A Very Civil Campaign proposal!

Operational Overview.

Any model of any scale and type allowed.
Any military aircraft,vehicle or ship converted to civilian use will be allowed with photographic evidence.

The Rules and Regs.

1. Projects should to be no more than 30% started before campaign start date.
2. Any scale, any era, any nationality.
3. Aftermarket and scratch built detail are encouraged!
4. Diorama's or bases not required but are welcome!
5. Picture of kit at start and at least two in-progress pics in the campaign thread.
6. At least two pictures of the finished subject in the campaign gallery qualifies for the ribbon.
7. No what if's (we already have a campaign for that).
8. No armament of any kind allowed.
9. Entries may not used in another campaign.
10. The most important rule : Have fun and share lots in the official campaign thread.

Lets all be civil!

Great idea! Are we talking about military surplus equipment that did civilian usage, or are we talking about military designs that were produced for civil use? I am wondering about things like the 377 Stratocruiser. and Vimy Commercial. Those might be outside the actual intent of the campaign.

Lots of C-47s were used for everything from passenger service to drug smuggling over the years. Now, a bunch of military equipment is being granted out to local police departments in the United States. Tons of WWII Jeeps spent their retirements working as swamp buggies. DUKWs still give harbor tours. One PT was made into an oyster boat, and another was hacked up as a dinner cruise boat. (looking at Wikipedia, reading histories of surviving PT boats, a few were converted to fishing, yacht and excursion boats. It might be pretty hard to find photos, though.) The whole Unlimited class in air racing is filled with modified WWII fighters. (And the Texan class is another gold mine of subjects) Military ships have been sunk as dive reefs (For those looking for a real diorama challenge) Bombers were made into restaurants and gas stations... Belly tanks were made into Bonneville racers. Military motorcycles were raced, and made into choppers. Many skydiving clubs use retired military planes. (Challenge! Who will be the first to model one of Pink Aviation's S7s?)

I could go on for pages, but this is a really cool idea for a campaign. I hope this generates a lot of interest. Good Luck!

Hi Dave.
This campaign would be open to any Civil model of any type or scale.
Military surplus equipment would be welcome.

A Very Civil Campaign.
We have 8 interested on the origanal KitMaker Network post:
https://archive.kitmaker.net/forums/237900
1 here so far =9
I would like to run this campaign on the Aeroscale site and post it network wide.

Ten
Did you really think I'd let this one get past me?

No!

Ok! sign me up.


Bob

Hi Bob!

A Very Civil Campaign.
We now have 11 interested:

jimb
Littorio
JClapp
turtle65
CoppaDude
KoSprueOne
North4003
DaveMan
Jessie_c
Bigrip74
Tinbanger
I will e-mail for campaign approval.

It is all JClapp's (Jonathan)fault for getting me interested in civil airliners and purchasing several in the last couple of weeks

Bob

This campaign has been APPROVED!

It will run from October 1, 2015 through April 1, 2016 and you can sign up here.

Should be an interesting one!

Michael

Would any type of civilian vehicle qualify; ships, planes, trains, and automobiles? How about Owen's ride? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbgOACJpZg0

Owens rig would be a great entry!
As the rules state as long as you are civil you are welcome

A very Civil aircraft:

All you'd need is a pair of two-stage Merlin Nacelles. Pity Paragon went the way of the Dodo. There's also this one, which you could do with a stock B Mk. IV:

If I understand the rules correctly (and I'm not sure that I do), the subject has to have either server in the armed forces then sold to the civilian sector; or was designed for the armed forces, but they never used it & the civilian sector did. Am I understanding that correctly? If I am, then a subject designed specifically for & sold only to the civilian sector wouldn't necessarily apply. Would it?

Jim

No, that's only one possibility. Strictly civil designs are more than welcome.

Ok, now I'm really confused!

Jim

Hi Jim
This campaign is open to any type of model.
Civilian built and used are welcome.
Ex military used in the civilian world (no guns etc)are welcome.
Before someone asks UN mission items are allowed (no guns etc).
Original use does not matter as long as the posted model is
built as a civilian (photo of original would be nice).
No what If's.

I´m in with a Ford Trimotor or maybe it will change to a Tante Ju.
The Trimotor is allready in my stock.

Thanks for clearing that up, Richard.

Jan, I like your idea of the Ford Tri-Motor. Are you going to do it Eastern Air Transport livery like the photo?

Jim

Bump time:
Camper?

Hi all,

i'll be in with a single figure

cheers
nico

Welcome Nico!