Tamiya Group Build Chat

[gwyndaffandy]

With this starting soon I had better put some thought into picking something from the stash…..

armour, aircraft or auto??? Hmm 🤔🤔🤔

[Mjwomack]

2 minutes ago, gwyndaffandy said:

With this starting soon I had better put some thought into picking something from the stash…..

armour, aircraft or auto??? Hmm 🤔🤔🤔

Or naval, or motor bike, or ...

[DaveJL]

1 hour ago, Parabat said:

Mein Gott... now to figure out which F-14 gets built first. I'm thinking F-14D. 

Decisions, decisions.

I'm going for a B

[gwyndaffandy]

9 minutes ago, Mjwomack said:

Or naval, or motor bike, or ...

Motor bike is a good shout. I’ve been meaning to build one for awhile now…

[psdavidson]

An idea is forming

It will involve canvas

[PhantomBigStu]

Up for this, been putting off doing my tamiya f-35b in hover mode and having enjoyed doing another 35 recently I’m down for another and also I’ve just seen tamiya have released their navy version as well…hmmmmm

[Dennis_C]

That is unexpectedly breaking into the queue of my builds - but I'm going to buy the Skyray immediately @Enzo the Magnificent a great decision!

[Colin W]

8 hours ago, Dennis_C said:

I'm going to buy the Skyray immediately

An excellent choice.

 

8 hours ago, psdavidson said:

It will involve canvas

A ship is always welcome in a GB

 

Welcome aboard Gents

[Colin W]

Well this has gone from an idea to an active GB proposal in a week so thanks to all who have been supportive and to @Enzo the Magnificent for providing the final clearance. 

As I said at the beginning, the choice of not just subjects but categories is endless so it will be great if we can have the cars, motorbikes, ships, figures and toys to go with the usual tanks and planes. The expression 'build em all' come to mind! lets see what we can do

 

The Big H has 36 pages of choice in case any Britmodeller suddenly finds themselves short. Other suppliers available

[Enzo the Magnificent]

@Colin W  @Mjwomack 

 

The next thing we have to discuss is eligibility.  Will this GB be open to anything in a Tamiya box?  Or will it be kits produced originally by Tamiya?

 

The 1/35 Crusader tank and 1/72 F-4S Phantom were originally by Italeri and just reboxed by Tamiya.  Both the 1/48 and 1/72 Ju-87 kits are also Italeri.

 

With the 1/72 FW-190D we would need to be careful.  The 1995 release was reboxed Italeri.  The 2000 release was new tool Tamiya.

 

I believe that an easy way to tell for the 1/72 aircraft is the box art.  If it is a non-Japanese subject with a photo of the built up model then it's originally Italeri.  If it has a painting of the subject, then it's pure Tamiya.  The 1/72 Mosquitos and F4D Skyray are exceptions to this rule. 

 

[Colin W]

Hi, while the purist might argue for only Tamiya, I think for simplicity we allow anything in a Tamiya box. At least it will cut out a lot of traffic to Scalemates

[TonyW]

10 hours ago, psdavidson said:

An idea is forming

It will involve canvas

 

You are going to build a Yamamoto while on a camping holiday? No carpet monster to worry about, which is a plus. The field monster is another matter.

[Mjwomack]

1 hour ago, Colin W said:

At least it will cut out a lot of traffic to Scalemates

There's quite enough of that being generated by the Lesser Known Classics GB! Thinking of which, and the fine work Mark @2996 Victor is doing as Keeper of the List for it, do we have a 'volunteer' to compile a Buld List for this epic? 

[Mjwomack]

14 hours ago, vppelt68 said:

There are boxings with and without the DAK figures. Those, on the other hand, are also available separately, #35037.

 

 

Jadam have notified of its impending dispatch, I guess I could say that they're currently embarking for the short sea crossing to North Afrika!

[Mjwomack]

11 hours ago, psdavidson said:

An idea is forming

It will involve canvas

 

You're going to use Tamiya acrylics to paint a portrait of the great man?

 

2 hours ago, Colin W said:

A ship is always welcome in a GB

 

 

I guess that is a simpler explanation (Occam's razor and all that)

 

1 hour ago, TonyW said:

You are going to build a Yamamoto while on a camping holiday? No carpet monster to worry about, which is a plus. The field monster is another matter.

 

After the Carpet Monster came the Canvas Monster and then the Meadow Monster, it's turning into quite the franchise.

[paul-muc]

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Shunsaku had a huge impact on the modelling hobby, driving standards of detail and buildability that became seen as the benchmark for other companies to aim at.

I wouldn't say that this includes reboxes of other companies like Italeri. So only original Tamiya kits should qualify.

[Mjwomack]

23 minutes ago, paul-muc said:

I wouldn't say that this includes reboxes of other companies like Italeri. So only original Tamiya kits should qualify.

I can see that approach. Conversely though if Tamiya was happy to put her his name to it, I guess he thought it good enough 

 

Also, even Tamiya steadily improved; compare the original panther tank with the newer one, so the 'strays' are part of the 'journey'

 

And, self-interest time, as Colin @Colin W has said keeping it simple saves a lot of host time on validity questions. Don't get me wrong, we hosts love doing it, but many a true word spoken in jest about being voyeurs and not having much time for modelling. Which is also a little plug for more host volunteers welcome 😁 

[SnøMotion]

Blimey, this is a surprise! But, it's starting the day after my birthday, so that's a nice time to get properly stuck in over the weekend! As I'm on holiday in the middle of September, I'm going to go for a simple build of a Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R. I already have the kit and a bottle of Midnight Purple paint. I've also got a set of Rays Volk Racing 21Cs and tyres already modelled that will really suit this 

This will also be a nice change to most of my ongoing builds, which are at the point of requiring a lot of complex CAD work to chassis and suspension.  Hopefully this will be a quick win!  

 

Martin

[Col.]

3 hours ago, Mjwomack said:

And, self-interest time, as Colin @Colin W has said keeping it simple saves a lot of host time on validity questions. Don't get me wrong, we hosts love doing it, but many a true word spoken in jest about being voyeurs and not having much time for modelling. Which is also a little plug for more host volunteers welcome 😁 

If there's anything I can do to help then sign me up.

[Keeff]

1 hour ago, SnøMotion said:

a Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R.

Oh, Nice!  I'm liking the wheels too  ..... 

 

Keith 😊

[Mjwomack]

7 minutes ago, Col. said:

If there's anything I can do to help then sign me up.

Consider it done, huge thanks 

Well it's done once @Enzo the Magnificent gives you the powers and adds you to the email thread 

[Chrisj2003]

5 hours ago, Enzo the Magnificent said:

@Colin W  @Mjwomack 

 

The next thing we have to discuss is eligibility.  Will this GB be open to anything in a Tamiya box?  Or will it be kits produced originally by Tamiya?

 

The 1/35 Crusader tank and 1/72 F-4S Phantom were originally by Italeri and just reboxed by Tamiya.  Both the 1/48 and 1/72 Ju-87 kits are also Italeri.

 

With the 1/72 FW-190D we would need to be careful.  The 1995 release was reboxed Italeri.  The 2000 release was new tool Tamiya.

 

I believe that an easy way to tell for the 1/72 aircraft is the box art.  If it is a non-Japanese subject with a photo of the built up model then it's originally Italeri.  If it has a painting of the subject, then it's pure Tamiya.  The 1/72 Mosquitos and F4D Skyray are exceptions to this rule. 

 

As is the F-84G (according to Scalemates). 😀

 

This is a really nice thing to do, for me timing is wrong. I am on a must-finish-one-kit-in-a-GB-this-year mission, latest start has pushed the SoD to overflowing, all (most) of which I do want to finish.

 

Chris

[Robert]

Can you please count me in as having met the man himself at Shizuoka 2024. It kit will have to be the mighty F-14.

 

 

Regards 

Robert

Edited August 13 by Robert

[Matt B]

This seems like a good excuse to build one of the dozen or so Tamiya Jugs in the closet.

[Enzo the Magnificent]

My choices for this GB are now sat on The Ledge!