Cold War GB The Rules EXTENDED TO 17.04.2016

[Weaver]

Would a proposed UFO interceptor be covered here? There was a fear in the USA thet UFOs were from the USSR so it's sort of cold war - isn't  it???

The Moderators have conferred on this one too, and we feel that this sort of build would be more suitable for a sci-fi themed GB rather than a Cold War one, so I'm afraid we're not going to allow it.

[Steel Penguin]

ill ask the honourable gentlemen.
Some of my ideas for this may slip into a more Hot war, as if I do a group of Twilight 2000 knock offs  ( wiki link and article    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_2000    )   will I be considered ok, or am I taking it a bit far ( things like the stalwart  loaded with some A frames and SNEB pods for  a MLRS a like)   ?
or do I build like mad and do a mass submission at Cosford and greater minds than I can make decisions

[PR19_Kit]

Am I right in saying that any model that's part of this GB must have been started after Jan 2nd this year?

[crudebuteffective]

unless only minor stuff had been done

CBE (mod)

[PR19_Kit]

Ok, thanks.

My only candidate has had MUCH more than 'minor stuff' done to it. 

I'll think of something else.

[Gondor]

Am I right in saying that any model that's part of this GB must have been started after Jan 2nd this year?

unless only minor stuff had been done

CBE (mod)

So I take it that separating parts and only painting the cockpit black and nothing having been glued would be ok?

Gondor

[Weaver]

Am I right in saying that any model that's part of this GB must have been started after Jan 2nd this year?

unless only minor stuff had been done

CBE (mod)

So I take it that separating parts and only painting the cockpit black and nothing having been glued would be ok?

Gondor

Yes that sounds fine to me. What about you CBE?

[zenrat]

Okay, the Mods have conferred on the Falklands issue and this is the result:

The Falklands War as it actually happened is not admissible to the Cold War GB, since it was a war between two US allies about post-colonial issues that pre-dated the Cold War. However if a contributor were to rewrite history in such a way as to make it part of the East-vs-West confrontation (i.e. make one or other party a Soviet ally) then that would be fine.

That makes sense.  My suggestion was tongue in cheek anyway.  Not something I was going to build.

Yet.

Personally i'd not allow Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan either - too hot and also all fertile enough ground to have their own GBs.
The tension between the two Chinas on the other hand strikes me as having potential (and some great camo schemes - as on my Mohawk of last year).

[rickshaw]

Okay, the Mods have conferred on the Falklands issue and this is the result:

The Falklands War as it actually happened is not admissible to the Cold War GB, since it was a war between two US allies about post-colonial issues that pre-dated the Cold War. However if a contributor were to rewrite history in such a way as to make it part of the East-vs-West confrontation (i.e. make one or other party a Soviet ally) then that would be fine.

That makes sense.  My suggestion was tongue in cheek anyway.  Not something I was going to build.

Yet.

Personally i'd not allow Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan either - too hot and also all fertile enough ground to have their own GBs.
The tension between the two Chinas on the other hand strikes me as having potential (and some great camo schemes - as on my Mohawk of last year).

The Two Chinas, Greece and Turkey, Australia and Indonesia (over West New Guinea), Britain and Argentina (over the Falklands) and so on are all potential conflicts between US allies real and imagined.

[loupgarou]

Okay, the Mods have conferred on the Falklands issue and this is the result:

The Falklands War as it actually happened is not admissible to the Cold War GB, since it was a war between two US allies about post-colonial issues that pre-dated the Cold War. However if a contributor were to rewrite history in such a way as to make it part of the East-vs-West confrontation (i.e. make one or other party a Soviet ally) then that would be fine.

That makes sense.  My suggestion was tongue in cheek anyway.  Not something I was going to build.

Yet.

Personally i'd not allow Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan either - too hot and also all fertile enough ground to have their own GBs.
The tension between the two Chinas on the other hand strikes me as having potential (and some great camo schemes - as on my Mohawk of last year).

The Two Chinas, Greece and Turkey, Australia and Indonesia (over West New Guinea), Britain and Argentina (over the Falklands) and so on are all potential conflicts between US allies real and imagined.

    While I do agree regarding the others, I was under the impression that one of the two Chinas was in the commie field.
BTW, read recently The black bats, about spy flights by Taiwan over mainland China, quite interesting.

[rickshaw]

Okay, the Mods have conferred on the Falklands issue and this is the result:

The Falklands War as it actually happened is not admissible to the Cold War GB, since it was a war between two US allies about post-colonial issues that pre-dated the Cold War. However if a contributor were to rewrite history in such a way as to make it part of the East-vs-West confrontation (i.e. make one or other party a Soviet ally) then that would be fine.

That makes sense.  My suggestion was tongue in cheek anyway.  Not something I was going to build.

Yet.

Personally i'd not allow Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan either - too hot and also all fertile enough ground to have their own GBs.
The tension between the two Chinas on the other hand strikes me as having potential (and some great camo schemes - as on my Mohawk of last year).

The Two Chinas, Greece and Turkey, Australia and Indonesia (over West New Guinea), Britain and Argentina (over the Falklands) and so on are all potential conflicts between US allies real and imagined.

    While I do agree regarding the others, I was under the impression that one of the two Chinas was in the commie field.

Forgotten Nixon's visit to Beijing in 1972?  While China might be now shaping up as a potential competitor to the US, they were more than happy to help the US during the second half of the Cold War.

[Geoff]

Would a proposed UFO interceptor be covered here? There was a fear in the USA thet UFOs were from the USSR so it's sort of cold war - isn't  it???

The Moderators have conferred on this one too, and we feel that this sort of build would be more suitable for a sci-fi themed GB rather than a Cold War one, so I'm afraid we're not going to allow it.

ok thanks

[loupgarou]

Okay, the Mods have conferred on the Falklands issue and this is the result:

The Falklands War as it actually happened is not admissible to the Cold War GB, since it was a war between two US allies about post-colonial issues that pre-dated the Cold War. However if a contributor were to rewrite history in such a way as to make it part of the East-vs-West confrontation (i.e. make one or other party a Soviet ally) then that would be fine.

That makes sense.  My suggestion was tongue in cheek anyway.  Not something I was going to build.

Yet.

Personally i'd not allow Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan either - too hot and also all fertile enough ground to have their own GBs.
The tension between the two Chinas on the other hand strikes me as having potential (and some great camo schemes - as on my Mohawk of last year).

The Two Chinas, Greece and Turkey, Australia and Indonesia (over West New Guinea), Britain and Argentina (over the Falklands) and so on are all potential conflicts between US allies real and imagined.

    While I do agree regarding the others, I was under the impression that one of the two Chinas was in the commie field.

Forgotten Nixon's visit to Beijing in 1972?  While China might be now shaping up as a potential competitor to the US, they were more than happy to help the US during the second half of the Cold War.

Hmmm. Diplomatic visits are the norm between adversaries, except in case of hot war. But even after that, China was heavily helping north Vietnam against South and USA. And even after, I find hard to think USA and China were on the same side, not to say allied.

[Captain Canada]

Lots of thinking going on here at Pomerleau Palace.

Canada`s Air Div in Europe could sure have used some bolstering. Maybe a 3 Winf CF-115 Eagle ?
North Atlantic ? Maybe a Shak as an AEW bird, or a Vulcan as a quick reaction ASW type.

Maybe a boat or two as well.....

[crudebuteffective]

Am I right in saying that any model that's part of this GB must have been started after Jan 2nd this year?

unless only minor stuff had been done

CBE (mod)

So I take it that separating parts and only painting the cockpit black and nothing having been glued would be ok?

Gondor

Yes that sounds fine to me. What about you CBE?

sounds ok to me

CBE