The Old Kit GB - Rules discussion

[TheChronicOne]

It was a good one alright! I laughed, too.   

[Captain Canada]

lol that is a good one !

[zenrat]

It was a good one alright! I laughed, too.   

Good.  I did think afterwards I might have been a bit blunt. 

[TheChronicOne]

It was a good one alright! I laughed, too.   

Good.  I did think afterwards I might have been a bit blunt. 

Not at all!! That type of humor is right up my alley, bud! I meant to reply with a bunch of laughing face but it slipped my mind I guess. I worked for a while in the construction industries and something's wrong if you're NOT joking and telling each other where to go and how quickly..       

[zenrat]

Agreed,  But when you can see the person you're winding up you can tell when to stop.  It's hard to tell sometimes on the interweb and some people are soooooooo sensitive...

You could build OOB using the kit decals and accurate paint colours and then change the colour of the pilot's scarf.  By the (IMO) overly obsessive standards of some RW modellers that would be enough to make the build "wrong" and therefore a whiff.

[NARSES2]

You could build OOB using the kit decals and accurate paint colours and then change the colour of the pilot's scarf.  By the (IMO) overly obsessive standards of some RW modellers that would be enough to make the build "wrong" and therefore a whiff.

I've seen an argument develop over the number of kill markings an aircraft was carrying when compared to the date on the label which described it  They were arguing over one or two if I remember rightly.

[TheChronicOne]

Agreed,  But when you can see the person you're winding up you can tell when to stop.  It's hard to tell sometimes on the interweb and some people are soooooooo sensitive...

You could build OOB using the kit decals and accurate paint colours and then change the colour of the pilot's scarf.  By the (IMO) overly obsessive standards of some RW modellers that would be enough to make the build "wrong" and therefore a whiff.

I know what ya mean..  I've taken on an overly cautious demeanor on the web because of that. Tone, body language, etc, doesn't translate into print so it's easy to have someone bent out of shape.  Hell, I've done it a few times! The problem is the reader views what they are reading through the lens of their own mood at the time.

On the scarf... yeah, in my mind that wouldn't be enough to qualify for whif but joyless people gon' be joyless!   

[TheChronicOne]

You could build OOB using the kit decals and accurate paint colours and then change the colour of the pilot's scarf.  By the (IMO) overly obsessive standards of some RW modellers that would be enough to make the build "wrong" and therefore a whiff.

I've seen an argument develop over the number of kill markings an aircraft was carrying when compared to the date on the label which described it  They were arguing over one or two if I remember rightly.

On one hand, I get it, on the other hand, that's a bit much!! Accuracy is something to be strived for in some cases but getting into a heated debate over it seems counter productive if ya ask me...

[PR19_Kit]

The best thing about building Whiffs is you can make it YOUR way and you can write, and re-write, the backstory to suit any and all changes you make during the build.

And NO-ONE can tell you you're wrong! 

[NARSES2]

I thought a couple of early Magna or MPM kits might be eligible for this build but checking Scalemates the ones I thought might be aren't  Oh well back to the drawing board.

Anyway I'll get the GB boards etc sorted out sometime in the next week or so, but I'll need to finalise the In the Navy GB first with the poll etc. Cheers for your input lads 

[63cpe]

OK, usually i don't join group builds. I'm to slow to complete the project in time 

But one needs a challenge, so why not join this group build?? This is what I had in mind:

IMG_20160914_163828153 by David Dunnebier, on Flickr

Yes, that's one 1/96 Revell H-16 Piasecki and two Revell (Matchbox original) Twin Otters. I hope this entry is eligable: the Revell kit is old as the last dinosaurs (1955) and the molds of the Twin otter are, according to Scalemates, from 1983.

Cheers!
David

[NARSES2]

Yup fine

[TheChronicOne]

I have a question! This would be my first group build, ever, and am pretty excited. I found some great source material...  but the kit I want to build was already started... The fuselage is glued together and the wings are glued together.. (but not attached to each other) and the gear doors have been painted on the inside. Otherwise it's a virgin kit. My research at scalemates tells me it's a 1979 boxing with the new tool released in 1978. So.. the tool is prior to '85. So I have that locked up. Only problem is like I said about the already done stuff... but uhhh... it was done by the previous owner. 

Does this count? 

[Leading Observer]

I have a Frog Martin Baltimore in the stash which I guess meets the criteria - I'm thinking South Americas

[lenny100]

i got the airfix Beagle Basset, unfortunately not a original but the recent kick-starter, but i believe its from the original molds so does it count?