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  1. 1. Any interest in a Shelf Queens Part II GB?

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If it has to be an airplane, I won't play because I have no unfinished airplane projects.  If it doesn't have to be an airplane, I'll play.  I have a 35th scale Tiger that has been languishing for about 5 years or more.

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12 hours ago, AX 365 said:

If it has to be an airplane, I won't play because I have no unfinished airplane projects.  If it doesn't have to be an airplane, I'll play.  I have a 35th scale Tiger that has been languishing for about 5 years or more.

You're such a diva!

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Okay, pics of shelf queens...

 

All of these are started. This is the "hot shelf" - things of more-or-less current interest:

 

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They move back and forth as interest wanes, with the "cool shelf" (approx 1/3 of these are started to one degree or another:

 

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Next, a smattering of the ones that no longer fit in their boxes:

 

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The Sea Dart, in the foreground was one I started for an ARC build years ago, but alas, didn't complete. There are many more than what is shown here.

 

And finally, how about "retirees"?  -- Old soldiers whose time has come and gone. Could they be considered shelf queens, and thus eligible for return to glory?

 

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GRB-36D/RF-84K FICON in 1/72 scale, built for the 1983 IPMS Nats in Atlanta.

 

Ed

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On 10/11/2017 at 8:37 PM, Spectre711 said:

I'm just waiting on a start date from the mods.

 

 

 

Contact the other two. I gave my approval.

 

Think I might give up my uber mod status. Anyone wish to take over?

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2 hours ago, phantom said:

 

 

 

Contact the other two. I gave my approval.

 

Think I might give up my uber mod status. Anyone wish to take over?

 

I would love to 

 

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On 10/11/2017 at 12:56 PM, TheRealMrEd said:

Okay, pics of shelf queens...

 

 

And finally, how about "retirees"?  -- Old soldiers whose time has come and gone. Could they be considered shelf queens, and thus eligible for return to glory?

 

2v2uTCckGxfzdhW.jpg

 

GRB-36D/RF-84K FICON in 1/72 scale, built for the 1983 IPMS Nats in Atlanta.

 

Ed

 

This does not seem to fit the rules for this GB, but I am really interested in this one. How did it do at the NATs in 1983? Do you have any better pics? What paint did you use?  I mean back in 1983 the choices for paints were far more limited and you seem to have a lot of shades of natural metal on this model. 

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Hi Kurt.

 

The model won the "Most Popular" model award at the Atlanta regional contest that year (as voted by the paying public). It did not place at the Nats, mostly because I ran out of time (after 8 months) and did the wing walkway stripes with Chartpak tape (an old draftsman's aid), rather than masking and painting. A good decision by the judges, but it broke my heart! (Almost broke my marriage too, as I spent more time on this than I did with the family!)

 

The model was done with Metalizer paints and Pactra/Model Master for everything else. The bomb bay and the boom were scratch built, as was the docking mechanism on the RF-84K. (Actually the fighter is removable, and I have thought about putting the landing gear back on and displaying by itself).

 

The model is pretty much intact, except for a lot of the props are broken. The wings were left removable for ease of transport.

 

I have no great photos of the plane during it's glory years; somewhere I have a pic of it  hanging from it's pipe hanging stand at the Nats -- probably couldn't find it if I wanted.

 

I would be glad to take some close-up shots, if you advise where best to post or send them. (I don't thing that there's a forum for that!}, as I finally have the camera I wish I could have afforded back then....

 

Ed

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2 hours ago, TheRealMrEd said:

 

 

I would be glad to take some close-up shots, if you advise where best to post or send them. (I don't thing that there's a forum for that!}, as I finally have the camera I wish I could have afforded back then....

 

Ed

 

You could start a thread in the "General discussion" area I am sure it would be interesting for people to see.

 

and to bring this back on topic, after I hijacked the thread (sorry)  here is what I want to finish for this GB

 

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It is the Anigrand 1/72 C-133. I spent a lot of time getting the fuselage to this point, then found one of the wings was warped .... after I glued the halves together :doh:

 

I still need to figure out how to address a few other things, but I would like to finish this one, and this is a good opportunity. 

 

And some more candidates:

 

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A-7 from my "Happy Anniversary" GB,  Rareplanes A2D sky shark, Hasegawa F-16, and Rareplanes p-43. 

 

Then some automotive subjects

 

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The General Lee I started when I got back in the hobby in 98/99 .  I can not remember why this one stalled. I think I was unsatisfied with the paint job. The Camaro is a project to build a low buck street machine.  I could not figure out how to get the weathered look I was going for.

 

 

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On 9/13/2017 at 4:05 AM, Kurt H. said:

This GB proposal now has 26 votes. You can present it to the GB comission

 

here are the rules for the last Shelf Queens GB:

 

1) the model was started over a year ago

2) the model has not been worked on in at least 6 months

 

Seems simple enough to me.  Simple GB rules are the best.  What do you think? Jan 1 start date?

Sounds reasonable......One question. I have a couple models that someone ELSE started. Can I finish them for this GB?

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