Yippee......I'm a Kid again GROUP BUILD 5/2010-9/2010

LOL... I used m' teeth to clean up the attachment points after I twisted 'em off...

Put me down for an Iowa class battleship.I also have a Monogram Tirpitz in the stash.Either way,I'm definately in.

Konigwolf13

TD4438:

I don't think I have it in me to adhere to the criteria,but would still like to join.

 

 

Well I dont know about you, my I broke the odd rule when I was a kid, and heaven knows my kids do (is there a cure for that?). So maybe in the spirit of the build some rules need to be broken, bent, stretched, manipulated or whatever.

Andrew

Anyone still into this GB?  Don't want to get into something if I'm gonna be alll alone.

OK put me down for a Airfix 1/72 P-40 Kittyhawk. Its minus the pilot which I gave to my 8y/o for one of his builds which kinds suits the spirit of the GB (ie kids trading parts and stuff), Will start and finish soon :)

Andrew

Thanks to the handful of you looking to join........

This GB has officially started as of May 1........looking forward to more members and badge ideas.

Happy building..........

KAYSEE88

What's that you say??  You reminisce about the good old days.....?

GREAT!.....WAIT NO MORE!! ........BE A KID AGAIN ALL OVER .....

 FUN AND MESSY CRITERIA

• Be real impatient. Remember how you NEEDED to get that kit built in one sitting (ok....maybe two...but the word TOMORROW never crossed you mind
  
• NO HOBBY KNIFE....just twist and pluck the parts of.   
  

My dad taught me from the beginning to use a knife though.  I never twisted parts off of the tree...Didn't sand attachment points smooth, just cut them down with the knife..

• TUBE GLUE ONLY......Testors/Crazy glue,etc

Think I may still have some red tube glue around somewhere..

• NO AIRBRUSHING.....just paintbrushes direct from the bottle. SPRAY CANS are cool.
  

Only thing that wasn't brush painted was the outside of the kit.  All interior work was brush painted, but the exterior was airbrushed from the get-go.  Maybe I'll have to find some spray cans for it..

• NO DECAL SOLUTION......water is fine. You didn't know about silvering then, no??
  

Decal solution?  Hah!  Started using it at like 10 or 11...  So that's ok

• NO PRIMING.......just slobber on the paint on the bare plastic.

Never primed as a kid...

• Eating pizza, chips or chicken wings in the process?? IT'S OK....i mean, fingerprints are cool too!!

Unfortunately eating while working on models was a big no-no...Maybe I can throw some fingerprints in there though.  

I'm interested for sure.  I'll have to find a kit to use but that shouldn't be a problem.  I think I have some that I've been avoiding since I was modeling with my dad.  I'll see what I can dig up.

TD4438

I don't think I have it in me to adhere to the criteria,but would still like to join.

Well I dont know about you, my I broke the odd rule when I was a kid, and heaven knows my kids do (is there a cure for that?). So maybe in the spirit of the build some rules need to be broken, bent, stretched, manipulated or whatever.

Andrew

Tempted to join, while I did twist parts off I then cleaned them up with mums paring/fruit knife, is that allowed?

Andrew

After reading soome of the posts here I will admit that twisting parts off is something I never did.  My dad showed me how to use a hobby knife right from the start.  Most of my model had gouged out chunks where the attachment points used to be instead.

I really like the idea of this GB, I cannot build under the parameters set fourth. I thought the idea over in the depths of my mind and would be too tempted to sand, snip and cut away seams and sprue attachment points.

When I return to the west this summer I will take pictures of some of my saved 'glue bombs and paint gobs' of models from when I was young to post.

or shooting with an air rifle?

Do we get extra points for blowing it up with firecrackers at the end?

oh i have a great idea for my entry... I have a revell snap tite F14 that my daughter never started. I can snap the parts and re-build, all in one day! And decals are stickers, so i do not even need water ;)

I'd like to get in on this with an old Revell or Monogram Iowa Class BB.I've been itching To build one again.I don't think I have it in me to adhere to the criteria,but would still like to join.

Sounds Like fun!!!  Other rhan tonight, is there an offiicial start date?  Can't wait to see the badge.  I got all the stuff still.  Can't wait to break out the unthinned Humbrol....

I dont know if i could do that, id get the shakes and want to cut something

What's sad is...I use all the criteria except the first one as an adult!