New Specific Country GB

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Seeing’s how the IJA/IJN GB is winding down, and was a lot of fun, its about time for me to start thinking about what I want to host next…I’ve got a few ideas…

[*]With all the new 1/48 releases that I’ve been drooling over like the Special Hobby Boomerang, Wirraway, and Spitfire Vc, as well as the AZModels Vengeance, an Australian WWII GB might be fun, and there are a lot of choices for kits.

[*]Along similar lines, a Dutch WWII GB would be interesting, and we hardly ever see these planes built. Possible kits could include CW-21s, CW-22 (SNJ Falcons), Do 24s, Hurricanes, Buffalo, and Fokker D.XXIs, and anything else you can think of that the ML-KNIL flew.[tup]

EDIT: The Dutch WWII GB idea and the Australian WWII GB idea have been combined into a SEAC GB idea.

[*]An Italian WWII GB would be fun too. There’s a lot of new releases that look great that would work here too, and we’ve already had some discussion about this one in the IJA/IJN GB. ANR and ACI builds could also fit here, as well as anything captured by the Italians.

[*]Finally, a Nordic WWII GB would be very interesting. Anything from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. There are more builds than you’d think that would fit here, like Gladiators, He 115s, Do 17s, Blenheims, Hampdens, Lysanders, Buffalo, Hawks, Spitfires, Mosquitos, PT-19s, PT-20s, B17s, B18s, J22s, N-3PBs, and more!

If you’ve been in a GB with me before you’ll know that I’m more interested in the camraderie and sharing of information and techniques then in actually finishing a build by the end of the GB. Case in point, I haven’t finished my IJA/IJN build yet, as I’ve been taking my time, and waiting for a replacement airbrush needle and camera screen. [:I]

If you’re interested in one of these GBs, let me know, and we’ll see what we can get started. I’m thinking of a start date of February 1st, 2009 and staying active until October 1st, 2009.

Any and all comments are welcome. This is a sounding-ideas-out thread, so let’s hear what you think! [tup]

SEAC WWII GB: 3
Italian WWII GB: 6
Nordic WWII GB: 0

Cheers,
Alex

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I would be interested in an Australian GB. Have the Airfix 1/72 CAC Boomerang that I have been waiting to build.

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Hey Warhammer, thanks for the interest. Now to see if we can drum up some interest. I’ve got a PBY to build in RAAF colors for Nam’s PBY GB…so I’m kinda thinkin’ it may become an RAAF year…

Cheers,
Alex

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No problem cardshark. An Australian GB would be cool. Hopefully there will be some interest.

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Anyone else have any interest in these? The Australian guys’ll start getting online in a while; we’ll see what they think.

Cheers,
Alex

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I’m kinda liking the Italian theme…[tup]

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Hey Arki! I’ve got quite a bit on hand that would work for an Italian GB. I’m pretty interested in each of these, so I think whatever gets the most/most dedicated/most enthusiastic response is what I’ll do for now. If it doesn’t happen now, there’s always later…

Cheers,
Alex

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I wouldn’t know if I could commit to any builds just yet until I get settled in. But with a start date in february, I think it would be possible to do an Italian Build.

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Hey Roger,

Thanks for the interest! Its a long ways off still, so we should have ample time to clear our benches for the big day! [;)]

Cheers,
Alex

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I would go for the Italian theme… and YES I will get back to my IJN builds soon [:-^]

Alex ran a GREAT GB, the IJA/IJN, provinding tons of hard to find information and references and great build feedback.

I assume it will be WW2 only?

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I guess maybe I’m a little “kit happy” after having been without the bench for so long. But I am eyeballing that Macchi at Hobby Lobby (along with a few other kits). I think it would look great on the shelf!

But I’ll definately give you a definate heads up before the start date[8D]

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Aww, shucks, JMart, thanks for the kind words. In all fairness though, I should warn you; I don’t have nearly as much info on these topics…especially the Australian and Nordic birds. I’d like to keep it to WWII unless that causes a huge outcry, as that’s what I know the best.

Roger, go get 'em tiger! They’ll be at least one more round of HL coupons before then! Which Macchi kit are you looking at? The Hasegawa C.202? That’s a great build…just be mindful of all them smoke rings…[xx(]

Cheers,
Alex

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Oh, [oops]

Yeah, that’s the one I’d seen. The Hasegawa 1/48 C.202- the very same[:I]

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I’m down with the Australian GB, got an OS2U Kingfisher just waiting for it.

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Hey Chris,

Now that would be a neat bird…is the camouflage a FAA scheme, or is it Australian? You could also do an Aussie Lancaster…[;)]

Cheers,
Alex

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No camo. I found a trainer yellow version that participated in an Aussie mission to Antarctica. All yellow so an easy paint job. I may obtain the aftermarket cowl, engine and interior but the AM floats aren’t available any longer and I haven’t been able to locate any for a fair price. Lancaster possible but not likely, just no room for it yet.

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Sure…if you think gloss yellow is an easy paint job…ugh! [xx(] As for Kingfisher floats, I have heard it through the grapevine that Mike West of Lone Star Models is cooking up something…[:-^]

Cheers,
Alex

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Alex, That Aussie GB sounds like a great idea. Would have to get thru the 2 x secret santa GB first, but end date of october sounds fine !

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Ok all, now that this is starting to generate interest, I’m gonna leave this open for discussion and voting until either the end of November or when this thread dies out, which ever comes first. I’ll keep a running tally on the first post, so if you are interested in one GB, say so.

If the GB you’d like to participate in isn’t the one that I end up running, feel free to run it yourself…heck, I’ll probably join. I just don’t think I have enough time to run two simultaneous GBs.

So, in summary, vote for your favorite. [:)]

Cheers,
Alex

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That would be nice. Below is the one I’m planning. Went on the first post-war expedition aboard the HMAS Wyatt Earp in March 1948.