Group Build 2022/2023 Poll - Round 2

[sandiego89]

As non Brit, I don't have so much affinity with the Lightning, Hunter, Canberra thing.....

Shhh we are not supposed to say that in a UK heavy forum, you might get banned....   (I once did opine in a forum that while the EE Lightning had blistering performance, it was a bit overrated and was a "one-trick pony"; still recovering from the incoming... 

[McColm]

As non Brit, I don't have so much affinity with the Lightning, Hunter, Canberra thing.....

Shhh we are not supposed to say that in a UK heavy forum, you might get banned....   (I once did opine in a forum that while the EE Lightning had blistering performance, it was a bit overrated and was a "one-trick pony"; still recovering from the incoming...

The USAF flies foreign aircraft for it's test and  evaluation, so does most of the NATO countries and there's always those goodwill visits.

[kitbasher]

Well done Chris for organising/running the votes.  I foresee some interesting GB builds over the next 12 months.

Could I respectfully note that there is the potential for overlap between the Lightning/Hunter/Canberra build and the 50s build...would it possibly make more sense to break them up a bit by having the Logistics build between the two instead of having them back to back?

That's a very good idea 👍

I'll volunteer for the logistics or the 50s one.
As non Brit, I don't have so much affinity with the Lightning, Hunter, Canberra thing.....

TomZ

😱 Even though the Netherlands operated all three??


In Whifworld, at least.

[Mossie]

A Canberra transport version from the 1950s?   

TomZ

Did Simon (Mossie) get his finished

Fraid not, this was as far as I got:

[Steel Penguin]

darn shame Mossie  that looks splendid 

[Flyer]

Shhh we are not supposed to say that in a UK heavy forum, you might get banned....   (I once did opine in a forum that while the EE Lightning had blistering performance, it was a bit overrated and was a "one-trick pony"; still recovering from the incoming...

So I shouldn't add "horribly shaped and hard to look at" to that then...

[kitbasher]

Shhh we are not supposed to say that in a UK heavy forum, you might get banned....   (I once did opine in a forum that while the EE Lightning had blistering performance, it was a bit overrated and was a "one-trick pony"; still recovering from the incoming...

So I shouldn't add "horribly shaped and hard to look at" to that then...

😱

[NARSES2]

Could I respectfully note that there is the potential for overlap between the Lightning/Hunter/Canberra build and the 50s build...would it possibly make more sense to break them up a bit by having the Logistics build between the two instead of having them back to back?

I think that's a sensible idea so I'll switch the provisional dates.

I must admit that if I'd had a tie to deal with I was musing on how I could combine them.

Amended provisional GB running dates

1st July to 30th September - The Lightning, Hunter and Canberra GB.
1st November to 31st January - The Logistics GB
1st March to 31st May - The 50's GB. Anything designed, proposed, built or used between 1/1/1950 and 31/12/1959.

[Mossie]

darn shame Mossie  that looks splendid 

I've got it on my lap now, trying to recall the incantations to summon the lost spirits of Mojo...

[kitnut617]

darn shame Mossie  that looks splendid 

I've got it on my lap now, trying to recall the incantations to summon the lost spirits of Mojo...

Been there too Simon ---

As an aside, if anyone has plans to follow Simon's effort, I've come across another donor for the front end. Sword does a Hawker Beechcraft U-125A kit (which is based on the 125-800 version). It has a couple of bonuses if you use one, first it doesn't have the raised fuselage over the cockpit area, second it has a rounded windshield instead of that sharp edged center, and third, it has an extended fuselage with hardly any windows (except a very large observation window and two smaller ones to each side)

[Flyer]

Shhh we are not supposed to say that in a UK heavy forum, you might get banned....   (I once did opine in a forum that while the EE Lightning had blistering performance, it was a bit overrated and was a "one-trick pony"; still recovering from the incoming...

So I shouldn't add "horribly shaped and hard to look at" to that then...

😱

Well I suppose it's not that bad of a looker, it's only really the wing shape I don't like about it. Your PR.8 went a long way to fixing that for me.

[PR19_Kit]

Yes, that Sword U-125A is a peach of a kit. I got one a couple of years ago and keep on looking at it, but not building......... 

[kitbasher]

Shhh we are not supposed to say that in a UK heavy forum, you might get banned....   (I once did opine in a forum that while the EE Lightning had blistering performance, it was a bit overrated and was a "one-trick pony"; still recovering from the incoming...

So I shouldn't add "horribly shaped and hard to look at" to that then...

😱

Well I suppose it's not that bad of a looker, it's only really the wing shape I don't like about it. Your PR.8 went a long way to fixing that for me.

You're too kind.  Flattery will get you everywhere though 😉

[kitnut617]

Yes, that Sword U-125A is a peach of a kit. I got one a couple of years ago and keep on looking at it, but not building......... 

I'm going to turn my one into an AEW with FASS domes ---

[kerick]

A Canberra transport version from the 1950s?   

TomZ

Did Simon (Mossie) get his finished

Fraid not, this was as far as I got:

That would look like a mini Nimrod with the nose and tail radomes. Maybe a test and development of radar and such?