Great Patriotic War Group Build - Sponsored by Little-cars

Group Build will start on Saturday Morning 4th July, 2009.

Group Build will finish on Sunday Night January 3rd, 2010.

Eligibility - any vehichles used in theatre between 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945, including Russia, German, Axis Allies (Finns, Italians, Romanian and Hungarian) and Lend Lease equipment.

Separate categories for Land / Sea / Air and Out of the Box (i.e. no extras, just a straight kit though after market decals are allowed to avoid having a squadron of identical aircraft) with a winner for each category.

The Moderators are excluded from winning the categories, but will still be building for the build.

* Build as many kits as you like.
* Conversions, aftermarket and scratch building are all permitted. Just remember the deadline of Sunday January 3rd, 2010! The only exception is for Mike building his 1/16th Scale T-34 as it's so BIG
* Any markings are acceptable as pertaining to the Group Build subject matter, after market decal sets are allowed.
* Any scale is permitted.
* Kits submitted for consideration must be in unstarted condition - no exeptions.

Categories

All entries should be in one of the categories below, and

Land Covers anything connected to the ground - includes Tanks, Trucks, Artillery, emplacements and buildings.

Sea Covers anything that floats - includes S-Boats, Submarines, Assault boats, Volga Ferries, and stretching it Trucks on Lake Lagoda in the spring, though these only float while the ice lasts.

Air Covers any aircraft of any protagonist - So Russian Migs, German 109's, Finnish Gladiators, and Italian CR.42's just for an example.

Out of the Box Covers anything in the other categories being built with no Aftermarket additions. The only exceptions are we will allow are for aftermarket decals. This is for two reasons, first to allow for variety and second to assist in the building of lend-lease equipment where the kit decals are for the western allies.

All decisions/rulings will be conducted via the moderating staff and considered final once posted.

First posting must include the following:

Box Art Shot
Sprue Shots

We hope to make this a fun event and all will participate.

Judging will commence the week after officialy closing the Group Build.
Initial Judging will be by a member vote, for each category.
The final winner will be picked by the moderators from the winners picked by the members, and will win the prize supplied by our kind sponsors, a £50 voucher for little-cars.com

We hope to see a great turn out for this one.

Sincerely,

Peter, Tim and Mike

References

Foreign Vehicles used by the Germans on the Eastern Front

German Equipment used by the Russians on the Eastern Front

Italians participation in Russia

Soviet Warplanes.com