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OPERATION OVERLORD- 70th Anniversary Group Build

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  • Member since
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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:10 AM

Can never have to many GB's Dennis. Its one of the good things about this site, it isn't limited to one or 2 GB's at a time. The trick is knowing which ones to opt into. Glad to have you on board.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by DennsDB63 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:06 AM

Wow, There are lots of GBs going on....I'm getting crazy. I was watching Saints and Soldiers "Airborne Creed the other night and its good.. And thought about this... anyway, count me in too.

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:34 AM

Bish

I started having a skinhead in the late 80's.I had it that shrot, i must have been the only person who was told by an Army recruiter to grow their hair. Then when i started getting a bald spot i just decided to start shaveing my head. Now if i leave it for more than a week, i get to hot and uncomfortable.

One good thing about having a decent sized stash is that when any GB come along that i may be interested in, chances are i have a kit that will fit the bill. Well, thats my excuse.

My hair started falling out after having kids...mid `90`s. 

Ditto on the stash statement!

Len

Len Pytlewski

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, March 22, 2013 5:25 PM

I started having a skinhead in the late 80's.I had it that shrot, i must have been the only person who was told by an Army recruiter to grow their hair. Then when i started getting a bald spot i just decided to start shaveing my head. Now if i leave it for more than a week, i get to hot and uncomfortable.

One good thing about having a decent sized stash is that when any GB come along that i may be interested in, chances are i have a kit that will fit the bill. Well, thats my excuse.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by greentracker98 on Friday, March 22, 2013 5:13 PM

Bish

It can easily get over your head Ken. At one point i was commited to way more GB's then i could manage. And all of my armour builds where finished but i still need to do Dio's, i just didn't have the time. But now i have more time and i am being careful about what GB's i enter. Only got 6 kits for 8 GB's to do this year.

But hosting 4 GB's at once, wel, i am glad i have no hair to pull outWink


 

one time the CTEMBC (Truck and heavy equipment model builders club) , wanted to see pics of all the members, Well it turned out that most of the members had some stage of hair loss lol

I'm told i have balding spot on top of my headSad But i deny it Big Smile If I can't see it, its not happening. Big Smile

I have a couple of kits that I work on when I don't have thing else to do. but there's no hurry on them.

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by Bish on Friday, March 22, 2013 4:04 PM

It can easily get over your head Ken. At one point i was commited to way more GB's then i could manage. And all of my armour builds where finished but i still need to do Dio's, i just didn't have the time. But now i have more time and i am being careful about what GB's i enter. Only got 6 kits for 8 GB's to do this year.

But hosting 4 GB's at once, wel, i am glad i have no hair to pull outWink

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by greentracker98 on Friday, March 22, 2013 3:35 PM

Bish - I know what you mean. I don't have some kits for my GB's. the X/YB-35 Flying Wing for th 1/72 GB. It doesn't have to be done for a long time. And I havent gotten the B 52 for the Buff GB; it doesn't have an end date on it. So this GB give's me 4 that i have yet to build. Plus I'm working on 2 currently.

I was afraid I'd be getting in over my head too, but now that I sat down and figured it out, its not too bad. LOL

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by Bish on Friday, March 22, 2013 1:53 PM

Chris, great minds think alike.

Len, if you could, that would be great.

GAF, thanks for the vote of confidance. I might be biteing off more than i can chew as i am planning 3 GB's to start Jan 1st, so that will be 4 running at the same time.

Ken, it will deffinatly be running, glad your on board.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by greentracker98 on Friday, March 22, 2013 1:10 PM

I'm still interested, and still in if it's going

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

GAF
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Posted by GAF on Friday, March 22, 2013 1:07 PM

Bish,

Probably no one better to take the GB over.  I may try to get in on this one (God willing).  A C-47 might be just the ticket!  Just need to find a model.

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Friday, March 22, 2013 12:42 PM

I have his email address...I could shoot him a message and see if he answers. I know he was working 7 days a week there for awhile...maybe still.

Len Pytlewski

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Posted by gunner_chris on Friday, March 22, 2013 12:31 PM

I was kinda hoping so - you read my mind.  I was leaning towards a Juno beach thing for this so that may be my cross over

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, March 22, 2013 12:27 PM

I know he was haveing computer issues a while back. It would be a real shame to lose him from the site.

On another side note, i noticed you put out a feeler for a Canadian GB. I don't have anything to contribute to that, but i know the canadians contributed a big part to the Normandy landings and if tehres enough interest in your GB, maybe the two could be tied in together.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by gunner_chris on Friday, March 22, 2013 12:21 PM

I think you have a good plan Bish

It would be a shame if this didn't go ahead, and with many of the new members I think we'd have fresh volunteers for this mission.

On a side note I wonder if anyone has alternate comms with Hans to see if all is ok.  

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Posted by Bish on Friday, March 22, 2013 12:10 PM

I sent a message to Hans back at the start of Feb. But he looks like he hasn't been on the site for some time. I hope all is well and nothing to serious keeping him away.

The gist of the message was to ask if he thought he would be able to run the GB, as it would be a real shame if it didn't go ahead. And i asked that if he felt he wouldn't be able to host it, if i could take over the reins.

So in lieu of han's return, and as long as you guys are ok with it, I'd like to host this GB. If Hans does return, of course i will be happy to hand it back over to him.

I would keep the GB rules and badges we already have. I know that since this thread first aired, there's been a little upheaval and some of the people who showed an interest may no longer be around. So to that end, i won't take any of the names already put down. So if your happy for me to take this on and you are still interested , let me know. I will post a GB thread in early May.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by greentracker98 on Saturday, January 26, 2013 4:39 AM

I'm in. I've been wanting to do the DUKW (Duck) also my Uncles M-10 Tank Destroyer. The Tank Destroyer will be Tamiya's 1/35th scale. And the Duck will be Italeri's, in1/35 scale too.

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by Winetanker on Friday, January 11, 2013 3:27 PM

I've been wanting to build "Pips" Priller's 'Black 13' since I watched "The Longest Day" a couple of months back...

If this build is still a go, count me in...

....working my way up the airbrush learning curve......

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, January 10, 2013 4:43 PM

Ah, alright thanks for the input!

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Posted by swingr1121 on Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:19 PM

Hans is still around.  Last month he had a blizzard move through his town, he lost power for a while, and I'm pretty sure he's working 7 days a week right now.  I wouldn't worry about him.

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:07 PM

I wouldn't right off Hans just yet. He was on the site the other day, so he is still around. Maybe he just didn't want to get involved in all this stuff, which to be honest is all old news.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by ww2psycho on Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:58 AM

I still hope this GB kicks goes through, any volunteers to take it over?

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Posted by greentracker98 on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:53 PM

Sorry I already asked to get in on this one. Like they say the mind is the first thing to go Tongue Tied

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by Nathan T on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 1:31 PM

...I think most of the fighting threads got deleted, not just locked. But the griping threads are a ways back in the Armor forum, you'll get the idea of what happened. ...the titles say something like "this forum is slow"...

 

 

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 1:24 PM

Gamera

You guys should be happy, it blew up over a weekend and I read though some of it but stayed out of it. Crazy stuff....

I always miss the excitement.....where, what and when...?...got my curiosity up now....

Len Pytlewski

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 7:51 AM

You guys should be happy, it blew up over a weekend and I read though some of it but stayed out of it. Crazy stuff....

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by taxtp on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:16 PM

I missed it too, I was wondering why it was so quiet.

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:35 PM

Lets just say it got real tense around here, and the forum is only slowly returning to pre existing levels of activities. But on the good side, some new talent has shown up.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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  • From: Southern New Jersey
Posted by troublemaker66 on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 3:07 PM

Wow! I missed something...a meltdown? I heard Manny got booted but didn`t hear anything else happened. I agree Stik, he was super busy remodeling homes or something like that...12 hrs/ 7 days a week. That`s enough to put the kibosh on a lot of extra-caricular activities....Sleep

Len Pytlewski

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:57 PM

Maybe the REAL Mafia made a move on the kingpin of the Monogram Mafia... Have Monogram kits suddenly gotten harder to find???

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:12 PM

I do recall that he was pretty busy with real life, both home and work at the time. I do hope that all is well with him. He did PM with me a bit at the time of the meltdown, but not since then. I did not get the impression that he was leaving like some did.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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