Well the time is almost here for the start of my first campaign as leader. Thanks for your support in getting this off the ground for me, and good luck with all of your builds. This certainly promises to throw up some interesting aircraft judging by the builds proposed so far.

Speaking of which . . . . . . ROLL CALL !!

alpha_tango P-38 (1/48 Hasegawa/Eduard plus extras)
Attman007 no kit notified yet
AussieReg 2 x Cessna O-2A (1/48 Testors and 1/50 Heller)
bf443 no kit notified yet
BlackWidow 2 x 1/48 P-61 (Monogram AND Revell boxings)
Blueheeler OV-10A Bronco (1/72 Academy)
Bungal DH Venom Mk 1R (1/72 CMR)
Camogirl P-38 (1/72 Academy)
discordian P-61 (1/48 Monogram)
dobon68 no kit notified yet
eMan no kit notified yet
Grenadier37 P-38 (1/72)
guitarlute101 He111 Zwilling (1/48 Monogram/Cutting Edge/Squadron/Eduard)
hkopper P-61 (1/72 Dragon)
JMartine P-38 Nightfighter (1/48 Revell)
Keeperofsouls2099 P-38L (1/48 Hasegawa) FINISHED (in 10 days no less!)
KrisMax P-61 (1/48 Revell)
litespeed P-38 (1/32)
magnusf Fokker G-1 (1/72 MPM)
Pedro P-38 (1/48 Academy)
Phantom2 OV-10A Bronco (1/48 Testors + Paragon + Cutting Edge)
PolarBear J21 (1/72 and SO COOL)
RotorHead67 no kit notified yet
RudolfFilip no kit notified yet
Ruffus no kit notified yet
SGTJKJ FW 189
Skyhawk P-38J or L
TacFireGuru P-38 or F-82 (or both hehe)
Tigerbait P-38H (1/48 ProModeller)
Tomcat31 P-61 (1/72 Dragon)
Torchy Focke-Wulfe TL Flitzer (1/72 Revell)
vanize Vampire Mk 5 (1/48 Classic Airframes)
Victor DH Vampire NF10 (1/48 Classic Airframes)
Voncuda Cessna O-2a (1/48 Testors) FINISHED (and in that scheme you can't miss it !!)
warreni DH Sea Venom or DH2 (or both hehe)

I will update this first post as we get more arrivals and confirmations.

The following interested parties are AWOL and have failed to enlist, and they will be receiving a stern talking to from me via PM. If you spot them please let them know I'm on the WARPATH !!

Lampie, Littorio, GaryKato, Amegan, Ludwig113, TuomasH, mvfrog

As this is my first campaign as leader, please let me know if you feel I need to do more (or less), and any and all suggestions and advice are welcome. I would rather be told than to carry on oblivious, and I don't take offence.

Link to Boom Boom Campaign Gallery

That's probably enough for now.

Cheers all, Damian

I think i will be doing either a classic airframes Vampire Mk.5 or an early P-38 (both are 1/48)

at least is what i have in my stash...

I thought I had already pressed the button for this one but obviously I hadn't! I am in with a 1/72 P-38M Night Lightning!



Magnus

Thanks for joining Magnus, you have been duly noted on the roll call.

Cheers, D

Hi all!

I have decided that I´ll build a Revell/Monogram P-61 Black Widow.

One of my very first models I ever built was the old, old Airfix P-61!
It had a strikingly beutiful Lady as nose art, naturally It was the "Lady In the Dark"!
So that´s what I´m gonna build, but this time in 1/48th scale (I´m older now!)!

Cheers!

Stefan E

I'm in with a 1/48 Monogram ProModeler (Hasegawa) P-38H 20th FG.

Hi Stefan and Todd, thanks for joining up, duly noted in Roll Call.

Stefan I'm doing that same kit for the Pin-Ups campaign,I look forward to seeing how you go with yours as well.

Todd, great choice of kit. I have a P-38 Night Fighter in the stash waiting for another Stalkers campaign to start up.

Our numbers are up already with some cool subject matter on all fronts !!

Cheers, D

Hi Damian

I did mention already that I will do Dick Bongs machine (yellow black nose, not the war bond machine ... Hasegawa 48 scale Decals oob, Eduard PE and some other goodies)

all the best

Steffen

Hi Damian,

So far, you're doing a great job as campaign leader!!! It's all about gathering the flock, keeping them focused on your particular campaign (don't allow them to wander off to any of the many other interesting campaigns currently running - or at least only to a limited degree) and presenting lots of pictures and info to keep the interest high! And - of course - scaring the living daylights ou of anyone trying to jump ship (such as yours truly)!

I've narrowed down my possible entry opition, and only two remain. I've decided not to buy any new models in 2010 (aftermarket goodies are ok, though), so I had to look through my stash. I've got the ol' Heller Saab J 21A (there are rumours of a new 1/72 kit arriving soon, but hey, that would be contrary to my no-purchase rule). Then I have the Classic Airframes 1/48 FB.5 Vampire (no good Swedish decals though). I think that I'll opt for the first choice ("oh no - that's more rescribing coming up!") despite me having moved up a scale. If nothing else, it would be as an hommage to Saab (a company going through some rough times at the moment).

Hmmm... Look at them looong slender legs!

Ps. Does anyone know if there is a Saab 92 available in 1/72?


Cheers! // PolarBear

Hi Bjorn.
It's a real pity about the demise of a fantastic and distinctive car manufacture. I heard the other night that GM had given up on the SAAB brand, a car that a spent some time practiscing for my driving test. A sad day.
tim

Hi Bjorn, thanks for joining. Man, you just gotta do the J 21, even if it is just for THOSE LEGS !! It's just the coolest looking bird.

Everybody chant with me "J21 J21 J21 J21 J21"

You get the picture ?

Steffen, thanks for confirming mate, I always look forward to your builds !!

Cheers, D

Ok so I finally decided I will be doing a Hasegawa P-38L Dorothy Marie My Pet/Ruby, P-38L of the 36th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group,in 1/48....





Build On,
Justin

Hokay - I'm in for this one.
Good timing! A friend just gave me an old (70's) Monogram P-61 Black Widow that I probably built 4 of in teens.
It's in the short term queue anyway so I'll bump it up. I already have the masks for it and was thinking about getting the exterior detail kit too - if Mrs. Santa gets me the Hold and Fold Bug I asked for for Xmas.

Stefan - Will you be doign the black version? I was thinking of not doing black.

Hi!

I plan to build the "Lady In the Dark", That´s an all-black widow, with aluminum tanks, red spinners and red engine cooling flaps.!
I have the Revell reboxing from some years ago (2003?).
The options in my kit are "Lady in the Dark" (All-Black, Pacific), Snooks2 (All-Black, Pacific) or "Lady Gen", (ETO, Olive Drab/Grey w D-Day stripes).
I suspect you have different options in your kit!

You can build any version, I don´t mind as long as You are Happy!

Cheers!

Stefan

Cool - I was planning on the "Lady Gen" version I guess. I knew there was a non black one but I don't have direction with me.

the big quesion now is.... to sand and rescribe the raised panel lines or not....

G'day Scott, thanks for joining up !! Duly noted in ROLL CALL

The P-61 is my all-time favorite aircraft so having another in this campaign is GREAT !

Cheers, D

I just had an image in my head of you with a broken wine bottle, holding it like a knife and hiding under everyones work benches. OUCH!
I'll still be building my O-2A and it's colorful scheme.

BTW Damian, the enlist button works for the zombie campaign now.

Hermon

Hahaha, you have a twisted mind there Hermon !! I am a little bit more diplomatic than that. I would much prefer to sit beside you all at the workbench and SHARE the bottle of wine and use all of my powers of persuasion to get you to enlist. If that fails, if and ONLY if the bottle is EMPTY, then the smashing begins !!

Cheers and have a wonderful Chrissy !!

P.S. Enlisted mate, bring it on !!

Great! Consider it brung..er bringged...uh...broughten?
Merry Christmas to you as well my friend. And all joking aside, my you and your family have a blessed and happy new year.

Hermon

G'day all. Well, I've survived another Christmas with my tribe of kids, put together countless sets of Roller blades, slot cars, Lego and R/C goodies, downed an almost adequate volume of beer and red wine, and a WAY more than adequate tonnage of food. In the middle of all of that I even manage a couple of hours at the workbench to try and clear a couple of campaign builds.

I hope everybody had a great Christmas, and now I'm really looking forward to getting launched on this campaign. I've sent a reminder PM to all of the AWOL identities, and now I'm going to throw a couple of bumps on this thread to keep the fire lit.

Roll on January 1 !!

Cheers, D

well im in officialy with a P-38J or P-38L. Not sure what scheme yet...many to choose from!
Andy

Thanks for joining us Andy, noted in Roll Call. A bit of useless info, one of my best friends in High School was Andrew Renshaw. Maybe a long lost relative??

Not long now until wheels up everybody.

Cheers, D

Well guys, a couple of days to go and we have 27 enlisted now including a new recruit. Welcome Torchy and thanks for joining up. What have you got planned for us here?

I have had replies from some of the interested parties who haven't enlisted yet as follows:

GaryKato (Gary) - focussing on some armour builds at the moment but may join later with a 1/72 P-38 if time permits
TuomasH (Tuomas) - too many other campaign builds going on at present
thegirl (Terri) - possible enlistment later if time permits
Lampie (Nigel) - possible enlistment later if time permits
Ludwig113 (Paul) - possible enlistment later if time permits

Many thanks to those 5 for letting me know their status.

Cheers, D

Well BOOM BOOM is officially GO. Thanks for your support for my first Campaign, and I wish you all the very best of luck with your builds. Please post lots of progress and lots of notes on how you do what you do.

Now lets all mangle some plastic.

Cheers, D

I'll be starting my Cessna O-2a sometime tommorrow D.
At least I'll have plenty of room to display her when she's done.
BTW I'll be going with the high visibility scheme.

Hermon