Cold War GB The Rules EXTENDED TO 17.04.2016

[Librarian]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB? I'd like to put together a few kits so the wider the scope the better.

[Thorvic]

Could I suggest we extend the date to the 3rd of April as thats when the Shropshire Model Show is at RAF Cosford when were next to the Cold War Museum ?

[NARSES2]

By the time we get the inevitable extension it will do anyway 

If the Mods are happy though, no reason why we can't although it only really effects the UK based lads

[sandiego89]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB?

I am not a moderator, but Vietnam seems to fit in just fine with rule 3.....

[Gondor]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB?

I am not a moderator, but Vietnam seems to fit in just fine with rule 3.....

I am thinking that India would fit in under that rule too as I have a few ideas

Gondor

[kitbasher]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB? I'd like to put together a few kits so the wider the scope the better.

One of the many regional wars that typified the Cold War.

[Dizzyfugu]

Personally, I would not interpret the Cold War too tightly, just to weiden the scope of things to submit. It is an era that engulfed almost the whole world - and even if the model does not carry a Red Star or Stars And Bars, it can have a deep connection within the political landscape or local conflicts that were surrogate wars between the big players. Just my humble opinion, and that's also the reason why I submit the MiG-33. It is a late child of the Cold War, stillborn for several reasons, though.

[Weaver]

By the time we get the inevitable extension it will do anyway 

If the Mods are happy though, no reason why we can't although it only really effects the UK based lads

Fine by me.

[crudebuteffective]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB? I'd like to put together a few kits so the wider the scope the better.

Hi

cannot see NAM being a problem

we have had a chat and any of the proxy wars fall into this GB

CBE

[zenrat]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB? I'd like to put together a few kits so the wider the scope the better.

Hi

cannot see NAM being a problem

we have had a chat and any of the proxy wars fall into this GB

CBE

Falklands?  What if one side had been a soviet satellite?  FAA Yak 38s (operating from the Kiev Class UKRNS Tony Benn vs Argentinian Skyhawks.

[sandiego89]

I think all these proxy war thoughts are fine, but to me anyway "Cold War" conjures no actual significant engagements like Korea, Falklands, Angola, Vietnam...., but NATO vs. Warsaw Pact forces on hair trigger alert: Nukes, Fulda Gap, cold oceans and airspaces.... Yes I realize a few things got hot with shoot downs, etc. 

I have a few in mind from both sides of the NATO/Warsaw Pact.  If one gets off the bench I'll be happy....

[Geoff]

Hmmm so middle eastern wifs are in. Cool I have a few obscure ideas. Need higher doses probably.

[Thorvic]

To be honest most of the 'Cold War' hotspots were the result of the Cold War powers manipulation and counter actions, playing off against each other by supporting the warring factions without getting caught being directly involved if possible. The advantage now is that you can Whiff events to bring opposition forces into play to make things more 'interesting' or alternately nullify them.

[Weaver]

Would the slight warm front known as the Vietnam War be a legal part of the Cold War...corrupt capitalism versus galloping communism etc etc...and allowed within the framework of this GB? I'd like to put together a few kits so the wider the scope the better.

Hi

cannot see NAM being a problem

we have had a chat and any of the proxy wars fall into this GB

CBE

Falklands?  What if one side had been a soviet satellite?  FAA Yak 38s (operating from the Kiev Class UKRNS Tony Benn vs Argentinian Skyhawks.

It's hard to see the Falklands as it actually happened being a product of the Cold War, more a delayed echo of 18th/19th colonialism/imperialism, but if you want to re-write it as an east-west proxy war, that's fine. Argentina has been making up to Russia recently: what if that happened pre-'82, possibly as a result of a left-wing revolution in the country? The Falklands issue is a nationalist one, not a party-political one: it would still be there whoever was in power.

[Geoff]

If the Peronistas were in power???