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Display aircraft/display teams from around the world SIG
WW1 aircraft SIG

All the ideas seem great and a little out of the ordinary for me so hopefully can get the kits ready for the new year if its a go ahead.

I posted a idea before but this was brewing for a while aswell
Take on the challenge : any kit , period or subject but to use upgrades in that build
Like photo etch , resin and even scratch building
Simply anything to increase your skills
This way you can build whatever you want but the goal would be to put your self to the test and come up with a model that you would be proud of and would take to a modelshow (i would be very strickt with that and would only take my very best builds to such a thing)
Just explain what is is that is new to you or what it is that you would like to improve on

planemaker wrote:Ok, I'll put some suggestions, see if you like them:

Aces GB -Any aircraft or vehicle that was flown/driven by an ace like the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.1 for example...

Racing GB -Any racing car, motorcycle, boat, aircraft etc.

Prototype GB -Just prototypes!

Airliners SiG -Any civilian airliner/transport aircraft.

Biplane GB -Any biplane -an airplane with two wings.

Weird weapons GB -Just a really strange and unusual weapon.

Movie stars GB -Any aircraft, vehicle, ship etc. from a movie.

No styreen GB -No styreen kits, just resin, metal, vac foarm etc.

Old school GB -Any vintage kit that is at least 30 years old. (A reboxed kit would be allowed.)

Small scales GB -Only tiny models.

Captured GB -Any captured vehicle or aircraft etc.

Not bad Sebastian, not bad at all
We are on the same wavelength with ANY race car etc as it keeps it wide open for a lot of options
I like the old school and small scale ideas as well

If I may suggest a diorama build of anything from movie or historical event....... fact or fiction
A floaty thing build, of any kind, would be fun as well
Gotta have a vehicle build of some sort for 2016 too
to all for a good weekend

Here's an Idea:

"Out of Commission" . A group build of KO'd, abandoned, crashed, derelict, sunk, scuttled, etc. vehicles. Dust, scorch marks, round hits, and LOTS of rust

Another Idea I thought of:


A Search and Rescue ( SAR) GB

rwsmith14 wrote:Another Idea I thought of:


A Search and Rescue ( SAR) GB

yep def would like to build a SAR heli

I was going to say SAR too, great idea!
Don't know if it's been suggested, but maybe a winter GB. Any kit in a winter setting. Kind of opposite to the desert GB, lol!

how about a 'nose art' SiG, any scale, any era although WWII onward would probably favourite

perhaps this could also include Russian script on tanks?

shortCummins wrote:how about a 'nose art' SiG, any scale, any era although WWII onward would probably favourite

perhaps this could also include Russian script on tanks?

Great idea!

shortCummins wrote:how about a 'nose art' SiG, any scale, any era although WWII onward would probably favourite

perhaps this could also include Russian script on tanks?

Great idea!

How about The Great Patriotic War, all countries involved Allied or Axis, great scope for aircraft, afvs,softskins, figures, also ships convoy escorts etc. Winter and summer schemes, captured vehicles and aircraft. Loads of nice kits available too

chief5437 wrote:I was going to say SAR too, great idea!
Don't know if it's been suggested, but maybe a winter GB. Any kit in a winter setting. Kind of opposite to the desert GB, lol!

I like the idea too and suggested already of a Winter/Cold weather GB to included Arctic/?Antarctic too to incorporate some modern Subjects

jayjay1964 wrote:How about The Great Patriotic War, all countries involved Allied or Axis, great scope for aircraft, afvs,softskins, figures, also ships convoy escorts etc. Winter and summer schemes, captured vehicles and aircraft. Loads of nice kits available too

Like it

How about a kit-bashing GB/SIG. I was kinda inspired by the AT-ST builds Paul and Coen did. You can make great stuff by using more than 1 model or some parts in your spares box. The possibilities are endless.

Jos

I have some thing kinda strange. What about a Modern day American Revolution. A British Challenger Versus a U.S. Abrams?
Or what about a modern Civil War, we could have a dio with Confederation Marines assaulting New York.

How's about "What did you do in the War Daddy?" GB, a tribute to a family member.
Whether your great uncle was ground crew during the Battle of Britian or your Dad was a PFC in Vietnam.

MY TWO CENTS!

If I may suggest: A GB for camo & painting schemes never used, like American Su-27 or Russiam F-14s named "WHAT IF?"

some pretty cool (and some bizarre!) schemes you may find here => http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php ... 821.0.html


Some examples:


Israeli F-105


F-8 Crusader in Danish colors


Russian Mirage V


or Phantoms... (I loved the "Topgunski" !!)


Finish P-47


Even a F9-F Panther from Brazilian Navy!


Bell P-39 from Argentina


Or Tomcats from the Pampas!


Portuguese Fishbeds !

Joesdad wrote:How's about "What did you do in the War Daddy?" GB, a tribute to a family member.
Whether your great uncle was ground crew during the Battle of Britian or your Dad was a PFC in Vietnam.

This sounds nice!

SIG IDEA"
a two seater aircraft
any aircraft that has two crewmen

Been looking at the posts and like the following a lot.
Dangerous Cats 2 King TIGER build
Russian Armor build

May I suggest the following
Stuka Build.
Wild Horses Build. Mustangs nothing but Mustangs and finally Light Tanks. Light tanks from anytime.

think this is the story so far :

Natural metal finish (NMF) any metal finish aircraft P-51, P-47, Mig 21 x x x x

FAA Fleet Air Arms British Navel Aircraft Post 1960's SIG x

Prototypes GB anything that was working prototype x x x

A Specific Country GB build anything used and in service by that country just like the Japan GB x x x x x x x x x x x x

Utility vehicles GB pick up trucks, transport aircraft etc x x

Lancaster SIG x

Pearl harbour/pacific GB x x

Normandy x

Falklands GB x

Eastern european in the 1980's SIG x

Korean war GB x x x

Battle of Britain SIG x

Pacific War x

Racing car GB x x x x x x

Civil stuff x x x x x x x

Trainers x

The STuG and Pz IV x x x x

B 17

Mad Max/Post Apoc x x x

Crap kit GB x

King Tiger x x x

Movies x x x

Year I was born x

Medics

WW2 Aces x x x

Seasonal x x x

Attack Aircraft x

Bombers x

Submarines x

Tank Busters x

Dioramas x

Helicopters x

Amphibs x

Star Trek x x

What-If x x x

UN/KFOR x

Biplanes x x

Ground Attack x

Interceptors x

SAR x x x

Nose Art x x

WW1 x

Stuka x

rwsmith14 wrote:a GB that has a or sort of a "Throwback to the past" Build.

Any modern vehicle. aircraft, ship, etc used from 19XX to 2016
what would if look like if it was used in WWII..

for example a M-1 Abrams tank. what would it look like if it was used in the "Battle of the Bulge" or" the Kursk" either by the American, british , Germans or Soviets..
the possibilities are endless. this would take allot of imagination and creativity.

This sounds like a very interesting idea. It could be something like the movie Final Countdown where a USS Nimitz from 1980s get's sent into the past through a portal to 1941 before the Pearl Harbor attack.

Okay,lads. Here's my GB and SiG roundup. These are my favorites.

GBs:

"Specific country": Suggestions: France, Finland, Poland, Sweden... (feel free to suggest your own)

"Falklands": any vehicle from the Falkland's conflict.

"IDF/IAF"/"Middle east": any vehicle that was or is operated by a Middle Eastern country.


SiGs:

"Man down"/"Guardian angel": any Medevac vehicle (Black hawks, Strykers, etc.)

"Movie stars": any vehicle from a movie. No background vehicles . It has to be used by a character.

"Fly Swatter": any(self propelled?) AA system from WWII to present.

Very cool Ideas

My suggestions are

1. Race Car as already suggested
2. Bare Metal...ie any non painted aircraft with metal finish
3. Another SiFi maybe TV show SciFi Startrek, Space 1999, Buck Rogers, Logans Run, Lost in Space....heaps more
4. Also after all the cool kit bashing going on in Star Wars build, lets have a Kit Bash GB/SIG

I had a a few more ideas for the group builds

Eduard Profi sig:
any eduard profi kit

Bomber Boys:
any single designation bomber plane from ww2 to the present

nucleur deterrent:
any plane or vehicle that could carry and fire a nucleur bomb, missile or round

Danger Zone sig:
Eduard danger zone

NMF - sponsored by Alclad2
Cold War Beasts GB - anything from the Cold War era
Russian GB "From Russia with Love"
World of Tanks GB - Choose your favorite weapon...
Science Fiction GB - any vessel, figure or diorama from Sci Fi book or movie/TV-series


Tommy

Aliktren wrote: The STuG and Pz IV x x x x

A StuG group build?

A King Tiger SIG !!

the Tiger I SIG for Coen was a hit !! there were many different Tiger Is presented and it seemed like all enjoyed taking part.

I just realized this hasn't come up yet, in this thread or on the forum this year,

Otto Carius (27 May 1922 – 24 January 2015)

So that would give you a choice of:

Panzer 38(T)

Early Tiger

Mid Tiger

Jagdtiger

One more too add
Ferdinand/Elefant Sig

Ok now this really will be the last one
Nose art sig:
Any plane from any period with a large nose art painting, preferably a pretty lady !

I have a few ideas:

Victorian GB: any figure, vehicle, (not much more that can be built!) from the Victorian era

Between two giants: any subject from the inter war year (doesn't have to be millitary)

King of the anphibs: any amphibious vehicle (not a boat or float plane) from any era

Bravo team out: any vignette or diorama that features special forces or elite soldiers from any era

Civie to milli: any civilian vehicle that has been put into millitary service

Maybe a simple General Aviation build! Anything from GA from any country. (Cessna, Beech Craft, Experimental, Aerobatic.... ) something from the roots of aviation..

Why not an Olive Drab GB.
You can build anything as long as its Olive Drab and American
I have seen too many GBs on German stuff.

how about modern afv

Unforseen Hybrid build. Pick an AFV and hybrid it with additional parts from your spares. A Tiger with a M103 turret.

Sturm wrote:Why not an Olive Drab GB.
You can build anything as long as its Olive Drab and American
I have seen too many GBs on German stuff.

Oooooh, I like it

half track
derelict - plane, tank, car etc.
Battle of Briton - any aircraft involved
foreign service - aircraft in different schemes, i.e. Russian spitfires, Spanish 109s, Viet Kong MIGs etc.
light armour
artillery
dog fight doubles

russian (any period/type)
non-combat military any era land sea or air(trucks, dozers, forklifts etc)
age of sail
air world war one
movies (non war film)
i am sure all of these have been suggested, but these peek my interest the most.

race cars
IDF
post apocalyptic
amphibious/ship/water vessel
jet aircraft
allies vs axis (pretty self-explanatory)
RUST! - a decaying/decayed vehicle
Winter wonderland (snow/whitewash/winter)

Just a few ideas that popped into my brain - maybe taking people outside comfort zones - skill honing

Fewer than 1,000 units produced - or even under 500

Ship/boat/submarine/ironclads

Sturm wrote:Why not an Olive Drab GB.
You can build anything as long as its Olive Drab and American
I have seen too many GBs on German stuff.

amen there!

TheTroyster wrote: amen there!

This will be a lot of fun. We should talk to Paul and see if we can get something going.

Sturm wrote:

TheTroyster wrote: amen there!

This will be a lot of fun. We should talk to Paul and see if we can get something going.

You need multiple votes for it then the most popular ones are put into a poll and voted on, we need to ensure that sigs and gbs will be popular so we have plenty of entries

Paul wrote: You need multiple votes for it then the most popular ones are put into a poll and voted on, we need to ensure that sigs and gbs will be popular so we have plenty of entries

Okie dokie, thanks for the info.

When's the voting? Next month?

LTmodelmaking wrote:When's the voting? Next month?

When we think there enough to vote on

These get my votes:

Natural Metal Finish GB
King Tiger SIG
From Russia with Love
and of course, Olive Drab GB

Love the Olive drab one!

Thought of Emergency services in the services. All rescue, Medical, Police, and Fire in Military service.