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                        Drop Ship and Ground Assult Group Build Planning

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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Drop Ship and Ground Assult Group Build Planning
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:17 PM
                        Looks like a plan guys. Open to kits, kitbash, or scratch build from Movies, books, or your own design. Does a start date of Dec.1st and end date of June15th sound good to you?

                        Heres who we have so far:

                        Model Museum
                        StevenQ
                        Balta1
                        Mikeym_us
                        Madmike
                        Stipp
                        Maxx1969

                        Once everyone is signed up I'll make a new main list of people and projects. Also start thinking of some good GB badge ideas.

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:02 PM
                        I guess I got 2 vehicles that would fit that category(1/35 Dominion Tank)

                        How would you feel about things like an Armored Trooper aka Votoms, or an SF3D Jerry, or a Koubu from Sakura Wars(I like the F Variant)??
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:15 PM
                        I don't think that would be a problem at all. I had plans at one time to build a 1:35th scale ground-water assult vehicle based on a Zoids toy.

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:24 PM
                        Great! Big Smile [:D]

                        I got a few of the Wave 1/20 Zoids. Nice little kits with plenty of customisation options, seen a Golem done up with 1/20 SF3D Cannons and such.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:51 PM
                        How 'bout includine the household junk build too. I have something for that, maybe even the ground vehicle build. Of course it would be nice if I finished what I was working on for the ST build.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:56 PM
                        You know I seem to remember a story in I think FSM where someone built a cool looking hover tank out of the cover froma telephone base. I'll have to see if I can find that.

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:33 PM
                        I remember that. Quite inspiring. For the ground vehicle I had this in mind:



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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:25 PM
                        Now that would be way coool! There's two plus myself. I do belive we are on our way to a Group Build.Approve [^]

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        balta1
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Midwest US
                        Posted by balta1 on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:31 AM
                        I have an Aliens dropship that has been yelling at me to build it. I'm in

                        Stir not the bitterness in the cup I have mixed for myself!

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:18 PM
                        I think I will go with 2 Kits for this GB:

                        1/35 Dominion Tank Bonaparte by TVC-15(Resin Kit):

                        1/24 Koubu-F Lobelia Variant by Wave:


                        Was considering another TVC-15 kit but that kit has too much flash and needs some resculpting to make it look nice, their quality tends to vary from very poor to great.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:58 PM
                        Welcome aboard balta1 and nice choice. Wow Model Museum I was looking at the Kobu-F in Hobby Japan just last night. That should make for a great build. I still have to decide what I'm going to build. Kind of leaning toward something I can put in a dio.

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:06 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by maxx1969
                        Wow Model Museum I was looking at the Kobu-F in Hobby Japan just last night. That should make for a great build. I still have to decide what I'm going to build. Kind of leaning toward something I can put in a dio.


                        They do build-up nicely, typical Wave quality.
                        The older Kits(Koubu-Kai) had less weapon variants, the best kit there is the "multiplex" one with ALL the weapons & figures in it.

                        Still looking for the version where the sensors moved in a cross pattern rather then the 2 horizontal rows, I think there was a Soft Vinyl Kit of it put out by Sega.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:29 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by maxx1969
                        Does a start date of Dec.1st and end date of June15th sound good to you?


                        Sounds good to me.
                        With that length of time I might add a 3rd kit (1/24 Koubu-Kai, 1/48 Scopedog)if time permits, I am building strictly OOB for this.
                        Not much to do besides painting on those kits.
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                        balta1
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Midwest US
                        Posted by balta1 on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:13 PM
                        The dates seem fine to me as I have several GB's to wrap up.

                        Stir not the bitterness in the cup I have mixed for myself!

                         

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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:21 PM
                        Great! I have some projects plus (I hope) two more Star Trek scratch builds for Woodys GB so that amount of time should work out. How bout you Steven? We should be able to get a few more to join in by Dec1 or later with plenty time to build.

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:10 PM
                        would BattleTech miniatures work you have to assemble them I have 9 assembled Mechs and 2 Dropships.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:56 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us

                        would BattleTech miniatures work you have to assemble them I have 9 assembled Mechs and 2 Dropships.


                        Ok, dropship is self explanatory, for the ground assault, are we looking at SciFi grav tanks, battlemechs et all?

                        I have several Battletech mechs that could be done, plus my son (who is into WH40K) wants me to get the Tau Hammerhead assault vehicle (read: me too!! Tongue [:P] )

                        Would that be within the bounds of the proposed GB?

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:19 AM
                        By ground assult lets say anything that walks, crawls, hovers, climbs, can do tons of damageEvil [}:)] and is operated by a driver or pilot. Did I miss anything?Big Smile [:D]
                        Shall we count you in mikeym_us and madmike?

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:48 AM
                        Yep, count me in, as there is plenty of time allowed! for the GB

                        I will enter a 1:200 Battletech Marauder and if all things are equal a WH40K Tau Hammerhead APC

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:07 AM
                        Great looks like we are going to get quiet a range of different stuff in the GB.
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                        stipp
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!
                        Posted by stipp on Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:26 AM
                        Mischief [:-,] Ok Im In, Ive got a bunch of Mak kits, akrote, a pak krote and a jerry and a couple of scratch build stuff to do. count me in MattPirate [oX)]Dinner [dinner] Later, Jerry
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:36 AM
                        Here is the Tau Hammerhead MBT (not APC as I first thought) armed with a rather nasty rail gun.




                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:01 AM
                        So what exactly is a group build? I know what group is, and I know what build is. Do you guys get together and build models? Send them to each other? Just curious.
                        John
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:40 AM
                        oh definitely I'm in.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:58 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ivanjs

                        So what exactly is a group build? I know what group is, and I know what build is. Do you guys get together and build models? Send them to each other? Just curious.
                        John



                        Hi john. You build a model like you normaly would but share updates on progress, tips, and pics of your work. The Group part of it is that we all build something from the same movie topic, or subject. Think of the forum as our little living room where we get together and build stuff Check out the Group Build folder in this forum it will give you an idea.

                        Matt

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        stipp
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!
                        Posted by stipp on Monday, November 22, 2004 4:27 PM
                        Hey Matt, When is this group build supposed to start? Im ready GuyBig Smile [:D]
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, November 22, 2004 5:12 PM
                        I thought Matt said Dec 1

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 22, 2004 5:18 PM
                        I am ready to go too.
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Monday, November 22, 2004 7:21 PM
                        as am I!

                        Just need to pay my tax bill and I can get that Tau Hammerhead Smile [:)]

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, November 22, 2004 7:30 PM
                        Im already ready I had my BattleTech figures built several months ago.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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