Saturday, March 27, 2021

#30daykitchallenge

 

April 30 day Kit build challenge!

So what is the 30 day kit challenge? Well, something I shamelessly copied from Gunbird and his blog "20mm and then some" back in 2017 when we chatted about doing something about our piles of shame.

When I moved to France I found I had a lot of unbuilt kits, particularly modern and ww2, plus some ww1 aircraft make up the majority plus all of the Perry and Warlord figures. I also suffer from half built kit syndrome, as I like to paint the interiors, the pilot then assemble the kit. So during the current lockdown looming in April in France due to rising cases of Covid in our region I have decided to have a kit build challenge to fix my problem in some way.  So with that in mind I'm starting the 30 day kit build, if you like join me and blog about it, steal the picture below if you like...........I have started the Prep sorting the kits that need finishing and then some new builds, building kits trying to stay within current build restrictions for my yearly goals but wherever the wind may blow of course!

Join me if you wish

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RULES

Goals are simple, you will build your part built and new kits during the 30 day challenge:
  • Any material (plastic, resin, metal, wood).
  • New in the box or partially built, it matters not.
  • Gun, tank, truck, aircraft, ship, figure animal? Your call.
  • Kit must be basically finished, based if you prefer that, to qualify as a build.
  • The completed kit must be ready for primer.
  • Resin and metal upgradesets can be applied after the build.....the goal is to get kits built and ready for primer, not to finish them with paint and varnish etc.
  • You decide how many kits/models you want to build in the 30 day period.
  • You set the penalty for not meeting your goal (and after that it is the honor system)
Anything beyond that is up to you

My goal is the period from 1/4/2021 up to 30/4/21, each day I plan to work on a kit until I have completed my goal.  My goal is grand total of 30 kits, If I can build more kits n the month, then bonus.

My penalty is that if I don't make my target, is not to buy another kit for the rest of the year :(.

So, starting with Day #1 (1st April 2021), I'm starting with some 1/72 armourfast kits to kit off then onto some more tanks and aircraft.

Cheers
Matt

9 comments:

  1. On my March birthday I received a box of 28mm vehicle bits- I vow to get them primer ready. If I fail I will not have a birthday till next March! :)

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  2. lol, now that is a good get out of jail card Bart!

    Cheers
    Natt

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  3. Good luck Matt. Fingers crossed for you!

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  4. Well, the only problem is I have a bunch of 1/72 kits, but I don't play in that scale any more, and the only other kits are a 1000 piece wooden warship requiring things like pinning and bendng the wooden hull strakes.. and three ultra-complex 1/48 super detailed models from Tamiya.. I would be lucky to get one kit built in the month!

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    1. A dilemma, No plastic miniatures to assemble? As for the 1/72 kits send me a list.....I may add to my pile.

      Cheers
      Matt

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  5. 30 kits in 30 days seems a lofty goal. Good luck!

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