Call for 2021/2022 GB Suggestions

[NARSES2]

Right as the title says it's time to let rip with your GB suggestions for the 2021/2022 Season.

Firstly can I remind you that the following ideas are excluded as GB subjects are given a 2 Season break.

In the Navy : Out of Retirement : Engines More or Less : Blue Lights : Captured : Prototypes. However given that "In the Navy" was such a huge subject as well as being 2 years ago, I think we can be a little "generous" when it comes to any naval GB suggestions.

Secondly and more importantly can I please ask you to think about your ideas before you throw them at me. Don't simply come up with ideas just because you can. Take a step back and ask yourself two questions 1) Are they practical ? 2) Would/will you take part in that GB if it is selected ?   

I'm not trying to stifle creativity but I'm trying to avoid diluting the Poll when it comes and having GB's that as many as possible of our members feel they can or could take part in.

The first round of the Poll will start on the 27th March with the second and final round being held from the 9th April. As always I will combine any similar ideas.

Thanks

Chris

All dates are liable to change

[Old Wombat]

As my intention is not to enter any GB's for the next year or so, to see how that goes (after the current GB), I won't be putting any ideas forward.

[scooter]

Under the Black Flag/Pirates & Privateers GB

[tigercat]

There was a lot of positive feedback on some kind of Comic Book  GB a little while ago . Given that many kids cartoons also had an associated comic  it does give lots of scope from converting a Dapol engine into Sharon the Mauve Engine or G.I Joe equipment  or Transformers  in either mode before you come onto designing the Bat Taxi . Biggles had his own Graphic Novel  you could even turn an airfix coastal defence kit into some kind of secret lair

In fact it could be comics and cartoons which gives you all of wacky races and stop the pigeon as inspiration   

[Rheged]

One I've thought of for a while is  SUB ZERO, which would permit everything from steam driven snowploughs via icebreakers and trans-Antarctic vehicles to absolutely anything on skis.  Equipment belonging to the Greenland Defence forces, the Canadian Inuit Rangers, the Himalayan rescue services and Taiga Travel and Tourism Ltd would also count.

I've deliberately tried to make this as wide a subject as possible.

[kitbasher]

There was a lot of positive feedback on some kind of Comic Book  GB a little while ago . Given that many kids cartoons also had an associated comic  it does give lots of scope from converting a Dapol engine into Sharon the Mauve Engine or G.I Joe equipment  or Transformers  in either mode before you come onto designing the Bat Taxi . Biggles had his own Graphic Novel  you could even turn an airfix coastal defence kit into some kind of secret lair

In fact it could be comics and cartoons which gives you all of wacky races and stop the pigeon as inspiration

Yes, I agree, Comics GB.  Can be characters, weapons, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, spacecraft, whatever.

Recce GB - anything devoted to reconnaissance; manned, unmanned, land/sea/air (long wings for Kit), short or regular wings for the rest of us)/space.  Aircraft for example can be photo recce, fighter recce, ELINT, SIGINT, drones....etc.  Stuff to get imagery, basically.  Maritime recce (e.g. P-3, P-7, Nimrod, Shackleton, etc) not so as for this GB they should be considered anti-vessel, but what does the whifferati think?  A what if ELINT of an MR type could be in scope, though.

Piston Perfection GB - a rerun of the 2008 GB.  EDIT: It's got jets?  Not in Whifworld.  It's got piston engines?  Nope, not here!

I'd be in for all three, maybe even offer myself up as a candidate Mod.

[McColm]

I propose The History of the Lorry, which covers everything from the early steam powered trucks to the modern equivalent. The trailers aren't included here but form my next suggestion. Prototypes,  still born projects,  wheels,  tracks and even flotation.

My second proposal is The world of trailers. This covers every detachable trailer you can think of. Commercial,  military,  mobile home and leisure facilities.

World War II Gunships,  this is the world before the Mustang was built. The escort fighter; it has to have the range and the fire power to escort the bombers to their target(s) and back. It can be based around the bomber with a few modifications. Such as long range fuel tanks in the bomb bay(s), extra guns and/or radar.

Military trains
Apart from carrying munitions,  military trains can carry nuclear weapons their launch devices. Some have their carriages converted into mobile Command centres whilst others are mobile hospitals. I have never seen a helicopter land on a flatbed wagon although I have seen a few take off from them through the wonders of cinema.

Oversized loads
If it can't fit inside an aircraft's fuselage,  then it will have to be carried on the outside. This is not restricted to aircraft.
The load is either the Space Shuttle or the Russian equivalent  and you have won the contract to move it to the launch site. There's no restrictions on your budget but you can't use the shuttle under it's own power either.

[sandiego89]

My submissions:

Falklands/Malvinas 40th anniversary GB:  Enter something that was involved or supported the 1982 conflict, UK or Argentine or civil, or maybe someone else secretly supported....   The March 1 to May 31, 2022 time frame fits about perfect to the actual dates of the war. 

"Trash haulers", aka logistics GB:  "The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu.  Enter something dedicated to the less glamorous but essential role of delivering goods and supporting other efforts.  All welcome: garbage trucks, tankers, cargo ships, Airlifters, landing craft, trucks/lorries, FedEx/Amazon/UPS, logging....   

 

[PR19_Kit]

Ooooh yes, I like both of those Dave. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

Ooooh yes, I like both of those Dave. 

Seconded.  I could get behind voting for both of those ideas. 

[rickshaw]

Interesting.  Very interesting.   

[Mossie]

I've an idea for the comic book GB, I could get into that one. .

McColms transport ideas are very niche but would all fit with Dave's trash haulers GB.

I like the idea of recce too.

[loupgarou]

I am afraid that the Falklands GB, while interesting, could get us into political sensible matters.
I'd love a logistic GB!   

[zenrat]

Under the Black Flag/Pirates & Privateers GB

Second that with the addition of smugglers to the mix.  Plus the list I have been making all year;

By the Book GB:  A whiff from a book.  Fiction or non-fiction.

You choose for me GB:  Someone else makes the choices for the builder.  From which kit should I whiff to what colour should I paint it and every choice in between.

Build whatever you f**king want and mod it yourself GB.  Self explanatory. (I may have jotted this down while negotiating the rules for one fo this years GBs).

Anything but aircraft GB.  Again, self explanatory.

V Bomber, Canberra and Lightning GB.  Whiff the existing ones or create others from your imagination. Could be expanded out to become...

...1950's GB.

Bad kit GB.  Mach 2, A Model, Unicrap, early Hasegawa Phantoms & Starfighters etc.

Old Kit GB.  Moulds must date from before, oh lets say 1980.  We did this before and I quite enjoyed it.

Plane engined car GB.  Self explanatory.  1/24 engine in 1/25 car preferably but 1/72 or scaleorama  possible.  Special dispensation for 1/35 tank engines in 1/25 cars.

Bloody ridiculous (it'll never work) GB.  Many of my builds fit in to this category.

Spanish Civil War GB.  Massive scope here for both foreign equipment and home built lash ups.

Delta GB.  Be triangular or be square.  MiG 21, Delta Flyer, Class 55 loco, Dairylea...

Colourful GB.  Paint it with all the colours not just the drab ones.

Icons GB.  Spitfires, Corvettes, Tiger tank, HMS Ark Royal, X-Wing, Kylie.  Not sure how we'd define an icon though.

Gunship GB.  Mac's idea expanded.  Not just multi engined bomber escorts but anything modified to carry more guns.  From a rowboat with a lewis gun, to a Blenheim with a four gun turret, to a technical.

I apologise if there seems a lot Chris but I have actually merged a few and deleted some already covered.
Honest 

[tigercat]

I'm intrigued at what a What If Kylie would be like !!