Racing Cars GB

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:57 pm

Hi guys I would like to make a suggestion anyone interested in joining this GB??

The requirement are as follows

Must be a racing car from any racing series such as Le Mans , formula 1 , DTM and etc
Could be from the early days of racing to the modern racing days
Can be build oob or scratch build whichever you like
Duration 6 months ( could be a SiG)
Rally cars and others cars that were build for racing could do

Would like to get your feedback cheers

JonMW · Post by **JonMW** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:30 pm

I'm all for it, sadly there are not too many car builders on the forum so I'm not sure how many more would join. It might be a good idea to expand it to competition cars, that way you could include rally cars as well as hill climb and land speed etc.

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:46 pm

I might be up for this, make a change, lol!
So long as there's no requirement to add all the engine detail!!

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:57 pm

JonMW wrote:I'm all for it, sadly there are not too many car builders on the forum so I'm not sure how many more would join. It might be a good idea to expand it to competition cars, that way you could include rally cars as well as hill climb and land speed etc.

chief5437 wrote:I might be up for this, make a change, lol!
So long as there's no requirement to add all the engine detail!!

Thanks for the feedback I've updated some of the terms give more cars that were meant to race to be included

Billr65 · Post by **Billr65** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:39 am

Iam up for it

Rallychef · Post by **Rallychef** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:54 pm

I need some motivation to get back to the bench, so if rally cars are permitted, I'm in

regards Ian D

wookiee76 · Post by **wookiee76** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:17 pm

I'd try a car for a change, shame ecto 1 doesn't qualify as a race car!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:18 am

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... =52&t=9464
Post at the bottom, Paul responds on the next page
I am full on in as a supporter

.....would even put up a kit as a prize

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:16 am

Well, I've seen the kit I want, lol! So even if this doesn't happen, I think I'll get it anyway!

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:45 am

I might be up for building something depending on when your thinking of starting this

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:31 pm

Paul wrote:I might be up for building something depending on when your thinking of starting this

I was thinking of next month or the following month Paul what do you think? Or can it be put into ISM 2016 LTGB

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:06 pm

LTGB in 2016 might get the most exposure and number of participants......ie planning for a new year
JMHO

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:17 pm

Yeah i think next yeah it would do a lot better

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:33 pm

Just thinking out loud, but, I think 6 months might be too long. I get the impression that longer gb's don't do so well. It's too easy to put them aside for other builds and then lose interest. Also, the shorter gb's are kept alive and fresh by more frequent updates.

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:42 pm

Couldn't help myself! All this talk got me excited so I thought I'd have a practice run and picked this up today! Lol!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:05 pm

Oh that is sweet,Chief. Loving the direction this build will head.....just won't be able to start something new until January
Then I have to decide what to make out of the piles of kits I have

Tamiya F1 cars in 1/20 x8 or 1/12 x2
Hasegawa 1/25 Lancia Stratos or Tamiya WRX 1/25 for rally cars
911 or 944 Porsches in 1/25 in Gulf livery
Airfix's 1930 Bently Supercharged 1/12
Don't even get me started on about all the classic racing Bugatti's I have
How about a 1/12 Fiat Mefistofele from Italieri or a 1/8 Pocher Alfa Romeo Monza 1931

Oh another weird one Protar Italy 1/25 Ferrari 250 GTO

Ahhh too many choices!!!!!

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:51 pm

Whoa! Someone's spoilt for choice! That gto looks stunning

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:16 am

chief5437 wrote:Whoa! Someone's spoilt for choice! That gto looks stunning

Yes that is one of my favorite Ferraris, it is pretty cool and a bit rare of a kit
Chief, are you going to start up that Porsche early ???
If you do, a WIP would be a welcome addition to the Road vehicle section. I would follow along for sure!!!

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:21 am

Ok next year will do can't wait .
For me I have
Tamiya 1/20 B192 Benetton
Fujimi 1/24 Porsche 956
Tamiya 1/20 Mclaren Mp4/4

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:47 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:
chief5437 wrote:Whoa! Someone's spoilt for choice! That gto looks stunning
Yes that is one of my favorite Ferraris, it is pretty cool and a bit rare of a kit
Chief, are you going to start up that Porsche early ???
If you do, a WIP would be a welcome addition to the Road vehicle section. I would follow along for sure!!!

As soon as a get some bench space freed up. I'm itching to start it. I'll do a thread but can't promise much. It'll be my first real go at a car, I don't count the rusty jag I did for the last ltgb, lol!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:14 pm

Will be happy to follow along and be obnoxiously helpful

deepblueska707 · Post by **deepblueska707** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:26 am

I am new to ISM and just returning to the hobby after many decades away, but I am all for more GBs especially the more obscure non-military ones. I would definitely participate in a race car build.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:38 am

deepblueska707 wrote:I am new to ISM and just returning to the hobby after many decades away, but I am all for more GBs especially the more obscure non-military ones. I would definitely participate in a race car build.

Awesome and welcome to ISM. There are a few car nuts in amongst the tanks and planes
They make a yearly schedule for builds so we should be able to get some kind of auto related one in for 2016
In the meantime, keep posting and maybe start up a car build and show us some of your work!

Scott

planemaker · Post by **planemaker** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:46 pm

Yeah! I would be up for this one!

I have never built a car before and would like to do one soon. Though I have no experience with the tecniques involved, it would be really fun to try something new for a change. I kinda like the looks of the sixties F1 cars, so I went and bought one yesterday.
The thing is that if you build something you haven't built before, should always start with a Tamiya kit.
So after I clared some of my other builds of the bench, I'm gonna build the Tamiya 1/20 scale Lotus 25 "Coventry Climax" as my first racing car.
I'll put up a build thread of it when the time comes. This should be fun!

I would probably build something similar for the GB.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:49 pm

planemaker wrote:Yeah! I would be up for this one!
I have never built a car before and would like to do one soon. Though I have no experience with the tecniques involved, it would be really fun to try something new for a change. I kinda like the looks of the sixties F1 cars, so I went and bought one yesterday.
The thing is that if you build something you haven't built before, should always start with a Tamiya kit.
So after I clared some of my other builds of the bench, I'm gonna build the Tamiya 1/20 scale Lotus 25 "Coventry Climax" as my first racing car.
I'll put up a build thread of it when the time comes. This should be fun!
I would probably build something similar for the GB.

Go for it!!!
I have that kit in my stash and there is a ton of info on the web on it and it's 1/12 big brother
I will do some digging around for you
Edit: PM sent

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:57 pm

Yeah I'd be up for this, never built a racing car before.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:18 pm

Jack wrote:Yeah I'd be up for this, never built a racing car before.

Heed the advice of Planemaker and start with a Japanese kit...Tamiya, Fujimi and maybe Hasegawa
They have a HUGE variety of kits amongst them, so something for everyone's tastes
Let me know if you need any help
Scott

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:27 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote:
Jack wrote:Yeah I'd be up for this, never built a racing car before.

Heed the advice of Planemaker and start with a Japanese kit...Tamiya, Fujimi and maybe Hasegawa
They have a HUGE variety of kits amongst them, so something for everyone's tastes
Let me know if you need any help
Scott

Ok thanks for the advice

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:26 pm

The more the merrier guys just hope it would go thru the voting stage I just got a few more F1 cars into the stash

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:53 pm

EasyEight96 wrote:The more the merrier guys just hope it would go thru the voting stage I just got a few more F1 cars into the stash

Sweet, what did you get??

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:50 pm

Well, I got this delivered today, planning on getting the PE set as well, but no rush, lol!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:21 pm

Just saw that kit on E Bay.....drool, drool

Rallychef · Post by **Rallychef** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:45 pm

Well I've not built a model in about two years (mainly due to a fairly intensive return to college) however with more time on my hands now and this future build to inspire me I have got the workshop ship shape and ready to go. The build will be a rally car, I have a few to choose from

I eventually plan on building three Subaru rally cars, one from Colin (McRae), one from Richard (Burns) and lastly from Petter (Solberg), I have been lucky enough to work with all three guy's during my time catering for the Subaru team. These have a ton of resin, P/E and carbon Fibre to throw at it.

I also have two of these on the way

I plan on eventually building all M Sport works versions from 2011 to date using aftermarket decals as time and funds allow. The Ford team test their cars at their Greystoke forest test track a couple of miles from my house, and I do a little work for them in my retirement (its good to still be involved in some way)

I also am waiting for this being released, if it is befor the group build starts it will defo be my build for it.

Time will tell, anyway sorry for rambling on a bit, but like Chief, I am about to embark on a simple out of the box build to get back into the swing of things, I will post it up in the car section.

Thank you guy's for listening to me going on and on

regards Ian D

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:19 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:
EasyEight96 wrote:The more the merrier guys just hope it would go thru the voting stage I just got a few more F1 cars into the stash
Sweet, what did you get??

Tamiya Ferrari 312T3 and Brabham BT46

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:41 am

EasyEight96 wrote:
Twokidsnosleep wrote:
EasyEight96 wrote:The more the merrier guys just hope it would go thru the voting stage I just got a few more F1 cars into the stash
Sweet, what did you get??
Tamiya Ferrari 312T3 and Brabham BT46

Those are both awesome, solid, classic F1 cars and kits...good choice
Mine are tucked in there if you look hard enough

I still want the Williams FW07Saudi kit and the Red Bull one. The 1/20's are getting harder to find and so more expensive.
These are what I made as an early teen when I got fed up with Revell and the others poorly designed kits with wheels that didn't turn or steer or even fit. Tamiya was a saviour!!!

EasyEight96 · Post by **EasyEight96** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:06 am

RA272!!!! I want that

Slapfight · Post by **Slapfight** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:19 am

Did I miss the start/end date for this one, or is it more a non-formal open-ended thing? Just curious, thanks!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:10 am

Slapfight wrote:Did I miss the start/end date for this one, or is it more a non-formal open-ended thing? Just curious, thanks!

Nope, no official build as for yet
We are lobbying for one in 2016. The new sig and GB's get decided on end of the year
But some guys are jumping in and doing a kit to warm up so to speak
So if you got a vehicle to build, start up a WIP and you will have some followers
And welcome to the ISM site btw

Slapfight · Post by **Slapfight** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:01 am

Awesome, thanks for the reply. I have a ton of un-built NASCARS and some f1 as well, although knowing me, I will buy something new, lol.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:24 am

Fire one up and show us your work...we all learn that way!

Homerlovesbeer · Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:18 am

Well I got this a few weeks ago....does this count?
I'm super keen

wookiee76 · Post by **wookiee76** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:59 pm

Its the non sponsored test car which went on to race so i woulld have thought so, may have to have a looksie about and make sure i have something stashed and ready of suitable coolness factor.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 3:42 pm

Slap a number on it and she is a racer....simple
Like those Cannonball Run morons and yes I am very jealous of them
Gorgeous car btw

Homerlovesbeer · Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:12 am

Well I've just found out it has this scheme inside also so it looks like I'm in!

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10257857a/20/1

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:14 am

Whoa! That's a cool scheme.

Homerlovesbeer · Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:15 am

What's even better is I only paid AUS $20.90 (£9.80 or US$15.26) in an end of financial year clearance sale when RRP is normally AUS $79.99

Rallychef · Post by **Rallychef** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:24 pm

Homerlovesbeer wrote:Well I've just found out it has this scheme inside also so it looks like I'm in!

That looks a great contender to me, look forward to seeing more of it.

Regards Ian D

Tajfl · Post by **Tajfl** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:17 pm

@Rallychef
Hi!
Are BELKITS kits good? i'm thinking to order Škoda Fabia S2000 for this GB.

Rallychef · Post by **Rallychef** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:43 pm

Tajfl wrote:@Rallychef
Hi!
Are BELKITS kits good? i'm thinking to order Škoda Fabia S2000 for this GB.

I have 2 Fiestas on order, not got here yet, but the reports are very good. Looking forward to the future release of the Escort too.
Sorry I can't help any more a this time.

Regards Ian D

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:42 pm

I like the European flavor here, you guys have weird and wicked cars