Cold War GB?

Aggieman-I was thinking February 1st to August 1st for the dates? (maybe longer if ships are involved)

Jmart- I was actually considering doing a "all fields" GB (Armor, A/C, Ships, Subs, Heli's etc.) Is that ok for everyone?

I dont mind making it up to a year in length, I actually already have some badge idea's in the making.

Chris,

Sure bondoman, no problem.

Here are a couple of badge ideas:

(sorry about the size, I'm still trying to fiqure out how to resize them)

Armor:

A/C:

Ships:

Heli's:

Subs: (once shrunk you won't see the wavy lines)

Or if you guys dont like the "specific" badges then I have a normal badge:

I might change the font colour on that one...

If you guys feel you have alternate badge ideas by all means say them!

Chris,

Ok cool are you going to have a paticipents list if so sign me up for a revell F-105D please

raptordriver wrote:

Ok cool are you going to have a paticipents list if so sign me up for a revell F-105D please

Darnit, I'm looking for that kit! I love the earlier Thuds. Got any extras?

I have a number of entries that fit the bill:

USS Oriskany 1968-Converted from the Trumpy Essex kit

USS Orleck 1968-Converted from the Skywave Gearing 

USS Laffey 1968-Converted from the Skywave Sumner

All 1/700. Might enter some Sovie-era armor too, after these.....

Here's my vote for the badge, resized twice.  Yeah, I'm a bit airplanecentric..

John, I like that Thud.

Chris, put me down for a Hasegawa 1/72 P2V-7 Neptune anti-submarine aircraft.  I was going to build that kit anyway for my step-father, who served in Vietnam in a unit that was phasing those birds out when he arrived on the scene.  I already did the P3-B that replaced the Neptunes in his unit, complete with self-made decals of his squadron insignia.  Going to do the same thing with the Neptune.  But I might as well build it for you guys and gals first!

Thanks John for resizing the badge, I'm still having trouble with it, If somebody wouldn't mind resizing the rest of them to roughly the same size as the smaller A/C badge that would be great! Also I'm going to make a participant list along with an "Official" thread for this GB sometime next week.

Thanks guys (and gals),

Chris,

mucker wrote:

raptordriver wrote: Ok cool are you going to have a paticipents list if so sign me up for a revell F-105D please   Darnit, I'm looking for that kit! I love the earlier Thuds. Got any extras?

Sorry man  they just went out of production. Maybe this will help though

http://cgi.ebay.com/Revell-1-48-F105D-Thunderchief-Plastic-Model-Kit_W0QQitemZ130192399086QQihZ003QQcategoryZ63662QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 I also got the early paint job decals from squadron but cant find them.

Yeah, I figure eBay is the best way to get a "D" at this point. When I do get one, I'd like to do an early BMF scheme. I've never rescrived a kit before, but the F-105D might be a nice candidate to try...although there are many panel lines.

I'd be interested to see what scheme you're doing.

Chris, here are the rest of them sized to 90 pixels in height, had to crop the red square image to keep it large enough:

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Awesome, Thanks alot John! Alright I was thinking the time frames for this GB would be Feb. 1st 08 to feb.1st 09, is that okay for everyone, or is it too long?

Chris,

Chris, thanks for putting this together. Yes, time frame is good, gives a chance to us serial GB joiners to clear some builds, also allows people to build more than one type of kit.

In the meantime, you can add me with the 1:700 Dragon USS Charles F Adams DDG-2, a little destroyer who took part in the Cuba blockade during the missile crisis... Cheers! James

GO BIG BLUE NY GIANTS!

JMart wrote:

Chris, thanks for putting this together. Yes, time frame is good, gives a chance to us serial GB joiners to clear some builds, also allows people to build more than one type of kit. In the meantime, you can add me with the 1:700 Dragon USS Charles F Adams DDG-2, a little destroyer who took part in the Cuba blockade during the missile crisis... Cheers! James   GO BIG BLUE NY GIANTS!

I'm not much of a ship guy, but I have to say: Neat subject! I'm actually looking forward to seeing this.

looking back at a GB like this, the selection is almost endless! There's even a lot of prop planes to choose from as well as jets. Armor would go back from the M-1 tank to the M-41 (I think the M-46 was gone by 1955). One could even drag out the battleship New Jersey and a couple heavy cruisers (Boston comes to mind right off the bat). Plus all sorts of PBR's and small craft. Wonder if any of the NG outfits were using WWII M-4 tanks as late as 1955? How about some of the British armor? or even Isreallie armor? I know an M-8 or an M-3 half track would work in that time frame.

My mind is turning in an utter state of mass confusion now!

gary

gary - I know what you mean...  I am starting with a US destroyer involved in the Cuban missile crisis blockade, and was thinking of using that as the theme... aircraft, maybe the downed U2, or the a/c who overflew the missile sites and took the pics? Maybe research what soviet armor was present in Cuba at the time, ready to repell the invaders? I know MUCH less about this time than ww2 and other 'war years". For sure I am looking forward to the builds in here! Cheers, James

GO BIG BLUE NY GIANTS

cdclukey - REALLY looking forward to seeing your 350 Tic, any AMs? Will bookmark/save your WIP pics for sure! I have the 1:350 Dragon USS Momsen DDG-92 , but Im not good enough to make something good out if her... cheers! james

GO BIG BLUE NY GIANTS

Thanks JMart, I'll share those pics with you even though your boys polished off my Packers a couple of Sundays ago.

I won't be doing any aftermarket stuff PE stuff, but I might have to use AM decals...the ones in the kit are in sort of poor shape.