The details to this build are very simple :
1. US Navy aircraft (in Navy markings)
2. Kits must be completed and photos submitted no later than October 31, 2002
3. Any scale
4. Any era
5. Any build ( oob, scratchbuilt, aftermarket stuff, etc...)

I'll make a gallery on the MSN site for you to post your models....

If you wish to participate in the group build them sign up by leaving a post here.... Have fun

I'm in. I just ordered my TBF-1c Avenger. I decided to go mostly OOB. I did order some little things I wanted to try like realistic tires and a torpedo, but thats it. I figure I will have my hands full with my first 1/48 aircraft. Thanks for taking the helm Penny

Well, count me in too !

As I said earlier, I'm making a WWII US Navy Grumman F6F-3/5 Hellcat(Academy 1/72 scale). Haven't decided on whether it'll be a 3 or 5 version, but I'm planning to do some R&D on this . Looking for some good sites which give a good reference.

BTW, do we need to make a display base also? Or is it just OK if the plane is done? (Personally, I'd love to make one, but don't have that much exp in making diorama bases. Oh well, one's gotta start somewhere, sometime )!

Good Luck, and let's have fun !

Rgds,
BP

Count me in. Just placed an order for Hasegawas 1/48 F6F-3 Hellcat... So, I'll be going back to a/c modeling...

Count a newbie in Penny! Just bought Academy's 1/72 F14-A Tomcat last night. It will be built OOB. The kit only provides decals for VF-51 so I'll stick with them. Aftermarket decals are hard to get in this part of the world

Um.. not to discourage you Jeepney, but I think Penny forgot to mention that we were planning to go in for Navy Propeller driven planes.

Or is it just me 8-? Penny, can you pls clear the air on this ?

BP.

Count me in !
I'll probably be building a 1/72nd avanger... if I don't find something more esotheric before !

Same question as Bytepilot - your rules have not excluded jets and helos from the original discussion. Also era has grwon from WW2. Which is find with me, since I have helos and Golden Age aircraft out the gazoo :-) (Unbuilt that is)

I'm in, either with a Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-4B or a Tamiya F4U-1C.

But Hasegawa and Tamiya don't make 1B's and 1C's, I hear you ask . . . .

As Dr. Evil says . . . . riggghhhhhhhht

Great! To answer your question.... Any Era and that includes jets and helos. About the base... That's totally up to you ! Good Luck

Okay - now that Penny has cleared the muddy waters - I'm in...

Gunnie - who hasn't built an A/C model since 1990...

I haven't built an airplane for a while, either, but you can include me, too. I found the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 Avenger at the local hobby shop (well actually, there are two complete kits in the box!) and will attempt to build it. May have a few questions for you professional aircraft modelers, though...........

Nic

I havn't. It's been probably 16-17 years, of course I just came back from a 15 year layoff from models so I am sure I would have, just havn't

Count me in Lady

I'm in.

Time to kick the tires and light the fires, 'ol Yoda!

I'll probably go with an F-14 or F-18.... unless I see a really cool prop plane at the hobby store!

YodaMan - The Determined One

Count me in with Swords 1/72 F8F Bearcat. The kit includes all kinds of nice resin cockpit detail and should build up into a nice little kitty.

Glad to see this group built taking off :-)

Cheers,

CDT Reimund Manneck
U.S. Army ROTC

Glad to see all this interest in an aircraft build, even from you armor guys.....

Im in.... i need something different to build then tanks :-). I don't know what ill build just yet though!

I'm in
Vince Maddux

Ooooooh, Ranger. Isn't that a bit painful?

Tread.

P.S. I think they make ointment for that. #:-)

You know you can count me in. Mine will be either a Tamiya 1/48 F4u-1 in Jolly Rogers markings or a Revell Germany 1/32 SDB-5E. Haven't decided yet.

After looking through some old 'tech files' I had when I was an even younger kid, I've decided to go with an F-11 Tiger. If I can find a model of it, that is...

YodaMan

Yo're gonna have a hard time finding a model of that one Yoda...
I went to the hobby shop on saturday and I got myself a few models :
mpm Ryan FR1 Fireball, sword T34C turbo mentor... at home I already had hasegawa avenger,
mpm phantom (first of the name)... So what am I gonna choose now ?

Um... yeah. I've just check the three biggest online stores and here's what I've found - Nothing! Absolutely NOTHING! Bummer. That F-11 really looks cool too....
Oh well... I guess this means I get to go to the hobby shop to search for a plane! :-)

YodaMan

Well, I just got back from the hobby shop... I was rather light on cash, so I decided to try and find an 'inexpensive' model. I looked over the selection for a bit and in the end decided on, get this, the Testor's F2H-2 Banshee. Methinks it would've been easier to buy a $40 top o' the line F-18.
Thick plastic, extremely basic detail, gaps-o-plenty. Oh well, the cockpit should be the easiest part... BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ONE !!!!!!!!! Hey, whaddaya want for 8 bucks?
Now that I've told you, there's no turning back. The deadline for finished airplanes is October 31st, 2002. That F2H-2 Banshee is going to be finished by then. And it's going to look good. Call me 'Mr. Determined'.
Time to get to work...

YodaMan