B Autor
Anyone else want to join??

Hunter Cummins
Can I build ww2 aircraft??
And did you make this??

Augie
Ooo tempting.. but not gonna be able to finish by 28th of Jan

Frank Krause
@Augie: Actually it is Feb., 28th, 2014, so you might be able to give it a try, since you are a quick builder.
Presently the event pages cannot show it, if an event goes via month's end. Tim has to correct that manually.

B Autor
Hunter it's anything as long it's a Naval Aircraft 🙂

Augie
Hehe thanks Frank, then I might just have a crack at it... will look an see what I fancy

B Autor
Yay!! I'm going to build this:S-3A Viking (Hasegawa 00537, 1:72)

Hunter Cummins
Brandon count me in 😄😄
Did you creat this ??
Oh and nice build 🙂

B Autor
Yeah I created this,what will you build?

Anthony Flanagan
This looks like it would be fun. If I could clear a couple of my outstanding projects...hmmmm...
Would you accept a slow builder, as in may not finish by the deadline? I would like to tag along.

Fabian D.
I´ve got a started Swordfish pretty deep down in my stash... would that be ok?
all in all one of the worst kits (if not the worst) in my stash, but I´d be ready for the callenge 😉
Fairey Swordfish Mk I/III (Revell 04115, 1:72)

Hunter Cummins
Nice 😄 I dont know yet lol
Off to the hobbyshop

Hunter Cummins
Lol

B Autor
@ Anthony,I'm willing to change the deadline so you can join 🙂 just tell me what should be good for the dates
@ Fabian,yeah that'll work 🙂

Fabian D.
cool, so I´ll better go digging😉

Anthony Flanagan
Like Fabian D. I have a USS North Carolina I have started. Not a great kit but if acceptable I would able to meet the deadline.

B Autor
I'll accept the USS North Carolina,it has the kingfisher on the back. So it'll work 🙂

B Autor
Btw does starting on the 24th work? I have a project to finish,Hunter needs to get a kit and Anthony said he needs to finish some projects. I can change it to a later date

Fabian D.
I´m open for almost any date... Just have found the kit again, now I know why I put it in it´s box again some years ago... 😄

Hunter Cummins
The 24this fine because im going really soon to go and get an airplane 🙂 and iam looking forward to doing this groupbuild 😄😄

B Autor
Cool! I can't wait to start 😄

Hunter Cummins
Me to😄😄

Anthony Flanagan
Brandon, I agree that you should keep the dates as they are. Also, if Hunter can go to the trouble of getting an aviation kit, I can do an airplane from my stash.
Yes, I am looking for an excuse to start another kit! Thanks Hunter! 🙂 🙂

B Autor
Anthony,if you want to build the USS North Carolina,go for it 🙂 but if you would rather build an aircraft,that'll be fine too 🙂

Hunter Cummins
No problem anthony 🙂 always glad to help😉🙂 and im also looking to start another kit lol 😄

Anthony Flanagan
Brandon, I plan on digging out my Hellcat out for this build so I should be fine.

B Autor
Cool! Do you have enough time? We're going until April 🙂

Anthony Flanagan
Brandon - I am confident I will have enough time. I should be a lot more focused on this one than usual. Also, this replaces one of the kits I had when I was young and have since lost (picture moving and mom clearing out my room!).

B Autor
Cool! This GB will be awesome

Hunter Cummins
Heck yea 🙂

Anthony Flanagan
Hunter - whatever happens, where ever you go, keep your built models. You may build them better in the future, but you will miss them if they are lost. Also, keep them high enough that the neighbor's brat kids can't reach them when your mom has one of her friends over while you are at school. I am going to stop now before I start a titanic rant.
Cheers!

Hunter Cummins
Anthony I will always keep them no matter what and I hope I build them a lot better in the future 🙂
And mine are all in boxes now due to me moving 🙂
But at my knew house I am building a brandnew mancave😉 and I have a door with two dead bolts and they are high up lol
Cheers

Anthony Flanagan
Good man!! Nothing is sadder than coming home to find pieces of various models spread throughout the house...just picture Darth Vader's reaction upon learning Pademe had bought it! Grrrrrrrr!

Hunter Cummins
That would be horrible to see lol
And what a sight that would be ahaha

Anthony Flanagan
I had/have a horrible temper. It was not pretty. Thank God I can laugh about it now...sort of.

Hunter Cummins
I use to be that way but got over it thankfully but im glad you were able to laugh about it 🙂

Clifford Keesler
When I am building a model the four letter words fly like I was a sailor: Wait I was a sailor. LOL. Sometimes my temper gets the best of me too.

Hunter Cummins
Oh clifford yo do know how to make a guy laugh haha
And michael : hiw loud was the sonic boom😉😛 and glad to hear it

Clifford Keesler
When I was younger My temper was really bad. One time my wife and I were having a fight and I started throwing things, well my wife picked up my 1.500 dollar Rickenbacker guitar and handed it to me. Not realizing what she had just gave I procceded to beat it to death on the stairs. Once I realized what it was, that cured me of throwing things.

Clifford Keesler
Except tools at work. I was famous for throwing tools across the Flight line or Hanger. I was trying to remove a #1 flight boost resovior from my CH-47 Chinook one day and no matter what I did it would not come out,so in anger I took a ballpen hammer and did a Mexican hat dance on the Aft Pylon. Almost got hung over that one.

Hunter Cummins
Oh wow holy crap

B Autor
Woah,that's not good

Clifford Keesler
Yea was pretty bad that one. I don't do it much anymore.

Anthony Flanagan
Like Clifford, when I was young I could have sudden explosions/detonations. The peace of building a model, even with all the frustrations w/ fiddly parts etc, was very therapeutic. As an adult I find it the same. Details do not argue, they are a puzzle to contemplate or a challenge to be creative. So when I build, all those frustrations and aggravations lose their place in my mind and at the end, hopefully, I have a nice token of my efforts. I find it very, very satisfying. My early models were poorly done but represented a turning point in my life and world view. Anyway, I could prattle on but lets not.

Hunter Cummins
Yup model building is very theriputic 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Amen to that. Sure helps with the PTSD.

B Autor
You have PTSD?

Clifford Keesler
Yes.

B Autor
Do you mind if I ask how you got it?

Clifford Keesler
Vietnam, and a tour in Lebanon.

B Autor
Woah...you've seen some crazy s*it

Clifford Keesler
Yes I have, Plus lost several friend in aircraft crashes, which I witnessed. Then when I retired from the service I worked as a paramedic.

Hunter Cummins
Holy sh*t clifford
Thats horrible

Sebastijan Videc
sorry to hear that, clifford

I found out modelling is therapeutic for me as well - as a stress reliever. I work as an air traffic controler and at times, due to various situations in the airspace I get really stressed. It's funny that it's a hidden stress really, you don't notice it really. But when I sit down and model, I find myself getting relaxed... I guess you our defence mechanisms in our bodies try to negate the harm...

Clifford Keesler
Thanks guys and yes the modeling really helps.

B Autor
The GB has now started!

Sebastijan Videc
👍 Good luck everyone! Hope to see a bunch of finished naval birds!

Hunter Cummins
Brandon I cant start till friday :'( :'( :'(
Im really sad 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

B Autor
No problem,we have until April

John Thomas
Hey Hunter, what Navy bird do you plan on doing?

B Autor
He told me that he wants to do a hellcat

John Thomas
A hellcat would be neat. I plan on doing 3 hellcats for my Jolly Rogers project. Will start on them soon

B Autor
Cool! Have you decided what you're going to build?

John Thomas
Yes, I have 2 corsair on the work bench started. the F4U-1 and the F4U-1A.
The F4U-1 is ready for paint.

B Autor
Oh! Those will be cool!

Hunter Cummins
Ok sweet 😄

Anthony Flanagan
Well, let's get it on!! This should be fun and I am looking forward to it.