Group Builds 2021 to 2023 Call for Input
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Crimea_River
Marshal
True that but I want to do it in RCAF marking. Not sure that will count as "Foreign" as the RCAF was under RAF command in WW2.
N4521U
Colonel
I wanted to do a Mk,IX Davidson, 421 Sqn RCAF.....................
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Crimea_River
Marshal
You haven't used up your 8 votes. There's a Spitfire Category and your ETO works too. Maybe it's time to show the full list as it stands right now:
T Bolt
Colonel
So are these the final votes for the group builds or suggestions for group builds to vote on?
N4521U
Colonel
So, let's see...........2021-2024
1. Zombie...... GB45 unfinished paint only. F4BII Davidson VF143
2. Hvy Htrs.... Davidson B-17G 333BS-94BG
3. T-Bolts....... Davidson 34Sqn USAAF
4. CBI.............. A P40E from Flying Tigers
5. No Props.. I got 2, an FJ-4 and F9F-8
6. Carrier or MoH... an SBD-3, VB-5, off Yrktwn Coral Sea
7. ETO............ Davidson RCAF, Mk.IX Spit 421Sqn
8. May have had enough by this time @ 80!??????
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Glenn, see post #1. Everyone's throwing their ideas out now. Given that many ideas are being picked multiple times, each time will count as a vote and so you see that there are several that are very popular. We will pick our next 8 from the most popular. If we have a tie for the 8th spot then we'll do a poll of the tied ones only.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Bill, your ETO has one vote so far and so does Spitfire so at this point these are unlikely to make the top 8. Your 421 Spitfire might not make it into the next builds.
Given Ralph's question earlier, it might be fair to allow the Zombie build to include any new build of any aircraft type so that those who don't have zombies can enter a build.
Given Ralph's question earlier, it might be fair to allow the Zombie build to include any new build of any aircraft type so that those who don't have zombies can enter a build.
Donivanp
Major
Given Ralph's question earlier, it might be fair to allow the Zombie build to include any new build of any aircraft type so that those who don't have zombies can enter a build.
Oh but we all have Zombies (Rob) in the closet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh but we all have Zombies (Rob) in the closet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PlasticHero
Senior Airman
When I first saw this thread, I read the intro post only, went through the old posts and reset my 8 picks. Then I read all these fine posts to see where my choices would fit in.
GB-50 should have a 50's theme, so my choice is "No Propellers" My kit choice F4 Phantom also fits into 50 years in service.
Turning Japanese; don't have anything in mind yet.
Foreign service/captured; already thinking Spit in US or Canadian markings.
Thoroughbred; Mustang is high on my favs list and this opens up markings past WWII. Israeli markings???
Biplanes; it will be fun to pick something for this.
Thunderbolt & Lightning; definitely P-38, I have 2 Mustangs from 30 years ago already.
Eastern Front; I need a plane from each of the WWII combatants US, Brit, German, Japanese, and now Russian.
Don't have zombies so Heavy Hitters. To be clear are these WWII planes with bomb bays?
I would also like to add a suggestion that if you are getting a new kit, consider Eduard for the kit or accessory.
*edit added 8th choice
GB-50 should have a 50's theme, so my choice is "No Propellers" My kit choice F4 Phantom also fits into 50 years in service.
Turning Japanese; don't have anything in mind yet.
Foreign service/captured; already thinking Spit in US or Canadian markings.
Thoroughbred; Mustang is high on my favs list and this opens up markings past WWII. Israeli markings???
Biplanes; it will be fun to pick something for this.
Thunderbolt & Lightning; definitely P-38, I have 2 Mustangs from 30 years ago already.
Eastern Front; I need a plane from each of the WWII combatants US, Brit, German, Japanese, and now Russian.
Don't have zombies so Heavy Hitters. To be clear are these WWII planes with bomb bays?
I would also like to add a suggestion that if you are getting a new kit, consider Eduard for the kit or accessory.
*edit added 8th choice
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Zippythehog
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Thanks for your work, Andy. Have you considered a career herding cats?
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Crimea_River
Marshal
I was a project manager for an engineering/construction company and so herding cats is nothing new to me.
Alan, I've logged your picks thanks. The Heavy Hitters theme covers aircraft designed exclusively to be bombers. I don't think having a bomb bay is necessarily a requirement but the category excludes fighters carrying bombs and torpedo aircraft. I'm on the fence about dive bombers but these to me are more like tactical ground support/anti-shipping planes.
Alan, I've logged your picks thanks. The Heavy Hitters theme covers aircraft designed exclusively to be bombers. I don't think having a bomb bay is necessarily a requirement but the category excludes fighters carrying bombs and torpedo aircraft. I'm on the fence about dive bombers but these to me are more like tactical ground support/anti-shipping planes.
PlasticHero
Senior Airman
That's what I felt, a Stuka or Helldiver, even though it packs a punch, it's not the strategic force that "Heavy Hitters" implies.
Donivanp
Major
I think I would have to move stukas and A-36 etc... to the tactical support system. Pulling Dive bombers to the tactical support would be ok with me. That would mean in my mind, heavy hitters would be multi-engined platforms as medium and heavy bombers. It should include A-20 and A-26 types.
Donivanp
Major
Oh and BTW, MEOW
N4521U
Colonel
I must re-post this, I found out different on another web site.
Lt Frederic Arnold.
He served with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, based at Chateau dun du Rommel, Algeria, March through June 1943 and Mateur, Tunisia, June through July 1943. Fredric Arnold completed fifty combat missions in North Africa, destroyed seven enemy aircraft, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters. On his return from combat, he test flew America's first jet, designed and developed power steering for aircraft, and was promoted to the rank of Major at the age of twenty-three.
Limited and numbered lithograph of original painting by Rick Herter called "Strange Bedfellows. The lithograph is hand signed by the artist, Rick Herter and WW II Ace Fredric Arnold. Award winning aviation artist, Rich Herter, captures one of the most unique and ironic incidents in World War II aviation History. A Messerschmidtt Me109 flying low over the Mediterranean Sea, its fuel nearly exhausted, accepts a P-38 escort flown by Fredric Arnold to an American held airfield in Sicily.
Fredric Arnold was a P-38 Fighter Pilot in World War II. He served with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, based at Chateau dun du Rommel, Algeria, March through June 1943 and Mateur, Tunisia, June through July 1943. Fredric Arnold completed fifty combat missions in North Africa,destroyed seven enemy aircraft, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters. On his return from combat, he test flew America's first jet, designed and developed power steering for aircraft, and was promoted to the rank of Major at the age of twenty-three. He is also the author of the best seller book Doorknob Five Two which is the
true story of the coming of age of a young man as seen against the backdrop of World War II. Mr. Arnold is one of the few Jews who escaped from a German military POW camp.
Lt Frederic Arnold.
He served with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, based at Chateau dun du Rommel, Algeria, March through June 1943 and Mateur, Tunisia, June through July 1943. Fredric Arnold completed fifty combat missions in North Africa, destroyed seven enemy aircraft, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters. On his return from combat, he test flew America's first jet, designed and developed power steering for aircraft, and was promoted to the rank of Major at the age of twenty-three.
Limited and numbered lithograph of original painting by Rick Herter called "Strange Bedfellows. The lithograph is hand signed by the artist, Rick Herter and WW II Ace Fredric Arnold. Award winning aviation artist, Rich Herter, captures one of the most unique and ironic incidents in World War II aviation History. A Messerschmidtt Me109 flying low over the Mediterranean Sea, its fuel nearly exhausted, accepts a P-38 escort flown by Fredric Arnold to an American held airfield in Sicily.
Fredric Arnold was a P-38 Fighter Pilot in World War II. He served with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, based at Chateau dun du Rommel, Algeria, March through June 1943 and Mateur, Tunisia, June through July 1943. Fredric Arnold completed fifty combat missions in North Africa,destroyed seven enemy aircraft, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters. On his return from combat, he test flew America's first jet, designed and developed power steering for aircraft, and was promoted to the rank of Major at the age of twenty-three. He is also the author of the best seller book Doorknob Five Two which is the
true story of the coming of age of a young man as seen against the backdrop of World War II. Mr. Arnold is one of the few Jews who escaped from a German military POW camp.
I think my proposed category X planes should be combined with the prototype and weird aircraft as I was referring to all experimental planes, need not have an X in the name and could cover all time frames from WW1 to present, would give a lot of options.
Dave
Dave
T Bolt
Colonel
I agree. Also any aircraft that made it past the prototype stage but was built in very small numbers
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Done.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
There are a few folks that we have not heard from:
le_steph40
Airframes
Wayne Little
Ralph Haus
Soclakit86
W Wildsau
imalko
Berny5664
slaterat
Guys, let us know if you are interested in chucking in some ideas for the next 8 Group Builds. If so, take a look at post #1 and pick 5 to 8 themes that you'd like to see for GB themes.
For the rest of you, there's still time to change your votes if you want to. If you've put in less than 8 ideas, you can add more to make up the difference. If you have made 8 selections, you can drop one and add another. (if you're not sure, ask because I'm keeping track of everyone's input). Remember, only the 8 most popular themes will make it to the schedule for the next 2 years . Here is the complete list so far:
And here are the top selections so far:
As it stands now, anything with 4 or less votes would not make our list since we are selecting the top 8 only. The 5 themes above with more than 5 votes would make our list. Of the 4 with 5 votes, we would run a poll to select 3 from that list of 4. All other ideas go in the trash bin until this time in 2023 when we start the process again.
le_steph40
Airframes
Wayne Little
Ralph Haus
Soclakit86
W Wildsau
imalko
Berny5664
slaterat
Guys, let us know if you are interested in chucking in some ideas for the next 8 Group Builds. If so, take a look at post #1 and pick 5 to 8 themes that you'd like to see for GB themes.
For the rest of you, there's still time to change your votes if you want to. If you've put in less than 8 ideas, you can add more to make up the difference. If you have made 8 selections, you can drop one and add another. (if you're not sure, ask because I'm keeping track of everyone's input). Remember, only the 8 most popular themes will make it to the schedule for the next 2 years . Here is the complete list so far:
And here are the top selections so far:
As it stands now, anything with 4 or less votes would not make our list since we are selecting the top 8 only. The 5 themes above with more than 5 votes would make our list. Of the 4 with 5 votes, we would run a poll to select 3 from that list of 4. All other ideas go in the trash bin until this time in 2023 when we start the process again.
