There was a Star Wars GB a few years back and I am planning another next year, but I don't recall a general Sci Fi GB.

Not a bad idea, Wayne. I was thinking of doing a "Space Race GB" sometime in the future (probably October).  Not SF, of course.

But there are so many GBs going on right now (continuing ones as well), I wonder if we're not "over-extended".  Still, a change from "German" aircraft and armor might be welcome! 

Gary

GAF

Not a bad idea, Wayne. I was thinking of doing a "Space Race GB" sometime in the future (probably October).  Not SF, of course.

But there are so many GBs going on right now (continuing ones as well), I wonder if we're not "over-extended".  Still, a change from "German" aircraft and armor might be welcome! 

Gary

That's always the problem isn't it. Just when you think its slowing down, a load more new GB's pop up.

I will ignore that last remark, you are clearly ill

Probably the closest catch all's for sci fi GBs outside a specific theme would be in the "Hooray for Hollywood", as much of sci fi being movie or TV based, fits in there. But such a GB does sound tempting.

Hey Bish, I'd be in for a Star Wars GB... I just hope I have the time to do it (My project would be rather demanding...)

I might be interested.  I've got a couple X-Wings Millennium Falcons and a BSG Viper in the stash.

Well wayne, I think you have some support for a Sci Fi GB.

SS, I won't be running the SW GB until next year in the run up to the release of the new movie. So if wayne does hold a Sci Fi GB this year, I think that would be a nice overlap.

Would the X-men be considered as sci-fi?  

If it is, would a sci-fi GB be open to figures, such as a character from the X-men?

regards,

Jack

wow this was just a 0300 looking through the stash thought. thanks for all the responses. given we have longest day and hollywood finishing june and july think i will go with august. that should give folks enough time to finish up some GBs (like me who has about 6 in the queue). just in time for my killer orphaned armor gb.

as for what i don't see why not figures. i would do one of those bandai anime tanks except they are so damned expensive. i guess i need some help on subject matter. obviously sci fi movies and tv space ships and vehicles. that would seem to include the alien from aliens so are other figures like xmen appropriate? how about the jules verne NAUTILUS? or anime? or tank girl? or godzilla? just throwing things up/out for comments. i think stuff like luft 46 and paper panzers would be excluded and real space stuff but, for example, PILGRIM OBSERVER is not real but not sci fi either.

to paraphrase wolowitz on big bang theory "my God what have i done?"

Just because some sic fi such as Welles & Verne are older than anybody here, that does not mean the type should be excluded. Why not the Nautilus alongside the Nostromo?

Sounds like a great idea...I have tons of Star Wars and Star Trek in my stash.  And Wayne, I think those Bandai anime tanks are pretty sweet too.  I saw one with a briefing set at a show a couple of years ago for $40.  I wish I knew then how expensive they really are, because that was a steal at that price.  Would look cool with some kind of "what if" German camo scheme...

Whoa! This is way too ironic. Just a couple of days ago I had gone out to my storage bus to put something away when I decided to dig through some boxes of older models I have stored in there. I came across the two kits I had stashed in there of the AMT Federation Starship USS Reliant. My father had bought these for me years ago from the exchange at Hill AFB. The thought occurred to me that maybe I ought to build one just for something different to do. Thusly, I brought one in with me with that thought in mind. This is the only SciFi kit that I have. And, lo and behold, you drop this awesome idea on us.So, I just might very interested in joining in on this endeavor of yours.

GAF

.  Still, a change from "German" aircraft and armor might be welcome! 

I would consider putting something together for a Star Wars like build. Sounds cool!

I know the feeling wayne, this is sort of how the DH GB got started. Be careful what you wish for.

Well last night at IPMS Chapter meeting I picked up a Klingon K'T'inga Class Battle Cruiser that another club member was selling for $5... just in case...

stikpusher

Well last night at IPMS Chapter meeting I picked up a Klingon K'T'inga Class Battle Cruiser that another club member was selling for $5... just in case...

Oddly, I was thinking of A D-7 to go along with the USS Enterprise I built for "Hooray for Hollywood GB".

Bish

I will ignore that last remark, you are clearly ill

Well, I have been a bit under the weather recently.  Maybe I should build a FW-190 to make me feel better.  Or take some pictures of German armor at Arnhem... 

Gary

I'm ready....

Interesting idea Wayne! I've started the USS Reliant and a Whitestar for two GBs in the past and never finished either of them. And I've signed onto all three of the upcoming armour builds so I dunno if I'd be game for this. But I do have a pile of stuff, mostly Trek. After watching 'Pacific Rim' for about the 34,454 time I picked up three Gundam kits with the intention of building them up as Jadgers which is tempting...

I look forward to seeing that one Stik, been thinking about getting that myself, how does it look in the box. I wouldn't mind getting the original cruiser as well. as well.

gary, that sound like a plan, you will soon feel better.

It looks real good in the box to me Bish. Although they did mold it in some oddball medium green color and the painting instructions are for various similar green shades. Unlike the grays seen in the movies. The surface detail in the kit is really nice, and the new decals are a big leap over the dry transfers that the original kit had when released back with the movie. Fortunately there is plenty of good reference online and I do own the original Star Trek movies DVD box set released before the JJ Abrams reboots...

Thanks, funny choice of colour they give you. I've got all the movies on disc, though not a box set, and as you say, plenty of references out there.

Well, coincidentally, I just bought a 1:32 Cylon Raider from Moebius as part of my Battlestar Galactica collection. I had this in the queue to do next after I finished off a 1:72 Su-15. If there is enough buzz for a GB for Sci-Fi, I could hold this big beast off till then. I'll keep an eye on this to see where it goes.

stikpusher

It looks real good in the box to me Bish. Although they did mold it in some oddball medium green color and the painting instructions are for various similar green shades. Unlike the grays seen in the movies. The surface detail in the kit is really nice, and the new decals are a big leap over the dry transfers that the original kit had when released back with the movie. Fortunately there is plenty of good reference online and I do own the original Star Trek movies DVD box set released before the JJ Abrams reboots...

Yeah, I bought the same kit back in the late '80s and it was molded in green back then too. I painted mine a dark metallic shade since that's how they looked to me back when the only reference I had was a VHS tape. Grey is probably closer. 

The TV ship was interesting, seems they were greenish but I always thought they were a sky blue. Baby blue didn't seem like much of a 'warrior's colour' to me though! 

My dad has built probably a dozen "classic" Klingon ships over the years, and he has always painted them various shades of grey.

I have a couple of the new Polar Lights kits in my stash and I'm intending on painting them a battleship grey too.

I've got several unbuilt kits, should be able to find something fun for a GB if it happens

Sounds like this concept is gaining some mass...

For a D7 cruiser I would probably go with a blue gray color. But the movie K'T'Ingas are more neutral in tone. In TMP, they were darker like a gunship gray or ocean gray, but in Undiscovered Country they were more of a neutral gray or similar mid range shade. I painted my original issue kit with a dark gray primer rattle can and picked out the deflector plates in a medium gray and USN intermediate blue.

stikpusher

Sounds like this concept is gaining some mass...

and inertia. "good God, what have i done?" the sand worms in DUNE weren't this big. thanks for all the responses.

it looks like there are a number of interested folks. the HOLLYWOOD GB ends on 04jul which reminds me i have to paint a pair of SSNs. chile con 3 region 10 regionals are 11-13JUL and i am going.

for all you sci-fi folks are there any significant  july dates in sci fi past the 13th? if not i'll pick a date to start. i would like this to be sciency sci-fi as opposed to anime or fantasy but some figures would probably fit in the nebulous gray area. and yes i know there are some really cool BANDAI tanks and "carriers" out there.

so i am thinking STAR TREK, STAR WARS (i want to do a land attack dinosaur looking thingy), TERMINATOR, TV and MOVIES, proposed space vehicles (PILGRIM OBSERVER). dinosaurs from JURASSIC PARK would be a stretch but GODZILLA and the ALIEN MOTHER should fit. and XMEN figures.

all suggestions welcome.