UAMF Group Builds

While hunting for decals for my planned NF-5A, I came accross the Unofficial Airfix Modelers Forum. This turned out to be a good place to hang around even when not hunting for decals. As a sort of club activity, the folks there engage in group builds, where some theme is picked and all participants take a shot at one or more kits during the timeframe set for the group build.
The timeframe is typically about a month, and given that the time between start and finish for my projects is more commonly measured in years, that is normally way too fast for me. Sometimes however, I just can't resist..
Note that due to the tight timeframes involved, I'll typically ignore this log while the GB is in progress, and cut-and-paste the log entries from the forum to these pages afterwards.

Dambusters, 2013-04-27 until 2013-06-02

This group build conveniently overlapped with a planned vacation. This gave me the opportunity to crank up the intensity of work quite a bit, so I decided to dig in. Subjects were to be any aircraft thet flew with the RAF 617 squadron.
I knew that 617 used Tornados, and I had just such a kit in the stash. I refer you to the specific build for the story of how that got out of hand even before I started. Aside from that, I couldn't really resist re-running the Dambusters movie one evening, and this in turn got me infected with Lancaster fever, and a Lancaster was added to the list.
The Lancaster is, of course, sold with Dambuster decals, but for the Tornado an aftermarket set was called for. This sheet also includes decals for a Mustang and a Mosquito. It's a terrible shame to throw out perfectly good decals, so more plasic was bought to stick them on. No amount of regret over wasted decals is going to get me daft enough to add the other Lancaster or Vulcan though. Even my madness has limits..

Picture of all three completed projects
Airfix Tornado GR4.
Completed
Revell Lancaster B III
Completed
Hobby Boss Mustang III
Completed
Tamiya Mosquito FB VI
Completed
Revell Tonka Twins
On hold

Wulf in Johnson's clothing, 2013-06-01 until 2013-06-30

Matchbox Hawker Tempest.
Completed

Jimmy build, 2014-01-01 until 2014-03-31

I got myself suckered into taking part in this charity project. While not officially a UAMF GB, the forum is involved, so I'm parking it here.

Revell-Italeri Dakota.
Completed
1/48 Revell captured Messerschmitt 109 G-10.
Completed

D-Day, 2014-06-06 until 2014-07-20

1/48 Academy Robin Olds' P-38J "Scat II".
Completed

YCNHTM Spitfires, 2015-02-28 until 2015-03-29

Airfix 'Project Airfix' Spitfire.
Completed

Vac-form kits, 2015-04-04 until 2015-05-31

1/48 Aeroclub Meteor salvage project
Completed

Mig Aircraft GB, 2015-08-01 until 2015-08-31

Zvezda MiG-31 FoxHound.
Completed

Blitzbau 17, 2015-08-01 until 2015-08-31

Italeri Rafale-M.
Completed

UAMF 10th Anniversary, 2016-03-10 until 2016-03-10

Masterbox Hussars.
Completed

One Thing to Another Conversion GB, 2016-04-16 until 2016-05-29

Airfix DST Flagship conversion.
On hold

Blitzbau 19, 2016-08-01 until 2016-08-31

Bandai A-Wing.
Completed

Large Scale Planes GB, 2016-07-30 until 2016-10-30

1/32 Kittyhawk T-6 Texan
On hold

Classic Matchbox Kits, 2017-02-01 until 2017-03-04

Buccaneer
Completed
Tornado
Completed
Strikemaster
Completed

Figures GB, 2018-01-01 until 2018-02-11

AtelierIt Schoolgirl 2
On hold
Airfix multipose German infantry
On hold

Secret Santa 2019

Secret Santa project 2019
Completed

Saturday Afternoon Special GB, 2019-12-26 until 2019-12-31

Actually, sometime we do make them like we used to. Start after lunch, finish before dinner..

Matchbox Spitfire
Completed
Frog (Hasegawa) A-7A Corsair II
Completed

Colourful Dakotas GB, 2020-05-22 until late 2020

Dakotas in colourful markings

Hobby Boss C-47 "Camel Caravan to Berlin"
Completed

Blitzbau XXVII, August 2020

Bandai First Order Tie Fighter.
Completed

Blitzbau XXIX, August 2021

Hasegawa Crusher Joe fighter.
Completed

Falklands 40th anniversary/Splash tribute 2022-05-01 to 2022-06-14

Hasegawa Sea Harrier of 899NAS.
Completed

Blitzbau XXXII - Revenge of the Brass Monkeys

Heller TF-104G Starfighter.
Completed

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