2017 GB Chat

[rickoshea52]

Group builds. My only input is this. Lets not be scared of repeating GB's of the past. There are a lot of new forum members who weren't around for the 'harrier group build' etc.


Colin M...

...or didn't have the time to participate....i.e. me.

[dave]

Group builds can easily be repeated often with a very different kit. I did a spitfire for the "spy in the sky build" I am now doing a reconaissance version of the Mig21 for the mig21 build, but it could just as easily be the spy in the sky build.

[Guest]

The last few posts rather echo my earlier proposal that Group Builds be none too esoteric or diverse.


The whole point of a GB in my opinion is that they're popular & with as many participants as possible. Therefore subjects with enduring popularity are the best choices.


Some of this year's GBs & SIGs haven't focused on the model; The Mud Effect, Sunken Wrecks, Scene from a Film all had no takers. All of these were as much about the setting as the model itself & obviously were less interesting than other GBs because of that fact.


Picking a popular subject might be seen as boring, but better that than a GB that no-one takes part in IMHO.

[Ian M]

As a pure personal comment I would like to say that I have over the past many years tried to 'steer' the GB's toward more of a fixed point than a moving target. A single aircraft type, a single tank type and so on. Trouble was everyone wanted things that stretched them more.....


...funny how things change over time in'it.