The First Gulf War 30th Anniversary Build

Modeling Subjects Group Builds
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We are 30 years removed from the First Gulf War, and this is a group build to commemerate the beginning of combat operations by Coalition forces on January 17th, 1991.

The subject can be any piece of military hardware or figure used by the Coalition forces or Iraqi military, in their 1991 configuration. (Ex. if someone has a kit of the USS Missouri, it must reflect the ship’s Gulf War setup, not WW2 or Korea)

I will use this Wiki page as a reference factor for entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gulf_War_military_equipment

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Combat was over within 6 weeks, but I think we can take a whole year for this one. Without any further ado:

Rules

-Start Date: 1/1/2021

-End Date: 12/31/2021

-Crossovers are allowed.

-Kit can be started, but only if progress is within the first couple steps of the instructions

-Kit can be OOB or stocked with AM, your choice.

-Build subject should be in a 1991 configuration, and markings should match Gulf War theater deployment.

-Progress photos are necessary.

Once I create it, the completion badge can be claimed after the last photo is posted.

Completion Badges:

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Roster and Completed Builds:

Glamdring - 1/72 Hasegawa AV-8B Harrier

tempestjohnny - 1/72 Fujimi A-4KU

Jasper - 1/48 Tamiya F-16C block 25

lewbud - TBD

GreySnake - 1/35 Tamiya Challenger 1 Mk.3

Armor_Aficionado -1/35 Academy M-60A1 RISE

Keyserj - 1/48 Tamiya M1A1

Keavdog - 1/48 Tamiya A-10

Bish - 1/35th AFV Club M109A2

Oortiz10 - 1/48 Fujimi Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra

Modelcrazy - 1/72 Revell M1A1 (HA)

Justinryan215 - 1/48 Revell F-15C

Pawel - 120mm scale Verlinden US Marines Desert Storm

Verlinden 120mm (1/16) USMC Marine during Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait 631

68GT - 1/72 Italeri F-4G

Tomcat - 1/48 Testors/Italeri F-117A Stealth Fighter

1/35 MRC AH1W Super Cobra

Whitey - 1/48 AMTS-3A built as an S-3B

DantheMan85 - #1 1/48 Tamiya F-117 Nighthawk

#2 1/48 Hasegawa F-15C Eagle

JBRaider - 1/72 Hasegawa Jaguar

Plasticjunkie - 1/48 Testors/Italeri F-14A

Tal Afar Dave - 1/48 Academy F-16

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I’m in. 1/72 Fujimi A-4KU the one that said FREE KUWAIT

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I’d like to join in on this. I was a reservist, mobilized for Desert Storm, hard to believe it’s been almost 30 years. I don’t have a subject chosen yet, I’d need to go through my stockpile to see what I have, but I think I might prefer something that I drove (which wasn’t much). I’ll do some research to see what’s out there.

tempestjohnny - that’s a nice, iconic choice!

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Johnny - Got you down and welcome!

Jasper - Thank you for your service, welcome aboard, and I look forward to your choice!

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I’m in, but with what I have no idea.

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Put me down for a Tamiya 1/35 Challenger 1 Mk.3. Planning on placing the order for the kit next week along with PE to replace the horrible mesh included in the kit, different decals and a couple resin figures.

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Got you both down, GreySnake and Lewbud. Welcome!

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I’m in, with a 1/35 scale M-60A1 RISE from Academy.

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Excellent! Welcome Armor Aficionado!

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I made an error at the local hobby shop today and bought the Tamiya 1/48 m1a2 abrams variant instead of the m1a1 used in Desert Storm. Based on my research though, I could pretty easily convert it to an m1a1 for the group build if that is ok with you Glamdring.

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I’m in with a 1/48 hasegawa A7 VA-72

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Keyserj - If you can make a go of retrofitting it, that’s cool with me! I’ll mark it down as an A1.

keavdog - Glad you joined, I have you down!

Welcome to you both!

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This link is a good source to find out if your build was involved in Desert Storm.

https://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/menu.html

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That’s a good reminder, I added a web link to the rules of acceptable vehicles.

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Thank you Glamdring!

I couldn’t finding an interesting kit of anything I drove, so I’ll go with something that was most certainly a lot more fun to “drive” than anything I touched.

Tamiya 1/48 F-16C block 25.

I’m looking forward to everyone’s progress!

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Sounds good! I have you down.

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Did a cursory look through the kit and decal stashes to see what’s on hand for this build. Right now, providing I stick to my New Year’s resolution of not buying any new kits so I can reduce the stash (hey, it’s the thought that counts) I can do the following a USMC OV-10D, an A-6E TRAM, AV-8B Harrier, A-10A, F-14A, and an Italian F-104 that participated in the Kuwait campaign. If I decide to add to the decal stash, then a F-16 and some RAF ac could be added,

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I’m in with the AFV Club 1/35th M109A2, still got to get the kit yet, and i will squeeze it in some how next year.

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Got you down, Bish! Looking forward to it.