discussion Cosford Model Show on the 5th of April has been cancelled

[papa 695]

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[yak face]

Anyway, I'm a Coeliac now (well actually always was)

Welcome to Earth , live long and prosper .
Seriously though , if I would have known I would have got you something suitable Col .....and probably forgot it !

 

[yak face]

Sounds like it’s a goer then .The general consensus seems to be anything as long as it was a fiver or less ( as Dave says not including postage if buying online) ,the cheaper , weirder and crappier the better ! Let’s see if we can get a wide variety of subjects . I’ll start a thread on the user suggested GBs and get Ian to set us up a section .

 

[colin m]

Let’s see if we can get a wide variety of subjects

I've just had a look on ebay, there's some right old crap out there - just perfect for this little project. I might go the ship route this time.

 

[Gern]

I've just had a look on ebay, there's some right old crap out there

You're right about that Colin! I'm kinda hopin' I'll find summat in my stash to fit the bill.

 

[PaulTRose]

when are we looking to do this one?

 

[Gern]

Just a thought. The Annual Cosford Under-a-Fiver build is usually only open to those who attended the show. Shall we make this open to anyone on this rather sad occasion?

 

[yak face]

Just a thought. The Annual Cosford Under-a-Fiver build is usually only open to those who attended the show. Shall we make this open to anyone on this rather sad occasion?

True Dave , I think to be fair we should make it an open to everyone build but to keep it in the spirit of cosford I think we should only allow kits that have been bought between now and the start date ( I was thinking the date the show would have been on ) costing a fiver or less ,minus postage if bought online.
If we say just any kit that was under a fiver then people would be pulling stuff out of the stash that they bought years ago ( which wouldn’t be a fiver now ) which kind of defeats the spirit of it, the challenge was always to find something on the day .
So here’s my suggestion - Any kit bought between now and April 5 ,costing £5 or less ,not including postage , with a two month run time .
Thats it , clear and simple ,it’s just a fun cheap quickie build .
Interested parties shout up and we can get it rolling soon as . Cheers tony

 

[colin m]

True Dave , I think to be fair we should make it an open to everyone build but to keep it in the spirit of cosford I think we should only allow kits that have been bought between now and the start date ( I was thinking the date the show would have been on ) costing a fiver or less ,minus postage if bought online.
If we say just any kit that was under a fiver then people would be pulling stuff out of the stash that they bought years ago ( which wouldn’t be a fiver now ) which kind of defeats the spirit of it, the challenge was always to find something on the day .
So here’s my suggestion - Any kit bought between now and April 5 ,costing £5 or less ,not including postage , with a two month run time .
Thats it , clear and simple ,it’s just a fun cheap quickie build .
Interested parties shout up and we can get it rolling soon as . Cheers tony

I'm in.

 

[spanner570]

Me too. I'll scratch my original kit which I bought last year and go a'hunting right now!

 

[stillp]

With no shows between now and April it'll be hard to find anything. How about "bought after Cosford 2019"?
Pete

 

[spanner570]

Pete, there's loads of suitable kits on eBay.

 

[stillp]

There are Ron, but I like to see what I'm buying. I'll have a trawl around the charity shops next week, if I'm allowed out.
Pete

 

[Gern]

OK Tony, sounds good. I'm in if I can find two kits - one for me and one for my grandson PJ (Speaking of which, I've just realised I haven't posted pics of PJs build for last year. I'll sort that today or tomorrow).

 

[SimonT]

I put three £5 bids in on ebay and won two so I'm in