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Ok folks here it is... the one we look forward to every year- 48 hours of model building insanity- the Iron Man triathalon of the FSM forms- Weekend Madness, 2013 edition.
That's right any kit, and subject, and scale, any genre- built and painted completely, within a 48 hour time span. Harkening back to days of youth when you tore the wrapper off your new kit and got it done fast!
Kickoff will begin at 1 minute after midnite on November 22, 2013. so those folks living immediately west of the International Date Line get the jump on the rest of us. Your actual time does not commence until your build starts. Once started you have 48 hours. Go big or go small, it's up to how challenging you feel. No prior work except for planning and gathering all needed supplies can be done before your kickoff. No previously begun work allowed (major cheating there).
Who's with me?
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Saved for the completed builds.
Here is the GB Badge- once your build is complete, take it with pride of course
First completion of Weekend Madness 2013- Konigwolf13 with the Zvezda/Dragon 1/35 T-80BV Second across the line- Stikpusher with the Hobbycraft 1/48 Hurricane IIC Followed by Eagle 90 with a PM 1/72 Me P.1111 and then Gunner Chris's Hasejimi (sorry I could not read the company name on that box either) 1/72 Flak 18 88mm gun and then taxtp's 1/72 Hasegawa FW-190A Wave 2 Bufflehead, DML 1/35 BMP-1 ajd3530, 1/48 Hobbycraft I-16 68GT, 1/72 Airfix AD-1 Skyraider Wave 3!!! Waynec- 1/48 Zhengdefu T-72M Shivinigh- Revell 1/'72 P-26 Peashooter Lewbud- Airfix 1/72 P-51D Mopping up Wave Lil' Joe (son of Mustang 1989) Revell V-9 Torrent Starfighter
First completion of Weekend Madness 2013- Konigwolf13 with the Zvezda/Dragon 1/35 T-80BV
Second across the line- Stikpusher with the Hobbycraft 1/48 Hurricane IIC Followed by Eagle 90 with a PM 1/72 Me P.1111 and then Gunner Chris's Hasejimi (sorry I could not read the company name on that box either) 1/72 Flak 18 88mm gun and then taxtp's 1/72 Hasegawa FW-190A Wave 2 Bufflehead, DML 1/35 BMP-1 ajd3530, 1/48 Hobbycraft I-16 68GT, 1/72 Airfix AD-1 Skyraider Wave 3!!! Waynec- 1/48 Zhengdefu T-72M Shivinigh- Revell 1/'72 P-26 Peashooter Lewbud- Airfix 1/72 P-51D Mopping up Wave Lil' Joe (son of Mustang 1989) Revell V-9 Torrent Starfighter
Second across the line- Stikpusher with the Hobbycraft 1/48 Hurricane IIC
Followed by Eagle 90 with a PM 1/72 Me P.1111
and then Gunner Chris's Hasejimi (sorry I could not read the company name on that box either) 1/72 Flak 18 88mm gun
and then taxtp's 1/72 Hasegawa FW-190A
Wave 2
Bufflehead, DML 1/35 BMP-1
ajd3530, 1/48 Hobbycraft I-16
68GT, 1/72 Airfix AD-1 Skyraider
Wave 3!!!
Waynec- 1/48 Zhengdefu T-72M
Shivinigh- Revell 1/'72 P-26 Peashooter
Lewbud- Airfix 1/72 P-51D
Mopping up Wave
Lil' Joe (son of Mustang 1989) Revell V-9 Torrent Starfighter
I'm still in Stik with a PM 1/72 Me P-1111! Glad you said we could plan......I'm trying to figure out how to paint this '46 Luft plane! This is going to be cool!
Eagle90
I'll let you know Stik, I have to see what my schedule looks like then think of the right kit.
Stik, I joined the last two years, but can't do this coming weekend as I'm working 6 days for the rest of the year (except holidays). The only two days off in a row that I have are between 11/28- 11/30. Will that work?
Ernest
Last Armor Build - 1/35 Dragon M-26A1, 1/35 Emhar Mk.IV Female
Last Aircraft Builds - Hobby Boss 1/72 F4F Wildcat & FW-190A8
Yes sir, this will run thru early December to give some wiggle room for folks who can't do this weekend.
This GB is one of my faves, it's great fun. I'm in with a 1/72 Hasegawa 190A-5, which is also a crossover to the 190 GB.
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
Count me in. Put me down for the AMT Droid Fighters, 1/48th scale I think. I got it for free when I bought another Star Wars kit off e-bay and the guy put the fighters in as well by accident. When I told him he said to keep it.
So if I mess it up, its no biggy.
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
All right!! And it slowly takes form...
I'm in with......a Tamiya Sd.kfz.223
Greg H
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)
Now that is a perfect kit for this GB.
In like Flynn...
Kit not confirmed yet but at this stage leaning towards my Zvezda T-80BV (planning on getting the new trumpy version when its released)
Welcome aboard Konig.
OK, time for me to throw out my usual- can somebody here come up with the badge for this? Preferable staying with the Calvin them.
Stik, I decided my entry will be Dragon's 1/35 Soviet BMP-1. Looks to be a simple kit with fewer than average parts count! The indy links worry me though....lots of pin marks to clean up! Anyone know if there are better AM tracks available? By better I mean quicker to assemble!
Stik, I will see what I can do for a badge at the weekend if no one else can come up with anything. I am not to familiar with calvin, I take it that's the boy in the other badge. Do you have any images that you think would be fitting.
I am in with a 1:72 German flak 18 gun.
I'm off Friday but working nights for the rest of the weekend so we'll see how this goes
Bish Stik, I will see what I can do for a badge at the weekend if no one else can come up with anything. I am not to familiar with calvin, I take it that's the boy in the other badge. Do you have any images that you think would be fitting.
Bish, that would be very much appreciated. Yes, he is the boy in all the other badges for the previous years. He comes from a comic strip called "Calvin and Hobbes" that ran for many years. At this point I do not have a specific image in mind, but I will look for one to PM to you.
I did a quick search and found a few images. I am not sure what others have been used in previous GB's, apart from the one with the bomb. But I thought this was rather fitting, it seems to reflect the madness.
That one has been used before I think... I am really partial towrds this one....
Now that's a good one.
Bish, that pic of Calvin was used on last years Weekend Madness GB...check out my WM 2012 badge below. I found one....I'll post it as soon as I get home from work!
I don't think this one has been used yet. Maybe the pic can be cropped and spiffed up? I can give it a try, but I'm no wiz at this kind of stuff!
I'm loving this GB!!!!!!!!! Uh.....I cracked open the plastic bags, have I committed a sin?! I just wanted to clean the plastic....yeah, that's it, clean the plastic!
Well its after midnight here boys and gonna post some pics, not starting yet though, will prolly make a start mid to late afternoon (will post a timed pic at that point)
Obligatory box shot
what you get when you open the lid, a strong box with extra lid BUT no plastic wrapped sprues. From what I've read this is normal with Zvezda. Sprues laid out. Not a large amount of parts, a re-pop of a Dragon's original T-80BV. With the low part count shouldn't be to hard to get this on time.
what you get when you open the lid, a strong box with extra lid BUT no plastic wrapped sprues. From what I've read this is normal with Zvezda.
Sprues laid out. Not a large amount of parts, a re-pop of a Dragon's original T-80BV. With the low part count shouldn't be to hard to get this on time.
Holy cow! You're gonna do a 1/35 tank w/ link n length tracks? You're a bold man Konig!!! Over to you to lead off! ;-)
No kidding!! You're a brave man Konig!! Either you're going to hit warp speed with that build or reject sleep during the next 48 hrs!
Maybe we should call this the Red Bull Madness GB!!
Maybe Konig's badge should be the guy from Breaking Bad
It's after 4pm on the 22nd here, but I might not start until Saturday night or Sunday morning, as I have an exceptionally busy day tomorrow, won't get much done. I have the paint, the decals, but haven't had a look inside the box, I might do that tonight.
I've even planned to work from home on Monday.....
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