The Next Generation Group Builds Listing

[lesofprimus]

Alright fellas, heres the final tallies for our 8 Future Group Builds.....

Heres a listing of the Builds left from our last "cycle", as well as the Poll Results....



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

Most Recent Poll Results:
13 Focke Wulfs
13 Aces Aircraft
12 Messerschitts
11 Aircraft in Foreign Service
11 Your Favortie Aircraft
9 Home Country Modern Aircraft
9 Captured Aircraft
9 Aircraft Carrier Planes

8 Prequel to War 1931-39
7 Golden Years 1918-39
7 World War I Aircraft 1914-18
7 Wildcats Around The Globe
7 Jet Age 1944-45
7 Recon/Transport/Observer Aircraft
7 Spitfire Marks
7 American Muscle

So, with that in hand:

[lesofprimus]

This is how it looks straight out of the box:

May 1st-Aug 30th, 2011 - Focke Wulfs
Aug 1st-Nov 30th - Aces Aircraft
Nov 1st, 2011-Feb 28th, 2012 - Messerschmitts
Feb 1st-May 31st - Aircraft in Foreign Service
May 1st-Aug 30th - Your Favorite Aircraft
Aug 1st-Nov 30th - Home Country Modern Aircraft
Nov 1st, 2012-Feb 28th, 2013 - Captured Aircraft
Feb 1st-May 31st - Aircraft Carrier Planes

[lesofprimus]

My idea of the Future Listing, comments encouraged....

May 1st-Aug 30th, 2011 - Focke Wulfs & Messerschmitts
Aug 1st-Nov 30th - Aces Aircraft of WW2
Nov 1st, 2011-Feb 28th, 2012 - Aircraft in Foreign Service WW2
Feb 1st-May 31st - Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time
May 1st-Aug 30th - Home Country Modern Aircraft / Captured Aircraft of WW2 SPLIT BUILD
Aug 1st-Nov 30th - Nov 1st, 2012-Aircraft Carrier Planes
Feb 28th, 2013 - From WW1 to WW2 1914-39
Feb 1st-May 31st - Wildcats Across The Globe

[B-17engineer]

Sweet but eh....about the Messerschmitts or aircraft in foreign service. .... that build with cross through December of 2012 and um that's when the world is gonna end....

Sounds awesome!! Terry will love the wildcats. hehe

Can't wait for these, all sound interesting and maybe in one of the GB's farther down the road, I can enter category #2

[kgambit]

Dan, my two cents:

1) I would have merged the Captured Aircraft / Aircraft in Foreign service builds or made them a split build. They seem closely enough related.

2) Is that Wildcat GB a joke and you're just trying to give Terry a rise? A group build with only a single plane (Wildcats) seems terribly limiting and quite frankly dull. If it stands, I'll pass on that one for sure. Since there were multiple options with 7 votes - why not cut the group build schedule off for everything after the Golden Years GB? Then we can vote again later.

[Airframes]

A Group Build for the Wil....that thing, doesn't bother me at all. By the time it comes around, I'll probably be pushing up daisies !!

[imalko]

Not bad results as most of my favorites got enough votes... I agree with the idea that Aircraft in foreign service and captured aircraft should be merged or made a split build as it's closely related topics. Also it's quite appropriate to merge Focke Wulfs and Messerschmitts. So my list would look like this:

Focke Wulfs & Messerschmitts
Aces Aircraft of WW2
Aircraft in Foreign Service WW2 / Captured Aircraft of WW2
Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time
Home Country Modern Aircraft
Aircraft Carrier Planes

I feel there's no need to go further then these six future Group Builds as they alone will cover almost two year period and counting the current listing of Group Builds we are covered for the next three years(!).

[Vic Balshaw]

Not bad results as most of my favorites got enough votes... I agree with the idea that Aircraft in foreign service and captured aircraft should be merged or made a split build as it's closely related topics. Also it's quite appropriate to merge Focke Wulfs and Messerschmitts. So my list would look like this:

Focke Wulfs & Messerschmitts
Aces Aircraft of WW2
Aircraft in Foreign Service WW2 / Captured Aircraft of WW2
Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time
Home Country Modern Aircraft
Aircraft Carrier Planes

I feel there's no need to go further then these six future Group Builds as they alone will cover almost two year period and counting the current listing of Group Builds were covered for the next three years(!).

Tend to agree

[A4K]

Agree with the guys...

Good idea combining the Fw and Me builds too, Dan. Will provide more variety.

[lesofprimus]

OK, I hear u guys so heres how it could look if we all agree... And yes, the Wildcat was thrown in there for Terry's benefit, it wont be below lol...

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

Hows everyone feel about this set up??

[Wayne Little]

Interesting thoughts...will think about it some more.....

[A4K]

OK, I hear u guys so heres how it could look if we all agree... And yes, the Wildcat was thrown in there for Terry's benefit, it wont be below lol...

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

Hows everyone feel about this set up??

Sounds good to me Dan...

[DBII]

Looks great. If we can make it through 2012, we can build the Wildcats for the Aircraft Carrier Planes build.

DBII

[imalko]

OK, I hear u guys so heres how it could look if we all agree... And yes, the Wildcat was thrown in there for Terry's benefit, it wont be below lol...

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

Hows everyone feel about this set up??

Personally I would drop the last two because I think there's no need to plan that far ahead (three years!). There will be plenty of time to make another pool when we get to that point. Otherwise the list is okay by me.

[lesofprimus]

Well u see, its actually quite a bit of work on my end to get this all done up and correct and pretty.... It sucks valuable time out of my life, so Id rather do it just once and then not have to fu*k with it again for 3 years....