This is the official thread of the Falklands War GB. The GB will run from the 2nd April 2011 to 14th June 2012. This GB comemorates the Falklands War which ran from 2nd April to 14th June 1982. Eligable for this build is anything that toook part in the war itself, from either sidem or anything used to ensure the security of the Islands in the 30 years since.
Any scale, British or Argentinian for the war itself, and British for the period since.
Air, Land or sea
OOB or as much AM as you want.
The GB will be hosted by VanceCrozier and myself. Vance will be heading up the participants list and is currently working on the badge.
The link below containes a full list of what can be built, this is still a work in progress.
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The above thread will be kept running for posting any pics of interest to the GB.
GB Extension. By popular consent, the build has been extended until the 31st Dec 2012. New builds can be submitted and begun until the 31st Oct.
Alright folks, here are the group build badges - one english & one español - feel free to add it to your signature. Larger size can be set up for you as well, I just went with a smaller size as usually seen on peoples signatures:
OWL Found this you might be interested in. It is a complete list of all GR.3’s that were earmarked for the Falklands. Only 10 took part in the war. Some of those on this list didn’t reach the Islands, other did but after the war. 2 were sent to san carlos but it seems they did not carry out any sorties due to weather. You should be able to find the aircraft you are building here.
Thanks Bish! I don’t have the kit in front of me right now (I’m at the dorms) but once I get back home, I’ll be able to verify what plane the kit represents. [t$t]
I’ll go with the 1/72 High Planes Falklands Dagger and Italeri’s HAS-3 and HU-5 Wessex helicopters .
I ordered two Palva wessex resin cockpits along with resin exhaust and radome for the HAS-3 , I think I read somewhere that the HAS-3 had the anti-submarine equipment removed for the initial deployment of the SAS commando’s , I’ll have to check again and see if I got that right as I have Cobra Co. wessex cabin interior update set in the stash if I decide to add it .
The kit that I have only has marking for HMS Amazon, however, I believe that they over painted the numbers prior to deployment to the Falklands, so that is not a concern. The factors influencing my decision are
Availability of reference photos
Historical significance
Modifications required to make a reasonable accurate model. I’m not sure that there were any major differences between the Type 21’s, but I think they were retrofitted Exocets from memory. I’ll need to check this. The Airfix kit is pretty basic, and is really crying for some detail just to make it look ‘busy’ enough’.
This is an article of a build of the HMS Alacrity in Falklands fit.
Stick me down for a Chinook. i was going to do BN, but I presume Bish is going to do that. So I will se if I can do the Argentine one that was captured - I think I have decals somewhere. Might have to do some research to check for differences. I have the matchbox 1/72 kit as well.
thanks paul, glad i ain’t the only one. I have had mine for years, i think someone gave it to me. I have read one review that doesn’t have much good to say about it, but as i have it, might as well build it.
When i get back to the UK in may i will try and get some pics of both BN and the one with the section from the captured hook as they appear now.
I am planning on doing BN, but nothing wrong with you doing it as well. I won’t get to start mine till around August/Sept.
Looking like we’re getting a good variety so far. The latest count is 6 aircraft, 4 helicopters & 4 ships, including all the “probables”. (And I’ve now got confirmation that my Pucara has shipped, so I should be able to add that as a definite.) There were rumours of a couple of figures but nobody has committed yet…
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