WW2 MTO GB IV

[vppelt68]

After a several year break, a proposal for the 4th edition of one quite popular theme group build will be posted early next year... Good for planes, tanks, vehicles, figures and vessels. Stay tuned  V-P

 

EDIT: Updated 24/2/25 to become a proper opening post.

 

I hereby propose the fourth group build of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in World War 2, or to put it shortly: WW2 MTO GB IV

 

The first one was ran by me and Jon @thepureness in 2016 when we merged our MTO and North Africa proposals. I ran the second one alone only two years later in 2018, due to popular request, and then Patrice @TEMPESTMK5 ran again the third in 2020. Since then I raised once or twice a proposal with some kind of Mediterranean theme (Malta and Pedestal convoy) but they didn't even make it to the Bunfight. Maybe in 2026 the time is right for a proper MTO GB again? The eligibility was simply this:

 

"Anything that was used in or supporting operations of war from 1.9.1939 to 8.5.1945 below the Alps and above the equator, from the Gibraltar to Iraq, sea, air or land, all scales and materials."

 

1. me
2. franky boy
3. TEMPESTMK5
4. Corsairfoxfouruncle
5. Richard Humm
6. Marklo
7. 2996 Victor
8. Rafwaffe
9. JOCKNEY
10. JWM
11. ArnoldAmbrose
12. 81-er
13. modelling minion
14. PeterB
15. psdavidson
16. Mjwomack
17. Les Wells
18. ...

[psdavidson]

ooh, you tease!

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

3 hours ago, vppelt68 said:

After a several year break, a proposal for the 4th edition of one quite popular theme group build will be posted early next year... Good for planes, tanks, vehicles, figures and vessels. Stay tuned  V-P

Is it one of the Nato decade themed builds ? 

[vppelt68]

Nope, this is not a guessing game. It might be or then on the other hand, not. I learned this from the Rumourmonger

[psdavidson]

Will this be a new year message or do we all have to wait until after the Airfix range announcement on the 6th (or whenever it will take place)

[vppelt68]

29 minutes ago, psdavidson said:

Will this be a new year message or do we all have to wait until after the Airfix range announcement on the 6th (or whenever it will take place)

I had almost allowed myself to forget this. I have had a lot of fun reading all the new group builds proposed since the latest Bunfight, thinking there's already enough of them so maybe I should take the old Irish Eurovision approach - "What's Another Year" - and see what happens among the proposals before we reach next November

I'm quite sure the Airfix range announcements, whatever they will be, would have very little effect on this GB "idea". Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Remember,  comes from 🇫🇮

[flyboy2610]

Actually, Saint Nicholas came from Lycia, in what is modern day Turkey.

[vppelt68]

5 hours ago, flyboy2610 said:

Actually, Saint Nicholas came from Lycia, in what is modern day Turkey.

Let's not mix serious history with contemporary marketing

[John Masters]

“I come from the land of ice and snow, with the midnight sun and the hot springs flow…”

 

 

[ArnoldAmbrose]

3 hours ago, John Masters said:

“I come from the land of ice and snow, with the midnight sun and the hot springs flow…”

Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"?

[John Masters]

2 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said:

"Immigrant Song"?

Yes...

[vppelt68]

Never listened to that one. Must correct it soon.

[John Masters]

Zeppelin III

“Valhalla I am coming…”

[John Masters]

That’s where their biographer got the Hammer of the Gods title

[vppelt68]

BUT: This thread had originally nothing to do with where the vikings came from

[alt-92]

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder"

[psdavidson]

1 hour ago, vppelt68 said:

This thread had originally nothing to do with where the vikings came from

And when has that ever prevented things going off topic on BM? 

[vppelt68]

3 minutes ago, psdavidson said:

And when has that ever prevented things going off topic on BM? 

Actually, what I meant was that my possible GB proposal has nothing to do with the north and the vikings

[flyboy2610]

1 hour ago, vppelt68 said:

Actually, what I meant was that my possible GB proposal has nothing to do with the north and the vikings

It does NOW!!!

[vppelt68]

Not a group build thing, actually, but I thought this chat will sink nicely in this thread

 

Tonight I did a real superhero thing: sorted my four largish boxes of spare and extra parts left over during the 10+ years I've been back in the hobby, and bagged them according to their prototype

[vppelt68]

Let me finally get the 😼 out of the 💰:

 

I hereby propose the fourth, for the tenth anniversary of, group build of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in World War 2, or to put it shortly:

WW2 MTO GB IV

 

The first one was ran by me and Jon @thepureness in 2016 when we merged our MTO and North Africa proposals. I ran the second one alone only two years later in 2018, due to popular request, and then Patrice @TEMPESTMK5 ran again the third in 2020. Since then I raised once or twice a proposal with some kind of Mediterranean theme (Malta and Pedestal convoy) but they didn't even make it to the Bunfight. Maybe in 2026 the time is right for a proper MTO GB again?

 

The eligibility was simply this: "Anything that was used in or supporting operations of war from 1.9.1939 to 8.5.1945 below the Alps and above the equator, from the Gibraltar to Iraq, sea, air or land, all scales and materials."

 

Would Jon and Patrice care to join hosting this one with me, again? The previous MTO group builds have been popular and great fun, which I believe the fourth one shall be too  V-P

[franky boy]

In!

 

Thanks

 

James

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening VP

 Very good idea add my name please

Best regards

Patrice

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

 

I have a couple of 57th Fg P-40’s to do. One is an “P-40F” with the Merlin the other is a short tailed “P-40K”. 

[Richard Humm]

I've got a few ideas for MTO builds. I'm in.