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Can't wait to see!! And the appropriate changes have been made to the dates. It's now been extended officially to a year.

Thats cool with me. I'll make the change guys.

I hear ya Wayne! I'm wondering if I should initially extend this GB on out for a year due to the complexity of some of the builds that are in here like yours and Rileys. I can do that if it takes some of the pressure off of you guys so you can take your time with the builds. Lemme know.

Ok ok ok.. I stand corrected! lol

You can't run! You can't hide!!!

................but if you find a great deal on an old kit at a model show or garage sale it's a perfect opportunity. LOL

Who's the kit manufacturer for that Joe?

At the time I was around 13 or 14 but I got a 1/48 B-1B Lancer and a 1/48 B-36 Peacemaker (both Monogram) . Man those presents where huge!!!! I think that was back in 84 or so.

Cool Mark! I look forward to seeing the build!

I dunno if I'd take it that far but I see your point as well as see Tom's there. I recently used the Weekend Madness GB (48 hrs) as an ice breaker for my son who's just getting started with Snap-Tite kits. He just got done building a Revell Star Wars V-19 Torrent kit in the WM GB over at FSM. For me it would be done in 20 minutes but for my 9 year old son to build it by himself AND do it in a GB was pretty cool for me and totally awesome to lil' Joe. I thought about joining another WM GB but it would be with a fairly simple kit like a vintage Monogram aircraft in 1/48 scale. Anything else would be almost impossible , i.e. Eduard, Trumpeter........you get the picture. Good points by Tom and you though.

24 hr GB? Wow I've been involved in the Weekend Madness GB over at FSM but never a 24 hour GB! I'm usually just wrapping up washing the sprues in soap and water and starting engine build up basics at the 24 hour mark!!!!!!!

eeewwww ..........yuk! It's been a while since I've dropped one and when I did all I could do was just cringe!!! Glad to hear it's working out for you though. Whew!!

It's not "terrible" but it's got its fair share of challenges. If you know what your'e getting into ahead of time,plan the build out and are decent with body work it yeilds a great build along with some aftermarket stuff. I don't know if all Trumpy kits have the ejector pin mark disease but this one did. Patience, alot of putty and some elbow grease hid alot of em. Here's a shot of the inside of a landing gear door just to show you:(and don't let this discourage you from buying one...this plane looks great under glass.)

HNTR: Got the change posted on the roster. Everybody: Now if the 1st of Feb would just get here.........................

You know Mark, that's alright! And it fits perfect in the "All the Rest" category. I think its awesome to use this opportunity to do something for someone else. So with that man, you got it! I'll make the change in the roster. Can't wait to see some of the detail youre gonna throw at this!

Another amen plus an opportunity for a challenge! ...........and yes I've had one. I built a 1/24 Bf109 K-4 Kit from Trumpeter that almost became a lawn dart a couple of times. Poor fit, TONS of ejector pin marks in all the wrong places and gaps out the ying yang!!! Pulled the build out of disaster status though!

Well I got to thinking about it later and youre right about the money. I'm not going to put this conversation on a more personal level because I work for GM and thats not what the thread was intended for so I'll just say this. Doing things in the interest of money only has it's consequences sometimes. For the sake of staying on topic, we put a Chevrolet badge on a car that mostly aint made here in the name of the almighty dollar. I'm just looking forward to seeing what the good ol' boys here can do with that same dollar they've made.

I have worked for General Motors for a while now and I will say that there are a few things coming from Holden that were decent from a driver stand point. All of the following is dealing with just GM alone. I can't really speak for Ford or Toyota. Without Holden, the Camaro would have probably still been on the drawing board or not nearly as good(with the past efforts). The Pontiac G8 would have never been (and folks these things really suck to work on but are a family car/ performance car that is halfway practical AND hauls "A"!!) almost forgot the G8 is Holden based too-------Jeez!!. All of this is my opinion here but before Camaro all we had was stuff like a Corvette (which are awesome cars but the "John Q" majority has a hard time coming up with 65+K for a non-family practical 2 seater) the G8 (which Pontiac got flushed down the toilet in 09 so one less Holden platform), Buick?..........(well not yet anyway)......., trucks with 400+ hp but weigh as much as a tank, but look good. The Trailblazer SS was a good idea but the same bodied SSR was a friggin joke( from a sales standpoint). The Cobalt SS is ok for a four banger which sold decent and the new SS from Chevrolet has got potential but again has the Holden name involved. Maybe this new CEO of GM has got an idea to put the folks at GM hard to work and come up with a desirable looking sports car that's affordable and built here in America. Let me say that again................................BUILT HERE IN AMERICA. Again my opinion but if its got a Chevrolet badge or any other domestic badge on it my feeling is it should be BUILT HERE. Our truck line is pretty solid and they are built here. Why shouldn't our performance car offerings be the same way? Again the Corvette is a great and proven car but it's considered an exotic and the John Q on average, 1.) Can't afford it and 2.) Can't use it. Honestly I think we should drop Holden because we Americans are some pretty smart folks. I'm sure we can come up with a good plan to build an affordable sports car we can call our own. Just my

You came to a great community to learn! Lot's of knowledge and experience here and if you hang out enough and this stuff will rub off! You will get to where you want to be with building that's for sure.

This definitely gets a for most creative build!!! Good going Ira!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!! Another Butcher Bird!!! You got it Jim!

Ta da!!!!! Wow Ira!!! You really need to enter that in a contest!!! I'm sure it'll get an award!!!! What a build!!!

700 pieces??? By all means................I'll make an exception here for this!

Give it a shot and see what happens. You'll be pleasantly surprised. Stuff flows like silk.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I've been wanting to build something from the Imperial fleet!