"C*K", or "Classic!"

[mattbacon]

A slightly left-field idea which came to me yesterday:

The CBK SIG goes global... I'm sure, for many of us, part of being a modeller in the 60s or 70s was building kits not from these shores. Revell and Monogram and Pyro, for sure, Heller (often in 1/50), and maybe those first exotic Japanese imports. This display would be a tribute to Classic Plastic from around the world. Any subject, any scale, just available in or before 1975...

There are no other "Classic ***** Kits" SIGs, so no problems on that score. And looking at the builds on here, we're all happy to build some of those "furrin" classics...

What do you think?

bestest,
M.

[TomW]

Its definitely different Matt; and different always piques my interest. I've several kits that fit the bill

Regards

Tom

[splash]

That sounds like a good idea.

Splash

[JamesPerrin]

I thought from the title it was going to be "cack or classic?"

"CBK SIG goes abroad!" Funnily I had the same thought yesterday. It is out of our remit it, a bit like Armour SIG does Fighter planes. However I not really sure anyone is going to complain? To make it more interesting I really think we should stick to seriously old stuff at least pre-1980 preferably pre-1970.

[PaulBradley]

Guess that makes ME seriously old then.....

Intriguing idea. I'd go even further and say pre-1965. Think of all the old Auroras and Revells.....

[JohnRatzenberger]

First, don't we currently define "classic" as 25 years or more ?
If so, I've always been a bit uncomfortable with the moving target and would prefer we stayed back of a more distant fixed line, say not newer than 1975 and certainly 1970 is OK.

Next, if we went C*K, then maybe we could put some "theme to it" by building similar C-K's from different *.
For example, the Revell 1/72 WW1 fighters and the Aurora 1/48 equivalents; a gaggle of P-40's - FROG, Matchbox, Airfix, Aurora, Monogram, etc, you get the idea. And, no I didn't date check any of these, just threw the idea at the wall to see if it would stick.

For variety - ships, figgies, etc - we could also take single subjects or less themed ones ...

[beany]

I like the idea Matt - we may finally get some classic Revell kits on a CBK table - something I've wanted for ages. However, having said that, there is now a new Revell SIG that will have a display at Telford this year so we may have to be careful about treading on their toes - I understanding their SIG leader is a right piece of work

[mattbacon]

Oh, I'm sure we can talk him round... ;-P

Seriously, I thought about not posting this when I saw your post about the Revell SIG, but then I thought it's no different from the situation with AMSIG, and these days both SIGs happily co-exist (at Telford and elsewhere!).

I'd want to find some of those Aurora Knights that used to come with "plated" armour...

bestest,
M.

[PaulBradley]

I'd want to find some of those Aurora Knights that used to come with "plated" armour...

Those seem to come up for sale quite frequently on ebay USA.