In My Stash GB : Threepeat

dirtball wrote:

FUUUNNYY! Thanks for the update. I guess the is still a chance for a tie,then.Correct?I have 1 vote remaining.............Harv

Harv

Nope.  The Venom cannot be unseated as the ultimate champion!!  It has built up too great a lead.  It will not be overtaken!!!

Phew... sorry, a little too much caffeine today...

raptordriver wrote:

I hope 2 ounces of alclad will paint the B-29, cause that is way expensive stuff.

Better stock up on filler also - you will have over 7' of seams to fill

POLLS are now CLOSED

However, fate still hangs in the balance for four among us. 
Please make your way back to the voting system ASAP to vote on the TIE-BREAKERS. 

I would just like to point out that democracy has once again proven that aircraft are the absolute coolest things in the world, thereby validating my so-called "obsession", as the wifey puts it.

bbrowniii wrote:

dirtball wrote:       FUUUNNYY! Thanks for the update. I guess the is still a chance for a tie,then.Correct?I have 1 vote remaining.............Harv Harv Nope.  The Venom cannot be unseated as the ultimate champion!!  It has built up too great a lead.  It will not be overtaken!!! Phew... sorry, a little too much caffeine today...

  Well OK, so be it. The only thing about this kit is acording to others on another forum, ASB and Flightdecks both are to release sets for it in the next 4(?) months or so. But it should work out. I have 3 builds I need to finis up anyway..Thanks for the updates..............Harv

I have voted in the 4 tie breakers.

It would appear I am building a floaty thing. I wasn't really expecting that to get chosen, but it's going to be interesting...and fun! First thing I have to do is order some ship type paints. I think I had all the paint for 14 out of the stash list, but you guys managed to choose the one I wasn't expecting.

Paul

Mist086 wrote:

Well, pulled the libby outta the stash and dusted her off.......{cough cough}  Looking inside i remembered why she was in the stash.  {shudder},  So i am gonna go a different route on her.  I started researching different types of 24's and came across the PB4Y's.  ANd since i'm a Navy veteran, I'm turning this libby into a sub hunter.  Off to the LHS for Blue and white......ALOT OF WHITE.  Will start probably on new years day after the Outback Bowl Victory for the Hawkeyes!!!!!

Careful Mist.  That may be a larger undertaking than you think.  Swanny did one awhile back.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/PB4Y.html

Well.....looks like I am building a big Fulcrum.

Just voted on the tie breakers!

And I've voted for the tiebreaker.

As far as my most voted kit...you bums selected a twin-engine prop plane last IMS!

LOL, I'm actually excited about the Heinkel.  Been wanting to get to this one for awhile.  I just have no idea where I'm going to display it when finished...

I have voted for the tie-breakers!

raptordriver wrote:

I hope 2 ounces of alclad will paint the B-29, cause that is way expensive stuff.

What color.. I have a crapload of it from my work, it was too expensive so it never sold. So i got like 30 bottles for free.. and can prolly get more at like 60% off.

EDIT: I voted for the tie breakers

I told IL2 I would post the results once the polls closed, so here goes.  The only ones I left out are the 4 races that were tied.  No 2nds or 3rds were shown - it is too late and I am too tired:

Smeagol the Vile:   1/400 Revell Soviet Typhoon Submarine

Superbear:            1/72 Valom TBD Devastator

acmodeler:            Academy/MRC   1:35 AH-1W Super Cobra

bbrowniii:              1/48 AccMini TBM-3/TBF-1C Avenger

raptordriver:          1/48 Monogram B-29

Archangel Shooter: 1/35 Trumpeter Mi-24V Hind-E

kenny_conklin:       1/32 Tamiya F16CJ Block 50

razordws:             1/72 RG Flower Class Corvette H.M.C.S. Snowberry

arki30:                 1/48 Monogram HE111-H4/6

Azgaron:              TIED

swingr1121:          1/48 Academy P-38F Lightning Glacier Girl

dupes:                 TIED

btp2k2:               Revell 1:32nd MiG-29

jeff:                    1/48 Czech Models Yakovlev Yak-15

SimonL:               1/48 Tamiya Swordfish 1 Floatplane

Watchman:          1/48 Czeck Model Curitss A-12 Shrike

Summit:              1/96 Revell Apollo : Saturn V

TGregory:           1/48 Academy CH-46E Current U.S. Marines "Bull Frog"

BigSmitty:            Italeri 1/48 C-130J Hercules II 

Mist086:              1/48 Monogram B-24J Liberator

Warhammer25      1/700 Dragon USS Pennsylvania

Glamdring            1/35 AFV Club M40 "Big Shot"

ollie:                  1/48 Tamiya Mosquito with Verlinden products Sea Mosquito conversion

dirtball:              1/32 Revell Sea Venom FAW. 22 OOB

IL2windhawk:      1/48 RevellAG Ka-50 Hokum Helo

MaxSheridan:     Polar Lights---Scooby Doo Mystery Machine---unknown scale

*Hella-Fresh*:    Aoshima 1/24 PGC-10 1971 4Dr Skyline (Hakosuka)

sidure:               TIED

paul_toz:           1/700 Dragon USS Essex CV-9

bspeed:             TIED

OK, I think that does it.  If you see any screw ups, let me know.  By my count, of the 26 builds that are decided:

Air: 19 (including one space)

Armor: 1 (1!!!  Are you kidding me?? Have we ever had an IMS with so little armor...?)

Ships: 4

Autos: 2

Tie breaker votes are in!

tie break votes are in two builds are still tied lol warming up my coin.

sir il ty for all the hard work

i hope everyone has a happy and healthy new year !!!

Well, I got my tie-breaker votes in... Do we have a deadline for those votes to be in?

I guess I will let you know about my AH-1W: I've got 2 kits, so I think I may do a side-by-side build if that's OK with the rule makers? I have a Verlinden update set for one of them and a good copy of the same set for several pieces of the other one. I also have the excellent Two Bobs "Whiskeys in the Mix" decals, which is the reason that I have 2 kits. I wouldn't want all those great decals to go to waste, now would I? I thought about getting the Cobra Co. NTS upgrade, but with their shop shut down and the set hard to come by, I may just try to scratchbuild the differences if I can find good reference. It seems like I'm setting myself up for failure, as I've got this and at least 2 other GB projects to start and finish this year, but I think I can do it. Wish me luck!

Just voted

Looking forward to starting the Devastator.  I've never done a kit with that many resin bits it's sure going to be interesting.

Bear

I just got in from work this morning and voted on the tie breaker!

Now to take down the Hind kit and lay it on the work bench. My detail sets will be on on the 5th, now to look for some decal sheets.

Scott

I won't be able to vote a tie-breker until later today as I am here at work, working hard, really hard, being very productive in my workman-like work. I have bony fingers because that's what you get when you work your fingers to the bone.

I am looking at the Big Ed photo etch set for the Bullfrog. First time I will spend more on am parts than on the kit. (Does that even make sense)

Tony

Happy New Year to all and be careful out there on amatuer night.

 TGregory....I feel the same pain in my wallet too when it comes to these PE sets. last year I bought 4 of the White Ensign PE sets for the Tamiya Bismark and it was nearly twice the price of the kit. I shelled out $55 the other day on stuff for the Hind....good thing the wife is away in Arkansas visiting her mother right now.

Scott 

Me voted again.

TGregory wrote:

I won't be able to vote a tie-breker until later today as I am here at work, working hard, really hard, being very productive in my workman-like work. I have bony fingers because that's what you get when you work your fingers to the bone. I am looking at the Big Ed photo etch set for the Bullfrog. First time I will spend more on am parts than on the kit. (Does that even make sense) Tony Happy New Year to all and be careful out there on amatuer night.

Tony don't work to hard save those fingers for that helo

As for pe yup bought the white ensign set for the Airfix Devastator it came up to over 4 times the cost of the kit.  A moment of madness on my part I vowed never again

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL from Bear & Mrs Bear  May you all have a safe & prosperous NEW YEAR

Bear

If I gotta do it I gotta do it. Now time to look for some resin

Tony

Finished voting for the tie breakers.  Some of those were harder since I had originally voted for both!

The pressure is sure on me now though....the sole armor build.  Good thing it's just an OD subject rather than a horrifying Ambush Scheme.