Greetings fellow modelers,
As a few of you know, Berny, aka Berny13, passed away a few months ago. He was an avid modeler and a good friend. In his honor, I will be hosting a group build. At first, I tried to find out what planes he was associated with while he was in the United States Air Force and use that list as a theme. But as I started going through all of his posts, I realized that he had modeled almost every subject possible.
He started out with cars. At one point he modeled armor. And when he did model planes, he even modeled Migs, so it seemed that nothing was off limits. I also know that he had an attitude that you should at the very least enjoy building your model. So I finally decided that there would be no particular theme to this build except one. HAVE FUN!
So the rules to this build will be very short and simple. YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE! It is funny, I have only participated in one group build that lasted a full year, but I did notice something that bothered me. There were a number of people who it seemed rather obvious were only there to collect the stupid badge. A group build in my opinion is supposed to bring people together and share ideas, help each other with problems, answer questions, and even proudly show your accomplishments with.
There is just one more rule to this build. Berny was very particular to being authentic when building his models. I will not be the one checking each person’s model to see if the paint colors, squadron, years, etc. are correct for each model. I will leave that to each individual. (If I happen to know the answer I will be happy to respond!) For me, that is a big part of modeling, doing the research. It will be good though for participants to ask if anyone else in the build knows the answer, that is the great thing about a group build. Just do the best you can, there will be no firing squad if you get something wrong. After all, we are all human, and we all do make mistakes!
All I mean by "authentic" is, if you are going to build strictly "out-of-the-box" (OOB), simply state that. If you are going to make modifications, please either do research to back up the modification or simply state that you "like doing it that way". I just don't want someone making stuff up. I want to keep this build fun, not a chore.
I am going to start the build on Berny’s birthday, which is February 22. Anything and everything that you can build is acceptable (within the restrictions of this site of course!). It can be something you are building on another group build. You can build as many models as you like. Beginners and experts alike are welcome. This build will last one year, ending on February 21, 2013.
All finished builds will be entered on the first page of the build. This is not a contest of speed. It is a contest of fun.
Here is the badge, a big thank you to Rich for creating it for us! Feel free to pick one up if you are particpating, you do not have to wait until you have completed your build.
Ken
The following are the list of participants and their subjects:
Son Of Medicine Man: 1/48 Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II in Vietnam trim resembling Berny's last plane he was a crew chief of; 69-260.
Bockscar: 1/32 Revell F-4F Phantom II
Sparrowhyperion: Aurora B-58 Hustler
Hans von Hammer: Monogram 1/48 USAF F-4C/D
TD4438: F-4
Scorpiomikey: Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A/D, Revell 1/48 AH-64 Apache
castelnuovo: German AA gun mounted on a 8 ton truck
SuperB60ce: Scalecraft/ESCI 1/48 F-4E (w/AM parts & decals as F-4E-38-MC 67-362 "Paula 01" 58th TFS Gorillas, Udorn '72)
JailCop: Monogram F-86 Sabre
Gamera: 1/48 Revell Douglas A-20 G/J Havoc
jimbot58: 1/72 Hobby Boss A-7D Corsair II
kbuzz01: 1/48 TF-102 (C & H Aero Conversion Kit) tail No. 54048, Case X wings
Buffirn: F-4, (2) F-105s, MiG 17, MiG 21
Frightful6_7: 1/72 Italeri F-16 OOB with Venezuelan camo scheme
Striker8241: 1/72 Monogram B-52D
kaiyudsai: 1/32 Trumpeter Mig-21 Late model MF
mikeymize: 1/48 HobbyBoss MiG-17 in NMF
xradio: 1/48 Monogram F-4C/D in early Vietnam War trim
Honor Corner
Scorpiomikey's Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A/D
Sparrowhyperion's B-58 Hustler
Kbuzz01's TF-102
Scorpiomikey's Revell AH-64 Apache
Mikeymize's Panzer II
Mikeymize's Junkers Ju87-B
Mikeymize's MiG-21
Gamera's A-20G/J Havoc
Jimbot58's A-7D Corsair II