Cast List

Konigwolf - TBA

Anthony2779 - Col. Hesslers Tiger, Battle of the Bulge. (Revell M47)

Gamera - Whitestar (Babylon 5) (Subject to change)

Helo H-34 -TBA

Mad-Modeler - Top Gun Ninja GPZ900R (Aoshima)

joeviz - TBA

TD4438 - Afrika Korps M48, Patton -Complete Page 11

Zombieland Escalade - Completed Page 13

BigSmitty - TBA

AaronW - TBA

dostacos - Sky King, Songbird

Hans von Hammer - TBA

kenjitak - Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger - Complete Page 17

Batmobile page 16

p38jl - the Interceptor, Mad Max. - Complete Page 14

 Oddballs Sherman, Kelly's Heroes.

stikpusher - Lt Brubaker's F9F,The Bridges at Toko Ri - Complete Page 16

Trabi- Corporate Alliance Driod, Star Wars (AMT)

Mr.Squid2U - Fast and Furious, "Charger"

Pavlvs - USS Arizona (1/200 Trumpeter), Tora Tora Tora (and Pearl Harbour)

Tojo72 - Col. Hesslers Tiger, Battle of the Bulge. (Revell M47) - Complete Page 13

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Andrew

I will build the Revell M47,Col Hesslers Tiger

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Andrew- love the badge!

Please put me down. I'm leaning for the Babylon 5 Whitestar but still not totally decided.

Ok will add no drama. As for the Whitestar that is a drama I WANT! I WANT! I WANT! Ok tanty over LOL

I may add a non animated file for the badge but I thought it was a Gollywood GB, it had to be a movie.

Can anyone guess the movie its from?

Oh what the put me down with the Whitestar then. I'm not even sure where all the parts are but I should be able to find them in three months. The kit is from Warp models in the UK, no clue what scale but she's a little less than a foot/30cm long.

Sorry, no idea what movie but explosions are pretty much cool by definition

I'm still looking for some suitable markings to go on my Con Air C-123 Provider

I have three more options ,

one is the S-58T "Screaming Mimi " from the Riptide TV show ;

Masking and painting that big toothy grin could be challenging !!!

Another is the C-119 Flying Boxcar from the 1994 Flight of the Pheonix movie

I could probably make the nose and tail logo on the C-119 from some solid blue and white decal sheets .

There is also the option of a SH-3H Seaking from the movie "The Final Countdown "

I'll have to watch the movie again to see what markings are on the Seaking and hopfully be able to find some that would be suitable .

Anyway there is still plenty of time before this GB kicks off , so hopfully I can get at least one of my choices organized .

                     John .

John welcome along, still plenty of time to decide on what role you would like.

Gamera, I wasnt pressuring the whitestar (I did put subject to change)

Hi.

Pls, put me down for this Kit.

1/12 scale Aoshima.

John: cool stuff! I'd forgotten about the Screamin' Mimi- how could I forget a giant pink chopper????

Andrew: heh, no worries. I do want to do the Whitestar, just afraid to lock myself down when I'm not sure where all the pieces are. Go ahead and put me down for her, as you said I can change it later if I can't find them. 

Put me down as participating, but subject TBA.  I have to sort out which idea to go with.

Mi-24 from "Red Dawn"?  ( which could be interesting, given it was some kind of European helicopter with added parts )

A MiG-21 converted into a fighter from "Wing Commander"?  ( painful movie, I know, but it would be good practice at kitbashing and scratchbuilding parts )

Someone mentioned Airwolf...

Maybe one of the ships from the "kitbash party" they had to get odd ships together for the background battle scenes in DS9...

I'll decide on something by Oscar night.

I love the idea of this GB but I probably can't join it. Too much on the plate already. A shame too because the badge is reason enough to join...

As far as the movie its from, I want to say "1941" or "The Rocketeer". Could be wrong though...

Gamera

John: cool stuff! I'd forgotten about the Screamin' Mimi- how could I forget a giant pink chopper????

 

Cliff , I have to admit the Screamin' Mimi is kinda unique and apart from some British Desert Storm aircraft/helicopters finished in Desert Pink , I can't think of any other type of bird in an over all pink color scheme . I may do her after all and hopfully either the C-123 or C-119 , I like the larger transport aircraft .

                       John .

You have several options with the C-123. Such great movie classics like Air America, or Operation Dumbo Drop, starring Danny Glover, Ray Liota, Dennis Leary and Doug E. Doug. Though the plane from Con Air would be a fitting tribute, considering the plane used in the movie crashed recently, killing all crew aboard.

http://wireupdate.com/local/authorities-identify-victims-of-alaska-con-air-movie-plane-crash/

Wow... this is very interesting... I wanna do this..  yet I would have to look and see what I can build.

Sign me up with TBD!  cool?

Definately count me in with a 1/35 Afrika Korps M48 from the movie 'Patton'.

So many choices, it's hard to pick just one.  I have Dragon's old (1997) AH-6J Little Bird from the 160th SOAR from "Black Hawk Down" but that seems too easy to pick.  Maybe a Patton tank painted "Dunkelgelb" with German markings from the 60s TV series "The Rat Patrol".

I'm in, just have to decide what to build.

oddmanrush

You have several options with the C-123. Such great movie classics like Air America, or Operation Dumbo Drop, starring Danny Glover, Ray Liota, Dennis Leary and Doug E. Doug. Though the plane from Con Air would be a fitting tribute, considering the plane used in the movie crashed recently, killing all crew aboard.

http://wireupdate.com/local/authorities-identify-victims-of-alaska-con-air-movie-plane-crash/

As it happens Jon , I'm actually in the middle of building a collection of Air America Aircraft and Helicopters ;

All of the builds are started and some are close to masking for airbrushing , all of my wip pic's are over in the FSM Helicopter section . Thank's for the link on the Con Air C-123 , It's quite sad she crashed killing all on board .

I was thinking of picking up the Air America DVD and I haven't seen the movie Operation Dumbo Drop , so I look around for that DVD as well .

I have six Mach 2 C-123 Providers in the stash , two are about 90% complete with just the painting to do , one is for Air America the other is a HC-123B for the USCG .

As you say , I t would be a fitting tribute to build the Con Air C-123 , now that she's no longer with us .

                     John .

Kugai.

If you are interested in Airwolf. Aoshima got a very nice 1/48 kit out(2 versions one with PE), they are also doing a 1/48 Blue Thunder(again one set with PE/Metal).

Both kits come with a stand for flight display and Crew.

Surprised so few people signing up as this type of GB covers all genres and there is no shortage of kits to chose from.

Mad-Modeler

Kugai.

If you are interested in Airwolf. Aoshima got a very nice 1/48 kit out(2 versions one with PE), they are also doing a 1/48 Blue Thunder(again one set with PE/Metal).

Both kits come with a stand for flight display and Crew.

 

Surprised so few people signing up as this type of GB covers all genres and there is no shortage of kits to chose from.

Can't agree more - the new Aoshima kit is lightyears ahead of the old AMT/Ertl kit. Only real problem is it had beautiful interior detail that unless you do a cut-away won't be seen in the finished model.

And the pilots are sharp too, though they both look more like Hawke. You'd have to use to putty to add more... um... padding to make one look like Dom.

I'm in but I got suckered into a similar build on another site and will hopefully have the Harold & Maude Jaguar Hearse I was thinking about for this GB completed before Feb. I was watching North by North West the other night and there was a neat Park Ranger station wagon used near the end of movie. I'm thinking about doing it for the GB.

I am seriously considering to think about this TBA please

ok, thought about it...out of the clear blue of the western sky comes SKY KING....

songbird

I watched the movie , Operation Dumbo Drop last night , I quite enjoyed the whole film .

My brother copied a couple of reference pic's from the DVD into his computer for me ;

Here's one of the C-123K ...

I like this pic of the elephant on the back of the truck...

Airfix have some 1/72 scale QLT Trucks that are available ...

The trucks look similar to what's in the movie , so I ordered the Airfix kit .

I just need to find an elephant in 1/72 scale to ride in the back of the truck .

There was another scene from the movie which caught my interest regarding the C-123 Provider....

I had previously spent quite a bit of time searching the internet for reference pic's and info on the C-123 Provider to use on my current builds but untill I saw the movie I didn't realize that the radar/communications/crew chief sat up high in the cargo section of the plane .

I'll have to something similar on my build as well as the other 6 Mach 2 C-123 Providers in the stash .

                                      John .

please add me in with Sky King's SONGBIRD....

I tried starting this kind of GB about three years ago, but it fell flat..  My mistake was making it a Hollywood Diorama GB and participation wasn't exactly overwhelming because of that rule, lol....

I'd love to take a swing at this one though.. But I'd still want to do a diorama, in order to put the model in the proper context (Gotta keep those rivet-counters at bay, lol)...

As of right now, I'm thinking about doing the scene from Kelly's Heroes in which Kelly, Big Joe, and Oddball confront the Tiger and its TC in the town square... One issue though.. Is using a Tiger kit (rather than vis-modding a T-34 into one) within the rules?  It appears that you want the actual base-vehicles/aircraft to be used, which means using the T-34, in my particular case... Am I tracking?

It's not really an issue as far the actual build goes, as I can do it either way...  I just wanted to get clarification before I "destroy" a 30.00 Tiger kit, lol... Don't care about the T-34/75... They're cheap at Hobby Lobby, lol..

At any rate, you make the call, Andrew.. I've got other movie-model ideas too, so I'm not locked into this one particular scene, or even that particular movie...  I just wanna do something with "ground action" in order to break the aircraft-modeling chain I've been on lately...

Mi-24 from "Red Dawn"?  ( which could be interesting, given it was some kind of European helicopter with added parts )

The "Hind As" were Aerospatial Pumas...

Please sign me up. I've got Doyusha's 1/24 Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger and their 1/20 Toyota 2000 GT from You Only Live Twice.