The Rules

[jcf]

Moving the old build threads en masse into the new GB would be a kluge. As stated by others it would be better to start a new topic in the GB with a link to the original Vault of Shame topic.

[kerick]

I think a link is good enough. I can tap on it and review the whole thing if I like. I do need to post the as is pic for mine.

[sandiego89]

Can I request an extension? .....

[NARSES2]

Can I request an extension? .....

No 

[Weaver]

I would have almost no partial build eligible as none have been posted on the forum.
And I do have "a few" shelf queens lying around......

Why this rule?

TomZ

NOTE: I'm not a Mod. However I was involved in the discussions around this GB idea.

The rule is there to establish that a model has really been stalled for a significant amount of time, and isn't just a current project that's being "rolled over" into the Shelf Queen GB to give it a "second bite at the cherry" after the builder missed the dealine for some other GB.

The intention is to make this a rolling GB that re-starts every year, so what you could do is put pictures of your stalled builds up on the forum now and then enter them in the next SQGB starting in December 2024.

[kitbasher]

Exactly, Weaver.  Thanks for your post.

[Captain Canada]

Great stuff. Thanks guys !

[TomZ]

I would have almost no partial build eligible as none have been posted on the forum.
And I do have "a few" shelf queens lying around......
Why this rule?
TomZ

NOTE: I'm not a Mod. However I was involved in the discussions around this GB idea.
The rule is there to establish that a model has really been stalled for a significant amount of time, and isn't just a current project that's being "rolled over" into the Shelf Queen GB to give it a "second bite at the cherry" after the builder missed the dealine for some other GB.
The intention is to make this a rolling GB that re-starts every year, so what you could do is put pictures of your stalled builds up on the forum now and then enter them in the next SQGB starting in December 2024.

Hmmmm. I think I'll pass.
The alternative is to make a few pics of a big heap of stalled kits in the hope that any of them are still stalled next year....
No thanks....

TomZ

[The Rat]

"2.   Shelf Queen GB 2024 is only open to unfinished items that have been posted on the forum prior to 31 December 2022 (they don't necessarily have to have been in a previous GB) but which for some reason haven't been worked on seriously since then and are gathering dust on the 'pending' shelf. "

So, in other words, about half my stash. Got it. 

[Wardukw]

Annoyingly I've got shelf queens which I've never posted..quite a few ..that's a pain .
Oh well such is the world

[Gondor]

I would have almost no partial build eligible as none have been posted on the forum.
And I do have "a few" shelf queens lying around......

Why this rule?

TomZ

NOTE: I'm not a Mod. However I was involved in the discussions around this GB idea.

The rule is there to establish that a model has really been stalled for a significant amount of time, and isn't just a current project that's being "rolled over" into the Shelf Queen GB to give it a "second bite at the cherry" after the builder missed the dealine for some other GB.

The intention is to make this a rolling GB that re-starts every year, so what you could do is put pictures of your stalled builds up on the forum now and then enter them in the next SQGB starting in December 2024.

The thing is that this is something that I am trying to do anyway as the number of stalled builds is increasing to the point that I am starting to run out of both storage and work spaces.

Gondor

[Pellson]

Well, rather this GB than none at all for all the shelf queens. Even I I also haven't very many at all in old threads, and more on the shelves. But I'll just have to post a few pics in my blog, methinks, and then, next year, I can move on, if I haven't before. Right? Because I don't need a separate thread for each model, do I?

[NARSES2]

Right? Because I don't need a separate thread for each model, do I?

I don't see why you should, but I shall confer with my fellow Mod 

[Weaver]

Right? Because I don't need a separate thread for each model, do I?

I don't see why you should, but I shall confer with my fellow Mod 

Again, I'm not a mod.

My twopenn'th: I don't see any reason why you should need a thread for each build. The point of the rule is simply to establish the build state of the model at a particular date. A single "My Stalled Shelf" thread with clear photos should do just fine.

The prime reason why I suggested something like the SQGB is to counteract an unintended consequence of the regular GBs, namely that once a build has missed the deadline for the last GB, the modeller becomes disincentivised to finish it, since, being part-built, it can't be entered in any future GB, and the time spent finishing it could be more profitably spent on a new model for the next GB. The SQGB gives you back a reason to finish that earlier model. For models in this category, there will obviously be a build thread with pics from the old GB.

[Wardukw]

Ive a question for the Mods ....are we allowed to work on these before the GB begins ?
Ive still got a ton of work to do to this  WW2 wiffy dio and i want to do a bit of work on the base so i can sort out the layout better .