Excellent idea,Guido. Mine has changed as well.
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Hosted by Frederick Boucher, Michael Satin
Campaign Proposal: A lottery.
amegan
#243
Joined: March 21, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 12:03 AM UTC
ljames0874
Joined: August 15, 2012
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 01:38 AM UTC
Me to!
raypalmer
Joined: March 29, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 06:35 AM UTC
Guido that's a great idea. Hopefully everyone follows suit!
I've made this crude banner to raise awareness. I don't know if members other than the campaign leader are allowed to promote it? But if so please feel free. The more participants we get the more fantastically insane this campaign gallery will be!
I've made this crude banner to raise awareness. I don't know if members other than the campaign leader are allowed to promote it? But if so please feel free. The more participants we get the more fantastically insane this campaign gallery will be!
warreni
Joined: August 14, 2007
KitMaker: 5,926 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 08:44 AM UTC
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Hi, Aeroscalers!
I don't know about you, but have a really hard time recalling every single topic you have been seleced for.
How about every participant adds their campaign description to the member's personal signature? Starting now until the end of this lovely campaign.
That'd make life so much easier.
I'll make a start...
Cheers,
Guido
You better check yours Guido as you can't read the whole thing.
SHarjacek
Joined: January 29, 2011
KitMaker: 977 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 10:14 AM UTC
raypalmer
Joined: March 29, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 12:20 PM UTC
Great stuff Sven. I'm glad to help expand your horizons now while you're young, I've been slaving over my first Tank for like a year and I'm barely off page 2 in the instructions!
Okay gang, I'm super impressed by the level of involvement in this. Hopefully we'll keep up the momentum.
For my part I've done the maths, and I have time to finish my Venom in time for the start of this campaign, and this is a six monther... and I like that it'll force me to do something different.
So, not to be outdone by Warren, here goes nothing!
The wallpaper peels, fresh fruit instantly turns rotten, marmite becomes palatable...
The Mason Jar of Doom nears...
Richard, your second lot is...
#35: "Cripes its a Convair!" Dammit Jess!!
This is another bare metal finish isn't it!!!!
Oh I forgot the Dart! Woooot!
Okay gang, I'm super impressed by the level of involvement in this. Hopefully we'll keep up the momentum.
For my part I've done the maths, and I have time to finish my Venom in time for the start of this campaign, and this is a six monther... and I like that it'll force me to do something different.
So, not to be outdone by Warren, here goes nothing!
The wallpaper peels, fresh fruit instantly turns rotten, marmite becomes palatable...
The Mason Jar of Doom nears...
Richard, your second lot is...
#35: "Cripes its a Convair!" Dammit Jess!!
This is another bare metal finish isn't it!!!!Oh I forgot the Dart! Woooot!
AussieReg
Associate Editor
#007
Joined: June 09, 2009
KitMaker: 8,156 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 12:31 PM UTC
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marmite becomes palatable...
Jessie_C
Joined: September 03, 2009
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 01:25 PM UTC
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Dammit Jess!!
Not necessecelery; the Sea Dart was glossy Sea Blue with yellow all over the place, the F-102 and -106 were Air Defence Grey, and the Cosmo could be 501-109 grey and white, while the 240, 340, 440 and 540 were many colours. Northeast's -880 was yellow and white.
Bare metal? Maybe. Other colours? Maybe. Win? Yes!
raypalmer
Joined: March 29, 2010
KitMaker: 1,151 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 03:34 PM UTC
Oh this has to be an Encore Delta Dagger! They're the perfect compliment to my delta-winged Mig 21!
This has cemented the finish the Mig must have though, they'll be Superpower counterparts. It'll be a Soviet Mig21F13 from a bomber interception squadron, and a Delta Dagger from a bomber intercept squadron. Ideally with markings from the same year.
This has cemented the finish the Mig must have though, they'll be Superpower counterparts. It'll be a Soviet Mig21F13 from a bomber interception squadron, and a Delta Dagger from a bomber intercept squadron. Ideally with markings from the same year.
Tailor
Joined: May 26, 2008
KitMaker: 1,168 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 06:47 PM UTC
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You better check yours Guido as you can't read the whole thing.
Hmmm, I can see the whole thing... !?
Anybody else has that problem?
Jessie_C
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 06:51 PM UTC
All I can see is
AKA "Tailor"
VMF'06 - German Gamblers
Veritable Modelling Friends 2006, Germany
The Lottery Campaign: "NASA to meet you!"
And then the tops of something else which is not readable.
AKA "Tailor"
VMF'06 - German Gamblers
Veritable Modelling Friends 2006, Germany
The Lottery Campaign: "NASA to meet you!"
And then the tops of something else which is not readable.
Tailor
Joined: May 26, 2008
KitMaker: 1,168 posts
AeroScale: 199 posts
Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 07:01 PM UTC
Check! Thanks!
Tailor
Joined: May 26, 2008
KitMaker: 1,168 posts
AeroScale: 199 posts
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2013 - 06:47 AM UTC
Been thinking about choices and came across this idea for another topic:
"It's a disaster": Build any aircraft that is named after a natural disaster, force of nature, or was considered a widdow-maker at some point in their career.
Just a suggestion. of cause the idea could be refinded.
Cheers,
Guido
"It's a disaster": Build any aircraft that is named after a natural disaster, force of nature, or was considered a widdow-maker at some point in their career.
Just a suggestion. of cause the idea could be refinded.
Cheers,
Guido
Tomcat31
#042
Joined: November 18, 2006
KitMaker: 2,828 posts
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Posted: Monday, February 25, 2013 - 08:32 AM UTC
I think the signature issue depends on which browser you are using. I find that it doesn't display properly in Firefox or Chrome but it does in IE.
Torchy
#047
Joined: September 13, 2005
KitMaker: 2,016 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 12:27 AM UTC
Mr Vichy has landed
vdejarnette
Joined: February 25, 2013
KitMaker: 209 posts
AeroScale: 138 posts
Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 02:08 AM UTC
Hello all. Just found this website recently and like the idea of doing group builds. Got into modeling seriously approx. 6 months ago after pursuing the hobby a little bit as a kid before giving it up... and I have already finished 7-8 projects, and have built up a nice little stash via Squadron and eBay, enough that I can handle a bunch of these lotto choices without having to get a new kit... I just hoping I don't end up with the folded wings one!
So here I am asking for my lottery destiny.
So here I am asking for my lottery destiny.
Dangeroo
#023
Joined: March 13, 2009
KitMaker: 2,058 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 07:44 AM UTC
Gentlemen, the postman spad my Spad (and two other wingy things) on my doorstep and I'm good to go! Let's get to Spaddington! Oh wait, it's still a few months away... 
I'm quite impressed with this kit,
it even includes PE
And rigging material..
Oh, behave!
Cheers!
General SPAD
I'm quite impressed with this kit,
it even includes PE
And rigging material..
Oh, behave!
Cheers!
General SPAD
windysean
Joined: September 11, 2009
KitMaker: 1,917 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 08:54 AM UTC
I wonder if that Spad can be more American patriotic? Roundels are so underspoken.
-Sean H.
-Sean H.
Dangeroo
#023
Joined: March 13, 2009
KitMaker: 2,058 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 09:24 AM UTC
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I wonder if that Spad can be more American patriotic? Roundels are so underspoken.
-Sean H.
Yeah, I was wondering what the nationality of the plane was, those roundels are really inconclusive...
raypalmer
Joined: March 29, 2010
KitMaker: 1,151 posts
AeroScale: 985 posts
Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 01:38 PM UTC
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In six months?@!?! I should just give you the rest of the jar!I have already finished 7-8 projects, and have built up a nice little stash via Squadron and eBay
Oh no. I've taken its name in vain. The glass is fogging now, some horrible Lovecraftian tableau reveals itself, impressed upon the glass by some unknown force.
The Mason Jar of Doom.
Van D, your lot is...
#38: "Hellofacopter" Hello helo. Whirlybirds anyone? Eggbeaters don't ya know. etc. etc. You have to build a helicopter! And before you ask. NO OSPREYS!
I see you there...
Richard (Arrrgee), your lot is...
#32: "Pearl Diving", "E komo mai o Hawaii." You're off to the research department now my friend. It's time to build any aircraft that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbour. Either on the American or Japanese side. And here's the kicker, it has to be in correct livery for Dec 7, 1941.
Stefan, you might just win th coveted "most garish" aircraft with that SPAD! I do love what happens when you give an American a can of paint and an aircraft!
vdejarnette
Joined: February 25, 2013
KitMaker: 209 posts
AeroScale: 138 posts
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 03:44 AM UTC
Figures that I would end up with one of the only choices that I didn't have a model for. Never done a heli before, this should be interesting...
I generally keep to 1/72 scale for aircraft and after browsing Squadron I've settled on two kits, one shake and bake and the other requiring a lot more extra work (but it was $4).
Going to do either the Hobbyboss AH-64D Longbow Apache or the Heller Alouette III (Gendarmerie version)... Which one gets built will depend on how much extra work I want to put in once the campaign rolls around.
I generally keep to 1/72 scale for aircraft and after browsing Squadron I've settled on two kits, one shake and bake and the other requiring a lot more extra work (but it was $4).
Going to do either the Hobbyboss AH-64D Longbow Apache or the Heller Alouette III (Gendarmerie version)... Which one gets built will depend on how much extra work I want to put in once the campaign rolls around.
warreni
Joined: August 14, 2007
KitMaker: 5,926 posts
AeroScale: 2,201 posts
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 08:47 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextIn six months?@!?! I should just give you the rest of the jar!I have already finished 7-8 projects, and have built up a nice little stash via Squadron and eBay
Oh no. I've taken its name in vain. The glass is fogging now, some horrible Lovecraftian tableau reveals itself, impressed upon the glass by some unknown force.
The Mason Jar of Doom.
Van D, your lot is...
#38: "Hellofacopter" Hello helo. Whirlybirds anyone? Eggbeaters don't ya know. etc. etc. You have to build a helicopter! And before you ask. NO OSPREYS!
I see you there...
Richard (Arrrgee), your lot is...
#32: "Pearl Diving", "E komo mai o Hawaii." You're off to the research department now my friend. It's time to build any aircraft that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbour. Either on the American or Japanese side. And here's the kicker, it has to be in correct livery for Dec 7, 1941.
Stefan, you might just win th coveted "most garish" aircraft with that SPAD! I do love what happens when you give an American a can of paint and an aircraft!
Did they have spray paint back then? I mean aboriginals were using their mouth to spray paint many many millenia ago, but they really had nothing to paint but rock walls and even though the finish is ultra-durable it is not very consistent..
I have changed my mind for the speed record holder phase of this mission and ordered a Tamiya 1/72 Bell X-1. Overall international orange could be a real eye catcher..
Better keep topping up the Jar of Doom Richard as I don't think it will take very long to finish two 1/72 scale planes after I have been building 1/350 ships with the lot for a few years now. No PE to wrestle here.
You are doing a great job with this campaign.
Cheers
Warren
AussieReg
Associate Editor#007
Joined: June 09, 2009
KitMaker: 8,156 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 12:35 AM UTC
Hi folks. My kit arrived today, having travelled around the globe from an eBay vendor in Poland (appropriately), and after being roundly chastised by the minister for war and finance I excitedly opened up the box.
The contents look good, 2 main sprues, 2 smaller sprues, a single A4 sheet folded for instructions and markings, and a small frame of PE
but unfortunately there is a piece missing from one of the sprues, circled in red here . . .
The sprues were still sealed in their original plastic, so this is not the fault of the vendor, but another part (the seat) was loose in the bag having broken from the sprue at some stage. The missing part is quite large, being the same as the other engine cowl part just below the red oval, so I would certainly have noticed it if it was loose in the bag.
I am planning to do an in-box and build review of this kit, I don't believe that we have one here on Aeroscale, so I will email Mirage Hobby marketing department and test out their customer service levels.
Cheers, D
The contents look good, 2 main sprues, 2 smaller sprues, a single A4 sheet folded for instructions and markings, and a small frame of PE
but unfortunately there is a piece missing from one of the sprues, circled in red here . . .
The sprues were still sealed in their original plastic, so this is not the fault of the vendor, but another part (the seat) was loose in the bag having broken from the sprue at some stage. The missing part is quite large, being the same as the other engine cowl part just below the red oval, so I would certainly have noticed it if it was loose in the bag.
I am planning to do an in-box and build review of this kit, I don't believe that we have one here on Aeroscale, so I will email Mirage Hobby marketing department and test out their customer service levels.
Cheers, D
windysean
Joined: September 11, 2009
KitMaker: 1,917 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 01:30 AM UTC
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...and after being roundly chastised by the minister for war and finance I excitedly opened up the box.
...
I don't think you call her that to her face!
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I am planning to do an in-box and build review of this kit, I don't believe that we have one here on Aeroscale, so I will email Mirage Hobby marketing department and test out their customer service levels.
Cheers, D
Excellent idea and good reminder. I'm always too excited when I open a kit to think of doing an in-box review, although I use the reviews on AeroScale when one is available-- this is how those voids in the review list get filled. I haven't even ordered my kit, but I looked for it and it wasn't in the reviews, so it makes sense for me to write one up and take some pics for everyone who comes after me.
As for your missing part, seeing how it's one of two halves, if Mirage's customer service doesn't come through for you, you can show us how to duplicate a part. I keep reading about the process myself, but haven't worked up the nerve to try it yet.
Thanks,
Sean H.
raypalmer
Joined: March 29, 2010
KitMaker: 1,151 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 01:09 PM UTC
Damian you picked the filet of the Polish Aircraft industry. Love it. Can't wait to see it.
Van, you have felt the cold hand of fate. Welcome to the campaign!
Everyone else. Watch out. The jar is growing hungry for more victims!
Van, you have felt the cold hand of fate. Welcome to the campaign!
Everyone else. Watch out. The jar is growing hungry for more victims!
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