Welcome to the second of 2 Company based GB’s for 2021. The starting point for this GB was Supermarine, based on my well known views of an aircraft (that i will not name) built by that company. Then the idea expanded to include Vickers-Armstrong that took control of Supermarine in the 1920’s, though the name was still in use into the 1960’s.
So, whats allowed for this GB, well this is a little more complicated than the Me/MBB GB, so i’ll break it down.
Supermarine bagan life in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing Ltd. So anything built by the company through it being bought by VA until that company was merged in 1960 is allowed. This includes projects and prototypes that did not make it into production. See this Wiki link for some ideas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine
Vickers Armstrong was formed in 1927 with the merger of 2 long standing engineering companies, both founded in the 1800’s. Between them they had built ships, planes, airships, trains and much more. So, anything built by the 2 companies from their founding, through the 1927 merger, the buy out of Supermarine upto the company merger in 1960 to form BAC is included. As is anything bult under the Vickers name after 1960 until it finally became defunct in 1977.
These links will help.
Vickers-Armstrong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Limited
Armstrong Whitworth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth
In 1897, Vickers bought the Barrow Shipbuilding Company. This part of the company changed its name several times over the following decades, finally becoming VSEL in 1986. This finally became defunct in 2007 after being taken over by BAE systems a few years before. So, any ship built at the Barrow-in-Furness shipyards from 1871 to 2007 can be included. This includes any ship laid in in or prior to 2007 even if it was not completed until after that year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_and_submarines_built_in_Barrow-in-Furness
Any questions or unsure if a build can be included, please ask.
General rules.
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Starts Jan 1st 2021 and ends Dec 31st of the same year.
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As long as the build is on the roster by Dec 31st, you can carry on building and posting as long as it takes.
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Post plenty of pics.
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Going off topic is expected, as long as your chatting and haveing fun, thats all that matters.
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Partly started builds and cross overs are allowed.
And yes, that certain aircraft can be named here, be a bit tricky not to.
Please feel free to pick one badge of your chooseing and host it.
Please make the most of this first one, i will not be doing this again. (you have no idea how painful this was). [:'(]
So, sign up and just wait for the new year.
