The Old Kit GB - Rules discussion

[loupgarou]

I was molded in 1960. Am I acceptable?

Joke aside. Can a model done basically with VEB Plasticart Boeing 707 and Frog/Novo/Eastern Express Britannia?

Hmmm, historical Plasticart did a DC-8, not a 707, so, if you have a Plasticart 707, must be a VERY modern and unknown to me mould. 
On the other side, if what you have is a DC-8, I can officially certify that the moulds you propose using are MUCH older than 1985. 

[NARSES2]

Are wood kits from before the advent of plastics allowed? 

In my view, certainly 

Chris, I think the rules are great- I like a hard calendar date of the 1st and 31st to start and stop as it is easy to remember, but as GMT can throw some off, perhaps the start/finish time should be from where you sit.  Those in Tonga and Guam can kick things off....


-Dave

Changed to "all times local" 

......  I'm a  1952 model.     

As am I, although I suppose the tooling commenced in 1951 ? 

[Gondor]

With some thinking that 1985 isn't that long ago I had a little think, working nights does that to me, and realised that is Thirty One years ago!!

So that's roughly one generation!

Gondor

[NARSES2]

On some basis, it's two generations 

[The Rat]

That will be half the fun of this GB, seeing peoples oldies collections !

I happen to know that you have an XF-90 somewhere... 

[Captain Canada]

Close.....

[The Rat]

Dang, my memory is going. I remember picking it up in a consignment load at a now defunct hobby shop in Mississauga, same time as I got that awful old MiG-19 that got turned into the Flunker.

Close.....

[Nick]

Looks like the F-19 Stealth kits only came out in 1986 so they are off the list. Same for the SR-75 Penetrator. 

I do have a few old Kopro kits which are easily dated back to the 1970s along with some Matchbox kits.

[kitbasher]

1.  I will be mashing up two FROG kits.
2.  I propose The Old Git GB - only open to forum members born before 1966

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^^
Agreed! 

[PR19_Kit]

2.  I propose The Old Git GB - only open to forum members born before 1966

Huh, Old?

To misquote Crocodile Dundee 'THAT'S not old, before 1946 is old! 

[The Rat]

I've got a couple of old Javelins, if I can get my butt into gear one of them may get Viggenised!

[NARSES2]

That looks very interesting Ratty 

Looks like the F-19 Stealth kits only came out in 1986 so they are off the list. Same for the SR-75 Penetrator. 

Nick the suggested rules specifically mention the date the original tools were produced not the kits. So given the time lag between tooling and kit production ? Ask the moderators (not me) via PM nicely and who knows ? 

[Librarian]

I've got a couple of old Javelins, if I can get my butt into gear one of them may get Viggenised!

That's got my vote. Been trawling Ebay looking at old kits I used to make and the old Airfix Viggen is currently out in front, although their F-111 (1975/6?) re-boot keeps calling "build meeeeee".

[PR19_Kit]

Been trawling Ebay looking at old kits I used to make and the old Airfix Viggen is currently out in front, although their F-111 (1975/6?) re-boot keeps calling "build meeeeee".

The Airfix F-111 was first produced around 1969-70 IIRC.

I did a dual review/conversion of it and the Revell kit for 'Scale Models Magazine' during 1970, just after the 20th TFW took their F-111Es on charge at Upper Heyford.