Oh yeah, and heres the link for those that are interested.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?1682155

Bunch of really cool (haunting) photos

You couldn't pay me to walk around that place! I wonder how "hot" that stuff is 25 years later??

LMAO!!!
I thought you maybe wanted us to build a model of a smoking hole in the ground!
Personally I find the topic to creepy. Seeing pics and video of the abandon places really makes me not want to live anywhere near one of them.

Lol, so some negative feedback so far. im thinking this may be a no go?

Scorpiomikey

Lol, so some negative feedback so far. im thinking this may be a no go?

I don't know about that.

Although there is a "creepy" feeling to all "urban decay" subjects (especially Chernobyl, because of it's "what-if"s) , it sounds like a really interesting build.

I don't know if I would be able to build any of the vehicles, but I may be able to find a building kit at my local hobby shop to modify into some sort of abandoned building, sort of like what can be found around Chernobyl (Of course, I'll be using a great deal of artistic lisence)

I'll say yes to this. If the group build gets off the ground, definately count me in.

sweet, im sorta itching to do another helicopter and id love to do one all beat up like the ones shown there.

Heres a few creepy pics for you

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/12/chernobyl-disaster-part-3-amusement.html

Scorpy: I really like the idea!

BTW: Would a giant radioactive mutant monster qualify? I mean it's not directly connected to Chernobyl but it is radioactive yeah?

abandoned radioactive amusement park = creepy!

Giant radioactive mutant monster =

VanceCrozier

abandoned radioactive amusement park = creepy!

Giant radioactive mutant monster =

"Ukraine is going to open the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown site to tourists
next year. It's just like going to Disneyland, except the 6-foot mouse is
real".    Conan o'Brian

I think this could be an interesting build.  Sign me up... I'd like to give it a shot if it becomes a go!

Actually I like the idea. Great links. There are a ton of great pictures of all kinds of abandoned vehicles, not just from Chernobyl, on that site. That being said, I wonder if you would be down for expanding your GB parameters to something along the lines of "Abandoned", not limited to Chernobyl itself.

I could do, although id prefer to keep a Chernobyl theme in commemoration of the accident.  If i make it "Chernobyl 1986, The abandoned GB" 

So its open to stuff used at Chernobyl, but then im worried people are just gonna do abandoned dios and forget what its meant to be about. Hmmm.

Just for interests sake. The helicopters used were

Mil-2

Mil-8

Mil-26

Still not sure what the wings were about, never seen them on any other version of those birds. Possibly radiation deflectors?

Mi-24R G-1 was also used. Though it isn't represented in any of the pictures. It used a hydrolic arm to collect soil samples for radiation testing.

Just so happens, I have an Mi-24 in the stash. Not sure what version though, a little modification may be in order.

Are you intending on making this a GB of vehicles abandoned at Chernobyl, as per the photographs you linked? Or is this a GB based on any thing used at Chernobyl, no matter what state or condition they are in?

I am interested, but I can't say if I'm 100% in yet...there are other GB's I've yet to accomplish. This will likely depend on your start / stop date.

I was going for anything used during the Chernobyl incident, as well as buildings if people are that way inclined. 

Start and finish dates i was going to go april 25th 2011 to april 25th 2012

I like the idea of doing the interior of an abandoned building...there are some neat modeling techniques to be seen in that. I also like your start and finish dates. Certainly at this point I'm 100% tentative....

Scorpiomikey

I could do, although id prefer to keep a Chernobyl theme in commemoration of the accident.  If i make it "Chernobyl 1986, The abandoned GB" 

So its open to stuff used at Chernobyl, but then im worried people are just gonna do abandoned dios and forget what its meant to be about. Hmmm.

Just for interests sake. The helicopters used were

Mil-2

Mil-8

Mil-26

Still not sure what the wings were about, never seen them on any other version of those birds. Possibly radiation deflectors?

Hmm... I understand why you want to do this group build for the Chernobyl incident exclusively, but, as much as it pains me to say it, it may also be a good idea to change it to say "The Abandoned GB" to appeal to a wider spectrum of builders (and not just those of us who would like to model something from Chernobyl)

I found that out the hard way, when the first (and only) attempt at hosting a Group build I ever did (the "My Frist GB") went belly up on Day 1.

It seems like there is some good interest in the Group build as-is, but it's an option worth keeping open.

Hello everybody!

Since Chernobyl is not more than 1000 km from where I'm posting now, I thought I'll write you this post and if anybody starts building, maybe I could be helpful with some facts or reference.

So, most of the choppers seen in the fotos from the first link are Mi-6 heavy lifters. The wings are a russian invention allowing the helicopter to be more economical on long haul, as the wings in theory created lift while the chopper was flying with maximum speed. Not all Mi-6 had them fitted, and they were easily removable.

As for the trucks, ZiL-131 and URAL 6 by 6's would be the most common. I always found the russian fire engines interesting, but that would be a lot of scratchbuilding... Another very common truck is the ZiL-137, for some reason it almost always has blue cab - no kit of this machine I know of, unfortunately.  There are also the UAZ jeeps and microbuses, the other type of microbus is called LuAZ - also not kitted, as far as I know. You can also see the BRDM - 2 armored scout (Dragon once made those) and also the ATS amphibians. The cool tracked engineering vehicle is called BAT. I also caught a glimpse of a turretless BTR-70 armored transport.

I wonder what's going to happen with this group build, If you have any questions maybe I can answer them, so good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

This is true. 

How about "The abandoned GB. Remembering Chernobyl" ?

Pawel

Hello everybody!

Since Chernobyl is not more than 1000 km from where I'm posting now, I thought I'll write you this post and if anybody starts building, maybe I could be helpful with some facts or reference.

So, most of the choppers seen in the fotos from the first link are Mi-6 heavy lifters. The wings are a russian invention allowing the helicopter to be more economical on long haul, as the wings in theory created lift while the chopper was flying with maximum speed. Not all Mi-6 had them fitted, and they were easily removable.

As for the trucks, ZiL-131 and URAL 6 by 6's would be the most common. I always found the russian fire engines interesting, but that would be a lot of scratchbuilding... Another very common truck is the ZiL-137, for some reason it almost always has blue cab - no kit of this machine I know of, unfortunately.  There are also the UAZ jeeps and microbuses, the other type of microbus is called LuAZ - also not kitted, as far as I know. You can also see the BRDM - 2 armored scout (Dragon once made those) and also the ATS amphibians. The cool tracked engineering vehicle is called BAT. I also caught a glimpse of a turretless BTR-70 armored transport.

I wonder what's going to happen with this group build, If you have any questions maybe I can answer them, so good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

Wow, thanks pawel. Stick around, we might have to pick your brains for this one. lol

Scorpiomikey

This is true. 

How about "The abandoned GB. Remembering Chernobyl" ?

I'm not too sure about that, eather. It still sounds more along the lines of mainly being Chernobyl, but it may work out. It just depends on wether or not you have it as "Chernobyl exclusive" building or if you say "Chernobyl-related themes are prefered, but anything that has been abandoned is O.K., too"

Who knows? Mabe the idea will start to pick up steam quickly, and will be a sucessful build

Hmm, ill have a thik tonight and see what i come up with

So im thinking an abandoned GB is better than just purely Chernobyl. No doubt some Chernobyl builds will come into it.

Now, that sounds like a good plan.

If it is all in line, go ahead and start up another thred for the Abandoned GB, and you'll be in buisness

Wanna be a co-host? im already hosting 3 at the moment. although one is dead and the other 2 are epically slow.

Well, I don't know. The first (and only) time I tried to be a host of a group build, it didn't work out at all (it went belly up on day 2, I think...)

I'll have to think about it for a day or two.

That Ferris wheel is replicated in exacting detail in the Chernobyl level of Call of Duty 4, though the decking isn't collapsed in the game. You play an SAS sniper and have to defend your wounded spotter and hold off waves of Russian troops until a helicopter arrives to extract you.

Several of the scenes in the other two Prypiat threads at that site looked really familiar...the game designers did a fantastic job of replicating parts of the city.

Scorpiomikey

Wanna be a co-host?

I've thought it over, and to answer the question, I have to decline the offer. 

  Normally, I would love to do it, but I'm not as active on the forums as I use to be (it's fairly rare that I ever become active any more) and, I feel that if I was to sign up as a co-host, I would probably not be able to get as active and involved as I would need to be.

I would definately like to be signed up as a participant in the group build itself, though.

Scorpiomikey

Still not sure what the wings were about, never seen them on any other version of those birds. Possibly radiation deflectors?

The wings on those Mi-6 Hook helicopters were standard equipment on most of them.  They provided a lot of extra lift in forward flight, thereby unloading the main rotor quite a bit.  That increased the range considerably.

Darwin, O.F. 

Chernobyl reactor #4.

Darwin, O.F.