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It is also the 70th anniversary of the United States Air Force! It was established as an independent branch of the military on September 18, 1947 (I know next year is after the fact but I'm used to late birthday presents!). We have a ways to go yet to make 100 years, but, it's still an important date.
I'm also up for:
Multi engine jet or prop plane
Bombers (again!)
WWI (anything)
Cold War planes
Vietnam (again!)

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:16 pm Heroic Heavenward Helicopters...military, civilian whatever

Could we extend your Heavenly Helicopters idea to include any VSTOL aircraft (Harriers, F-35s) or even sci-fi stuff with vertical take off (X-Wings, Eagle Transporters etc)

And following on from the conversation in Stokesy's X-Wing thread there's the Exceptional X-Wings vs Terrible Tie Fighters idea as well.

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:06 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:16 pm Heroic Heavenward Helicopters...military, civilian whatever

Could we extend your Heavenly Helicopters idea to include any VSTOL aircraft (Harriers, F-35s) or even sci-fi stuff with vertical take off (X-Wings, Eagle Transporters etc)

And following on from the conversation in Stokesy's X-Wing thread there's the Exceptional X-Wings vs Terrible Tie Fighters idea as well.

I am in for all of that!!!

Nice to see this thread

so my sugestions :

WWI , it will be the 100th anniversary on the end of WW! , so a SiG on this will be a good idea !

Smoke On - Acrobatic planes , civilian or military , jet or propeller

Duel in Desert : a SiG for Mediterranean/North Africa WW2 (a lot of possibilities )

Let's celebrate : a GB on Planes depicting comemorative colours

God Save the Queen ! - All UK from 100 years war , Zulu wars , WW1 , WW2 , Modern wars (Falklands, Iraq , Afeghanistan ), all conflicts , military or civilian

rodrant wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:35 am Nice to see this thread

so my sugestions :

WWI , it will be the 100th anniversary on the end of WW! , so a SiG on this will be a good idea !

Smoke On - Acrobatic planes , civilian or military , jet or propeller

Duel in Desert : a SiG for Mediterranean/North Africa WW2 (a lot of possibilities )

Let's celebrate : a GB on Planes depicting comemorative colours

God Save the Queen ! - All UK from 100 years war , Zulu wars , WW1 , WW2 , Modern wars (Falklands, Iraq , Afeghanistan ), all conflicts , military or civilian

Good to hear from you Antonio, I like your suggestions...I have some Games Workshop Zulu war figures as a matter of fact

2 wings better than 1 any bi or triplane

Nev wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:50 pm 2 wings better than 1 any bi or triplane

I'm up for a biplane! Also, aerobatic planes sounds good too!

DBMiller wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:15 pm

Nev wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:50 pm 2 wings better than 1 any bi or triplane

I'm up for a biplane! Also, aerobatic planes sounds good too!

Lysus wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:32 pm

DBMiller wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:15 pm

Nev wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:50 pm 2 wings better than 1 any bi or triplane

I'm up for a biplane! Also, aerobatic planes sounds good too!

Knock yourself out - I'll be watching!

Two heads are better than one! Twin seater (not trainers) any era, any scale, any nationality.

GMahaffey wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:30 pm Two heads are better than one! Twin seater (not trainers) any era, any scale, any nationality.

I'd be down for that, all kinds of bombers, night fighters, recon planes and unusual aircraft like the F-82 Twin Mustang.

Also another thought, any vehicle/aircraft/whatever not in it's original design/production country's markings. Lend lease, captured equipment, export stock, licensed (or reverse engineered) production etc.

GMahaffey wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:30 pm Two heads are better than one! Twin seater (not trainers) any era, any scale, any nationality.

Nice, I have a lot of those!

I would guess about 90% of my stash is Tamiya, Bandai & Hasegawa but I've also got kits lurking around the back from Asuka, Bronco & Zvezda (and probably others I've forgotten) so I'm wondering if there'd be any interest in a "Not the Usual Suspects" build - ie build a kit from a manufacturer you've not done before.

Leaving aside the suggestions I'm interested in seeing how many folks turn out to vote for these and then how many convert into entries, I was thinking about this given that there were 68 votes for the Space SiG this time last year and yet there's currently only 12 build threads. I know there are reasons why people can't always follow through with what they intend (life, work etc) but it seems like there's been a low turn out for a number of the GBs & SiGs this year. Is it down to the general migration to Facebook especially following the Photobucket fiasco or are there other factors at work?

I've really enjoyed the builds I've joined and appreciated the support, encouragement and advice from the crowd so I'm just wondering what could be done to encourage more people to participate.

I agree well said

I've only been on the forum for just over 18 months and I've noticed a drop introductions and posts. It's also surprising how many start GB's only to after disappear after a few posts!

Personally I don't do or use facebook or any other popular social media, much prefer the board/forum.

Kevthemodeller wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:56 pm I agree well said

I've only been on the forum for just over 18 months and I've noticed a drop introductions and posts. It's also surprising how many start GB's only to after disappear after a few posts!

Personally I don't do or use facebook or any other popular social media, much prefer the board/forum.

I like the out of the ordinary idea...got a few of those in the stash

The ISM forum is getting killed by Facebook IMHO and it is especially noticeable in the drop in general forum postings as well as participation in gb’s and sig’s
Some guys have been starting a sig or gb build thread with just a Facebook link and no other info
Easier and quicker to fly into fb, drop a pic and leave. Photobucket fiasco has not helped at all for forums
You will notice that most of the live show members have dropped off on their forum participation, posting and gb/sig activity as well...sorry to say but true
Everybody is busy and you have to choose where to spend your internet time..only so many oars in the water so to speak
This seems to be common on other forums these days as they lose out to facebook’s ease of use and numbers

The takeover is almost complete, next is black helicopters coming across the borders and puppet masters with their new world order..be aware Zuckerberg will rule all

I guess I just don't understand how the linear nature of facebook is more appealing than a structured forum? I am not anti facebook, but I just don't want to use it for a modelling venue.

bfrd wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:30 am I guess I just don't understand how the linear nature of facebook is more appealing than a structured forum? I am not anti facebook, but I just don't want to use it for a modelling venue.

Nor I my friend, nor I
Ease of use, speed, quick response, instant gratifications those are the FB attractions.
I always thought the Zuckerberg Guy was a creep, maybe that is why I am resisting.
It is so much easier to do a build thread in the forum set up....I do it for myself so I can remember what I used, what worked and what I messed up. It is easier to find my forum postings than trying to remember a video someone made or where something was discussed on a live show....god you cannot find anything on those again

Also, when I signed up an account on FB at home one evening, I had three junk phishing e mails from Facebook with Facebook logos the next morning on my work computer email...I said F it, no way.
I still get those daily: “Things have changed since your last visit” “you have 15 new messages” and my personal favourite “meet me for a sexual rendezvous in Atlanta”...she never showed
I don’t know, must just be getting old and ornery

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:46 am
... and my personal favourite “meet me for a sexual rendezvous in Atlanta”...she never showed
I don’t know, must just be getting old and ornery

I don't even get those. How do you rate?

DBMiller wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:16 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:46 am
... and my personal favourite “meet me for a sexual rendezvous in Atlanta”...she never showed
I don’t know, must just be getting old and ornery

I don't even get those. How do you rate?

Ya I have a good chuckle at those.....I figure it is the bald, chicks dig the bald

I agree with all of you from Tomcat64 to 2kidsnosleep!

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:27 pm
The ISM forum is getting killed by Facebook IMHO and it is especially noticeable in the drop in general forum postings as well as participation in gb’s and sig’s
Some guys have been starting a sig or gb build thread with just a Facebook link and no other info
Easier and quicker to fly into fb, drop a pic and leave. Photobucket fiasco has not helped at all for forums
You will notice that most of the live show members have dropped off on their forum participation, posting and gb/sig activity as well...sorry to say but true
Everybody is busy and you have to choose where to spend your internet time..only so many oars in the water so to speak
This seems to be common on other forums these days as they lose out to facebook’s ease of use and numbers

The takeover is almost complete, next is black helicopters coming across the borders and puppet masters with their new world order..be aware Zuckerberg will rule all

I'm a university student studying Information Technologies and I don't have a Facebook account, which makes me a very odd outlier and probably has flagged me as a possible school shooter in many government databases, but I still hate Facebook. It makes me very sad that there doesn't seem to be a decent (highly) active modelling community outside Facebook. Don't get me wrong the posts here on ISM are of very high quality, but it's not as active as I'd like. And don't get me wrong, I don't think there's a decent modelling community in Facebook because there's just nothing decent about Facebook. Sorry for grumbling.

PrivatePublic wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:27 pm

GMahaffey wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:30 pm Two heads are better than one! Twin seater (not trainers) any era, any scale, any nationality.

I'd be down for that, all kinds of bombers, night fighters, recon planes and unusual aircraft like the F-82 Twin Mustang.

Also another thought, any vehicle/aircraft/whatever not in it's original design/production country's markings. Lend lease, captured equipment, export stock, licensed (or reverse engineered) production etc.

When I was a fairly new modeler I did the F-82 twin mustang. Believe it was 1/72 scale. It was one of my best models that I did. More detailed than the others. All brush painted. The Two heads are better than one are like the naval aircraft such as the tomcat and it can't seat more than two.

TheNordus wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2017 4:15 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:27 pm
The ISM forum is getting killed by Facebook IMHO and it is especially noticeable in the drop in general forum postings as well as participation in gb’s and sig’s
Some guys have been starting a sig or gb build thread with just a Facebook link and no other info
Easier and quicker to fly into fb, drop a pic and leave. Photobucket fiasco has not helped at all for forums
You will notice that most of the live show members have dropped off on their forum participation, posting and gb/sig activity as well...sorry to say but true
Everybody is busy and you have to choose where to spend your internet time..only so many oars in the water so to speak
This seems to be common on other forums these days as they lose out to facebook’s ease of use and numbers

The takeover is almost complete, next is black helicopters coming across the borders and puppet masters with their new world order..be aware Zuckerberg will rule all

I'm a university student studying Information Technologies and I don't have a Facebook account, which makes me a very odd outlier and probably has flagged me as a possible school shooter in many government databases, but I still hate Facebook. It makes me very sad that there doesn't seem to be a decent (highly) active modelling community outside Facebook. Don't get me wrong the posts here on ISM are of very high quality, but it's not as active as I'd like. And don't get me wrong, I don't think there's a decent modelling community in Facebook because there's just nothing decent about Facebook. Sorry for grumbling.

in the interest of research I did a couple of quick searches on FB for 2 different amour vehicle's and what resulted was in my view extremely light weight compared to the build postings on the forum.
So That's my view face book is a LIGHT WEIGHT , But people are attracted to it because people are basically not wanting to put in the extra effort....yep there is a word for it

Some ideas I've thought of to hopefully keep things alive..

OOB(Out of box) - Only whats in the box can be used, no additional aftermarket, scratch building etc

Specific brand build - Any model, scale, type from one kit manufacturer

Commemorative/anniversary/special liveries - Something that features a special scheme

Classic Jet Age - Any jet that was introduced/flown/produced between 1940-1970

In enemy hands - Captured vehicle, aircraft etc in opposition markings

Figure or Bust build?

Wheelie good time - Land based things with wheels (Bikes, cars, trucks etc)

InvalidUsername wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:35 pm Wheelie good time - Land based things with wheels (Bikes, cars, trucks etc)

I like that idea covers my planned builds for next year

Or what about
Classic Grand Prix, F1, GP, I of Man etc winners.

What they won on or in, the cars or bikes world champions won on/in

The odd ones. Car/bikes that never made it, 6 wheel Tyrrell P34, hub steering Elf Honda and Bimota Tesi 1D of the 80s etc

Hey Guys

Anything with a Swedish connection is an auto-vote from me

I also really like the idea of these:

Enemy Hands - captured vehicle
Happy birthday theme (RAF 100 yr & USAF 70)
Braille scale (1/72 and 1/76 scale) - any kit
Cold War (and Hot Jets) - any cold war era jet aircraft
Training Day - school aircrafts any scale or nationality


Tommy

Kevthemodeller wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:26 am Or what about
Classic Grand Prix, F1, GP, I of Man etc winners.

Lysus is busy enough battling the Hydra that life is throwing at him at the moment to get the proposed Racing GB off the ground so how about including that idea into the official pot? Really simple - anything (car, bike, plane, boat, horse) in racing/competition livery.

The other appeal of that proposal was a longer build time so is there a possibility that one or two of the GBs could be extended to six months rather than four to accommodate the slower builders or those that want to go big for example with a dio that would be tight to fit into the usual 3 or 4 month build times.

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:19 am

Kevthemodeller wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:26 am Or what about
Classic Grand Prix, F1, GP, I of Man etc winners.

Lysus is busy enough battling the Hydra that life is throwing at him at the moment to get the proposed Racing GB off the ground so how about including that idea into the official pot? Really simple - anything (car, bike, plane, boat, horse) in racing/competition livery.

The other appeal of that proposal was a longer build time so is there a possibility that one or two of the GBs could be extended to six months rather than four to accommodate the slower builders or those that want to go big for example with a dio that would be tight to fit into the usual 3 or 4 month build times.

I second that.

kiwigav wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:29 pm

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:19 am

Kevthemodeller wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:26 am Or what about
Classic Grand Prix, F1, GP, I of Man etc winners.

Lysus is busy enough battling the Hydra that life is throwing at him at the moment to get the proposed Racing GB off the ground so how about including that idea into the official pot? Really simple - anything (car, bike, plane, boat, horse) in racing/competition livery.

The other appeal of that proposal was a longer build time so is there a possibility that one or two of the GBs could be extended to six months rather than four to accommodate the slower builders or those that want to go big for example with a dio that would be tight to fit into the usual 3 or 4 month build times.

I second that.

Thirdeded

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:18 pm

kiwigav wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:29 pm

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:19 am

Lysus is busy enough battling the Hydra that life is throwing at him at the moment to get the proposed Racing GB off the ground so how about including that idea into the official pot? Really simple - anything (car, bike, plane, boat, horse) in racing/competition livery.

The other appeal of that proposal was a longer build time so is there a possibility that one or two of the GBs could be extended to six months rather than four to accommodate the slower builders or those that want to go big for example with a dio that would be tight to fit into the usual 3 or 4 month build times.

I second that.

Thirdeded

Fourth. Fourthed. Fourthded. Me too.

Free time lately just doesn't seem to exist for me

How about aces high any aircraft flown by an ace in any conflict.

Spook wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:20 pm How about aces high any aircraft flown by an ace in any conflict.

OOoo I like that, it cross many eras, nationalities and aircraft. Nice

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:33 pm

Spook wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:20 pm How about aces high any aircraft flown by an ace in any conflict.

OOoo I like that, it cross many eras, nationalities and aircraft. Nice

+1

Awesome idea, Spook!


Tommy

TommyKillander wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:23 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:33 pm

Spook wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:20 pm How about aces high any aircraft flown by an ace in any conflict.

OOoo I like that, it cross many eras, nationalities and aircraft. Nice

+1

Awesome idea, Spook!


Tommy

It needs to be "Aces High" so I can get the song stuck in my head.

...I had the poster on my wall...

Lets branch out and do something rail oriented. I can remember only 2 doing a railroad subject at all in the last 3yrs....so definitely outside what is mostly built.

digger303 wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:10 am Lets branch out and do something rail oriented. I can remember only 2 doing a railroad subject at all in the last 3yrs....so definitely outside what is mostly built.

Not a ton of plastic kits for it, but heck even a little dio or something with a boxcar (HO boxcars are cheap and roughly 1:87 or something)

Lysus wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:44 pm

digger303 wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:10 am Lets branch out and do something rail oriented. I can remember only 2 doing a railroad subject at all in the last 3yrs....so definitely outside what is mostly built.

Not a ton of plastic kits for it, but heck even a little dio or something with a boxcar (HO boxcars are cheap and roughly 1:87 or something)

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Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:08 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:44 pm

digger303 wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:10 am Lets branch out and do something rail oriented. I can remember only 2 doing a railroad subject at all in the last 3yrs....so definitely outside what is mostly built.

Not a ton of plastic kits for it, but heck even a little dio or something with a boxcar (HO boxcars are cheap and roughly 1:87 or something)

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Ha!

Challenge accepted.

Hollywood Movies- anything car, boat, plane, bike, character or any other item or scene that has appeared in a movie in the last 70 years.

Lysus wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:35 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:08 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:44 pm



Not a ton of plastic kits for it, but heck even a little dio or something with a boxcar (HO boxcars are cheap and roughly 1:87 or something)

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Ha!

Challenge accepted.

What challenge ! You are just rummaging through your kids toy box....Thomas indeed....

What's happening regarding 2018 builds we are just under 4 weeks away until 2018?

Kevthemodeller wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:58 pm What's happening regarding 2018 builds we are just under 4 weeks away until 2018?

Polls will be up very soon for 2018

how about a sig or GB on the weird and strange vehicles of WWII

sthornton wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:17 pm how about a sig or GB on the weird and strange vehicles of WWII

I love weird and strange things but I'm not so sure how you'd define what is and isn't weird or strange for GB purposes

PrivatePublic wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:43 am

sthornton wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:17 pm how about a sig or GB on the weird and strange vehicles of WWII

I love weird and strange things but I'm not so sure how you'd define what is and isn't weird or strange for GB purposes

The Germans certainly came up with a lot of crazy things, I like the suggestion

thing like the areosan nkl 26 and or rf 8 and some of the other thing that are out there

things that make you look at then and think really or what the hell

InvalidUsername wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:22 am

PrivatePublic wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:43 am

sthornton wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:17 pm how about a sig or GB on the weird and strange vehicles of WWII

I love weird and strange things but I'm not so sure how you'd define what is and isn't weird or strange for GB purposes

The Germans certainly came up with a lot of crazy things, I like the suggestion

Those weird things were in the aircraft department. They had two He111s combined as one, do335 push-pull airplane. When I was starting out modelling there was a F-82 twin mustang. I know you can still get it at more of the mainstream hobby stores that aren't dedicated to the modelling.

How about something Russian tovarich? There's oodles of aircraft, AFV's, figures, ships and missiles out their these days. This could cover WWI, WWII, Cold War and contemporary. As these things come in differing scales e.g. 1/35 AFV'S, 1/350 Ships, then there doesn't need to be much restriction on scale (anyone so inclined could enter. It could just as easily be UK, US or German for that matter. Just a thought.