With last year’s releases by Fuji, Hasegawa, Meng, Tiger, and others, there is a large variety of caricature kits available. Ships, planes, tanks, a truck are now available. WWII to modern.
There’d certainly be something for those that frequent Aeroscale, Armorama, and Model Shipwrights.
Start date would be left up to the Campaign Manager and I would assume no more than six (6) months long.
This would be my proposed submission (as a Kit Maker Network campaign):
Operational Overview
This campaign is about building a caricature kit; a kit of a vehicle that has been deformed – squished, scrunched, or mushed – by the manufacturer.
You will find the forum thread to this campaign here: (TBD)
The Rules and Regs
1. Must be a caricature kit.
2. Can be land, air, or sea.
3. Any nationality.
4. Any aftermarket items are allowed and encouraged (YES, there is PE, resin, and wood decks out there for some of these!!). These kits are “unscaled” but 1/72 decals work well for the Egg Planes.
5. Cannot be started before campaign start date.
6. Pictures of the unstarted kit’s box top and sprues [u]should[/u] be posted as a first campaign posting.
a. This shows us the box art,
b. Shows us the sprues,
c. Shows that it has not been started.
7. At least two (preferably more) in-progress pictures need to be posted during the build.
8. An excellent opportunity to involve a youngster in the hobby!
9. Have FUN! See what’s out there! Serious and not-so-serious modelers need to have a break from rivet-counting every once in a while.
You will find the gallery of finished models here: (TBD)
Contest Element
A special ribbon will be awarded to those that complete the campaign.
Thoughts?
Mike
