Early Aviation Group Build Knights of the Sky III 2013 begins today.

Ok, to start there seems to be an inpression that we have been going with only WWI subjects only in the Group Builds here. Let me clarify: Any aviation subject either armed, trainer or civilian. From the Montgolfier brothers 1783 efforts through 1934. Production or prototypes. We are going to continue the the practice of non-exclusion. Everyone gets a chance.

The Rules and Regs
1. For the Aeroscale "Knights of the Sky" GB 2013 and we will open it to:
a. All builds.
b. All vendors.
c. All scales.
d. New.
e. In progress.
f. Unfinished hangar queens. But must be finished for this GB.
g. Injection moulded.
h. Vacuform plastic.
i. Resin, metal paper or wood. The components can be any combination thereof.
j. Kit conversions.
k. OOB.
l. Super detailed.
m. Prototypes or main production versions.
n. Colour scheme from a real subject and relevant to your build.
o. The completed or finished build cannot have been used in another GB. You can't just show up with a finished build. The build has to be blogged in the Early Aviation forum here at Aeroscale.

2. It must be a real Early Aviation subject up to 1934.

3. Each participant will submit a build thread (in Early Aviation title) a blog with images. Historical images of the original aircraft are a must to include. If the content meets conditions it will be considered for submission to Aeroscale for publishing as a front page Feature. A gallery will be set up for finished builds to be posted.

4. It will run from February 1st to November 30th 2013.

5. A campaign ribbon will be offered on completion.

6. Manufacturers will be approached and asked to honour the builder who uses their products in this GB build. There are no guarantees in this arena.

The real purpose of these "Group Builds" here on the Early Aviation forum is for us to learn and apply new modeling skills.

Now with the last KotS, I had the addition of figures to be included. This time the main thrust of the build will be to superdetail the motor(s). Wires, plumbing, fixtures, tanks, spark plugs, pumps, timing gears and equipment all to be represented. Good luck to everyone.

Sign up here.

We begin with 16 entrants:

amegan
CaptainA
CaptnTommy
DougN1
Dwaynewilly
eseperic
guitarlute101
JackFlash
Kornbeef
lcarroll
Mcleod
Mgunns
OEFFAG_153
SGTJKJ
tinbanger
warreni

We are now upto 25 entrants and now have an award ribbon.

1. amegan with an Airfix DH89 Dragon Rapide here.
2. CaptainA
3. CaptnTommy
4. DougN1
5. Dwaynewilly
6. eseperic with an Eduard Albatros D.III (Oef) here.
7. Gremlin56 with an Roden Fokker Dr.I here.
8. Grenadier37
9. guitarlute101 with an Winnie Mae here.
10. JackFlash
11. Jessie_C with an Eduard Morane Saulnier L here.
12. Kornbeef with an WNW Fokker D.VII (OAW) here.
13. lcarroll
14. Mcleod with a Testors Travel Air Mystery Ship here.
15. Mgunns
16. MichaelSatin with
a. WNW Albatros D.V here. COMPLETED
b. WNW Sopwith Pup RNAS here.
17. Mobious with an Eduard Spad XIII here. COMPLETED
18. OEFFAG_153 with a WNW Fokker D.VII (Alb.) here.
19. phantom_phanatic309 with a Phönix D.I here.
20. SGTJKJ with an Eduard Pfalz D.III here.
21. tinbanger with an S&R A.19 Cloud here.
22. vanize
23. vdejarnette
24. warreni
25. Wolfsangel

Here. is the gallery to post finished builds.

The official gallery for this campaign can be found Here

Count me in I have a Travel Air Mystery Ship in hanger queen status.

We are now upto 27 entrants and now have an award ribbon.

1. amegan with an Airfix DH89 Dragon Rapide here.
2. CaptainA
3. CaptnTommy
4. DougN1
5. Dwaynewilly
6. eseperic with an Eduard Albatros D.III (Oef) here.
7. Gremlin56 with an Roden Fokker Dr.I here.
8. Grenadier37
9. guitarlute101 with an Winnie Mae here.
10. JackFlash with an Part of Poland Fokker D.VII (Schwerin)
here.
11. Jessie_C with an Eduard Morane Saulnier L here.
12. Kornbeef with an WNW Fokker D.VII (OAW) here.
13. lcarroll
14. Mcleod with a Testors Travel Air Mystery Ship here.
15. Mgunns
16. MichaelSatin with
a. WNW Albatros D.V here. COMPLETED
b. WNW Sopwith Pup RNAS here. COMPLETED
17. Mobious with an Eduard Spad XIII here. COMPLETED
18. OEFFAG_153 with a WNW Fokker D.VII (Alb.) here.
19. phantom_phanatic309 with a Phönix D.I here.
20. SGTJKJ with an Eduard Pfalz D.III here.
21. tinbanger with an S&R A.19 Cloud here.
22. vanize
23. vdejarnette
24. warreni
25. Wolfsangel
26. Alpha Tango with an Eduard Fokker Dr.I here. COMPLETED
27. iakarch


Here. is the gallery to post finished builds.

My goodness I am dragging the chain here aren't I... Better get cracking!

Don't forget to start your build thread / blogs here.

We are now upto 27 entrants and now have an award ribbon.

1. amegan with an Airfix DH89 Dragon Rapide here.
2. CaptainA
3. CaptnTommy
4. DougN1
5. Dwaynewilly
6. eseperic with an Eduard Albatros D.III (Oef) here.
7. Gremlin56 with an Roden Fokker Dr.I here.
8. Grenadier37
9. guitarlute101 with an Winnie Mae here.
10. JackFlash with an Part of Poland Fokker D.VII (Schwerin)
here.
11. Jessie_C with an Eduard Morane Saulnier L here.
12. Kornbeef with an WNW Fokker D.VII (OAW) here.
13. lcarroll
14. Mcleod with a Testors Travel Air Mystery Ship here.
15. Mgunns
16. MichaelSatin with
a. WNW Albatros D.V here. COMPLETED
b. WNW Sopwith Pup RNAS here. COMPLETED
17. Mobious with an Eduard Spad XIII here. COMPLETED
18. OEFFAG_153 with a WNW Fokker D.VII (Alb.) here.
19. phantom_phanatic309 with a Phönix D.I here.
20. SGTJKJ with an Eduard Pfalz D.III here.
21. tinbanger with an S&R A.19 Cloud here.
22. vanize
23. vdejarnette
24. warreni
25. Wolfsangel
26. Alpha Tango with an Eduard Fokker Dr.I here. COMPLETED
27. iakarch


Here. is the gallery to post finished builds.


From the last upadate lost one member gained two. Several builds completed and I just started mine.

Could I throw my hat in the ring? I've just started a Nieuport 17.

Go ahead!



We are now upto 28 entrants and now have an award ribbon.

1. amegan with an Airfix DH89 Hawker Fury here.
2. CaptainA
3. CaptnTommy
4. DougN1
5. Dwaynewilly
6. eseperic with an Eduard Albatros D.III (Oef) here.COMPLETE
7. Gremlin56 with an Roden Fokker Dr.I here.
8. Grenadier37
9. guitarlute101 with an Winnie Mae here.
10. JackFlash with an Part of Poland Fokker D.VII (Schwerin)
here.COMPLETE
11. Jessie_C with an Eduard Nieuport 11 here. COMPLETE
12. Kornbeef with an WNW Fokker D.VII (OAW) here.
13. lcarroll with a Sopwith Triplane here
14. Raypalmer with a Nieuport 17 here.
15. Mgunns
16. MichaelSatin with
a. WNW Albatros D.V here. COMPLETED
b. WNW Sopwith Pup RNAS here. COMPLETED
17. Mobious with an Eduard Spad XIII here. COMPLETED
18. OEFFAG_153 with
a. WNW Fokker D.VII (Alb.)and
b. WNW Fokker D.VII Schwerin built here. both COMPLETED
19. phantom_phanatic309 with a Phönix D.I here.
20. SGTJKJ with an Eduard Pfalz D.III here.
21. tinbanger with an S&R A.19 Cloud here.COMPLETE
22. vanize
23. vdejarnette with an Eastern Express Bleriot XI here.
24. Wingnut with an Albatros D.Va here. COMPLETE
25. Wolfsangel
26. Alpha Tango with an Eduard Fokker Dr.I here. COMPLETED
27. McLeod with an Eduard Albatros D.II here.
28. Warrwni with a Amiot 143 here. COMPLETE

Here. is the gallery to post finished builds.
From the last upadate lost one member gained two. Several builds completed and I just started mine.

With the deadline 13 days away I offer up the extension of two weeks additional time to finish the pending builds!

That would be awesome if you could! I'm still waiting for oil paint to dry and I didn't want to rush final assembly.

Here it is - the final list for the end of KotS III.



We were upto 28 entrants.

amegan with an Airfix DH89 Hawker Fury here. COMPLETE

eseperic with an Eduard Albatros D.III (Oef) here.COMPLETE

JackFlash with an Part of Poland Fokker D.VII (Schwerin)
here.COMPLETE

Jessie_C with an Eduard Nieuport 11 here. COMPLETE

lcarroll with a Sopwith Triplane hereCOMPLETE

MichaelSatin with
a. WNW Albatros D.V here. COMPLETED
b. WNW Sopwith Pup RNAS here. COMPLETED

Mobious with an Eduard Spad XIII here. COMPLETED

OEFFAG_153 with
a. WNW Fokker D.VII (Alb.)and
b. WNW Fokker D.VII Schwerin built here. both COMPLETED

phantom_phanatic309 with a Phönix D.I here.COMPLETE

tinbanger with an S&R A.19 Cloud here.COMPLETE

Wingnut with an Albatros D.Va here. COMPLETE

Alpha Tango with an Eduard Fokker Dr.I here. COMPLETED

Warreni with a Amiot 143 here. COMPLETE

Here. is the gallery to post finished builds.

13 awards have been handed out and we have come to the end. We have some fine builds to the tally. The unfinished builds will be allowed to compete in any future KotS GBs. My sincere thanks for your participation.