Hey Bill, I'm happy and surprised to see you jump in. I wonder what you have?

B of B - 8

Blitz in West - 8

North Africa - 3

North Afrika....I need to give my Spotted Ho some company.....!!!

Come on guys go Blitzkreig!

I wanna see what DP has up his sleeve too. And I've got an idea for a small dio of a couple of Germans with more guts than brains trying to take out a Char bis with a 37mm 'doorknocker' AT gun.

Course I have an Easy Eight Sherman and some GIs freezing their cans off that would work for the 'Bulge' as well.

I will do something that I very rarely do and that is show interest in a GB. My vote would be BITW.

deafpanzer

 

tigerman:

 

 

I too thought France was a unique choice, in that it offered early war vehicles and plenty of French armor, but like most, I image the bulk of most collections is Shermans, Tigers and the such. Thus Bulge.

 

I'm leaning to my Tiger I if indeed it's a Bulge GB.

 

 

I admit I am surprised that Battle of Bulge is getting alot of votes.  I am not too concerned because I have already found a perfect kit for this GB if it happens.  What will I build?  Here's a little hint... it managed to destroy a Tiger with its 37mm rounds.  And you are leaning to your Tiger I...

hmmm....I might just have to vote for the BoB just to see what vehicle that is.....or not....

tigerman

I too thought France was a unique choice, in that it offered early war vehicles and plenty of French armor, but like most, I image the bulk of most collections is Shermans, Tigers and the such. Thus Bulge.

I'm leaning to my Tiger I if indeed it's a Bulge GB.

I admit I am surprised that Battle of Bulge is getting alot of votes.  I am not too concerned because I have already found a perfect kit for this GB if it happens.  What will I build?  Here's a little hint... it managed to destroy a Tiger with its 37mm rounds.  And you are leaning to your Tiger I...

bobbaily

 

tigerman:

 

Sorry Ernest. I thought the North African would have been more popular.

 

B of B - 8

Blitz in West - 7

North Africa - 2

i guess Barbarossa is kaput.

 

 

 

 

Interesting.....I would have thought that the Blitz in the West would have had a larger margin.....and that North Africa would have shown more interest.

I think I'm going to be Switzerland....just stay neutral and open up a bank.....(I know...poor taste).  Seriously, I like all of the choices and will go with whatever the popular vote ends up.

You're not getting off that easy........

I too thought France was a unique choice, in that it offered early war vehicles and plenty of French armor, but like most, I image the bulk of most collections is Shermans, Tigers and the such. Thus Bulge.

I'm leaning to my Tiger I if indeed it's a Bulge GB.

tigerman

Sorry Ernest. I thought the North African would have been more popular.

 

B of B - 8

Blitz in West - 7

North Africa - 2

i guess Barbarossa is kaput.

 

 

Interesting.....I would have thought that the Blitz in the West would have had a larger margin.....and that North Africa would have shown more interest.

I think I'm going to be Switzerland....just stay neutral and open up a bank.....(I know...poor taste).  Seriously, I like all of the choices and will go with whatever the popular vote ends up.

Hans von Hammer

 

StreetFightingMan:

 

Hans, I don't know if you've built one of Tamiya's Panzer II's before, but it's the best kit I ever built.  Of course, you like scratchbuilding and older kits, so it probably doesn't matter too much, but it falls together extremely fast.  Lots of fun, too. 

 

 

Nope, this kit's poppin' my Pz II Cherry...  Closest I've come to it in size (for German tanks) is the ICM Fuchs (A nice little kit,  I must say)... Everything else Tamiya has been Panthers, Tigers and Bears (Oh My!), along ith assorted half-tracks, trucks, arty, and wheels...

I bought it for two reasons, One: it was on clearance for 23.99, and B: It was "New"... Wanna see what all the hoopla is about over these kits and why they generally retail for 45.00 or more...  If I like it, I'll go grab the other one up at H/L, which is also clearance marked.. (I got it stashed in one of the usual hiding places in the store, lol)

I'm sure you've built the ancient F/G with the molded on tools and motorization holes. This new kit will probably blow you away with the detail and thus "apples and oranges" will be a fitting comparison. That is how I felt when I built the older Mk III M/N and the newer Mk III L. Even the though the L didn't have any PE or aluminum barrel, the hull itself was light-years ahead in detail. You'll probably say the sale price should have been the retail price. LOL

Carl, thank you sir. Back to a tie.

B of B - 8 

Blitz - 8 

North Africa - 2

After days of pondering the choices i have chosen  ..............Blitzkrieg in the West (France 1940)

Thank me , goodbye .

StreetFightingMan

Hans, I don't know if you've built one of Tamiya's Panzer II's before, but it's the best kit I ever built.  Of course, you like scratchbuilding and older kits, so it probably doesn't matter too much, but it falls together extremely fast.  Lots of fun, too. 

Nope, this kit's poppin' my Pz II Cherry...  Closest I've come to it in size (for German tanks) is the ICM Fuchs (A nice little kit,  I must say)... Everything else Tamiya has been Panthers, Tigers and Bears (Oh My!), along ith assorted half-tracks, trucks, arty, and wheels...

I bought it for two reasons, One: it was on clearance for 23.99, and B: It was "New"... Wanna see what all the hoopla is about over these kits and why they generally retail for 45.00 or more...  If I like it, I'll go grab the other one up at H/L, which is also clearance marked.. (I got it stashed in one of the usual hiding places in the store, lol)

.

Sorry Ernest. I thought the North African would have been more popular.

Darn Eric, why do you have to make the choices so hard??

BULGE ? ...................BLITZ ? ........

BLITZ ? ......................BULGE ? .......

Well, I already have enough of a bulge [around the midriff!] and I've never been fast enough for "lightning" speed, so..........

NORTH AFRICA!!!!   Been hankering for a vacation in warmer climes!!

Boyd with the round-house!

Bulge!

DoogsATX

 

 

Honestly, everyone has a different stash and different things that stoke their fancy from build to build, and I think the keys to a great GB with tons of participation probably come down to 1) keeping it general enough that a lot of people and subjects can enter and 2) having some common thread between the subjects. 

The best GB's I've been a part of have had a combination of generality and a common thread. The Natural Metal Finish GB is a great example...very general, but also, most things there tend to be aircraft, and the technique for NMFing one plane is broadly applicable across all other planes. 

 

I think another failure to most GB's is the time frame. If you have a shorter frame such as 4-5 months, people are going to scramble a little. If you leave it open for a full year, there will  be members that say, "Oh, I have plenty of time to get this started", then they never do, because they get busy or run out of time.

satch_ip

North Africa!! 

I was planning on running a CBI/Sino-Japanese war GB but summer came and went and I'm notoriously slow in building things.  Still would like to see that one come to fruition.

Satch

I was almost ready to pull that one and have a two horse race. Voting goes until midnight Saturday.

B of B - 7

Blitz in West - 7

North Africa - 1

North Africa!! 

I was planning on running a CBI/Sino-Japanese war GB but summer came and went and I'm notoriously slow in building things.  Still would like to see that one come to fruition.

Satch

Dead heat with Battle of Bulge and Blitz in the West. 7-7

tigerman

 

smeagol the vile:

 

The subjects are always the same... why not pick something different?  Make a Winter War GB, or a Japan vs China in 38 GB, ANZACs in the pacific, something thats different and cant exactly be bought and done oob?

 

 

You're always welcome to start your own. They are pretty eclectic and somewhat limited in subjects. The Japanese and Chinese GB would be very limited since neither had much in the way of armor.

I've seen a few good idea never get off the ground, due to lack of advertising, participation, and so on. Subject matter is obviously important.

Blitz in the West - 7

Battle of the Bulge - 6

Honestly, everyone has a different stash and different things that stoke their fancy from build to build, and I think the keys to a great GB with tons of participation probably come down to 1) keeping it general enough that a lot of people and subjects can enter and 2) having some common thread between the subjects. 

I honestly think that was one of the problems with my Weathering GB and why it kind of petered out (aside me from being terrible at running it!) - very little of a common thread between different builds going on there, so you'd often have people WIP-ing past one another. 

Something like "ANZACs in the Pacific" would obviously have that common thread, but would suffer from the general problem. 

The best GB's I've been a part of have had a combination of generality and a common thread. The Natural Metal Finish GB is a great example...very general, but also, most things there tend to be aircraft, and the technique for NMFing one plane is broadly applicable across all other planes. 

Conversely, kermit's Ostfront GB is general in the sense that it encompasses a staggering variety - I mean, anything used on the Eastern Front in WW2? I've already built an La-5, Yak-3 and Panzer IV for it. But the common thread is that time period and geography.

Deafpanzer's Pz.III GB kind of combines both. Due to the staggering variety of variants and ausfs, The Panzer III is a very general subject (the only thing comparable I could think of on the allied side would be a VVSS/HVSS build, or on the aircraft side, maybe by engine...I think a P&W R2800 build would be fascinating), but it still has that common thread of...they're all Pz.III platforms, they all have six road wheels per side, and so on.

Also...go Bulge!

I'm going to have to say Battle of the Bulge.. guess it's tied.

 Always wanted to do an Ardennes build.

smeagol the vile

The subjects are always the same... why not pick something different?  Make a Winter War GB, or a Japan vs China in 38 GB, ANZACs in the pacific, something thats different and cant exactly be bought and done oob?

You're always welcome to start your own. They are pretty eclectic and somewhat limited in subjects. The Japanese and Chinese GB would be very limited since neither had much in the way of armor.

I've seen a few good idea never get off the ground, due to lack of advertising, participation, and so on. Subject matter is obviously important.

Blitz in the West - 7

Battle of the Bulge - 6

I've got so many Shermans in the stash, I'll throw in for the same thing I fight every day......

The Bulge!

Blitzkrieg in the West...

Hans, I don't know if you've built one of Tamiya's Panzer II's before, but it's the best kit I ever built.  Of course, you like scratchbuilding and older kits, so it probably doesn't matter too much, but it falls together extremely fast.  Lots of fun, too.  Have fun on this GB guys, and, if I'm allowed to vote without signing up for the GB, I'd cast my ballot for BITW.

tigerman

Hans von Hammer:

I just scored a 23.00 Tamiya Panzer II Ausf A/B/C at Hobby Lobby...   That oughta say which one... Or do I have to actually say it?

 

I think the Pz II would qualify for the first 3 builds. Okay, I'll guess BITW.

BIngo... I haven't built a diorama that was "pre-Overlord" in years, and been looking for an excuse to do one... Altough, the idea I have in mind for the Pz II is more "Sitzkreig" than "Blitzkreig"....

Smeagol I like your ideas but I'd think they'd only get a handful of builders. I think most GBs are of popular subjects to pull in as many members as possible.

Anyhow: I've got stuff that would fit into any of the catagories but I've been looking over some of my French hardware recently so  toss my vote in for:

Blitzkrieg in the West '39-'40 please Tigerman.

My vote is gonna be...

wait for it...

Battle of the Bulge.

I couldn't choose between the Battle of the Bulge or the North Africa Campaign. But I made up my mind.

tigerman

I haven't seen you before in these here parts greentracker98. nice to have you aboard and thanks for the vote.

Blitzkrieg in the West has 2 votes, everything else nil.

Thanks Tigerman, I recently finished a Hunting After Dark GB

Scroll down to a Black PBY with a Navy Jeep

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Oh yea, your welcome. When i read this post, i thought of the movie "Winds of War" I'm watching it right now.

The subjects are always the same... why not pick something different?  Make a Winter War GB, or a Japan vs China in 38 GB, ANZACs in the pacific, something thats different and cant exactly be bought and done oob?