Global Scale Modeller

Following on from @Twokidsnosleep's Friday questions about Group Builds we thought we'd open up the thread for next year's suggested subjects while the subject is still fresh in our minds.

So as usual please feel free to suggest any subjects you'd like to be considered for GBs or SIGs and we'll then put up a poll of those that generate the most interest.

We'd also be interested in knowing how long you think the ideal GB/SiG should run for.

I'll wade in with a couple of suggestions to start with

• 2022 is the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict so maybe something around that - I guess this would be primarily aircraft or maritime builds

• I mentioned in the Friday question thread about the possibility of a 1/48 build - although that may be too broad

• And I'll also throw in my regular suggestion of a Scandinavian theme

A few ideas I've had:

• Anything from the Vietnam war.

• A vignette or diorama with only figures.

• Anything Italian

I'd go with Rob's suggestion of the Vietnam war and even the Korean conflict which gets even less attention than Vietnam.
WW2 any countries except the main players so USA,British,Russian and German are excluded.
WW1 build

Love a few of the suggestions

here are the ones I like :
- anything Italian as it's original and could bring anything from airplanes to cars.
- something from the Faklands wars as it's being the anniversary it's good idea I think.
- Scandinavian subject, again it would be bring a large inventory of things to do from rally race cars, to Finnish planes with German markings and armored vehicles.
- vietnam war
- korean war, because as said it doesn't get much attention

How about a "Dirty" theme? You can build whatever you like, BUT it has to be weathered. I would love to see some realistically weathered cars or trucks.

digger303 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:22 pm I'd go with Rob's suggestion of the Vietnam war and even the Korean conflict which gets even less attention than Vietnam.

How about combining the two to expand the available subjects? Or even throw in the South East Asia theatre from WW2 if we wanted to widen it further?

One more from me

• Military Support - so basically unarmed military transport, reconnaissance, recovery etc. Could be ground, air or maritime from any period

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:50 am I'll wade in with a couple of suggestions to start with

• 2022 is the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict so maybe something around that - I guess this would be primarily aircraft or maritime builds

• I mentioned in the Friday question thread about the possibility of a 1/48 build - although that may be too broad

• And I'll also throw in my regular suggestion of a Scandinavian theme

Scorpion tanks were involved in the fighting on the Falklands, and Black Dog makes a couple of 1/35 Royal Marine figures kitted for the Falklands.

Maybe stretch things a bit and let the car guys in too - include black Porsche 928S4's if they have "H982 FLK" as the license plates. (Top Gear reference).

chops1sc wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:24 pm How about a "Dirty" theme? You can build whatever you like, BUT it has to be weathered. I would love to see some realistically weathered cars or trucks.

Good idea here
Wide open for topics

Some nice themes already mentioned.
How about:
* An Inter-war theme - anything you like that flies, rolls or floats as long as it dates after 1918 and before 1939.
* Cold War Naval - should stretch everyone
* Science Fantasy - pretty wide open field.
* Another "Out of comfort zone" - only criteria is you build what you normally don't. I liked the poll idea where others vote for what you build, appealed to my (admittedly warped) sense of humour!

I like the idea of a set scale too. Be interesting to see what we go with.

I would like to see the following:

D-Day
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Midway

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:36 pm I would like to see the following:

D-Day
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Midway

Great ideas. I like the idea of focusing on a battle - they each have a narrative that everybody will be working within.

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:30 pm Some nice themes already mentioned.
How about:
* An Inter-war theme - anything you like that flies, rolls or floats as long as it dates after 1918 and before 1939.
* Cold War Naval - should stretch everyone
* Science Fantasy - pretty wide open field.
* Another "Out of comfort zone" - only criteria is you build what you normally don't. I liked the poll idea where others vote for what you build, appealed to my (admittedly warped) sense of humour!

I like the idea of a set scale too. Be interesting to see what we go with.

love the out of comfort zone theme !!! I saw it too late to participate as I was involved in another built. Cold War is good too

ElCapitan wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:06 pm

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:36 pm I would like to see the following:

D-Day
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Midway

Great ideas. I like the idea of focusing on a battle - they each have a narrative that everybody will be working within.

it's True that focusing on a battle or event is a great subject with the narrative to it. It adds to an end with the subject at hand and what you want with it.

- automotive (any scale, period/year, civilian, military, racer, etc.)

- think small (1/144 or smaller model)

- space travel (real or science fiction)

- figures (two or more any scale or period)

- rotor wing (anything helicopter)

- open wheel (anything without fenders or enclosures: F1, F2, F3000, Indy, midgets, dirt buggy, military, etc.)

And the last one would be any yellow French observation balloon used in the first world war that was active during the second offensive and survived an arial attack, in 1/35 through 1/78 scale with full armament and figures. I hope this wasn't too specific......

I am all in on the idea of a Korean war. That really isn't covered very often.

Vietnam would be great but that's done fairly often.

I think a Century series build would be awesome.

Here's one I don't think i have seen.. Any aircraft but it has to be 1/32 or larger.

Many themes are suggested, i will be interesting by those :

- Falklands/Malvinas : good subject, s a french i would build some argentinian planes ... even some british ones!
- VietNam/Korea : a good idea too, during Korea conflict most of the vehicles (ground and aircraft) were from WW2 so very easy to deal with
- Helicopter : i have some kits so yes!
- Naval theme : so sulked, however there is such excellent kits on the market WW2 or modern, that'll be a challenge and a great out of comfort zone subject!

What about a "Movie Model" GB? Anything that was featured or iconic in a movie or TV show?

Build #1: FINISH THE DAMN GROUP BUILDS I STARTED IN 2021!!!!!



That should take me at least until July.

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:50 am I'll wade in with a couple of suggestions to start with

• 2022 is the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict so maybe something around that - I guess this would be primarily aircraft or maritime builds

Good one - I just got the 1/48 scale Pucara'!

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:36 pm I would like to see the following:

D-Day
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Midway

Great ideas there mate - was also wondering about throwing the Battle of the Bulge into the mix as well but I think D-Day offers more scope for subjects in Land, Air & Sea.

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:43 pm Build #1: FINISH THE DAMN GROUP BUILDS I STARTED IN 2021!!!!!



That should take me at least until July.

Ummm... I think I still have one hanging over from 2020 as well as 2021

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:47 pm

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:50 am I'll wade in with a couple of suggestions to start with

• 2022 is the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict so maybe something around that - I guess this would be primarily aircraft or maritime builds

Good one - I just got the 1/48 scale Pucara'!

Oh cool - there's actually quite a range of aircraft that would qualify on both sides

Especially if anyone fancies trying to recreate the Victor to Victor to Vulcan refuelling operations

chops1sc wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:36 am What about a "Movie Model" GB? Anything that was featured or iconic in a movie or TV show?

Yep that's always a good shout

DRUMS01 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:53 pm And the last one would be any yellow French observation balloon used in the first world war that was active during the second offensive and survived an arial attack, in 1/35 through 1/78 scale with full armament and figures. I hope this wasn't too specific......

Awesome idea but were you thinking about the Mk. XXIII or the Mk. XXVII with the radial jabberwocky wrangler fitted??

Some great ideas already folks - keep them coming

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:30 pm I like the idea of a set scale too. Be interesting to see what we go with.

A couple of years back I ran a 1/72 "drop in" that ran for the whole year so people could drop in & out whenever they wanted to.

I'd be happy to try that again in 1/48 if there's enough interest so please let us know on this one as well.

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:04 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:30 pm I like the idea of a set scale too. Be interesting to see what we go with.

A couple of years back I ran a 1/72 "drop in" that ran for the whole year so people could drop in & out whenever they wanted to.

I'd be happy to try that again in 1/48 if there's enough interest so please let us know on this one as well.

I'd be up for it. As things stand right now I rather like the idea of a 1 year slot for each build and a video review at the end.

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:23 pm

chops1sc wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:24 pm How about a "Dirty" theme? You can build whatever you like, BUT it has to be weathered. I would love to see some realistically weathered cars or trucks.

Good idea here
Wide open for topics

great idea, it gives people the option to do what ever they want be it a Tank or car or Bike

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:04 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:30 pm I like the idea of a set scale too. Be interesting to see what we go with.

A couple of years back I ran a 1/72 "drop in" that ran for the whole year so people could drop in & out whenever they wanted to.

I'd be happy to try that again in 1/48 if there's enough interest so please let us know on this one as well.

I'd be in for that one!.

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:04 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:30 pm I like the idea of a set scale too. Be interesting to see what we go with.

A couple of years back I ran a 1/72 "drop in" that ran for the whole year so people could drop in & out whenever they wanted to.

I'd be happy to try that again in 1/48 if there's enough interest so please let us know on this one as well.

that's a great idea because it really let's time to finish it without any stress and doesn't let other things In life get in the way. And to get stuff for the model at hand or get one to get in if it's a subject that's really interesting but don't have the kit in your stash

In another posting, Neil suggested an "any Meng kit build"
we could do the same with Tamiya, Airfix etc
Cannot get much more open and general a topic than those

I'm kinda liking the idea of an open time build(s) for the year. It just may take threads away from the regular build threads and put them in the group build section though. I guess what I really like is reading build threads as they progress more than anything.

I'm up for another bomber build. I have loads of them.
Iconic jets of the cold war - the shiny ones! F-86, Mig-15, Mig-21, F-100, EE Lightning, etc.
And, as always, The Summer SciFi Build!

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:46 pm In another posting, Neil suggested an "any Meng kit build"
we could do the same with Tamiya, Airfix etc
Cannot get much more open and general a topic than those

Have given this a bit more thought and wondering if we could maybe include more than one manufacturer to open things up a bit.

For example anything from Meng, Takom or ICM as some of the newer kids on the block?

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:00 pm

digger303 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:22 pm I'd go with Rob's suggestion of the Vietnam war and even the Korean conflict which gets even less attention than Vietnam.

How about combining the two to expand the available subjects? Or even throw in the South East Asia theatre from WW2 if we wanted to widen it further?

I've been thinking about this one as well and instead of including the WW2 theatre maybe have a GB for those conflicts that are generally less well served in modelling terms?

So Korean War, Vietnam, Cambodia, Spanish Civil War... and the Falklands might fit in here too;

Or is that too broad a brush do you think?

DBMiller wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:31 pm I'm up for another bomber build. I have loads of them.
Iconic jets of the cold war - the shiny ones! F-86, Mig-15, Mig-21, F-100, EE Lightning, etc.
And, as always, The Summer SciFi Build!

Oooo, yes! An NMF jets build. Hmmm.... I like that!

This might be a little too specific.

A Hairy Stick only build. With a minimum scale of 1:72!

Oh, Neil, it has to have the radial jabberwocky...... that makes all the difference for the GB.

Any more ideas out there?

How about an X vs. Y build?
I was browsing the we last night and saw the Airfix Sherman Firefly vs Tiger 1 kit advertised and it made me think (bloody dangerous I know!!)..... Think of two subjects that were either adversaries or related - destroyer vs. Sub, tank vs. tank/gun, aircraft vs aircraft, X/Y/A wing vsTie etc and possibly make into a small diorama?

Civilian vehicle. I have several of those.

The model show I go to is having an April fools theme next year. It's a bit like the our "The End Is Nigh" build. I'm going to try something for that.



I like RangerNeil's idea of an adversary build. I'd extend the theme to civilian topics. The Collings Foundation museum in Hudson, Massachusetts has a race every year - "The Race of The Century". They pit various vehicles against each other: Bicycle vs. foot; horse and buggy vs. early car; etc.

https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/ ... e-century/

RangerNeil wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:26 pm How about an X vs. Y build?
I was browsing the we last night and saw the Airfix Sherman Firefly vs Tiger 1 kit advertised and it made me think (bloody dangerous I know!!)..... Think of two subjects that were either adversaries or related - destroyer vs. Sub, tank vs. tank/gun, aircraft vs aircraft, X/Y/A wing vsTie etc and possibly make into a small diorama?

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:09 pm I like RangerNeil's idea of an adversary build. I'd extend the theme to civilian topics. The Collings Foundation museum in Hudson, Massachusetts has a race every year - "The Race of The Century". They pit various vehicles against each other: Bicycle vs. foot; horse and buggy vs. early car; etc.

I like the adversary idea - we could also throw Bombers vs Night Fighters into that mix as I know Night Fighters comes up regularly, and someone mentioned bombers again recently.

And from the civilian idea how about Ford vs Ferrari... think I've heard that one somewhere?

So people could build a subject from one side or the other, or both if they're feeling adventurous?

Suggestion... how about something like : "the one you don't want too..."
everybody got in their stash a kit they don't want to start anymore for whatever reason, or despise... it could be a great way to get motivated to start building it

Garion77 wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:29 pm Suggestion... how about something like : "the one you don't want too..."
everybody got in their stash a kit they don't want to start anymore for whatever reason, or despise... it could be a great way to get motivated to start building it

We are literally in that GB right now until the end of January 2022
Why else would I be making a pirate ship??
"Out of Comfort Zone"

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:26 pm

Garion77 wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:29 pm Suggestion... how about something like : "the one you don't want too..."
everybody got in their stash a kit they don't want to start anymore for whatever reason, or despise... it could be a great way to get motivated to start building it

We are literally in that GB right now until the end of January 2022
Why else would I be making a pirate ship??
"Out of Comfort Zone"

schhhh! I was trying to put back in an another way since I've missed it You're ship is coming along great by the way

Here are a few I'd like to submit.

aur0ra145 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:41 pm Here are a few I'd like to submit.

love the ideas ! the Swedish one in kind of link to one I had submitted too ! it helps to enlarge the subjects possible with that idea

Sticking my two pennyworth in. As I have gone to for years and volunteer at RIAT. As this year is their 50th anniversary. Put off by Covid from last year. Really wide, any participating item, They have support vehicles, and tanks so they are legitimate, or any from the first and last.

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:43 pm Build #1: FINISH THE DAMN GROUP BUILDS I STARTED IN 2021!!!!!



That should take me at least until July.

Been a long time since I've been around these parts and a longer time since I've finished a GB, and this got me thinking

Maybe a "Finish what you started" GB, pick up an old GB project, or just any modelling project you previously started but for one reason or another never finished, and try to finish it this time around. I know I have plenty of candidates kicking around in boxes somewhere...

PrivatePublic wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:20 pm

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:43 pm Build #1: FINISH THE DAMN GROUP BUILDS I STARTED IN 2021!!!!!



That should take me at least until July.

Been a long time since I've been around these parts and a longer time since I've finished a GB, and this got me thinking

Maybe a "Finish what you started" GB, pick up an old GB project, or just any modelling project you previously started but for one reason or another never finished, and try to finish it this time around. I know I have plenty of candidates kicking around in boxes somewhere...

I like that
Finish what you started....get some dead projects back to life

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 7:27 pm

PrivatePublic wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:20 pm

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:43 pm Build #1: FINISH THE DAMN GROUP BUILDS I STARTED IN 2021!!!!!



That should take me at least until July.

Been a long time since I've been around these parts and a longer time since I've finished a GB, and this got me thinking

Maybe a "Finish what you started" GB, pick up an old GB project, or just any modelling project you previously started but for one reason or another never finished, and try to finish it this time around. I know I have plenty of candidates kicking around in boxes somewhere...

I like that
Finish what you started....get some dead projects back to life

Me too....I've got plenty of them and honestly it would be a relief to finish them.

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 2:04 pm

RangerNeil wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:26 pm How about an X vs. Y build?
I was browsing the we last night and saw the Airfix Sherman Firefly vs Tiger 1 kit advertised and it made me think (bloody dangerous I know!!)..... Think of two subjects that were either adversaries or related - destroyer vs. Sub, tank vs. tank/gun, aircraft vs aircraft, X/Y/A wing vsTie etc and possibly make into a small diorama?

DBMiller wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:09 pm I like RangerNeil's idea of an adversary build. I'd extend the theme to civilian topics. The Collings Foundation museum in Hudson, Massachusetts has a race every year - "The Race of The Century". They pit various vehicles against each other: Bicycle vs. foot; horse and buggy vs. early car; etc.

I like the adversary idea - we could also throw Bombers vs Night Fighters into that mix as I know Night Fighters comes up regularly, and someone mentioned bombers again recently.

And from the civilian idea how about Ford vs Ferrari... think I've heard that one somewhere?

So people could build a subject from one side or the other, or both if they're feeling adventurous?

I have wanted Night Fighters to be a thing for so long!

I present to you my propaganda 'promotional image' I made a few years ago.



On another note, I've thought that an "After Hours" GB would be cool. If you don't complete your build by the end of a GB, then it gets rolled into the "After Hours" GB allowing your to finish at your own pace. Then maybe once a year or so, we showcase what has been completed in the "After Hours."

I like the "after hours" or "finish what you started" build idea. I imagine it could run year round and be joined when one is ready. It could also include shelf of doom builds since most group builds require starting on a new in the box model.

Could do a utility vehicle build...land,air or sea must not have a gun but be used in a military force.