ADS NOT DISPLAYED TO REGISTERED USERS.
+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 13 of 13

Confused in Colorado

Group Builds Discuss Confused in Colorado in the Modeling Section forums; O.K. Guys, I give up. I have spent most of today trying to figure out how to participate in the ...

  1. #1
    Senior Member P40NUT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Colorado
    Posts
    180
    Country
    United States

    Confused in Colorado

    O.K. Guys, I give up. I have spent most of today trying to figure out how to participate in the group builds. I am new to the forum and I found the .pdf with the outline of the rules, but how do I find out when a group build starts and what catagory is being started



    Thanks....

  2. #2
    Senior Member imalko's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Vojvodina, Serbia
    Posts
    3,362
    Country
    Serbia
    Here you go mate, the list of upcoming Group Builds up until 2013(!):

    Aug 1st-Nov 30th, 2010 - Battle of Britain
    Nov 1st, 2010-Feb 28th, 2011 - Commonwealth / Night Fighters Split Build
    Feb 1st-May 31st, 2011 - VVS/Eastern Front 1941-45 Split Build
    May 1st-Aug 30th, 2011 - Focke Wulfs & Messerschmitts
    Aug 1st-Nov 30th, 2011 - Aces Aircraft of WW2
    Nov 1st, 2011-Feb 28th, 2012 - Aircraft in Foreign Service WW2 / Captured Aircraft SPLIT BUILD
    Feb 1st-May 31st, 2012 - Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time
    May 1st-Aug 30th,2012 - Home Country Modern Aircraft / Spitfire Marks SPLIT BUILD
    Aug 1st-Nov 30th, 2012 - Aircraft Carrier Planes
    Nov 1st, 2012-Feb 28th, 2013 - From WW1 to WW2 1914-39
    Feb 1st-May 31st, 2013 - The Jet Age 1944-45 / Recon-Transport-Observer Aircraft of WW2 SPLIT BUILD

    Battle of Britain GB is currently under way and it ends on 30th November (each GB lasts for 4 months). As for entering current GB all you need to do is to start a thread in Modeling Section of the forum for appropriate GB where you'll be posting pictures of the progress of your build.

    For a current GB you can do it here: #7 Battle of Britain - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
    Last edited by imalko; 09-20-2010 at 04:31 AM.

    "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."


  3. #3
    Senior Member Vic Balshaw's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Canberra
    Posts
    9,833
    Country
    Australia
    Country II
    England
    Plenty of time for an entry into the current GB mate, it would be great to have you join in.



    At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
    Lest We Forget


  4. #4
    Senior Member Wayne Little's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Adelaide Sth. Aust.
    Posts
    35,435
    Country
    Australia
    Yeah....jump on in...the water is fine...

  5. #5
    Senior Member N4521U's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    Botany Bay
    Posts
    5,341
    Country
    Australia
    Country II
    United States
    Like you P-Nut, I was utterly confused on how to get in on one of these GB's. All you need do is grab up a kit of the period of the build. Come into the forum, title the thread as some of the others have, including "GB" in the title. In the first post, do as the others have, include ALL the information necessary, kit name, size, plane specifics, a few pictures of the kit, and reference photos, and you are off and building! Easy peasy.

    Planes are so simple....... damned helicopter builds!



  6. #6
    Senior Member P40NUT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Colorado
    Posts
    180
    Country
    United States
    Thanks guys!

  7. #7
    Senior Member tail end charlie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Posts
    615
    Country
    Germany
    Quote Originally Posted by imalko View Post
    Nov 1st, 2010-Feb 28th, 2011 - Commonwealth / Night Fighters Split Build
    [/url]
    Imalko what is the defininition of "commonwealth" is it planes flown by commonwealth crew or used in a commonwealth country, I may have a go on the next build.

  8. #8
    Benevolens Magister Airframes's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Posts
    33,101
    Country
    United Kingdom
    For future use, the current 'programme' of Group Builds is listed in the general Group Build section above. As to what constitutes a 'Commonwealth' entry - your guess is as good as mine ! The classes for the GBs were chosen by votes in a poll, from ideas/titles submitted by members, so this one I presume was submitted possibly by one of our Canadian, Aussie or Kiwi friends, and maybe he/they can explain what's what !
    I know no-thing Meester Fawlty - I am from Barthelona. Que?

  9. #9
    Senior Member imalko's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Vojvodina, Serbia
    Posts
    3,362
    Country
    Serbia
    Quote Originally Posted by tail end charlie View Post
    Imalko what is the defininition of "commonwealth" is it planes flown by commonwealth crew or used in a commonwealth country, I may have a go on the next build.
    I have no idea mate. I'm doing a Night Fighters GB.

    In my opinion both of your assumptions would be correct. You could enter an aircraft flown by commonwealth crews within RAF, same as an aircraft flown in a commonwealth country.
    As Terry (Airframes) said maybe a member who proposed this particular build could give a definite answer...

    "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."


  10. #10
    Senior Member P40NUT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Colorado
    Posts
    180
    Country
    United States
    Quote Originally Posted by imalko View Post
    I have no idea mate. I'm doing a Night Fighters GB.

    In my opinion both of your assumptions would be correct. You could enter an aircraft flown by commonwealth crews within RAF, same as an aircraft flown in a commonwealth country.
    As Terry (Airframes) said maybe a member who proposed this particular build could give a definite answer...
    O.K. I will probably not be able to get in on the BoB GB, but I would like to get in on the next one. I have 2 eye surgeries in October and probably won,t be able to see anything very small for a while. I think I will attempt a night fighter, but would consider a commonwealth aircraft. Does anyone know what qualifies as commonwealth?

  11. #11
    Senior Member ozhawk40's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Live on the Oz West Coast - Perth
    Posts
    1,920
    Country
    Australia
    Quote Originally Posted by P40NUT View Post
    O.K. I will probably not be able to get in on the BoB GB, but I would like to get in on the next one. I have 2 eye surgeries in October and probably won,t be able to see anything very small for a while. I think I will attempt a night fighter, but would consider a commonwealth aircraft. Does anyone know what qualifies as commonwealth?
    From Wiki:
    The Commonwealth was first officially formed in 1931 when the Statute of Westminster gave legal recognition to the independence of dominions. Known as the "British Commonwealth", the first members were the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State and Dominion of Newfoundland.

    This is the list for the WW2 time period, excluding Dominion of Newfoundland which was suspended in 1934 and later joined Canada in 1949.

    The good news is that the RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, SAAF all operated P-40's.

    Good luck with the eye ops.

    Cheers

    Peter

  12. #12
    Senior Member P40NUT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Colorado
    Posts
    180
    Country
    United States
    That's great. Looks like I can do a P40 too. Thanks Ozhawk.

  13. #13
    Member KevinK.'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Belleville, IL
    Posts
    94
    Country
    United States
    I'm thinking RAAF Brewster Buffalo...

+ Reply to Thread

Similar Threads

  1. Hello from Colorado
    By AuntieM in forum Basic
    Replies: 25
    Last Post: 04-26-2009, 04:04 PM
  2. Greetings from Colorado
    By Denahue in forum Basic
    Replies: 23
    Last Post: 12-07-2008, 05:57 PM
  3. The New Guy Is Confused
    By Puyallup Lee in forum Basic
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 01-19-2008, 06:30 AM
  4. Dirt Bikes.....Buying... :confused:
    By Aussie1001 in forum OFF-Topic / Misc.
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 10-07-2007, 06:35 PM
  5. Hello from Colorado
    By Dmitbear in forum Old Threads
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 07-02-2006, 06:58 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86