The second year of WW2 is primarily remembered for the Battle of Britain, but there was far more besides, both from a military and a civilian perspective. So, eighty years hence, this Group Build is open to anything that was around in 1940, from fighter aircraft to armoured cars, from battleships to buses.
Runs from 8 February to 31 December 2020.
Spitfire Mk I. Finished as Geoffrey Wellum's QJ-K.
This was the first model I finished in 25 years, after convincing the wife to let me have a compressor for Christmas. A decision I'm sure she bitterly regrets to this day. :oops:...
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! Credit to EKO that they made some intriguing choices, including the Republic RC3 SeaBee , Piper Cub, Hispano HA-200R-1 Saeta and Dornier Wal. Pity many of the kits weren't a great step up from Starfix in their accuracy. :cry:
When I commenced my initial trio for this GB (the Bf109E-3a Strela, Laté 298D and ČKD LT vz.38 Praga), I never thought that the “Elephant in the Room” would trample me as much as it has. The idea of a lockdown even had me imagining that I could legitimately escape the weekend...
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Many thanks again for the gracious feedback. Very much appreciated!
As promised, I have finally uploaded a few more photos (below and in the Finished Goods' thread). I also lightened a few of the earlier photos after realising just how dark they were making the green appear....
Double Bluff … geddit? I know … stick to your day job. Now it is extremely unusual to add a new thread to a Group Build on the very last day, so I’d better explain myself …
When I started constructing the F2A-2 for the 1940 GB, I thought why not build both of the kits in the...
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Building carriers in 1/144 is more Mike's approach! :P
Thanks to everyone for the glowing feedback. As always, I am humbled by many of the comments.
And before I close this one off for good, here are a few of the promised happy snaps ...
The 38(t) is complete and the Strela is close to joining it (hopefully this weekend). I am trying a couple of things with the Laté 298’s plunge-moulded canopy and I’m currently masking RST’s Hurricane. So, with work-related business finally under control for the first time since...
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Many thanks for the kind words, David. :D
As promised, here rather belatedly are some additional happy snaps of the finished product.
Having completed my Gladiator, I've been casting around for my next build. Given the GB closes on 31 December I should be able to manage something, although an ongoing house move and refurb may make updates sporadic. After something so small and tricky to handle, I've decided I...
For my second contribution to this group built, I started in the same time with Mig88 Armory's Bf.109... Mine will certainly be Helmut Wick's aircraft.
Miguel did a complete presentation of the kit, and I can confirm the impressions expressed : parts look nice, but...
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Many thanks !
And a special thank to you Miguel, your built as been really helpful ! ;)
Not much time til the end of this GB - so I picked a small one to have a chance to finish it in time!
For years I have the second model of a Sweet Macchi c200 in my stash (that was one of my first 1/144 kits which I bought because of the review in SAM). First I thought it...
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Looking good! I really like the white bands. They make a very attractive alternative to the more often seen yellow.
Shortly after the cessation of hostilities in WW1, the Latécoère company came into being, designing a small aluminium biplane called the Laté 3 Postal. As the 20’s progressed, Latécoère turned to larger designs which reflected the then-French propensity for ugliness that...
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I just saw this earlier today in the completed section, and wanted to say well done on such a good job. I reckon it might well be one of your best yet.
First of a quadruple build of Do17, Ju87, He111 and Ju88 is the ancient Crown Ju88 as a an A. The wings are clipped and the canopy filed to more resemble the early model.
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the masks are amazing. masking canopies is definately the lynchpin of 144 aircraft modeling.
that has brought me to a stand more than anything else.
I watching a DVD whilst I was poorly and had this thought....
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Looking good! I've never seen commercially available strips like these where the colour is matched to an actual standard. Given how little you need to frame most canopies in our scale, one advantage of my painted approach is that I cut out little squares (about 3 - 4 cm) from...
Before I start, let’s attend to the Elephant in the Room. I did say elsewhere that I am avoiding the Sweet Hurricane in the first instance because I’ve done three in previous Group Builds (one in GB3, a pair in GB8). The moment I decided to include an Emil here, I got to...
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That's a beauty! I love this bulgarian scheme, I have an Avia 534 very similar to do. It's nice to see you're back with a new finished model, it's a good sensation, do you? ;) ;)
As many may have read from my previous posts that I helped dig up parts of a Bf110 of ZG2 in the 1970s. I have now found out that Gehard Granz the pilot flew a different 110 before his crash in September 1940. I will building my next 110 as a 'D', not with the horrid fuel tank...
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I sent a query to the authour and artist and they concur with our resident experts. I have modified part of the interior of the F-Toys 110G for the front cockpit.
After a break, working on a 1:72 project which is almost finished, here is my next and final contribution to this Group Build: a pair of Armory Bf 109Es.
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I've been building Airfix's Bf 109E-4 before tackling at least a pair of Armory's kits of which I have...
Greg's Praga reminded me, that the current GB is about 1940, not only about airplanes in 1940. Therefore I wanted to build some of my recently purchased armour of this very year.
The Panhard 178 (or AMD 35, as the French official name was), was an armoured car designed...
Some years ago I bought my first shapeways models - a PZL P.11 and a HS-123. I wanted to try the different qualities of the plastic options and chose 'translucent smooth' for the first and 'regular' for the latter. The price difference, as most of you will know, is considerable....
From a participant who is lucky to complete one build per GB, let alone two, here’s … cough, splutter … number three for “1940”. OK, not much in the way of “Build”, but …
Over the years that we’ve been running Group Builds, we have seen a variety of categories addressed. True...
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As you'll see in an earlier post, I did contemplate adding the numerals as I have some appropriately sized red-on-white decals (albeit ALPS-printed) that Matt Snedden designed for the SdKfz 250/251 pairing. I do agree they'd lift the build a bit, even if I have to wing it with...
Back in the 1970's I was a young Civil Servant allowed day-release training in printing. Just round the corner from the college was a model shop. Revell had just released their range of 1/144 scale fighters from the 1940's. Here in a wave of nostalgia we present, 1940 Revell...
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You've nailed the chosen camo scheme with that distinctive red band. Like Fritz says, there's issues with all of those ancient MicroWings' aircraft and the Bf109E has a few outline issues which are hard to combat (no pun intended), but you've really pulled it through nicely....
We've done a few of these group builds now. Somehow along the way I got it into my head that it was a terrible thing to get to the end of a GB with a model that was still incomplete. I'm not sure at what point this thought began to take hold, but it I slowly came to realise that...
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It's not that I have no words - I have them but they are uselles .... :o :o :o
How do you do justice to the second most important fighter of the Battle of Britain. Well in 1973 in bought my first 1/144 model, the Revell Spitfire. I am doing a bit of 2020 updates on this. Also I have a trio of Bandai Spits in the stash so one of those is going to see the...
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Cheers, David! Wallabies are generally more placid than their bigger cousins. Visiting the appropriately-named Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast many years ago, we were surrounded by a number of smaller Eastern Grey roos all pestering for food. It was a pretty...
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