phantom Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I am not the moderator for this gb, but until the real guys show up I will help. Right, can't have a gb without rules. Ideally you start with a not started kit, however we have two going ,one of which was started 15 years ago and will be getting a bunch of modifications. Another that is over 40 but will be getting a entire go over. The only real requirement is that the kit you build was molded before 1980. The kits you made as a kid, well......unless your under 30 that is. Get out your Matchbox, Frog and Minicraft kits. Look for the date that old kit in the bottom of your stash was made and build it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Phantom, Kudos to you for being a pseudo moderator. I thought we were being left & forgotten. Dean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Thanks Phantom for helping out Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murad Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Matchbox TIME Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Stop thanking me and build something. Oh yeah, go build in the star trek gb too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K2Pete Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) On January 8, 2017 at 6:16 PM, phantom said: Ideally you start with a not started kit, however we have two going, one of which was started 15 years ago and will be getting a bunch of modifications. Another that is over 40 but will be getting a entire go over. Thanx for taking the reins Phantom! Just to letcha know, I don't want to be in the running for the Raffle or prizes or the Cash at the end of this GB. I just wanna build these to reduce my stash ... I mean ... I have well over 20 kits! ..... Seriously! Pete Edited January 10, 2017 by K2Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 No worries. If there is a raffle I won't be offering the prize out of my stash!! I live in Ontario, the highest tax place on earth....I ain't go NO money anymore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Just thought of something, I guess I should build something for this GB too..........Have to find an old kit once Im done my Klingon...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 Come on guys we need some more builds in here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 hour ago, phantom said: Come on guys we need some more builds in here! It is fun, look at the cool builds going right now. Even if you were not around when Classic Kits were all that was available, it is fun to see how things used to be, what used to be considered state of the art. I am sure many of the members of this forum have classic kits in the stash, you are not going to build them any way ... give them a chance to fulfill their purpose! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RaymondNZ Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Does this include kits molded in 1980? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Well........lets figure they started the design of the model in 1979, sure what the heck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldslaziestbusker Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hello folks Sorry to have left this to Phantom for so long. Some health issues gave me a kicking over the new year and my hobbies took the hit in terms of re-distributed energy. Thanks, Phantom, for getting the ball rolling. Prizes for this GB came from Southern Models in Adelaide. I hope the Australians really pull out all stops as mailing that Shackleton anywhere outside the Melbourne CBD will likely cost a bomb, but there you go. Loving that people are underway with their projects. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Welcome back Matt, take over. Continue to give people encouragement, and build something yourself. Most of all of course get healthy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldslaziestbusker Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Thanks, Phantom. I have three builds planned. An Airfix Hawker Fury for me, a FROG Sea Venom for my daughter and an Airfix Fairey Firefly for my son. Lots of nostalgia value for me and potential nostalgia in the offing for them. Thanks again. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Dont suppose you guys would let a 1982 molding slip by? It's Italeri, they're always a few years behind the cutting edge ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Matt is going to have to answer, its HIS GB again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldslaziestbusker Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 5 hours ago, RKic said: Dont suppose you guys would let a 1982 molding slip by? It's Italeri, they're always a few years behind the cutting edge ;) I'm okay with it. What do you have up your sleeve? Much later than that and even Italeri would save it from consideration, but I look forward to seeing the Italian state of the art at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The 1:72 F-5E kit. All raised lines, spuriously shallow landing gear bays, lumpy weapons, and non-existent canopy actuating mechanism. I wont try to force it if you think it is state of the art. Looking at all of my (unstarted) classic kits, they all come in just after the 1980 cutoff. Italeri F-5E 1982 Italeri F-5F 1984 Monogram F-105G (1:72) 1984 Monogram F-5F (1:48) 1985 Monogram AV-8A (198?) this one is probably more than 25% built. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldslaziestbusker Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I have no beef with the inclusion of your F-5E and look forward to seeing what's in the box and what you do with it. Are you thinking to make corrections or build it as you would in the 1980s? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 11 hours ago, worldslaziestbusker said: I have no beef with the inclusion of your F-5E and look forward to seeing what's in the box and what you do with it. Are you thinking to make corrections or build it as you would in the 1980s? 80s style. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Well It looks like we are in the final hours. If you build even faster than our very own phantom, jump in! Still some time to finish up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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