Folks,
Here's the new thread for our group build. The participants are:
AJACKETSFAN
boybuddho
EasyCo
Jeeves
Keeg
kik36
Lufbery
stoomfluit
willuride & his wife
Vintage Aircraft
garydmason
This should be a very fun group build, with pleanty of time (I hope!!) to get it all finished. As previously stated in the old thread, the rules are:
Any aircraft that the USMC used (fixed wing, rotor wing, gyrocopter, V/STOL, rocket, etc.) is eligible, any scale, any brand of kit. Just as long as it has USMC markings on it, and they're historically correct. That's it. If you need to drop out of the group build, for whatever reason, no problem. No one is obligated to finish this. After all, it's for FUN!! Good luck to everyone. If there are any questions, or you need advice, or you want to offer suggestions, just post them here.
I've decided on the AMT 1/48th Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat nightfighter. Has anyone else built this kit? So far, my experience with it isn't so great, BUT, I have tackled tougher kits. What's your opinion of it?
Stoomfluit, I just gotta ask - what's the origin behind your screen name? Very unusual, to say the least.
Here's the project listing, as requested (great idea, by the way, jimz66):
AJACKETSFAN: North American-Rockwell OV-10 Bronco (unknown kit maker, scale)
boybuddho: undeclared
EasyCo: undeclared
garydmason: AMT 1/48 Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat Night Fighter, Hasegawa 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II Plus VMA-231
The Tigercat & Hornet are complete, the Harrier is still in-progress.
Jeeves: Accurate Miniatures 1/48 Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless
Complete. AWESOME job, by the way!!
jimz66: Hasegawa 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas F-18C Hornet, Hasegawa 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas F-18A Hornet
Keeg: Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair VMF-124 (unknown kit maker, scale)
kik36: Tamiya 1/48 Chance Vought F4U-2 Corsair Night Fighter
Partially complete. What is complete looks great, though! I like that wooden base that you made for it.
Lufberry: Monogram 1/72 McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom II VMFA-333
Complete. The best-looking 1/72nd Phantom II I've seen. Ever.
plasticmod992: Hobby Craft 1/72 Bell AH-1Z Cobra
ridleusmc: Italeri 1/72 Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
Scott53: Hasegawa 1/72 McDonnell-Douglas F-18C Hornet VMFA-251, Hasegawa 1/72 McDonnell-Douglas F-18D Hornet VMFA(AW)-225 Bengals, Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman EA-6B Prowler VMAQ-3
sentry: Boeing-Bell V-22 Osprey or Douglas SBD-1 (unknown kit maker, scale)
stoomfluit: Hasegawa 1/72 McDonnell-Douglas RF-4B Phantom II VMFP-3, Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman F4F Wildcat
Complete. Just waiting on the pictures.
TimL: Tamiya 1/48 Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair, Tamiya 1/48 Grumman F4F Wildcat
usmcsm: Hasegawa 1/48 Douglas A-4E Skyhawk, Fujimi 1/72 Grumman EA-6A
wayne baker: Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-4 Corsair VMF-323
wibhi2: Revell-Monogram 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II VMA-311, Revell-Monogram 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B+ Harrier II, Revell-Monogram 1/48 AV-8B Harrier II Night Attack, Monogram 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas AV-8A Harrier
Two complete. They made me homesick for Cherry Point, NC, they looked so good.......
willuride & wife: undeclared
tonka45: undeclared
Vintage Aircraft: Monogram 1/48 Chance Vought F4U Corsair
That gives us 22 participants, with 28 declared projects. I will attempt to keep this updated as much as possible.