I was thinking about a group build for equipment under new management, retired military equipment being used for new purposes or rebuilt / upgraded by the new owners. Some possibilities would be an upgunned Israeli Sherman, B-17 converted into a fire bomber, P-51 air racer, Duece and a half phone company truck, WW2 Dodge 3/4 ton truck converted into a Brush fire engine, a captured Panther in British markings or even a civilian Humvee.
The only rules would be the equipment could not be in its original purpose or under the flag of the vehicle when new. A highly modified version of the vehicle under the original flag would be ok if it is based on damaged or obsolete vehicles, so a Sherman recovery vehicle could be done as an American or British vehicle but a Firefly would have to be in another another countries markings.
Any scale, any modeling group (aircraft, autos, etc)
Prototype and What if vehicles are ok so long as they meet the new job concept.
Would be nice if it included a little scratchbuilding but not mandatory.
I'm thinking maybe November or December 2004 running for 4 months or so from the start date. I'm flexible on the start and end dates but that looks like it gets past most of the current builds.
Would anybody be interested in this?