I am not certain, but i was planning in doing Tamiya Armor group build.
Rules and Guidelines:
Must be Tamiya world war II Armor
Can be any scale
Any country
Will Run Feb. 15th to Sep. 1st.
Must post WIP Pictures
Cannot enter any projects over 60% done
HAVE FUN!
Heres the list
Thunderbolt379: 1/35 Tamiya Sherman
Buckeye: 1/35 Tamiya Panther
One more thing: It can be oob or have as much added parts as you want. \
Here is what i was thinking for the badge. Please use it when you sign up Very basic, but it is my first one sooooo yea
Might wana run this over in the Armor Hooch to get a better feel for it… Lotta guys are committed in several GB right now, I know I got at least 6 on the plate right now, two of which are Armor dioramas (“Have Gun, Will Travel” and “Red Strom Rising”)… While I’d be interested in your GB, there’s no way I can participate unless it’s as a cross-over from another one, and I don’t like to do that… It’s kinda like double-dipping to me, a “Twofer” if you will…
Were the dates farther down the road, that’d be a plus… But since I like old Tamiya kits(I have quite a few from the 80s), it’d definately be one I’d join later… If you keep the dates, that’s ok too, since I don’t necessariy HAVE to start it on the offcial strat date, just hit the deadline…
Rule #7 might be a pizzer too… [;)]
I you need i can extend the deadline to finish. Right now there is no deadline to join.
Nice idea, and i got a couple of tamiya WW2 armour kits in the pipeline. Unfortunatly what bench time i have is taken up for the rest of the year. Alot of GB’s on at the moment. If you don’t get enough interest at the moment, maybe put it on the back burner and try again later in the year.
sounds interesting, i might join, dont know yet.
I’m a probable too, depending on whether I can squeeze it in amongst other builds.
Cheers
Tony
I’d be in. Once you’re over-committed, what’s one more?
good to have more people here. The reasons i chose tamiya is they are quick and easy to build, and I also am currently building one for a diorama.
Well too bad my panzer IV is arguably too far along. Hit it with a base coat and screwed up the camo, now need to reshoot the base. [bnghead] Since this has a long life, I’ll see, but I wanted to rip open a Dragon kit for my next build. Possible GB planned for that, we’ll see.
Good luck.
My club is doing this exact same group build. I am doing a Komatsu G40 bulldozer for that. So I iwll be in if it gets off the ground… so to speak.
Since this is now official, and your first time hosting a GB, couple of things…
You need to change the thread title to “Tamiya WW2 Armor Group Build” or something similar, or start a new thread with the title you want…
You rules are ok, but you also need to start a roster of who and what in order to get a head-count going…
Also, regarding the badge, you need to specify if it goes in the sig-line upon entering or upon completion… I noticed you said to use it on sign-up, but you also need to decide if the person can keep it if he/she doesn’t complete the build on time, or has to lose it…
Don’t forget to make sure that you check “Email me when someone replies” box… That way, you’ll be notified when you need to update the roster, or answer questions and whatever… It’s easy to get side-tracked and not check on your GB regularly… The emails will remind you…
Enjoy hosting your first “Party”!
BTW, put me in for a TBA… Dunno what I wanna do yet, gotta lot of stuff happening, bench-wise, right now with five or six other GBs… I also wanna see if I have the oldest Tamiya kit in the GB…
Question…
I know it says “Armor”…But… Does that mean tanks and tracked AFV/IFVs only, or are tactical wheeled and other “soft-skins” allowed also? The reason I ask is that generally, “armor” means “ground-combat vehicles” in the modeling world, and not just tanks and assault guns, ie, jeeps, Humvees, Strykers, trucks, artillery pieces, etc…
Anything that has “armor”. this includes armored cars, tanks, and self-propelled artillery. Basically, anything that moves on its own power, has armor, and can shoot. Some things like motorcycles, staff cars, and un-armored transports arent allowed.
You can use the badge upon sign up. If you dont complete the build in time, you have to remove it. If all you need to do is put a few more pieces on after the deadline that is fine. I will do a roster in a new thread you can find in the GBs section, or on my page.
No, you don’t want to dilute the GB forum with additional threads. Just edit your first post with “Name” -“Build”. Simple as that. When I hosted, I would say something like:
This keeps track of the person, the build, and how many are in the GB. Clever eh? LOL HTH
so far I only have one person definitely in the gb. Once he specifies what he is building, I will start a roster. No rush though.
Due to the lack of participants, This group build has been “put on the burner” so to speak until summer. The start date is around mid june.
Mid-June sounds great to me – perfect excuse to finally build that Tamiya Sherman…
Cheers, Mike/TB379
ok good. what scale is the sherman?
I have a Tamiya Panther at home in the box. I should be able to join this after getting some WIP’s finished up. Haven’t built a tank in quite a while.