Global Scale Modeller

Well, it's soon becoming time where We have to work out the GBs & SiGs for 2015 so, I thought I'd throw this open and see what ideas you guys have for GBs & SiGs next year.

This is completely open and can involve any genre, style or scenario of modelling, we're just looking for your input and ideas when we have plenty we'll open up a couple of polls and let you guys decide what our GBs & SiGs will be for 2016.

My idea so far are

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

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

A few of the the other guys suggested these

Prototypes GB anything that was working prototype

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

Utility vehicles GB pick up trucks, transport aircraft etc

Lancaster SIG

Pearl harbour GB

Falklands GB

Eastern european in the 1980's SIG

F-14 tomcat

typhoon

fw190


If you have any suggestions feel free to post them below and the most popular suggestions will enter a poll to win

A few more ideas
Korean war GB
Battle of Britain SIG
Racing car GB

Err... you mean 2016 in the text of the post don't you Paul

AAC wrote:Err... you mean 2016 in the text of the post don't you Paul

Yes lol

How about civilian aircraft?

I would like a rally car sig with just rally cars from 1980 on inc diorama
How about a RAF only jets
And a motor cycle road or race.

Some great ideas there. I like the NMF, FAA, Falklands and Bigsea's civil aircraft one.

I'd like to suggest a Malta SIG. Either the WWII siege or the medieval one.

I like the nmf and faa ideas! There's been a fair bit of interest in a race car GB too. I think a single type GB is a great idea as well, might be an idea to have a poll of which subject?

I'd like to do trainer GB. Any vehicle used for training, they usually have cool paint jobs and are sometimes a bit different to the norm.

These are my initial thoughts anyway, I'm sure they'll be some good ideas coming in.

Due to it being the 75 anniversary of the air cadets (ATC). I think aircraft used by any air focres air cadets could be good idea. or if you would like to broaden the the list of aircarft , say all aircraft used as trainers

How about a SiG about the "workhorse " of the German Wehrmacht in WW2 ... The STuG and Pz IV

Racing Cars GB ( involves all racing cars ie WRC , Indy 500 , Formula 1)
Korean War
Matchbox dedication build
B-17 SiG
Ayrton Senna dedication build

Schoof wrote:How about a SiG about the "workhorse " of the German Wehrmacht in WW2 ... The STuG and Pz IV

I was thinking of the Panzer 4 and derivatives, that gives you tanks, Stugs, Jagdpanzer, flak vehicles, Brummbars, nashorns and hummels (if you consider the 3/4 chassis a derivative of the 4) and even more....

Any jet powered aircraft - civilian or military, from any era.

Have you ever had any artillery type Sig or GB

there was a post about a mad max type sig/gb

as we had rising sun this year, could we have russia next year ?

I was thinking something like any time/ any country/ any vehicle in Afganistan. That could cover many decades. Not sure if this one has been done yet but might be cool.

Polish a turd GB. Take the crappiest kit you can find and turn it into a master piece.

These are the ideas i could come up with
Dangerous cat 2 the King Tiger wich i already mentionned before a while ago
A rivals build , not restricted to just military bit with specific race cars from a season or things like Panzer IV vs Sherman
Aslong as you can tell the story behind it
Tank busters , anything designed/used to knock out tanks and armored vehicles
And to be honest i like Seb's "workhorse" idea so i would be up for that

Well some good ideas so far ...

here are mine :

A GB named 'From Russia with Love' , well it is everything Russian, any era vehicle or Plane

A Pacific War GB

A SiG named : War on the Movies . We could build anything based in a War movie , could include Sci-Fi Movies also ...

A SiG named 'Face to Face' , this was smilar to Mark's idea, include Planes , Figures, ships that face to face in battle in History , we could have any era builds here ,include Racing cars , racing motorbikes .

I liked a lot the training planes and the civilian planes ideas .Also the Prototype GB is a great idea .

What about a year i was born build. Anything from the builders year of birth

Hi all

Just a couple of ideas floating around in my crazy head

Medic!!! Any vehicle, aircraft of heli used for medical assistance or evacuation

The enemy below / The silent hunters of the deep. Any submarine or u-boat

Ace High. Any aircraft of one of the many WWII Aces. correct markings and such apply

If it floats. Any boat, ship, flying boat or sea plane of the era. floating armor included

At the races. Any rally, F1 or race modded/ready car

Shore leave. any civilian build. Any time period, any kind of vehicle of aircraft

Winter is coming. Anything in winter cammo, WWII era

Hope these help/ I dont know if some of them have been done before.....

Cheers

Of the ones mentioned so far I like the Mad Max one, prototypes one and year you were born one.

Suggestions from me are a family history GB, basically something that tells the story of a relative in war time. Cheeky because that's my next build. .
A video game GB, a model of something from a video game, past or present.
A "Rekt" GB. This is a term from World of Tanks when someone gets killed horribly, so would be any knocked out or crashed vehicle or plane.

MiG Killer SIG = any aircraft that has shoot down a MiG (BF-109, F-86, F-4, F-15, etc.)

Korean War GB

Attack Aircraft SIG

Bombs Away GB = any aircraft that has drop a conventional bomb.

Supersonic GB = any aircraft that can break the sound barrier in level flight...

Just a few of my ideas...

how about a vietnam gb (so tanks ,dioramas or even aircraft)

How about a diorama with a minimum of 4 figures of any period. Could be just figures or with vehicles/equipment.

Classic Jets GB - Eg. Pre 1960
Rotary wing GB - Any helicopter
Specific country GB
Amphibians - Any era, aircraft, boat, vehicle etc

My Ideas sort of borrowed from one gangstar

1:The year you where born
A conflict, some thing first flown, first released , first used or some thing that makes that year memorable

2:float planes from any period as long as it floats and has a prop or a jet engine

Thats it for now I'm sure something else will come too me

Another idea, how about a half track build

My favourite's so far are the Russian only, racing cars, Supersonic and classic jets, but going off all the ideas, im going to be very busy next year!

Just thinking, what about a brand build. What i mean by that is like most things involved in the build (tools, paints, model, glue) all have to be made by the same manufacturer, so say tamiya model, tamiya tools, tamiya paints. Obviously, you could not do this for every tool, like airbrushes, which is why this idea would need further thought to be able to make some actual rules!

Pacific War WWII 1941--1945 GB

The Great Bear GB (Russian) any soviet/russian entry

Winter/Cold weather GB. any Winter, Arctic or Antarctic entry

African GB. :any entry used built in Africa or African conflict. post WWII

South American Build : entry built or used in South American or any South American conflict

With July 8th being the release date for The film Star Trek Beyond how about a Star Trek SIG like any version of the enterprise in any scale? or even anything Star Trek figures and Mini's included? Everybody loves the Star Wars SIG? That's why I joined ISM. Plus how else are the SCI-FI guys gonna learn to build tanks and planes?

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 is going to be a tough call, so many great ideas already including these:
From Russia with Love GB
Utility Vehicle GB
King Tiger SIG
Halftrack GB
Natural Metal Finish GB.

How about a Sherman (Been There Done That) SIG. North Africa, Europe, the Pacific, USA, Great Britain, Russia, even German army captured tanks

OliveDrab wrote:This is going to be a tough call, so many great ideas already including these:
From Russia with Love GB
Utility Vehicle GB
King Tiger SIG
Halftrack GB
Natural Metal Finish GB.

How about a Sherman (Been There Done That) SIG. North Africa, Europe, the Pacific, USA, Great Britain, Russia, even German army captured tanks

I like the half track idea.

I was just looking at this post Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, Florida and had an idea. What if we all build some aircraft that was part of a museum. For example anything that is in the air and space museum. Our collective efforts would be a scale version of that museum. The air and space group build. Imagine everything from bi-planes to the space shuttle would be on the table. Tell me that's not genius

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.

Love it

Some of my ideas:
KFOR or SFOR
UN Peacekeepers
Improvised War Machines

I really like the bare metal finish, Russia, improvised war machines and eastern european ideas. How about a sink the Bismarck build to commemorate the 75 year anniversary of said event, or maybe a Cubans abroad build about the many oversea deployments of Cuban forces.

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.

My ideas......

GBs

Israeli AFV or AIA
Russia
Single manufacturer ie Tamiya, Revell, Airfix, Trumpeter etc etc
Korean War

Sigs

What if (WiF).... Anything that has never existed and lots of kit bashing.
Paper Panzers (not just German tanks though) or Prototypes
Civilian cars only
Any particular decade ie 1960, 1970, 1980 etc etc

Desert WWII
Israeli any period
NMF

I had to grin at

float planes from any period as long as it floats

. I'm trying to think what it would be called if it didn't float...

MAD MAX

I allready opened a topic before this one, explaining my idea.
http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=14242

How about we finally have a SiG or GB with strict guidelines?
I've noticed all our gb and sigs are very open. How about one where it's quite restricted for a change...

Example:
~ Out of box only
~ no aftermarket / no scratch build
~ One scale only 1:72 or 1:48 or 1/35
~ brush paint only

Something different with a challenge

Lee wrote:My ideas......

GBs

Israeli AFV or AIA
Russia
Single manufacturer ie Tamiya, Revell, Airfix, Trumpeter etc etc
Korean War

Sigs

What if (WiF).... Anything that has never existed and lots of kit bashing.
Paper Panzers (not just German tanks though) or Prototypes
Civilian cars only
Any particular decade ie 1960, 1970, 1980 etc etc

Im with Lee on this one!

~Israeli
~Russian
~Paper panzers
~civilian cars

how about…

delta wing jets
twin propellors

I really like the "From Russia with Love", natural metal, flying boat/float plane and kit-bash ideas

I have some ideas to add as well. There are some interesting topics offered so far.
I second the Startrek GB, we had wars and it's time for trek.

For GB's:

Them leg's; Any type of moving construct with legs.
Is it real?; Original vehicles from anime, games and cartoons, they may not exist in the real world.
To boldly go; Real space vehicles/ships used now or in development.

For SIG:?

Gundam-it; Any vehicle or mech from the Gundam iniverse.
Please stand still; Figures of any size or shape.

Any vehicle to hit Normandy beach.

how about "pylon races"

I've got a few ideas rolling around for a GB/SIG,

Fly Swatter - Any anti-aircraft weapon system from the start of WW2 to present day.
Scramble! - Any aircraft used in an interception role from the start of WW2 to present day.
Death From Above - Any aircraft used in a dedicated ground attack role during the cold war.