The Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum

I have asked John if we can book this for May.

David

Yes, but I am unclear whether this is Chastise (Lancaster/Dambuster) specific or for any 617 Sqn aircraft, as listed in first post.
We did the latter in 2013, Dambusters 617 Sqn and had several Lancaster GB before that.

I propose any 617 squadron aircraft be eligible as a tribute to the squadron.

David

What I thought, posted.

Thanks John.

David

Im in.
Could we have the rules relaxed on the F-35?
I mean the only none expensive and easily available F-35 in 1/72 is the F-35A in US markings.
Maybe bolt oob just to represent the future?
If so Ill build my Italeri F-35A for this.

If it helps, there's a B on ebay for $26. https://www.ebay.com/i/391943568584?chn=ps

David

That's a bit steep in price!
I'll just wait till they come into service and both Airfix and Revell show interest as they did with the Typhoon.

Folks, I am really sorry but I am going to have to pull out of my own suggested GB.

My daughter's wedding will keep us from home from April 20 until May 2 and then we have house guests from then until the end of that week. I thought I'd be OK starting then if I stuck to something simple but now I need to go to Scotland from May 21 to June 1.

That leaves me only 2 weeks to actually build and, frankly, I can't be online much to provide encouragement as GB leader outside those 2 weeks either.

Does anybody want to step in to GBL this one? I will assist as best I can. Or should we just cancel it because you could still build a 617 machine and put it into the 100 Year of RAF GB?

Again, I am truly sorry about this as I believe Chastise and 617 merit a GB.

David

That leaves 4 solid confirmations and 3 possibles - rather undersubscribed.

I'm going to suggest we can simplify things, and provide more flexibility to modelers who might have been interested in both, by building inside the RAF 100th GB.

I would tend to agree with John that this could be nicely accommodated within the RAF 100 GB, possibly having a sub-section and leader accordingly?
I'm certainly going to build something for the 617 anniversary but (famous last words ) can do it alongside my 1/35th Tempest Mk.II so as to hit the 16/17th May date. I would be happy to act as the sub-section GBL if required

I feel really bad about this. Thanks, John and Jim. I too can probably build my 617 tribute within the 100 Years GB and be complete for the anniversary of the actual raid (although I plan to model one of their post raid mounts).

David

I don't think we would need a physical sub-section, just have everyone participating use a common phrase in their thread title, perhaps "617/Chastise:" followed by what is. We could have an asst GBL to herd that along.

That works for me.

David.

Hi Guys,

I think John's suggestion is an excellent one and I'm more than happy for it to be merged into the RAF 100 GB - as it is it fits in nicely.

I think the 617 header is a good idea, and whilst I'm more than happy to cover it as GBL another assistant to cover this specifically would be welcome.

As it is, a 617 Tornado GR.4 was on my possible build list for the RAF 100 so I may join you.

Cheers

Stuart