IMS IV : The Return of the Stash

It's nice to see some familiar faces, err ... I mean names.

Since ev'rybody's started posting their kits, here's my list:

01.    Dragon            1/144    F-14D Tomcat "Jolly Rogers Final Cruise" (3x)
02.    Revell              1/48     F/A-18F Super Hornet
03.    Tamiya            1/48     Vought F4U-1D Corsair
04.    Revell              1/72     Saab J-35J Draken
05.    Revell              1/72     B-25J Mitchell
06.    Dragon            1/144    US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk (2x)
07.    Dragon            1/144    SH-60F Oceanhawk (2x)
08.    Italeri              1/72     MH-47E SOA Chinook
09.    Italeri              1/72     OH-6A Cayuse
10.    Dragon             1/35     BRDM-3
11.    Airfix                           Doctor Who "Welcome aboard!"
12.    Knight Models    75mm    Iron Man
13.    Knight Models    75mm    Darth Maul
14.    Knight Models    75mm    Han Solo
15.    Knight Models    75mm    Luke & Yoda

EDIT:

Here's the picture.

 I would very much like to join this group build .

I have 509 kits in my stash , so I've picked 13 1/72 scale favourites and 6 1/48 kits .

Mach 2 AC/NC-123K Provider "Creep" [reference pic on front cover of Squadron C-123 Provider book]

Testors B-2 Bomber

Airfix B-1B Bomber

Revell F-16B with IsraCast F-16I Sufa conversion

Revell F-16B with Czech Masters F-16D Barak conversion

Italeri X-32

Italeri X-35

Heller Mil Mi-24 Hind A [4 seat version]

Special Hobby CH-37C Mojave USMC

Fujimi SH-2F Seasprite

Revell H-19A Chickasaw USCG

Fujimi Flight Deck Crew with Fire Engine or Carrier Tractor

IN 1/48 scale

Italeri A-1H Skyraider

Revell AV-8B Harrier

Revell A-10 Warthog

Revell SH-3H Seaking

Revell A-7E Corsair II

Academy CH-53E Super Stallion

If I understand the rules correctly , I now need to send IL2windhawk a pm email to confirm my joining this group build ...

                                             Kind regards John .

Hmmm... Bish, you have lots of goodies! I can tell I'll have a hard time voting on your stash.

Okay, here is my list. These are all kits that I seem to move around alot so I can build the one underneath it in the pile.

All 1/48

Academy P-26A/C Peashooter

Hi-PM He 100d

Pro Modeler Ta 154A-0 Moskito

Pro Modeler Ar 234C-3/4

Williams Bros. Ford Flivver

Czech Model Bell XP-77

Eduard Ki-115 Tsurugi

DML Fw 190A-5

Hobbycraft Bf 109C

Revell Bf 110G-2

Revell TBD-1 Devastator

Czech Model T-34C Turbo Mentor

Flashback Miles Magister

Italeri Tornado IDS

HobbyBoss Rafale C Fighter

IL2windhawk - PM sent.

Lord Kenny  Haven't missed one IMS yet sign me up.

Cheers

Bear

arki30 wrote:

Bish, I see a Maus in your future.   Or maybe a B-24.

Well theres 4 kits in my list i think will figure in the voteing, and i have 1 of those i think will come top. But neither of those two are on the list, so will be interesting to see what happens.

Sweet, our first lists are up.  I can see a couple of interesting choices already.

Bish, I see a Maus in your future.   Or maybe a B-24.

XB-70, deeve?  Oh, baby.  You have some other gems in there as well.

I'm usually have my list up already, but I'm struggling a little this year.  I'll get it up soon.

Hey Kenny, good to see ya and glad to see #4 is on the books again. Sign me up for this go around, Im a sucker for this GB loads of fun and the excitement of the vote. Thanks to IL2 in advance for setting up the great voting system.

Steve

welcome aboard everyone

and yes figures are ok scott anything in your stash goes 

Sign me up I would love to participate in this one. I was just staring at my stash last night thinking "what should I do next?" I like not having to think.

Oh can figures be part of the list?

Dave - some nice kits in there..and by nice I mean nice for me to watch someone else build! Should be 'interesting'.

I always put up things that are going to be a learning curve for me - resin, PE etc. I put up stuff that otherwise I would keep putting off. This years list is forming in my head...but I might have something big for Xmas so I'll have to see.

Paul

I can't wait and I am going to post my list right now!

1/72 Aircraft

1 - Revell - Arado Ar 240C-02 Nightfighter  (vintage 80's kit)

2 - Italeri - XB-70 Valkyrie

3 - Hasegawa - Lancaster B mk.I/Mk.III

4 - Matchbox - Heinkel HE219 "Uhu"  (another vintage 80's kit)

5 - Dragon - Ar234C-3W with V1 "huckepack"

6 - Revell of Germany - Heinkel HE177 A5 "Grief" & Fritz X  (also includes a Czekch master's kit resin detail kit)

1/48 Aircraft

7 - Tamiya - Dornier Do335B-2 Pfiel Heavily Armed Version

8 - Tamiya - Bristol Beaufighter TF.Mk.X

9 - Dragon - Horton HO229A-1 Flying Wing

10 - Dragon - "Willi Reschke" Focke Wulf TA152H-0

11 - Fujimi - Messerschmitt BF110 C/D

12 - Monogram - Heinkel HE111 - H4/6

13 - Monogram Pro Modeller - Junkers Ju88C-6 night fighter

1/32 Aircraft

14 - Heinkel HE162A-2 Salamander

1/54 Misc?

15 - Revell - The History Makers - German V-2 Missle   (another Vintage 80's Kit)

Scary, I just realised that almost every one of them is a German WWII aircraft.  Some of these I have had for a few years and am just looking for an excuse to build. I only recently bought the vintage 80's stuff. Local hobby shop had a huge amount of these classics that I just had to have :)  Also I noticed these are almost all quite intimidating builds, hence the "looking for an excuse to build".

Pictures will follow later.

I would like to join in also... looks like fun.

I can post up a list and photos by this weekend.(?)

I know this might seem a bit soon, but seeing as i already have a large number of my kits listed in the order i plan to build them, it was just a case of going through and seeing which ones i wanted to build the most. So here is my list. I will post pics at the end of next week when i get home, will take me forever from here.

Aircraft 1/72nd

Academy Ju-87G-1

Hasagawa F-117

Airfix SM-79 in German markings

Hasagawa MiG-23

Hasagawa B-24J built as an H

Dragon He-219A-0

Alliance resin P-1100 B

Armour 1/35th

Tamiya Panther Ausf G late

Italeri Panzerwerfer 42

Tamiya 251/9 Ausf D

Dragon Maus

Dragon Flakpanzer V Coelian

Dragon 251/6 Ausf C

Tamiya Marder III Ausf M

Trumperter E-25

Well seeing as i can't do anything till my Ostwind dries, figured i might as well have a go at loading these. Just taken me an hour. Hope theres a few kits there that catches peoples attention.

you are absolutely right in all you said arki i will add in the rules about the amount of kits you have in your stash .

and yes becareful of what you choose . it took me over a year to finish the carrier and the other two did not get done because of personal issues . that is why i m not putting myself in the build just running it and watching . still no where to build anything . and eventually i will get one of the other two done the tracks of the leopold are done and i will build that bad boy and as far as the F16 she is gone gave her away as a prize so that build is not going to get done at all . will have to look back and see what was my second choice. when i do get a place to build those other builds will be done :-)

If I could make some suggestions based on our past experience...

Post your kits with pictures of each here.  That helps the rest of us view, drool, and cackle over the kits we'll eventually be voting for you.  You can then send IL a PM with your list, although he may just grab from your post.  We'll see. 

Let's keep in mind that the voting is to be secret, so don't be blurting out what your voting for!   Sorta defeats the fun in it.

Lastly, be careful what you ask for.  If you have some big kits you just aren't ready to tackle for whatever reason, don't put them in your list.  They will without a doubt be selected!   Just ask Dave and his Snowberry, or Kenny and 1/350 aircraft carrier from the first IMS, and Kenny and the 1/35 rail gun, and Kenny and the 1/32 F-16CJ, and the guy with the 1/48 C-130 Hercules who never posted again in the GB after the voting (perhaps shock), and....

You get the point.

Kenny, you might want to lay out some ground rules for those who may have 15 kits or less in the stash.  I know we had some issues with that last year and my proceeding paragraph on kits not ready to build.

I am so in for this one!    But I need to understand a little better. Are we supposed to list the kits on a post here, or just list them in a PM? Also, are we listing the 15 kits that we realy need an excuse to get working on or our 15 favorite kits in the stash (only 15 kits on a deserted island....) or our "I can't wate to get started on this" top 15 or what, exactly, do you mean by "top 15" kits?    This is such a great idea. If I join I can make shore I finish at least 1 kit next year! Yaaaaa!                                             Andrew

hey andrew . from the first time we started this we have posted a pic of the kits we intend to enter into the vote and a list of them. we also send a pm to il2windhawk because he is the person who creates the vote table. send him the list and the scales and he will do what he has to.

as for your top 15 kits it is your choice. your top 15 in your stash or the 15 that have been sitting around forever and this build will get you to build at least one of them or a mixture of both.

i hope that helps if you need more info please feel free to ask

kenny 

I am so in for this one!

   But I need to understand a little better. Are we supposed to list the kits on a post here, or just list them in a PM? Also, are we listing the 15 kits that we realy need an excuse to get working on or our 15 favorite kits in the stash (only 15 kits on a deserted island....) or our "I can't wate to get started on this" top 15 or what, exactly, do you mean by "top 15" kits?

   This is such a great idea. If I join I can make shore I finish at least 1 kit next year! Yaaaaa!

                                            Andrew

I'm in again this year! (hopefully I'll get the one from last yaers done first!)

I am very interested in this. Please add me to the list.

Thanks

Sounds interesting and I'm wondering why I didn't participate in the previous editions.
Bottom line: please sign me up and I'll send the PM.

VOTE SYSTEM REGISTRATION
Everyone that has signed up for this GB: your first order of business is to send me a PM with your email address so that I can register you for IMS4 voting.

(1) PRIVACY
Your email address will be kept safe and secure by me alone.  I wish that I did not require it, but the voting system will not allow me register users without it.  All information is stored on my server, and is promptly deleted after voting is completed.

(2) About the IMS4 VOTING SYSTEM
The "voting system" is simply a web forum (like FSM) in which "poll-threads" will be created for each IMS4 member.  You will need to have a log-in account to cast votes.  Your username and password will be created by me, and provided to you via PM.

(3) IMS4 VOTE SYSTEM LINK
The IMS4 voting system is UNDER CONSTRUCTION.  The web address will be made available via PM after your account has been created.

(4) TEST VOTING
It is a requirement for every IMS4 participant to test-vote at least once so that hidden problems with the vote system or your account can be corrected before the official vote.  Attempts to fix accounts during the short election period could jeopardize the entire vote (via loss of data, etc.)  

(5) YOUR STASH LIST
Please post your stash list in the IMS4 Group Build Thread at the FineScale forums.  I will create your personal poll-thread at the IMS4 Vote System and I will enter your kit information for you.  Afterwhich, you will be able to post pictures / comments in your thread.
NOTE PLEASE be very sure of your stash list when you post it at FSM.  Any subsequent changes that you make to your list will require significant added effort by me.  Thank you for understanding.