ARMOR - Mad Allied Day, November 14, 2004 -- build a 1/72nd scale WWII Allied armor kit in one day!

Based on the interest in, and success of, the Mad Tiger Day build, here's another mad one-day build, for armoured vehicles of the Western Allies.

Here are the ground rules if you'd like to join us.

1) The Day: November 14, 2004 -- midnight to midnight, your time. It's suggested that you take some kind of verification picture of the sprues with all the kit pieces on them to verify that you started on November 14.

2) The vehicle: build one 1/72nd or 1/76th scale armoured vehicle (no soft skins, no towed guns, no rail guns -- just armoured vehicles) manufactured by the Americans, British, Canadians or Australians for WWII. So this means Shermans, American TDs, Stuarts, Pershings (good luck finding one), US armoured half tracks, any British tank, Univeral carriers, Canadian conversions of the Sherman, and so on and so forth. As long as it was armoured and was built by and fought for the Western Allies, it's good to go.

3) The medium: the kit should be an injection-molded kit, but it can include PE if that's in the box. No all-resin kits. No aftermarket accessories. Just kit components in the box.

4) Etc: The kit can be on a display stand or in a diorama, but it's the vehicle itself that counts.

5) Let's keep the kit we have chosen a secret until we start building. It'll be very interesting to see what vehicles and kits people choose.

Have fun, and join me on November 14! I'm going to invest in Olive Drab futures.