Scouts & Fighters of the Great War - now at 32! And bunfight ready!!!

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

5 hours ago, Marklo said:

Sadly we’ve missed the 2024 boat. I personally think it would make a great GB so I’ll pitch it again for 2025.

Im still in ! 

[Torbjorn]

Hmm, must have missed to sign up. Not too late is it?

[Andwil]

Definitely in.

 

AW

[Marklo]

11 hours ago, Torbjorn said:

Not too late is it?

I am afraid so but there is next year!!!

[Bertie McBoatface]

There is that wooden Fokker Dr1 to consider so please add my name as a possible for '25

[Peter Lloyd]

I will be back as well.  The war of mud and suicidal charges and 'learning curves' needs more love.

[ColonelKrypton]

On 11/4/2023 at 11:04 AM, Marklo said:

I personally think it would make a great GB so I’ll pitch it again for 2025.

 

As do I.  Not enough group builds specifically aimed at Great War subjects.  Please do pitch it again for 2025, count me in.

 

cheers, Graham

[R T Fishall]

Wasn't 1915 was the year of the first Aces? And when the first dedicated Fighter aircraft made their mark? Surely we can mark 110 years of Fighters with a 2025 pitch?

So yes please, if you're pitching again for 2025 then put me down!

Must watch The Dawn Patrol and Aces High again...

[Bertie McBoatface]

7 minutes ago, R T Fishall said:

Wasn't 1915 was the year of the first Aces? And when the first dedicated Fighter aircraft made their mark? Surely we can mark 110 years of Fighters with a 2025 pitch?

So yes please, if you're pitching again for 2025 then put me down!

Must watch The Dawn Patrol and Aces High again...

 

And read Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson. 

[Bertie McBoatface]

Just now, Bertie McBoatface said:

 

And read Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson. 

and Sagittarius Rising by C S Lewis (Not the Narnia one)

[Graham Boak]

Goshawk Squadron is sensationalist rubbish.  You are probably better off with Biggles of 266 Squadron.  Try V.M Yeates' Winged Victory  for what it was really like.  Preferably one of the less heavily bowdlerised printings.  Sagittarius Rising is by Cecil Lewis.  Among others worth mentioning - Wind In The Wires by (I think) Griddell Milne.

 

 

[John Masters]

I hope I’m still on the list?

[Mr T]

I am still up for this, I have a few kits that would fit. Would the theme include models of Great War aircraft used in the post war conflicts that occurred directly as a result of the war. I am specifically thinking of the Polish operated Fokker DVIIIs, as I have the rather nice Arma kit expert boxing. 

[Old Man]

On 11/8/2023 at 2:27 PM, R T Fishall said:

Wasn't 1915 was the year of the first Aces? And when the first dedicated Fighter aircraft made their mark? Surely we can mark 110 years of Fighters with a 2025 pitch?

So yes please, if you're pitching again for 2025 then put me down!

Must watch The Dawn Patrol and Aces High again...

 

 

That is a good point.

 

 

James

[Old Man]

On 11/8/2023 at 2:46 PM, Graham Boak said:

Goshawk Squadron is sensationalist rubbish.  You are probably better off with Biggles of 266 Squadron.  Try V.M Yeates' Winged Victory  for what it was really like.  Preferably one of the less heavily bowdlerised printings.  Sagittarius Rising is by Cecil Lewis.  Among others worth mentioning - Wind In The Wires by (I think) Griddell Milne.

 

 

 

 

I agree, Graham. Mr. Robinson is fun to read, but no more than that.

 

What put me off Goshawk from the start was that the squadron is supposedly flying the S.E. 5a, yet a major plot element is that the squadron is flying aeroplanes armed only with a Lewis atop the upper wing....

 

 

James

[RC Boater Bill]

I am definitely in on this one!   Please add me to your list.

 

FWIW, I think “single seat” is a simple enough definition.   It opens up a huge list of subjects- I don’t think we need to worry about how the type was used.  

 

One question, though-  is the expectation that the planes carry the markings from the WW1 period (Aug 1914 to Nov 1918)?  I’m thinking about types that were used in the war, and passed on to post-war users.   (1919 Poland, Russian Civil War, etc.)

I ask because there are some interesting colors and markings used in the period immediately after the Armistice.     (I don’t care either way.. just trying to anticipate questions)

Edited November 17, 2023 by RC Boater Bill

[Marklo]

My thought was anything that flew between August 1914 and November 1918. Airframes from the period that were reused would be fine.

[Peter Lloyd]

It is so subjective I cannot defend the opinion, but I think 'scouts' would make for a better gallery than 'single seaters', telling a more logical story, while allowing a few two-seat 'fighter' types to take their place.  I'd rather park my SE5a build beside a Bristol Fighter or FE2b than a BE2C suicide tractor.

 

It strangely annoys me that it is so hard to get a purely WW1 themed GB past the Bunfight.  We could easily populate the calendar every year with group builds populated with the commonest aircraft, but the most fun are the ones that offer a bit of a challenge, and excuse to have a go at something a bit harder.  And WW1 offers just as much historical gravitas as any other possible theme.  Those who hate rigging still have some Junkers options, or the later Fokkers.

[Marklo]

I’m easy about the scout/fighter designation I’m more about excluding non fighters so yes we could fit a Bristol fighter or a gun bus in there. @Peter Lloyd I’ve edited the proposal accordingly.

 

I can’t but agree n the WWI theme I’d say more than half of my builds are WWI or interwar I find its so much more varied in terms of aircraft configurations and most importantly (RAF/RFC notwithstanding) much more varied in terms of camouflage and markings. 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by Marklo

[Bertie McBoatface]

I’d like to see this run so you can add my name Mark. 

[Courageous]

I have a couple of float planes that'll fit in here, count me in please Mark.

 

Stuart

[Richard Humm]

I've got some options in the stash, so count me in.

[MRMRL]

I'd be game for this next year as well, an excuse to build one of my wwi kits, I'm normally too distracted by other things.

[mark.au]

I’m in for this one.

[CarLos]

Please put me in the list