"Hollywood at War" Group Build

Hi Raider83,

"Speaking of Raiders of the Lost Ark, I rewatched it the other day, and is that twin-engined tailless German plane real? I doubt it, but I don't know.  Looks cool though"

The wing was designed by Ron Cobb and built as a standing prop. His original design was much bigger, four-engined, an absolute beast! They reduced it to a twin probably for reasons of simple practicality. He also designed a very radical-looking German get fighter, the He-155 if I'm remembering correctly. The technology was projected about eight years too early, but that's Hollywood!

This is a fascinating build, I'll be following it with interest!

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

I know what I'm doing (although the wallet would rather me do something else).  The "just shoot me scene" from Dances with Wolves (the scene where Costner mounts up and rides arms spread in front of the Confederate line).  Haven't done a figure since high school, this ought to be interesting. 

Picked up and watched "1941" last week. Somebody was a "Sahara" fan........

While I think this GB will be a blast and I will be following it, I'm going to have to bow out due to too much going on, both in modelling and other, although a dio of an M3 going through a paint factory would be neat.

Let's keep it confined to historical wars and conflicts, Stik... If we push out to fictional wars, like WW III, we cross into another genre...    Movies like Red Dawn and such are really not unique in their overall story, there's plenty of Partisan/Guerilla movies that took place in historical wars... 

Ok, here's the Warning Order (WARNORD) for the build... Remember, we start on 1 DEC 08.

We got less than 30 days until the start.  If you haven't already, time to start going through the VHS, DVDs, and anything else ya need for research..

Hans von Hammer wrote:

Westerns, huh.. Well...  If they're military scenes that take place during the Indian Wars or the Civil War, sure...   The US Army's flag carries battle streamers from the Indian Wars...

Thanks.  Have found figures of Dunbar's "just shoot me" scene in Dances, and of Custers's last stand.  Haven't done figures in many years and have never done a mounted figure.

Westerns, huh.. Well...  If they're military scenes that take place during the Indian Wars or the Civil War, sure...   The US Army's flag carries battle streamers from the Indian Wars...

Hans,

How bout something from the following: Dances With Wolves, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, or They Died with Their Boots On?

After very careful consideration, I decided that: Top Gun is more an action/adventure movie than a war movie, in the classic sense, and you said as much yourself... I also thought about, if F-14s were your main focus, The Final Countdown would work, but I dismissed that one as well, since its focus is time-travel, rather than the Second World War, which puts it into the Sci-Fi category.

So, overall, I'd have to say "no" to both Top Gun and The Final Countdown.  If you were set on getting an F-14 diorama built, I'm sorry.  Those two movies are the only ones I'm aware of that featured Tomcats in combat, but the genre is just this side of wrong...

Sorry, man...     

Hey Hans,

I have been thinking. Is Top Gun ok or not. It isn't really a war movie even though there are some scenes were they are in combat, but it focuses on the Navy's Top Gun School and does have the parts were they are engaged with enemy aircraft. Of course, I would be modeling one of the combat scenes.

Just asking, would anything from Transformers be ok?

Ummm.... No...Transformers would fall into Sci-Fi... I am letting movies like 1941 in because the setting was WW2, even though it's a comedy.  There's a lot of comedies that were set during wartime, so they'll fly, overall.  Movies like Sgt. Bilko, Independence Day, or Stripes won't since, although they were set on military bases, had military personel as the focus, or had military involvement in the story, they don't have a (historical) wartime setting.

Any of the movies you named are fine though.. Even though Band of Brothers is techically a TV mini-series, rather than a "war movie", it was too good to leave out...

Hans,

I would like to sign up too. So many possiblities with this one. I am thinking maybe something from 1941, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Apocalypse Now, or Band of Brothers. Good excuse to start watching war movies. 

Just asking, would anything from Transformers be ok?

Hans,

I'd like to sign up for this as well.  The lead time is long enough for me to figure out what to do from my four movie choices:

The Lighthorsemen http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093416/

The Thin Red Line http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120863/

Saving Private Ryan

The Great Raid

If I can get ahold of some WWI Aussie troops and some horses, then I KNOW what I'm going to do.

I got lucky and TCM ran the original a few days ago and I taped it... Still gotta see Belushi's tho..

bostonbruins34 wrote:

Hans, what a great idea!! Sign me up...Now, where do I start??? So many possibilities!!!      -Stephen

Heh... Two re-enactors doing re-enactments of acting....

Hans, what a great idea!! Sign me up...Now, where do I start??? So many possibilities!!!     

-Stephen

I've been raggin on the local Blockbuster guy, they don't even have it listed. I have a copy of the Bogart version, still thinking hard. My IDF GB subject is almost done, and I've turned a new page in my life and comitted to "one at a time", GB for now.....

Man, I need to go home......