Planned approach to future group builds?

I just asked David, if he can remove some of the old sticky posts. Also, since I may have gotten some names wrong, I asked him to post on this forum, to ask which should be removed.

whoops, forgot something, a group build forum would be awesome!

edog, you have some serious points there, and I think that my next build I want to participate in should be a particular kit. But there is a good thing for these larger general ones, the kits that people might have, but not build because of their relatively un-glamorous description can be displayed in them. We should get one of the editors to have a request forum or something like that, that is regularly monitored(is there one?)
But both types of groupbuilds should have a place in forums-specific, and generalized

shermanfreak, beav, I agree 100% and I will suport any effort along these lines.

Brian.

Personally, I kind of like the thought of last minute ideas for group builds. The reasoning goes something like this: If I plan on building a model, I would like to see if anyone else out there would like to join me. Group builds are good way to get ideas and compare thoughts. However, I never think two months ahead when it concerns the kits I will build. And usually, when I do plan two months ahead and the date rolls around to start, I have found something more interesting, or just gotten board with the topic. I finish a kit and then decide on whatever seems interesting at the time.

I was in the 1/35th Tiger build and it was the best group build that I have been involved with. Unfortunately I don’t see much of what I liked about the Tiger build being repeated. I really liked that there were not many of us. I didn’t have to read through 10 pages if I was away from the PC for a couple of days and it was a great way to get to know a few of the people on the forum really well. There was also the fact that the 1/35th Tiger build was limited to a specific kit! This meant that we all ran into the same problems that we could discuss. One of the best parts of that build was to see how different people completed the same kit. Oh yah, I also felt that I HAD to work on my tiger because everyone else was counting on me to get my kit done. With the big crowds we have in our groups now, I find it very easy to “hide”.

Ideally, I would like to see a forum where we can be comfortable building in groups of 3 or more. I don’t discourage big groups; I just don’t think that we have to have every group be planned 3 months ahead with 15 or more people involved.

One last thing… I think we either need to get rid of the sticky group builds all together and let the active posts stay at the top, or get some sort of group build forum, whether it be for all the group builds, or individual topics (AC, Armor, Figure, Sci Fi, ect…).

Yah, I know, I have been thinking too much again, but there is my $0.02

This topic has been covered before, as Sherm has mentioned, and I think it may be time for the admin to address it seriously.

Shermanfreak, you have hit the match with the axe and now both halves are on fire-just a small adage i just made up but, I wholeheartedly agree with you. and at the least Tiger I should be packing her bags and going to non-sticky status, only to be retained by a few with a bookmark on the post so that people can call it back up incase they want info. Gotta make some room for the newbie builds!

Well thought out guys.
I really like some of the categories you have come up with.

Matt

More good noodlework!(can you tell I'm close to rank change)
John

Kind of touched on bits and pieces of this topic in a recent post. But it seemed to die on the vine. The one thing that seemed to be the most important feature was that there be a definite time that the thread would remain a sticky post. After the completion period of the build, then a grace period of say 2 weeks and then it is released to live or die by the members posting to it.
Let's look at the existing threads.
Not picking on it, but the 1/35 Tiger build has only had a handful of posts in the last month.
Of the original 4 members in the 1/16 Tiger build, there is only one left, should it remian sticky forever ????
The Panther build had a completion date of what ....... January.
And the Sherman Build, it's date of completion was the 15th. Now using the grace period of 2 weeks, I will request that admin release it from sticky status at months end.
The Towed Gun Build and Abrams Build are both new so I won't even mention them.

We really need to clear some of the deadwood here before the entire 1st page is filled with stickies of group builds.

I think you have an excellent idea Peter, let the powers that be make it so.
John

Peter, your on the right track. There's so many builds going on, I don't know if I'll be able to keep up. I like the motivator aspect. You touched on some good ideas. In no particular order I have a few ideas:
1. Russian armor build
2. Halftrack build
3. Pacific theatre build
4. SPG build
There are so many and I'm open to any ideas, but it would be kind of nice if maybe we could plan ahead a bit. I like the Desert theme and Italian Campaign.

Well im game sounds cool to me.

Those Ideas are great if one starts I'll get in on it,
you could also include a AA build (just for those flyboys)

Those are some pretty good ones, that you listed. Nice to see at least one of all us forum goers is thinking! Sorry, but the newest does fit with the "Hey, lets all" catagorey-the small AFV build........anyways, I posted times-anywhere between April 1st-to the 5th for starters-those who have gotten kits at that point, and you just have to say that you want in before May 20th(I think that's what I said in the thread), and you are good to go. There is no difinete ending-except for when everyone has finished.