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Round One of the 2026/2027 Season GB Subject Poll

Started by NARSES2, May 27, 2026, 02:59:34 AM

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Pick up to 10 from the suggestions below to go into the 2nd Round of the 2026/27 GB Poll

The Antipodean/ANZAC GB in honour of Phil and Brian.. Basicaly anything that has any Australian or New Zealand connection.
The Smugglers GB
The Back of the Hangar/Barn Find GB. prototypes or niche models that for instance didn't enter service and were perhaps found in a hangar in France as the allies reclaimed it.
The Movie Prop GB
The Gerry Anderson GB.
The Engineers Vehicles GB
The Drone GB A drone defined as a remotely piloted vehicle (Air/Sea/Land). So "piloted", not an independent AI vehicle! From all ages, on earth or in space or on other worlds
The Operation Highjump" (1946–1947) GB US operation in Antarctica, officially to establish a research base. Rumoured to be an operation against a secret Nazi base. Open to models of US and others (Nazi flying saucers?, Aliens?)
The Air racers GB Aircraft from any era built, modified or used as air racers. From any country.
The Luft'46 80 jarhe GB. As the Luft'46 theme turns 80 this year, why not? There have been a lot of new Luft46 themed kits the last few years,
The Out of Africa GB II. Anything that either originates from, or operates in the continent of Africa.
The Airliners GB Build an already existing airliner as a WHIF, or convert a military transport or bomber into a passenger aircraft.
The Chris's Choice GB - I choose the subject, and I set the rules (no-one else gets a say). Apparently I put a lot of work in and perhaps this would be my reward ? Suggestion by Zenrat
The Soviet GB - Anything from the Soviet Union.  1922 to 1991.
The Sci Fi GB - A proper anything goes Sci Fi GB. Not limited like the lunar vehicles/spacecraft GB.
The South of the Border GB - Central/Latin/South America.  From Mexico's Northern border to Tierra Del Fuego.  Malvinas included
The The Age of Steam GB.  Locomotives, steam engines mobile or static, ships, tanks, airships, vehicles. Time frame 1820-1920.
The alternative Berlin Airlift GB  Aircraft that could have taken part in the Berlin Airlift but didn't. That's not to say that you can't modify any aircraft that did take part. Aircraft that were recommissioned after retirement or captured by
The Malayan Emergency/Indonesian Confrontation  GB
The Lightships/Floating Lighthouse GB
The Operation Overlord GB - similar rules structure to the Downfall GB.  Attacking and/or defending Whiffs.  Funnier funnies or the Atlantic Wall of hilter's dreams.
The Empty the junk box GB. Everything left over from previous builds including junked out stuff from long ago. Anything left in the spares box is eligible.
The Desert GB. Terestrial or non-Terestrial
The Swords into Ploughshares/Ploushares into Swords GB
The Operation Unthinkable GB. The Allied Planning to Cover an Attack on the Soviet Forces in Eastern Europe 1945/46
The Search and Rescue GB (anything to do with search and rescue )
The American War of Independence Goes the Other Way GB (the Colonies remain British colonies
The Making Tracks GB - Tanks and any other tracked vehicle, including tracked landing gear. As sobre or crazy as you want, repainted Sherman or half track double decker bus.
The Century Series. GB Whiff a Century Series aircraft, or something else into a Century Series.
The Hitch Hiker GB. Enter an object that employs a hitch-hiker or piggy-back concept of two distinct objects
The Korean War GB 1950 - 53
The Spy Craft GB Any air, land, sea, submersible, or exoatmospheric craft that is in the employ of a spy agency.
The Mermaids/Merman GB - something that isn't normally waterborne gets wet. Quote Quote selected text Quick Edit More...
The Taxi GB
The Great War GB. 1914 to 1918.
The Surface-skimming vehicles GB. Hovercraft/Hydroplanes/Hydrofoils etc
The Forward Swept Wings or Forward Swing-Wings GB
The Twin Fins with Twin Tail Booms GB
The Repurposed Ships or Watercraft GB. Either for military purposes or commercial users
The Single Manufacturer GB. For example Airfix. But we would need to choose the manufacturer asap if it gets chosen.
The Secret Service GB. Where we aim to produce something that would be at home in a Bond flick (or similar.)
The not a British, German, Russian or American subject GB
The anything but a Nato/Warsaw Pact subject GB
The Engines GB. Just build a model of an engine.
The Finish your Oldest Kit from the Shelf of Doom GB. The kit that's been on there the longest.
The Dieselpunk GB.  From Wikipaedia.  Dieselpunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction similar to steampunk or cyberpunk that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuris
The Minimum Change whiff GB. Almost OOB with recognizable small changes.
The Maximum Change whiff GB A build that hardly resembles the original.
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May 27, 2026, 02:59:34 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2026, 05:41:58 AM by NARSES2
Right here's Round One of the 2026/2027 GB Subject Poll - pick up to 10 for entry into Round 2

48 suggestions this year compared to 61 last.

They are in the order in which they were suggested.

Now I've given you 10 votes, although you don't have to use them all, and I will put 10/15 or so through to the second round. Not fixing the number now as I don't want to be too harsh and drop things that only narrowly miss the "cut".

The discussion about these suggestions can be found here :-

https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=54937.0

I'll leave it open for a 10 days or so and organise round 2 on or around 5th June

Chris
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

zenrat

#1
May 27, 2026, 03:39:45 AM
Thanks Chris.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

PR19_Kit

#2
May 27, 2026, 04:23:57 AM
Looking at that VAST list, Hazel said 'Well that looks OK, you can have a One Week Group Build for every week of the year, with two weeks off for holidays and two weeks at Christmas/New Year'!  ;D

You can tell she's not a plastic modeller like what we are, can't you?  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rheged

#3
May 27, 2026, 05:24:13 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2026, 05:25:49 AM by Rheged
Bridget read the list over my shoulder and said I'm glad I'm not choosing!  I've voted but it took me half an hour.

Thank you for your work on this. Chris.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

kitbasher

#4
May 27, 2026, 11:00:33 AM
Cheers Chris
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105ish/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurri IIc/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spit XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter/Fury F2

sandiego89

#5
May 27, 2026, 02:54:16 PM
Thanks as always for dealing with all our craziness and putting this together each year Chris! 
Dave "Sandiego89"
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

Glenn Gilbertson

#6
May 27, 2026, 03:59:29 PM
Thanks, Chris - your work is appreciated.

McColm

#7
May 27, 2026, 07:27:28 PM
Voted, is that a typo '12th April ' you meant 12th June? 🤔

kerick

#9
May 27, 2026, 10:59:38 PM
Yes! Your work is appreciated!
And we need more voters!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Dizzyfugu

#10
May 27, 2026, 11:43:53 PM
Thanks a lot for managing this! Voted, BTW.  :angel:

DeeBob

#11
May 28, 2026, 02:19:54 AM
Thanks ever so much for doing the admin!

I take it that round two is to be for the twelth of June, rather than April?  ;)
Perfect is the enemy of Finished. I presume. I've never achieved either.

Rheged

#12
May 28, 2026, 02:38:32 AM
Quote from: DeeBob on May 28, 2026, 02:19:54 AMThanks ever so much for doing the admin!

I take it that round two is to be for the twelth of June, rather than April?  ;)
Seen on the What If website notice board  "The next meeting of the time travel group will take place last Thursday at 6:45 pm in the usual place"
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

NARSES2

#13
May 28, 2026, 05:43:24 AM
Quote from: McColm on May 27, 2026, 07:27:28 PMVoted, is that a typo '12th April ' you meant 12th June? 🤔

Thanks for picking that up, no idea what I was looking at  :banghead:

Date will be approximately 5th June, which is a day before I dissapear for a couple of weeks, so I want to get round 2 running before I go.
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

seadude

#14
May 28, 2026, 03:06:46 PM
When I saw the Australia/New Zealand GB suggestion, I couldn't help but think of the Lord of The Rings films. After all, the majority of those films were made in New Zealand. Maybe somebody will make a Hobbit sized model invading the Australian coast. Kangaroos to the defense!  ;D  ;D
Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.
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