Official Alley Cat GB Sept2010-Sept2011

Mike,

I'd vote for September start,, too much time waiting till January

Hey Mike, it is the 1/48 Monogram F9F-5P Panther.  I thought I'd build an older kit to compare to my Hasegawa Corsair I am building.  I want to know if I am being over critical of the Hase kit.

Cheers,

Greg

Yeah sure greg. The panther is one of the cats. whats the kit? ill pop it on your build list

Hey Mikey, September works for me.  I should be done with my builds for the Phantom and Korea GB's by then.  Would a Monogram F9F-5P work for this? 

Cheers,

Greg

Anyone? if i dont hear anything before 31 July 2010 ill just be changing it. however i would like peoples feedback on this before i do.

Announcement: 

OK looking at what people have got, and the building interesting im thinking maybe a september start date would go down better. This would give participants more time to get the full collection done if theyre going down that path.At this point ill leave it at January 2011 but like i said if there's sufficient response ill change it to September 2010. 

Your feedback please.

All good guys, youve been added to the front page. let me know if theres any changes and ill endeavour to get onto them ASAP. Didnt know this was gonna get so big lol. Still trying to work out a badge. any suggestions in the regard are most welcome.

Sorry Mikey, not trying to hijack your GB.  I still want to join in after I finish my Corsair for the Korea GB.  I'll just pick which one then, seeing as how I'll probably change my mind if I pick now.

Cheers,

Greg

Scorpiomikey sir if you please can you count me in ? I have 3 Cats on the shelf the Revell F-14A Tomcat, Testors F8F-2 Bearcat, and a Linberg F6F Hellcat, all in 1/48 scale. I am not sure which I will build right now, but will let you know if thats ok.

Scorpiomikey

hmmm, i was really hoping to keep this for just the cats. maybe i can follow it with a grumman birds? (any aircraft made by grumman)

No worries Mikey ,

I'm happy to stick to the original theme of your great Alley Cat Group Build ; I'm looking forward to building the F9F-8 Couger and the F11F-1 Tiger in the not to distant future .

Kind regards

                           John .

hmmm, i was really hoping to keep this for just the cats. maybe i can follow it with a grumman birds? (any aircraft made by grumman)

That is nice!  I would really like to see that built up.  That Wolfpack set looks good, and I like your choice of decals.  If disallowed, maybe we should have a "the other Grummans GB".....

Cheers,

Greg

I was the same as you Greg and got really excited when I saw the word Grumman . I grabbed one of the prowler kits and the Wolfpack wing fold set and took a photo to post on Mikey's thread . When I also read the fine print and saw the word "Cats".

Perhaps if we finish a "Cat" first , Mikey will let us add our favourite Grumman Aircraft next . When you think about it , Intruder's and Prowler's aren't that far off from being "Cats" themselves ; Cats like to prowl around and intrude into the neighbours yard ;

Here's a pic of my second choice build if allowed...

I have some nice Superscale decals I would like to use , VMAQ-1 "Banshees"

                    John .

Ooops, my bad!  I didn't read the fine print.  I was thinking Grummans in general.  I have a lot of cats, so I'll have to figure out something else.  I guess I was just excited to build my A-6.  I got it last month for only $5.

John, those are some awesome Grummans!  The Intruders and Prowlers especially!  I've never seen anybody model the short lived test green.  I actually thought about building a phantom in that scheme.  Sweet builds though, I love the playboys scheme.  Gotta try and build one of those.

Cheers,

Greg

Hi Greg , I was rally lucky to get the Hasegawa Couger and Tiger combo kit , they don't come around very often .

I've only built a few Grumman Birds so far , a couple of Tomcats , two Intruders and some Prowlers .

The EA-6B Prowler is my favourite modern jet and I recently picked up Wolfpacks 1/72 wing fold set for the Prowler along with E-2C wing fold set as well . I was about to nominate the Prowler with folding wings for this Group Build when I realized it was for Grumman ''Cats'' .

So I went through the Grumman Stash to find something else appropiate .

Hasegawa give you a choice of two different markings for the F9F-8 Couger and the F11F-1 Tiger ...

I like the markings for a VF-13 Couger and You can't really go past a nice ''toothy'' grin for the Tiger .

                                             John .

Mikey, I would like to join in on the fun.  I won't be able to start for a while, but what I picked, I'm sure I can finish.  Please put me down for a Hasegawa A-6E in 1/72 scale.  Unsure of AM for kit???  I don't know if anybody makes anything for it.  It will be a Marines VMA (AW) 332 bird.

Cheers,

Greg

Dang John, you have a lot of cool kits in your stash.  After the Korea build, I think I'm going to come over here.  Regardless, I will be checking in to see your pair of cool cats.

Looking at the start page, it is amazing how many awesome planes grumman has build.  There isn't a single plane here that doesn't capture my interest and imagination.  Great GB idea Mikey.

Cheers,

Greg

Hi Scorp ,

Im thinking about joining your great Alley Cat GB with this 1/72 Hasegawa combo kit ...

I wont be able to start untill Jan 2011 , as I have a ton of work already on the workbench .

                    John .

tonka your in, macattack, im sorry i got ur name wrong. all fixed now.

Pg1 updated. anyone have any thoughts on a badge yet? i know of one id like to use. but its only really good for those that have done the jet age cats.

I was hoping for something that encompasses them all. 

I'd like to join this also,, not sure which kit yet. probably a Tomcat, Wildcat, Hell Cat or Bear cat depending upon when the build starts...

Sorry Scorpiomikey, both kits I plan on building are 1/48 scale.  I will use some aftermarket goodies for both too.

WOOT 10 participants.

Nice builds eatthis. cant wait to see them done

I'm in.  Don't know what I'll build as I've got every Cat except the Cougar, Tiger and Agcat (but then no one has one of those!)

swingr1121

 

If we start the build in September, would it still go til July?

 

Mike

Yeah i dont see why not.

the back row are all 1/72 scale

front row are both 1/32 scale

nimrod (anti sub build)

vulcan (iv got 2 on the go im using them to learn and i like vulcans)

sr71 (eyes in the sky build)

f14d (for the cats build 2011)

the 1/32 spit is for the bob build

Scorpiomikey (Interesting..I'm Mike...and a Scorpio to boot..)  If I do a Hellcat it'll be one of the Eduard 1/48 offerings. Just not too sure of the variant yet.  I have a Hobbyboss 1/48 F4F-3 as well.  Not sure about that one yet though.  I've also got Monogram's F9F in 1/48.  

If we start the build in September, would it still go til July?

Mike

All good, everyone whos signed up has been added to the list in this thread, i havent got through the other thread about this yet. So at this stage start date is jan next year, but i will change it to september if everyones keen?

1/72 f14d i cant remember what make it is as its buried atm lol

I'd like to jump in on this. I have a Revel 1/48 F-14A Tomcat with VF-1 Wolfpack high-vis markings that i'm also doing for the Swing Wing Group Build.

Were up to 7 participants. just a small side note. if at all possible when registering your kit can you please list

Brand

Kit

Scale.

Just to make life a touch easier.

Thanks guys

Mike