Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary GB

hmmm, doesn't look like any Brits other than you, yet. One lone Canadian (me), a couple of Aussies representing the Commonwealth. el_jere from Argentina, and the rest American. Still early though, and I remember seeing some names in the "feeler" thread that haven't shown up here yet.

ye, thats a point. I would be very dissapointed if none put in for this. Seeing as its a fairly un known war, veven to many in the UK, i am honoured to have so many Americans on board.

Bish

...Have any other Brits signed up yet.

Haven't gone looking at the locations listed in people's profiles, and it's really hard to pick up on the accent while typing! Not sure, you may have to do some rallying among your countrymen!

Well at the moment i am on the same side of the Atlantic as you guys, just the other side of the equater. Have any other Brits signed up yet.

We're going inter-continental! (OK, I guess we were there anyway with Bish on the other side of the Atlantic, but, y'know.)

Oh this is gonna be a good one!

See page 1 for a second version of the GB badge: ¡En español!

Have changed the GB to Falklands/Malvinas to reflect the Argentinian name of the conflict so as not to show biased, especially as we now have an Argentinian modeller on board the build.

OK, my selection is my Airfix1/48 Super Etendard, w/Exocet of course...

And I just added el_jere to the builders list - sounds like he may be a good source if anyone is looking for Argentine info.

Oh and I just found some pics... with folded wings!

Wing folds too - no-brainer, gotta go Super Étandard on this one! Yes, I only have those on the go right now. And my new year's resolution was to only build out of my stash this year to try & get that knocked down a little. Since then I've picked up the 2 birds for this build - it's a disease!!!!

Vance, it is at least 30... possibly a couple or three more. But several are very near the finish line, and if I restrict my number of new starts to this and one other GB...

So, with Bish, that makes to votes for the Super Entendard... and I do believe it has a folded wing option in the build, something I just tried recently and really enjoyed the finished look...

30 on the go Stik?? Yup, you need a support group of some kind. (But don't feel the need to back out of this one!!!!) My list is shorter:

1. Revell P-38, not out of the box anymore. (My own GB)
2. Scratchbuilding a Horten wing (Manny's GB)
3. 1/72 Ki-61 for a Pacific GB that I completely stalled on, only needs cockpit glass, landing gear & decals.
4. 1/72 Zero, see above
5. 1/24 BMW 318 that I've been picking away at for a year, want to build it up as a rally racer.
6. Well, the brain is already thinking about this one, does that count?

stik, ye deffo add another vote for the Etarndard. I know what you mean about GB's, i find them very addictive. And i have joined so many that i am bouncing from one kit to another but not finishing the dioramas, just the kits. So now the only new GB's i have joined lately have been crossovers.

Helo I was woundering about that as well. My first thought was to do a netted load and run wires from the base, up the net and into the aircraft. The other option is a couple of clear rods, one back one at the front. But that would be easier for me as the aircraft is close to the ground when doing netted loads. I am not sure though what equipment they used back in 82. JHSU had only just been formed before the war, so the kit might have been pretty basic. Though the one you are doing is from a ship so that would be navy hookers i should imagine. I will get some pics for you ofthe underslung kit we use if that will be any help, might give you some ideas.

Well you sure seem to be completing yours at a fairly consistent rate here my friend.

stikpusher

The horror.... the horror...

My one goal this year is to put a big dent in the batch of "current builds" I have going. At last count it was around 30 kits or so... One way is to reduce the number of GBs I participate in. Aside from the couple I am already part of (and one I am running), this one and the Red Storm Rising are the only ones I will add this year... at least so far...

I know what you mean about "current builds" , if I were to post a pic of all my on-going builds , it would only confirm that I'm probably completely NUTS

                             John

The horror.... the horror...

My one goal this year is to put a big dent in the batch of "current builds" I have going. At last count it was around 30 kits or so... One way is to reduce the number of GBs I participate in. Aside from the couple I am already part of (and one I am running), this one and the Red Storm Rising are the only ones I will add this year... at least so far...

hehe - you'll have more than a year!! Yes, I know what you mean. My brain is already looking forward to this one, and I don't even have kits in hand yet! Meanwhile I'm going nuts trying to detail a P-38, and Manny is cracking the whip on me trying to get time in on a scratch-built Horten wing. What have I done?

OK, one for the Super Entendard from Vance. I know what you mean about picking just one...but at the pace I build...

Hey Stikpusher, my vote ( I love voting on other people's stashes!! ) is for the Super Étandard. You know you don't have to pick just one...

Vance/Bish, put me down, but I am not sure as to which kit in my stash that I should build. Perhaps I should ask the participants here. I have an Airfix Harrier GR.3, Airfix Super Entendard, ESCI Mirage IIIE, or Hobbycraft A-4B, all in 1/48. At this time I am leaning toward the Skyhawk or Super Entendard.

Big Smitty, I am building that Sea Harrier now over on the FAA GB. Go have a look for an idea of what you are in for... To say the kit seat is poo is an understatement. The whole cockpit it poo. Just because the box says Tamiya... lets just say the whole kit needs work.

Thank's Bish .

I do like the heavy lift helicopters , that's for sure .

I ordered Osprey's "Air War in the Falklands" from Amazon books last night , so that should make for a nice read and reference source . I'll have to check around the modeling sites on how to do a underslung lift .

                                        John .

Helo, i would love to see that build. If you are not starting your build till after the start of May, i can check out the Matchbox kit and see what the paint scheme is, in case it is different from BU. But i think there are enough pics of BN about.

I have underslung a Lynx before, but never anything like that.Will be great to get another Hook doing an underslung lift. I take it you have a thing for Chinooks.

Is it okay if I change my mind on which helicopter kits I'm going to build ?

I realize a couple of you guy's are already building Chinooks but I really like the pic Milairjunkie posted of the Chinook lifting the damaged HU-5 Wessex....

I was looking through my [fleet] stash of 1/72 Chinooks and noticed that the Airfix HC-1 has markings for a "Bravo November" No.18 Squadron RAF Falklands Islands June 1982 ;

It looks like the squadron markings in the top pic are 'BU' so I could change the ones that come with the kit .

I'm now thinking of doing a dio like in the pic , I think someone makes those heavy cardboard helicopter flight deck display cards , I'll have a look around Hannants web site .

So it's a Airfix HC-1 Chinook and Italeri HU-5 Wessex I would like to build , Is this okay ???

                          John .

haha - trade secret, I just made her go away...

WOW, what you do with her. Thanks vance, great badge

Just letting the group know that the badge is now up, on the first page of the thread.

Looking like we're getting a good variety so far. The latest count is 6 aircraft, 4 helicopters & 4 ships, including all the "probables". (And I've now got confirmation that my Pucara has shipped, so I should be able to add that as a definite.) There were rumours of a couple of figures but nobody has committed yet...