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Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:53 pm That's a true 'Gull Wing" type. The F4U and Ju-87 are "Inverted Gull Wing" types...

True, gull wings are gull wings, inverted or not

Stuart wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:19 am Does this count..?

This would be the Broken Eagles GB. You have to build a wrecked A/C. Which is also a good idea BTW!

Hiya all,

I got a phantom too, so if anyone is interested in doing the phantom group build, I'm in.

1/100 Tamiya F4 phantom,

Medicman71 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:22 pm I probably won't participate in any GB's as of right now cause I'm trying to finish what I've started.

Yea, I tell myself that too…

Ceaser_Sa1ad wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:52 am Hiya all,

I got a phantom too, so if anyone is interested in doing the phantom group build, I'm in.

1/100 Tamiya F4 phantom,

I’m always down for a F-4 group build— I have numerous monogram Fujim i and Hasegawa phantoms in my stash. However, I need to change the title of this thread to 2025..

I'm up for it but not this year. I have a particular Phantom I'm looking to do. Need to buy the kit and decal set.

Disclaimer: I have no time for more group builds right now, but I do enjoy thinking up new GB ideas for entertainment purposes if for nothing else.

That said, Here is another one I came up with (probably has been thought of before in one form or another, so I won't claim to idea to be original).

It would be called the "Box Photo Group Build" .

So, you are the lucky guy or gal that the model company has contracted with to build up their kits for the 'box top photo'.
Obviously, this would mean you could not modify or improve the kit in any fashion -- just build the best version of the plastic that comes in the box. Exception would be markings -- because old kits can have unusable decals. Now , any kit would qualify , but you would get extra respect by building an older kit that actually was around during the box photo era and presented some challenges for the builder

Now, there are a few real life examples of model company shenanigans where they used a photo of an imposter model on the box top, but that would not be in the spirit of this GB.

Obviously, you present of photo of your completed kit in box top style, maybe with a paint brush or x-acto knife and a bottle of paint next to it like Testors used to do.

The box top photo era really was only for about 10-15 years or so from the late 70’s to the early 90’s. Then kit makers returned to box art…. and some companies (Tamiya) never adopted completed build box top photos…

That sounds about right Carlos. I believe it was brought on by some legal wrangling about honesty in advertising so it mostly would have affected stuff being sold in the U.S. Maybe that is how US-Airfix came about?

Yes, I vaguely recall something like that happening. A few of the Japanese companies never went over to photos of the actual kit build on the box tops, but most everything made in North America and Western Europe did. At least among the mainstream kit companies. Then box art started returning in the early 80’s