discussion Build ideas for the 2014 Group Builds.

[Guest]

Ok...a simple and easy ones..

- Fire department.

You choice!! Trucks,planes,cars,....

-Japanese air force (wwII)

-Military soldiers.

Navy seals, "komandos", delta force, mercenaries,...

-Aircraft maintinence vehicles.

Fuel trucks or other vehicles that help the planes fly away!!

- The military factory.

A little scene with a mechanic constructing a tank, plane ... (even for ending!! Not repairing)

 

[Ian M]

A few more thoughts about the suggestions so far:

@Colin. The build a building idea. I was thinking about this one this morning and had an idea. How about this, Build a model of your own home.... A good scratch build idea and no two will be the same. Or go crazy and say build your dream house or what ever you would like to live in...

@Polux The Military soldiers. I take it you mean special services soldiers.. Could be a good one for a single figure build..Airfield Ground support A good idea as well. Not a lot of kits other than the 1/72 sets from Airfix and a few others, so again could be a good base for a scratch build/conversion thing.

keep em coming lads and dont forget to vote in the poll in the other thread.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Building your own home could pose problems if you live in a flat or in a terrace row ...do you do the whole thing or just cut your part out and build that? Can you see my point?

Being realistic I could throw together the whole terrace row of 4 where I live in a few days as they're pretty basic shape and covered in harling ..not a massive challenge.

I was thinking more in line of churches, castles, cathedrals, palaces etc.

 

[peterairfix]

How's about anything on rail's or anything with sails.

peter t

 

[Guest]

- Hydroplanes (landing in the water)

- The winter camoflauge (all kind of vehicles)

 

[Dave W]

How about Fleet Air Arm aircraft,if its not been done before.Could be WW2,post WW2 or both.

 

[Ian M]

Building your own home could pose problems if you live in a flat or in a terrace row ...do you do the whole thing or just cut your part out and build that? Can you see my point?Being realistic I could throw together the whole terrace row of 4 where I live in a few days as they're pretty basic shape and covered in harling ..not a massive challenge.

I was thinking more in line of churches, castles, cathedrals, palaces etc.

Good point I didn't think of that.

Ian M

 

[Ian M]

- Hydroplanes (landing in the water)- The winter camoflauge (all kind of vehicles)

You mean float planes I guess.

Ian M

 

[Ian M]

How about Fleet Air Arm aircraft,if its not been done before.Could be WW2,post WW2 or both.

That would be a great SIG and also a darn good GB. (OK I'm slightly bias...)

Ian M

 

[Ian M]

Here is the list so far.

D-Day: Any thing that took part in D-Day land sea air…

Arnhem: Go Dutch

The Great War: Horses, bi-planes, buildings… scratch..dio..figures every thing WWI

That wasn’t in the box!: Build a kit but convert it to some thing else, anything Aircraft, armour. Even a figure…?

Build a building: House, hotel California, colditz the local church four walls and a roof and your good.

Maintainence: Things break down and need repairing. All kinds of thing’s….

War horse/peace horse: On, behind, in front, behind a horse.

Historical figure or bust: There must be a few to chose from…

Any chance of a lift: Anything that has a crane on it. The crane being the point of the vehicle.

Underground: London underground. Viet nam down a pot hole, in a tunnel.

The resistance: I vil say sis only wonce…

An Ugly bird: An ugly aircraft but it works….define ugly!

A brail scale battle: Max scale 1/72. A diorama for the smaller work top.

I'm a Movie car: An actual car that has been a movie star. (so no batmobils)!

Japanese aircraft of WWII: Bonzaiiiiiiiiiii whoops I mean Banziiiiiiiiiiii

Elite soldiers: SAS SBS Para's, commandos etc

Railway: As in on rails, trains and rolling stock . An armoured wagon ok. Railway gun NO

We are sailing….: A boat with sails, maybe even a row boat ?

Float planes: Aircraft that can land and take off from the water.

FAA NAS: Fleet Air Arm. Naval Air Service.

Historical weapons: I'm talking ancient hysterical instruments here. Ballista and the like….

Quite some list already and I can see some already that will be worthy Themed Builds, the first three in particular what with it being the anniversary and all that.

There are also some good ones for a sig or two and even a few that give the figure builders a chance to join in and of course others to try their hands at.

So the “so far” list is very diverse.

My goal is to get the final list sorted before December, so if you have any more ideas get them in quick so I can do a bit of moderating.

Ian M

 

[Ian M]

This new forum don't 'arf bugger formatted text up that was attempt #5!

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Now that's a list an 'arf .... Excellent diverse topics .... Don't envy the job of getting them in order and sorted calendar wise.

 

[spanner570]

A rally car....stand alone or giving it some welly in the forest etc.

 

[Gern]

With regard to a building ...

Wouldn't it be nice to see a complete one? ie not bombed/shelled to pieces. Not saying it can't be military, just all in one piece.

Gern

PS Forgot to add it shouldn't be old ruins either!

 

[rickoshea52]

Great selection of subjects so far and I'm rather chuffed that some of my suggestions are matched in number with some equally appealling ideas, e.g. Japanese items and aircraft maintenance vehicles. With regard to the buildings idea, I'm pleased to see that this has prompted some response that goes beyond using a building as a scene setter like a ruin or battle damaged shell. You could really go to town on this with a scratch build tower block, street scene or railway station. I confess a conflict of interest here with my interest in railways but the genre is a rich source of subject matter. Goods sheds, bridges, gas holders, warehouses, train sheds and depots, signal boxes etc.

 

[Guest]

- I, Robot

Imagine and create your robot. Free size and great scratch build possibilities!!

We can do as a "dust-bin" compile former pieces of old kits, metals, sheets of plastic, cables...

Can be a very funny GB

 

[Guest]

What about recon stuff planes armoured vehicles and boats that patrol looking for contraband. Going further out you could have satelites

 

[Guest]

Imagine and create your robot. Free size and great scratch build possibilities!

I like that idea.... Endless possibilities !

 

[Gern]

- I, Robot Imagine and create your robot. Free size and great scratch build possibilities!!

We can do as a "dust-bin" compile former pieces of old kits, metals, sheets of plastic, cables...

Can be a very funny GB

Would that include things like the Gundam figures?

Gern

 

[colin m]

Well, next year is 100 years since the start of the Great war. But that's a bit vague. Air, land or sea ?

Another suggestion from me is 'The Harrier' Sadly no longer in the UK skies, many different versions to build and many different model manufactures to chooses from.