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Nito74
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
AeroScale: 635 posts
Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2013 - 05:03 AM UTC

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Howdy Y'all
Any word on this campaign? I think it's a good idea. I'm in if I'm not in the middle of a new job & home next year. Probably a WW II jet.
Thanks,
Don "Lakota"



Nothing yet Don.
I hope it gets the ok to go.. I'm keen on starting one of those early jets !



No news so far.
I'm guessing it's not going to happen .
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2013 - 05:11 AM UTC
Remember that at the moment we don't have any campaign admins (Hint: We're recruiting)
One of the tasks for the new admin(s) will be to review all the submissions.
Nito74
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
AeroScale: 635 posts
Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2013 - 05:35 AM UTC

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Remember that at the moment we don't have any campaign admins (Hint: We're recruiting)
One of the tasks for the new admin(s) will be to review all the submissions.



Sorry Jessica, I didn't knew that.


On that hint note
I don't mind helping out if nobody else is available.
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
AeroScale: 2,904 posts
Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2013 - 06:13 AM UTC

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(Hint: We're recruiting)
One of the tasks for the new admin(s) will be to review all the submissions.



Jessie,

See pm box.

Michael
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
AeroScale: 2,904 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 - 03:55 AM UTC
Welp, guess I'm the sucker. So...

This Campaign is Approved! Start date is December 1, 2014, will run through June 1, 2015. You can enlist here. I know I did!

Looking forward to some great builds, and thanks for your patience.

Michael
nico37
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Indre-et-Loire, France
Joined: May 23, 2011
KitMaker: 651 posts
AeroScale: 181 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 - 10:21 PM UTC
Hi all and happy new year !

What good news, i'm going to enlist right now !

cheers
nico
Joel_W
Staff MemberAssociate Editor
AUTOMODELER
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New York, United States
Joined: December 04, 2010
KitMaker: 11,666 posts
AeroScale: 7,410 posts
Posted: Friday, January 03, 2014 - 04:55 AM UTC
John, Just saw this campaign, and I had to jump in. The issue for me is narrowing down what I want to build. At this point it's a 1/48 scale Grumman F9F panther and or Cougar. Not even sure what variant yet. For that matter, I don't have either kit in my stash, but there are plenty of good kits out there.

Oh course by then the new Kitty Hawk 1/48 scale 1:48 TF-9J (F9F-8T) Cougars will be out. Would really like to do a Panther too.

Joel
md72
#439
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Washington, United States
Joined: November 05, 2005
KitMaker: 4,950 posts
AeroScale: 3,192 posts
Posted: Friday, January 03, 2014 - 05:12 AM UTC
Wow, 11 months til the start date???? I already have an F-94 picked out and ready to go.

OH well, I'll enlist, maybe I'll finish something by then.....
Beauslx
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Nevada, United States
Joined: August 28, 2013
KitMaker: 159 posts
AeroScale: 116 posts
Posted: Friday, January 03, 2014 - 06:12 PM UTC
I'm pretty sure I have an F-89 around here somewhere.
Nito74
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
AeroScale: 635 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 03:18 AM UTC
@Joel

I don't have anything in stash at the moment, I'll find something for sure.

@Mark

Yup 11 months...
I wanted to propose a 2nd / 3rd / 4th and 5th Generation Campaigns , but with 11 months apart.. there's going to be a 6th or 7th Generation soon
raypalmer
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: March 29, 2010
KitMaker: 1,151 posts
AeroScale: 985 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 04:18 AM UTC
I have a revell panther lying about. Not sure if I'll have time but it's definitely a possibility.
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 04:28 AM UTC
Sorry about how far out it is. There were a lot of proposals out there and I try to take 'em in the order they were submitted. I'm looking forward to starting myself!

Michael
Lakota
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New Mexico, United States
Joined: November 17, 2008
KitMaker: 1,202 posts
AeroScale: 292 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 01:06 PM UTC
Howdy Y'all
Eleven months is a long way out, too bad we couldn't relax the "no starting" rule a little. It actually works out well for me, I hope to be in a new job and moved to a new city and settled by then. I don't know what kit I'll build, leaning towards the Tamiya Me-262. I could go with the He-162, P-59, Gloster Meteor, but then I have 11 months to decide.
@ John-I'm with you, maybe it's time to propose the 2nd Gen Campaign so we can start right after Gen 1 is complete.
Take care,
Don "Lakota"
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 02:38 PM UTC
Over at Britmodeller they're already deep in discussion about which group builds to hold in 2015 so it's quite obvious it's not only our problem
Nito74
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
AeroScale: 635 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 02:24 PM UTC

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Over at Britmodeller they're already deep in discussion about which group builds to hold in 2015 so it's quite obvious it's not only our problem



I know Jessie, I'll have time to choose what to buy for this one.
I'll keep my workbench busy for sure !
ljames0874
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England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: August 15, 2012
KitMaker: 408 posts
AeroScale: 365 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 08:45 PM UTC
I'm in! I will complete my De Havilland Twin Boom Odyssey by building Revell's repop of the old Matchbox Sea Venom in 1/32. Suez stripes methinks.
supergrobi
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Joined: January 07, 2014
KitMaker: 16 posts
AeroScale: 16 posts
Posted: Friday, January 10, 2014 - 11:29 PM UTC
Hi to everybody! I'm new to Aeroscale and this will be my first entry, so please excuse, if there are some mistakes in the future. I know from following your site for a long time, that you will be so kind to help me.

So my entry will be the Revell Horten Go 229. Just to see, if there are still some modeling-skills after absence of the hobby for more then 20 years.

First question: do I have to buy the PhotoPost software to upload some pics, or is there another way? I know there is a tutorial, but just wasn't able to find it (I'm still definitely not skilled in microelectronics). Maybe Jessie comes in for rescue...
PeeJay74
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Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: January 08, 2014
KitMaker: 425 posts
AeroScale: 401 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 02:15 AM UTC
Ohh I'm in! I was going to build my Hobby Boss 1/48 P-80A next but I'll set it aside until the campaign. My entrant:

Lockheed YP-80A s/n 44-83028 from Project Extraversion in operational livery.
Nito74
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
AeroScale: 635 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 02:40 AM UTC

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Hi to everybody! I'm new to Aeroscale and this will be my first entry, so please excuse, if there are some mistakes in the future. I know from following your site for a long time, that you will be so kind to help me.

So my entry will be the Revell Horten Go 229. Just to see, if there are still some modeling-skills after absence of the hobby for more then 20 years.

First question: do I have to buy the PhotoPost software to upload some pics, or is there another way? I know there is a tutorial, but just wasn't able to find it (I'm still definitely not skilled in microelectronics). Maybe Jessie comes in for rescue...



Hi Stefan,

you can use any free software like Paint or a free online tool like,

http://pixlr.com/editor/

Just upload the photo to your computer, resize or crop to a smaller size ( I usually resize my photos to 33% or 40%) and then upload the image to a Photobucket account and post the link .
Like this photo from Wikipedia, using the tool provided between the text box and the smiley's board.



[*img]http://put.url.here/image.file[/img*]
supergrobi
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Joined: January 07, 2014
KitMaker: 16 posts
AeroScale: 16 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 04:02 AM UTC
Thanks! I hope to get it managed until the campaign starts. In the workbench section I got one uploaded direct from my pc, but now I don't get it deleted. I think we're learning everyday...

Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 04:16 AM UTC

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Hi to everybody! I'm new to Aeroscale and this will be my first entry, so please excuse, if there are some mistakes in the future. I know from following your site for a long time, that you will be so kind to help me.

So my entry will be the Revell Horten Go 229. Just to see, if there are still some modeling-skills after absence of the hobby for more then 20 years.

First question: do I have to buy the PhotoPost software to upload some pics, or is there another way? I know there is a tutorial, but just wasn't able to find it (I'm still definitely not skilled in microelectronics). Maybe Jessie comes in for rescue...



Welcome to Aeroscale, Stefan! You don't need to buy any special software to post pictures here. If you want to resize your pictures there are several different freeware programs you can get such as Ifranview, Gimp or Paint.net. As a member of Aeroscale you have a space in the image gallery (look at the black bar on the top of the page. The Gallery is found between "Events" and "Links" on the right hand side of the screen. Follow this tutorial to use it.)

The only problem with the gallery is because we have so many members it can't hold many pictures so many of us use another photo hosting site like Photobucket, Imageshack or Flickr to host our pictures.

Regardless where you host your pictures, the way to insert an image is pretty simple. Whenever you're writing a post, you'll see 7 little white buttons just below the area you type in. the far right-hand button says {img} (except that the brackets are square). Click that button whenever you want to insert a picture and you'll see this appear:
{img}http://put.url.here/image.file{/img}
(once again, the brackets will be square in real life)

Go to your image hosting site, select your picture, and copy its URL. The fastest way to do that is to hover your mouse pointer over the picture, click the right mouse button and select "copy image location" from the little menu which pops up.

Come back to Aeroscale, and replace the text which says "http://put.url.here/image.file" with the URL that you just copied. I like to use browser tabs which let me easily switch between Aeroscale and my hosting site as many times as I like. This is useful for inserting multiple pictures in one post.

Enjoy your stay in Aeroscale. If you have any questions at all, all of us will be happy to answer them. Happy building!
supergrobi
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Joined: January 07, 2014
KitMaker: 16 posts
AeroScale: 16 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 05:07 AM UTC
Thanks again, Jessie! I was sure you don't get tired of helping every new member (and in my case also ham-fisted in the work with new medias). So for now I have an idea what's to do next to share some work and experiences with you. After following Aeroscale for more than a year, I know, that really nice people are around here and I'm really looking forward to the comments and help, you all will suggest.

Cheers, Stefan
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
AeroScale: 2,904 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 05:22 AM UTC
Jessie is no doubt the best. And a great modeler too! Thanks Jessie and welcome aboard Stefan!

Michael
Bushioka
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Oregon, United States
Joined: January 13, 2014
KitMaker: 107 posts
AeroScale: 105 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014 - 09:53 PM UTC
Hello everyone, is it still possible to enlist in this campaign? I just joined Aeroscale today, so I'm sure that as a rookie here I'll make some mistakes. Thanks in advance for any help you can/will probably give me! I've been building kits for about 12 years but I know my skill level isn't super high; I do have fun anyway, though. Upon finding this campaign I was kind of elated because I just picked up a kit that fits the bill this afternoon.

My question is whether what I have in min for my kit would fit with the campaign. It's a Tamiya 1:48 scale Republic F-84G Thunderjet, but I intend on painting it with alternate markings. Rather, alternate history markings. As in, I intend to use markings from an Fw. 190D on it to make kind of an alt-history Luftwaffe Thunderjet.

Thanks for your time!
raypalmer
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: March 29, 2010
KitMaker: 1,151 posts
AeroScale: 985 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014 - 11:56 PM UTC
Hi Martyn, there's no mention ofwhat-ifs being disallowed in the rules so you may be all clear.
As for being too late to enlist, here on aeroscale you can enlist right up until the campaign ends. And we've got a bit of a wait for this one to start yet. You can sign up to this campaign here.

While we wait for this one to start check out the great build off campaign. We're all building the same excellent little kit in that one in a sort of friendly competition.