starts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostbase Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I have been waiting for this GB, am sure that I have a few kits hiding in the stash which would qualify (and be fun to build). Just a question; several of the old kits that I would like to build have very poor decals and the effort in building and painting them would be negated by the very poor quality of those decals. I do have a decals spares box so can I use some decals from that box eg national insignia, air force titles, generic stuff like that to give a better presentation? Would the 20% spares box apply here too? Thanks Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 1:56 PM, Jb65rams said: I was just looking my entries out, What's that funny looking thing top right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, TonyOD said: top right? Aerosan....very cool weird thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 @TonyOD Basically a propellor driven snowmobile. Used by the Russians for reconnaissance, communications and light raiding. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I am going to build a full resin example of the T-34C Turbomentor I once bought in the Aviationmegastore barnsale.. The kit itself was found obsoleted when the Specialhobby one appeared so I bought this one for a whopping 5 euro’s! It never had decals but thankfully I could source a set wich was more expensive than the kit😂 cheers, Jan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 1:26 PM, helios16v said: Spreadsheets.... They are the answer to all your problems. I started keeping a Google sheet of all my kits, but when I got to 300 airframes I stopped. 😳 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Had the kit ready for this, not the best example of the type so seemed perfect fodder but I’d used the decals on another build and spares box decals didn’t have any that cost less than the leftover change. However I know of one kit I want to build but haven’t had a suitable GB for it. Purchased around Xmas 2018. My question I know I paid less than a tenner for it but the price sticker has long since gone, do I need to go back through my bank statements to prove it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Ghostbase said: I have been waiting for this GB, am sure that I have a few kits hiding in the stash which would qualify (and be fun to build). Just a question; several of the old kits that I would like to build have very poor decals and the effort in building and painting them would be negated by the very poor quality of those decals. I do have a decals spares box so can I use some decals from that box eg national insignia, air force titles, generic stuff like that to give a better presentation? Would the 20% spares box apply here too? Thanks Michael Hi Michael. Decals from the spares box are fine. The 20% won't apply for decals if they are genuinely from the spares box. It's unlikely that most builds could be made up of 20% of decals anyway. Kind regards, Stix 6 minutes ago, PhantomBigStu said: Had the kit ready for this, not the best example of the type so seemed perfect fodder but I’d used the decals on another build and spares box decals didn’t have any that cost less than the leftover change. However I know of one kit I want to build but haven’t had a suitable GB for it. Purchased around Xmas 2018. My question I know I paid less than a tenner for it but the price sticker has long since gone, do I need to go back through my bank statements to prove it? Hi Stu. No that's fine. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravnos Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Hi @PlaStix Is it too late to sign up for this one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 So silly question time; but if a kit cost exactly $10, it's out because it must be less than 10, or do we include $10 buys? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 34 minutes ago, Brad said: So silly question time; but if a kit cost exactly $10, it's out because it must be less than 10, or do we include $10 buys? It's actually 10 GBP.....so whatever the $AUS converts too. That'll get you a bit of leeway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 42 minutes ago, Brad said: So silly question time; but if a kit cost exactly $10, it's out because it must be less than 10, or do we include $10 buys? Hi Brad. $10 is fine - plus, with ever changing exchange rates, I think your $10 is currently the same as £7.11. So you could look at current kits up to about $14. If I'm wrong about this - my excuse is it's early in the morning here in the UK and I have a headache! Kind regards, Stix Edit - sorry I'm on my phone and was thinking US dollars. Currently £10 = $17.90 in Australia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Ravnos said: Hi @PlaStix Is it too late to sign up for this one? Not at all. Welcome to the GB. I will add you to the list in a bit. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Oh ok, sounds good. I'm already doing my GB but I always game to enter another. I just picked up a 1/48 Apache and and Tamiya A-10 for $10 each at a swap meet, so I might come in here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravnos Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 45 minutes ago, PlaStix said: Not at all. Welcome to the GB. I will add you to the list in a bit. Kind regards, Stix Great thanks, I'm still deciding what to build should have something in the next day or so, am I right in thinking that kits that cost exactly 10 quid are not allowed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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