AdrianMF Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 19/02/2021 at 22:15, Davek72 said: No idea what I would go for but I am in That’s the spirit! Thanks Dave. (and apologies for missing your post) Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Sounds like fun. Building something that doesn’t fly will be interesting. So a clunky target or a floaty target? A car or a Gundam thingy? A soldier or a steam loco? Decisions, decisions. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I've got a few kits of subjects that I don't normally build so you can count me in for this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Haven't built a car model in over two decades, but Patton's Command Car in the stash is looking mighty fine for this! Edited March 15, 2021 by Thom216 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 09:38, Max Headroom said: decisions Let’s hope we get to make some soon Trevor - thanks for signing up! On 13/03/2021 at 14:46, TimJ said: subjects that I don't normally build Great, let’s dig them out if the stash. Welcome aboard! On 15/03/2021 at 01:30, Thom216 said: Patton's Command Car That will be a “wheely” great candidate for the GB. Thanks! (And sorry...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I'm sure My Very Own Comfort Zone is so small it's easy to come up with something outside of it, so please add me to the list too 🙂. V-P Edit: Oh and I know my subject will be something with red stars, just this once. Maybe with a few small bits and bobs of resin included. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 In my work comfort zone but not in my modelling comfort zone - as I wouldn’t know where to put it when completed - would be the Revell 1:200 Bucket Wheel Excavator. No guarantees but sign me up would be a step in the right direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 There is a GB starting in a week time that is very close in spirit, welcome to Anything but Injection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 hours ago, vppelt68 said: please add me to the list too Thank you sir! You could always model your thing with a red star after it had been captured by the Finns and re-badged. I was toying with that idea for an SB-2, but I didn't have the right engines. 50 minutes ago, Rob S said: Revell 1:200 Bucket Wheel Excavator. Rob, understand about plans changing, I will sign you up and hope... 48 minutes ago, Pin said: welcome to Anything but Injection I am planning to join that one! I lined up a candidate build a while ago for which no injection (or any?) kit exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 I was hoping that this would be scooped up by aliens administrators and placed gently in the bunfight category once we reached 30 willing volunteers... Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Hi Adrian, I think I would have something for this one. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 Michael, welcome aboard! I will add your name to the list! Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) Hi Adrian, I would love to join in if I can think of something to build! As I normally build 1/72 planes, 1/72 or 1/76 tanks and 1/700 warships there is nothing "unusual" in my stash. I suppose my vacformed WWI biplanes would have been ideal as I have been putting off building them for at least 20 years but I have just swopped them with Pat. However that does bring one thing to mind - I really do not enjoy rigging biplanes anyway which is one of the reasons they have not been built so that would be well outside my comfort zone and I do have about a dozen Roden and Eastern Express kits in my stash, together with a few other odds and end such as a Pegasus Halberstadt D.II and a Vickers "Gunbus" with either metal wire or etched rear frames - can't remember the make but may also be Pegasus. The combination of PE/metalwork and rigging is really something I don't feel at all comfortable with. Would any of those qualify? Pete Edited June 22, 2021 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Peter, If it makes you uncomfortable, it qualifies! Consider yourself welcomed in! Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham77 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Yes please, I have a ship that needs building but never done one of those before🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueNosers352nd Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Since this would be 2022, most likely, I might just be in on this..........but leave it with this caveat. I'm in the middle of a huge home remodel, down to studs and back. My plan is to be mostly done with it before Christmas, minus a few odds and ends. So no building time until that is mostly wrapped up. Unless something goes awry, I would like to participate. Not sure with what yet, but I have several options in the stash. I got a 1/700 Minneapolis, 1/350 Fletcher with fiddly bits (I blame those two on playing World of Warships) and a 1/35 Takom Tadpole. All well outta my comfort zone. If someone wants in feel free to kick me off the list. No biggie if that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avereda Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 It could be an excuse to resurrect this failure from four years ago. I haven’t really been anywhere near struts or rigging since (or short run Amodel kits for that matter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwomack Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Despite (or maybe because) being a Cambridge United supported, I studiously avoid any subject which would involve a lot of yellow paint! Maybe this is the GB that will be my therapy group, so no idea what it'll be, but I'll build something yellow!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I mostly build injection moulded car kits but I have a couple of resin/mixed media car kits that I'm a bit scared to start, so this might be the perfect opportunity to tackle at least one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Count me in Adrian. I have one or two boats (NO!!!Not that... anything but that!) in the stash that should see the light of day. And.... they're NOT 1/48! (The Horror!) Now if a sudden cold snap should occur because a certain underworld froze over or brass monkeys start walking around a little funny because of this, Don't blame me. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 01/07/2021 at 15:23, Graham77 said: I have a ship that needs building Sounds just the ticket. Welcome aboard! On 01/07/2021 at 19:12, Avereda said: rigging That looks really nice! You will have to do it standing on one leg just to prove that you aren't comfortable My last green Moth (New Airfix Tiger variety) ended up in the bin because the rigging went so-o-o-o badly wrong. Strange because I've built and rigged four of 'em before. On 07/07/2021 at 09:56, Mjwomack said: yellow paint No shortage of GB prototypes and trainers If you are brushing then the best advice I can give is to do each coat thinly, try not to remember how many coats you've already done and try not to think about how many more coats you've got to go. (I took my Oxford comma out of that sentence in deference to your footy team) On 07/07/2021 at 10:04, johnlambert said: resin/mixed media car kits They shouldn't be too scary for you, seeing the super job you did on the Alpine 110, including two successive yellow paint jobs (over dark blue plastic too). Bravo! On 07/07/2021 at 14:00, LorenSharp said: I have one or two boats Well, you certainly do a mean vac-form. But you have exactly the scenario I was thinking about when I thought up the GB. You find a kit in your stash and think "who in tarnation put that there?". Cheers, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, AdrianMF said: Well, you certainly do a mean vac-form. But you have exactly the scenario I was thinking about when I thought up the GB. You find a kit in your stash and think "who in tarnation put that there?". Cheers, Adrian Thanks Adrian, but as the old story goes about the young man visiting New York City for the first time.He wanted to see all the sights. He walked up to an old new yorker and asked "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" to which the old gentleman replied, "Practice my boy, Practice." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Just thought of something that really is outside my comfort zone! When I first started courting my wife back in around 1975 her father had a very impressive wooden model of Cutty Sark on a table in his hall - it was about 3ft long! I really liked it, and so, moving on 5 years and 200 miles further south, when I saw a Billings Boats kit of it lurking on the shelves of my them LMS I bought it together with the accessories set - probably cost me around £25, maybe a little more. Once I got it home I realised there were 2 major problems - lots of wooden bits to shape and glue together, and it was around 1 metre long when built so where the heck would I display it? I was going to give it to my father in law as his was apparently only on loan and the owner eventually asked for it back, but he died not long after I bought it so 40 years later it is still in the box somewhere in my roof and I cannot decide whether to build it or try and sell it - now they are fetching £200+ on auction sites. Maybe one day I will get the courage to have a go but the thought of simulating the copper plating on the lower hull is rather daunting! Pete PS. I don't like the new format much - prefer the old way of showing posts, likes etc, though I gather Mike may still be tweaking it. Edited July 21, 2021 by PeterB 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 3/17/2021 at 12:06 AM, AdrianMF said: Rob, understand about plans changing, I will sign you up and hope... Well I found the kit so if this GB gets through the Bunfight I’ll then have to find the time in 2022 (so long as the sight, hands, fingers, and joints hold up!) to participate. (Typically I’ve already looked at the kit with the view to replacing the tracked undercarriage with railway boogies to turn it into a Product Coal Stockpile Reclaimer feeding a Train Loadout Bin.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 23:04, PeterB said: Hi Adrian, I would love to join in if I can think of something to build! As I normally build 1/72 planes, 1/72 or 1/76 tanks and 1/700 warships there is nothing "unusual" in my stash. I suppose my vacformed WWI biplanes would have been ideal as I have been putting off building them for at least 20 years but I have just swopped them with Pat. However that does bring one thing to mind - I really do not enjoy rigging biplanes anyway which is one of the reasons they have not been built so that would be well outside my comfort zone and I do have about a dozen Roden and Eastern Express kits in my stash, together with a few other odds and end such as a Pegasus Halberstadt D.II and a Vickers "Gunbus" with either metal wire or etched rear frames - can't remember the make but may also be Pegasus. The combination of PE/metalwork and rigging is really something I don't feel at all comfortable with. Would any of those qualify? Pete Pete if you like rigging and the Cutty Sark, I've got a Revell one somewhere, no wooden bits that I'm aware of, so you should be OK for splinters, and more rigging than a whole series of "The Onedin Line" (one for the more mature reader there !) Yours if you want it ? Cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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