hello all,
In looking the only campaign around the end of 2008 is PreDreadnought.
So there is two ideas.1)a quick and dirty campaign,or 2) a year long multifuncation campaign.the first one would start on Dec. 7,2008 and end May 7,2009.the second one would start on Dec. 7,2008-Dec.7,2009.the first one is modeling the ships in Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7.in this campaign you can model any ship that was in the port.ie: you could do the USS ARIZONAor the USS WEST VIRGINIA or the USS OGLALA (which was aMinelayer) or even maybe the USS GREBEL(which was a Destroyer-Minesweeper).you could do a Passengerliner or a Frighter if it was in port.
The year long campaign would be ANY U.S. Navy Ship in the Pacific when Pearl Harbor happen ie: the Ships of the Asiatic Fleet,Submarines on patrol,the Carriers retuning to Pearl Harbor from Wake Island.Only the ships in the Pacific on Dec. 7,1941 will apply.
So what do you think?
Cheers,
Bruce
Edit: you could also do PBY's as they are Flying"boats".

Hmmm. Mirage does have that new USS Ward out. Then again, if we tweaked the campaign to include IJN and USN subjects on Dec. 7, we could also open it up to the fly fly boys and increase the amount of naval subjects by including the Japanese strike force.

Gator

Hello Kenny,
Thanks for the ideas.how about this U.S.Navy for the first campaign,Dec 7,2008-Dec 7,2009 then the Imperial Japanese Navy Ships Dec 7,2009-Dec 7 2010.this way we could concentrate on one Navy at a time.if you want and the campaign is successful then on Dec 7 2010 to Dec 7 2011 we could do the Naval Units of Britian,Netherlands,Canada,New Zealand, Australia etc.what do you think?
cheers,
Bruce
this allso opens up 6 month campaigns for other ideas

I'll bet Skipper might have a midget sub or two to enter.

hello all,
well it looks like a little intrest in this.i will be off line next week untill weds hopfully.going in hospital for surgery monday will be out tuesday i hope.
Mark, can you watch over the predreadnought campaign untill i get back.the knee replacement i am not worried about (this is my 3rd on on the same knee)but they are also doing a full shoulder at the sametime.good thing i can only type one handed.
to all that wished me a happy b-day,yes i am 62 years young,and yes i am going to drank a bottle of 24 yr old single malt scotch tonight.thanks for the wishes.
cheers,
Bruce

I always keep an eye on all the campaigns, mate...part of being your Campaign Administrator!


Hope all goes well!

hello Mark,
thanks.
Bruce

:)) Actually I have built the Ko-Hyoteki (for Pearl Harbour Attack) three times:
1/35 by Accurate Armour (resin)
1/72 by Wings72 (vacform)
1/72 by Finemolds (the first release)

I would have to make the Dio USS Ward attacking the midget sub (which I have in 1/700!!!)
Could be an interesting campaign indeed
Skipper

EDIT: (Late) Happy Birthday and I wish you a clean surgery and a fast recovery!!!! Rui

hello Rui,
next week i will write it up.can you do a proprosal about 1 year in advance, the start would be in Dec. 7 2008?
cheers,
Bruce

I am thinking about a "Hollywood at Sea" campaign. Build your favorite movie or TV show vessel.
Bat Boat
Love Boat
Miami Vice Scarab
USS Belinda from Away All Boats
and so on.

And yes, I will be building the USS Sea Tiger!

Gator

McCalle's Navy (PT boat)
They were expendable (PT Boat)
Hunt for Red Oktober (a great selection of subs and also a carrier)
Apocalipse Now (PBR)

just to name a few

Skipper

R.M.S. Titanic, from any of a half dozen movies.

S.S. Poseidon, actually a R.M.S. Queen Mary but what the heck.

A small river gunboat from Apocalypse Now.

H.M.S. Victory from That Hamilton Women, or Bequest to the Nation.

A sailing sloop from The Wackiest Ship in the Army.

Anybody make a Lifeboat from either Lifeboat or Abandon Ship?

Or a Gato boat from any number of submarine movies, or a U-Boat from Das Boot.

The list goes on, and on. I LIKE IT!

Das Boot

OK, back to a possible Pearl Harbor Campaign. I like the idea.

I was thinking about a couple of different ideas for campaigns myself.

One idea is a campaign based on the "Gator" Navy. Us real navy guys called all the ships that carried Marines, Gator Freighters. Classes are LPD, LPH, LHA, and all those landing craft from WWII. Other countries also have these types of ships so there are plenty of possible builds there.

The other one was Coast Guards of the World. All those ships that guard the coasts around the world.

Just a couple of Ideas.

"Gator Navy" sounds like it would be right up my alley.
Gator

hello all,
during the Pearl Harbor year long campaign,we could do a "Movie Ship"campaign for 6 months and a "Gator Navy" campaign for the other 6 months.here is another campaign idea,how about a campaign called "Jutland".the idea is to build any ship that fought at Jutland.it could be a Battleship,Cruiser, Destroyer,Submarine,etc.this campaign might fit nicely after the PreDreadnought campaign.
What do you all think?
Now it is time to open the Scotch and kill that bottle tonight.i will check on this tomorrow.
cheers,
Bruce

First off, mates, it's very refreshing to see all of the increased enthusiasm in the campaign section, all of the discussion about new campaigns and ideas, has been very positive thus far, keep it up!!!

More campaigns = more ship models being built and talked about, increasing the opportunity for every site member to benefit in some way, and participate as well...keep the ideas and thoughts coming, and as each of you write up the campaign proposal, keep a special eye on the dates....remember, we're shipbuilders, and it does take a bit longer to finish out a ship model correctly, than other genres of models, especially if it's a complicated build.

Before any campaign is approved, special attention is always payed to this area by the administration staff, as too many campaigns operating at one time will always equal out to extra stress on the modelers, who are trying to support the site and participate in far too many builds, and a much less successful completion rate...so with that said Gents, continue in the discussion of new group builds, plan your campaigns well, write 'em up and send 'em in!

Keep Modeling!
~Gunny

hello Mark,
i look at the dates as i think about a campaign.i know that Ship modeling is very hard to do.i have yet to complete a ship model.when i was younger after fighting off the dinosaurs,around the fire i would try to put a Ship model together.i think that maybe a 1 year long campaign and 2 smaller ones would be best every year.what do you think?i know that it can not be said that we are only doing 3 campaigns a year,but it might help for the stress of doing campaigns.
cheers,
Bruce

hello all,
I think after the Predreadnought canpaign,i will propose a Jutland campaign.what it is is an extention of the Pre dreadnought.Any ship that fought at Jutland is allowed.he campaign will be 6 months long.That should bring us to December '08.That is just in time for a Pacific War campaign.This campaign should be 10 months long.The campaign will include any ship that fought in the Pacific during the timeline of Dec.7,1941-Sept 2,1945.
if you have any questions,please ask.i know i am a new member here, so if i am pushing to much of all of this,please tell me.
cheers,
Bruce

Here's a list of US ships at Pearl on Dec. 7, 1941. Not listed are the various harbor tugs and lighters that are available.

Battleships (BB) Pennsylvania (BB-38) (in drydock)
Arizona (BB-39)
Nevada (BB-36)
Oklahoma (BB-37)
Tennessee (BB-43)
California (BB-44)
Maryland (BB-46)
West Virginia (BB-48)

Heavy Cruisers (CA) New Orleans (CA-32)
San Francisco (CA-38)

Light Cruisers (CL) Raleigh (CL-7)
Detroit (CL-8)
Phoenix (CL-46)
Honolulu (CL-48)
St. Louis (CL-49)
Helena (CL-50

Destroyers (DD) Allen (DD-66)
Schley (DD-103)
Chew (DD-106)
* Ward (DD-139) (patrolling Channel entrance to Pearl Harbor)
Dewey (DD-349)
Farragut (DD-348)
Hull (DD-350)
MacDonough (DD-351)
Worden (DD-352)
Dale (DD-353)
Monaghan (DD-354)
Aylwin (DD-355)
Selfridge (DD-357)
Phelps (DD-360)
Cummings (DD-365)
Reid (DD-369)
Case (DD-370)
Conyngham (DD-371)
Cassin (DD-372) (in drydock)
Shaw (DD-373) (in floating drydock)
Tucker (DD-374)
Downes (DD-375) (in drydock)
Bagley (DD-386)
Blue (DD-387)
Helm (DD-388)
Mugford (DD-389)
Ralph Talbot (DD-390)
Henley (DD-391)
Patterson (DD-392)
Jarvis (DD-393)

Submarines (SS) Narwhal (SS-167)
Dolphin (SS-169)
Cachalot (SS-170)
Tautog (SS-199)

Minelayer (CM) # Oglala (CM-4)

Minesweeper (AM) Turkey (AM-13)
Bobolink (AM-20)
Rail (AM-26)
Tern (AM-31)
Grebe (AM-43)
Vireo (AM-52)

Coastal Minesweeper (Amc)
Cockatoo (Amc-8)
Crossbill (Amc-9)
Condor (Amc-14)
Reedbird (Amc-30)

Destroyer Minelayer (DM)
Gamble (DM-15)
Ramsay (DM-16)
Montgomery (DM-17)
Breese (DM-18)
Tracy (DM-19)
Preble (DM-20)
Sicard (DM-21)
Pruitt (DM-22)

Destroyer Minesweeper (DMS)
Zane (DMS-14)
Wasmuth (DMS-15)
Trever (DMS-16)
Perry (DMS-17)

Patrol Gunboat (PG) Sacramento (PG-19)

Destroyer Tender (AD) Dobbin (AD-3)
Whitney (AD-4)

Seaplane Tender (AV) Curtiss (AV-4)
Tangier (AV-8)

Small Seaplane Tender (AVP)
Avocet (AVP-4)
Swan (AVP-7) (on marine railway dock)

Seaplane Tender, Destroyer (AVD)
Hulbert (AVD-6)
Thornton (AVD-11)

Ammunition Ship (AE) Pyro (AE-1)

Oiler (AO) Ramapo (AO-12)
Neosho (AO-23)

Repair Ship (AR) Medusa (AR-1)
Vestal (AR-4)
Rigel (AR-11)

Submarine Tender (AS) Pelias (AS-14)

Submarine Rescue Ship (ASR) Widgeon (ASR-1)

Hospital Ship (AH) Solace (AH-5)

Cargo Ship (AK) * Vega (AK-17) (at Honolulu)

Stores Issue Ship (AKS) Castor (AKS-1)
* Antares (AKS-3) (at Pearl Harbor entrance)

Ocean Tug (AT) Ontario (AT-13)
Sunnadin (AT-28)
* Keosanqua (AT-38) (at Pearl Harbor entrance)
* Navajo (AT-64) (12 miles outside Pearl Harbor entrance)

Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG)
# Utah (AG-16)
Argonne (AG-31)
Sumner (AG-32)

hello Kenny,
thank you for the list.it looks like you could model anything you wanted for the Pacific Campaign.
cheers,
Bruce

I got this too.

The Seaview
The flying sub from the Seaview
Nautilus ( Nemo's) (classic version) (Disney version) (League of Extraordinary Gentleman version)
The Seaquest
The Surprise

* USS Abraham Lincoln — frigate in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
* Academic Vladislav Volkov — Russian research ship in Virus, 1999
* Acheron — French Napoleonic frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
* African Queen — The African Queen, 1951 w/ Humphrey Bogart
* USS AL-14 — submarine in Hell Below
* Albatross — The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, 1940
* Amindra — with shanghaied sailor from the Glencairn, torpedoed and sank in The Long Voyage Home, 1940
* SS Andes — cruise ship in Let's Go Native, 1930
* Antonia Graza — derelict cruise ship in Ghost Ship
* Arabella — Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, 1935
* Argo - galley Jason and the Argonauts (film),Jason and the Argonauts (TV movie)
* Argonautica — cruise ship Deep Rising
* USS Aspen — Full Fathom Five
* HMS Avenger — Billy Budd 1962
* Batavia Queen — steamship Krakatoa, East of Java 1969
* HMS Bedford — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
* USS Bedford (DLG-113) — The Bedford Incident (also in book version)
* Belafonte — oceanographic research vessel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
* USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats, 1956 (Also appears in original novel)
* Benthic Explorer — offshore support ship — Abyss 1989
* Black Hawk — The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958
* Black Pearl — Pirates of the Caribbean
* Black Pearl (Wicked Wench) — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* Black Swan — The Black Swan 1942
* Brandenburg — WW2 German battleship in We Dive at Dawn 1943
* SS Britannic — cruise ship in Juggernaut
* USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (Also appears in written version)
* HMS Chester — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
* SS Chiku Shan — ferryboat - Blood Alley (1955)
* SS Claridon - ocean liner in The Last Voyage 1960
* HMS Compass Rose — Second World War corvette in The Cruel Sea, 1953
* USS Copperfin — WWII sub Destination Tokyo, 1943 w/ Cary Grant
* HMS Dauntless — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* HMS Devonshire — British Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
* HMS Defiant — frigate in HMS Defiant, 1962
* Disco Volante — Emilio Largo's motor yacht/hydrofoil Thunderball 1965
* Dulcibella — The Riddle of the Sands 1979
* USS Echo — sailing ship from The Wackiest Ship in the Army, 1959
* Edinburgh Trader — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* Elizabeth Dane — " The Fog"
* Elsinore — The Mutiny of the Elsinore" 1937
* Empress — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* Endeavour — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* MS Ergenstrasse — "The Sea Chase" with John Wayne and Lana Turner
* Esther — sailing merchantman, Old Ironsides 1926
* Flying Dutchman — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* Geronimo — America’s Cup racing yacht, Wind 1992
* Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf 1941
* Glencairn — doomed freighter hauling ammunition to England in The Long Voyage Home (1940) starring John Wayne
* Gloria N — E la nave va..., Federico Fellini
* SS Goliath — ocean liner - Goliath Awaits - tv film 1981
* USS Grayfish — Torpedo Run
* Hahnchen Maru — cargo vessel modified to command ship - Contact, 1997
* Hai Peng — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* SS Happy Wanderer — cruise liner in Carry On Cruising (1961)
* USS Haynes (DE-181) — destroyer escort, The Enemy Below
* Hydronaut — research submarine Around the World Under the Sea 1965
* Immer Essen ("Always eating") — cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
* HMS Interceptor — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* JDS Isokaze — Aegis (Bôkoku no îgisu) 2005
* Jolly Mon — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* USS Kornblatt — Don't Give Up The Ship, 1959, starred Jerry Lewis
* Liparus — Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker The Spy Who Loved Me 1997
* HMS Lydia — Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951
* Mary Deare — Wreck of the Mary Deare, w/Gary Cooper & Charleton Heston, 1959
* USS Montana — Abyss, The Fifth Missile
* Morning Star —Cutthroat Island 1995
* Nathan Ross — whaling ship, All the Brothers Were Valiant 1953
* Nautilus — Captain Nemo's 1860s submarine - Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969, Mysterious Island, The Return of Captain Nemo 1978, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003
* USS Neptune — Gray Lady Down
* USS Nerka — Run Silent, Run Deep
* Olive Branch — sailing merchantman, Captain Caution, 1940
* Orca — Quint's fishing boat, Jaws, 1975
* USS Orlando — Down Periscope
* Patna — tramp steamer in Lord Jim 1965
* Pequod — Moby Dick 1956, 1978, 1998
* SS Poseidon — ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure
* USS Poseidon — USS Poseidon: Phantom Below 2005
* The Princess — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* Q Boat - Q's 'fishing boat' The World is not Enough 1999
* Rachel — in search of the Pequod, in Moby Dick, 1956, 1998
* Raven — Prof. Waldo Cunningham's submarine (armed with the "Delta beam" cannon) in The Return of Captain Nemo 1978
* Red October — soviet Typhoon-class sub The Hunt for Red October (also appears in novel)
* The Red Witch — Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne, 1948
* USS Reluctant (AK-601) WWII cargo ship — Mister Roberts (also appears in stage version)
* Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd 1962
* USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles 1966
* HMS Saltash Castle — Second World War frigate in The Cruel Sea (1953) (HMS Saltash in the novel)
* Saracen — yacht, Dead Calm
* USS Sawfish — last US submarine in On the Beach (The Sawfish was actually played by the submarine HMS Andrew, though its hull number belonged to the missile submarine USS Nathan Hale.)
* Sea Star — tug in Virus, 1999
* USS Sea Tiger — Operation Petticoat
* USOS Seaview — futuristic sub Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1961
* SS Sea Witch — Action in the North Atlantic 1943
* IJN Shinaru — Japanese aircraft carrier in Torpedo Run - 1958
* stealth ship — media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
* SS Southern Queen — The Lady Eve
* Soviet submarine Спрут ("Sprut, Octopus") — The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!, 1966
* St. Georges — British spy ship trawler For Your Eyes Only 1981
* USS Starfish — Hellcats of the Navy
* USS Stingray (SS-161) — Down Periscope, 1996
* USSTigerfish — Ice Station Zebra, 1968 - (USS Dolphin in novel)
* USS Tiger Shark — The Atomic Submarine, Below
* HMS Torrin — In Which We Serve, British 1942
* Ulysses — Atlantis: The Lost Empire
* SS Venture — King Kong, 1933, 2005
* We're Here — Captains Courageous, 1937 with Spencer Tracy
* Wonkatania — Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (also appears in 2005 adaptation)
* The Yellow Submarine — in film of the same name by The Beatles, 1968

* HMAS Ambush — Patrol Boat
* HMAS Hammersley - Sea Patrol (TV series)
* Argonaut — Mike Nelson's boat in Sea Hunt, ' 50s series
* SS Bernice — a pleasure cruiser in the Doctor Who serial Carnival of Monsters
* Black Pig — Captain Pugwash - UK Children's TV Cartoon Series
* Cetacean - submarine Man from Atlantis
* HMAS Defiance — Patrol Boat
* Flying Sub FS-1 — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
* Gone Fission — Mr. Burns Yacht The Simpsons
* Horatio Hornblower
o HMS Grasshopper — frigate (Bracegirdle’s command)
o HMS Hotspur — 20-gun sloop
o HMS Justinian — 74-gun ship-of-the-line
o Papillion — French frigate
o Le Rève — French sloop
* JAG
o USS Angel Shark (SSGN-559)
o USS Benjamin Harrison
o USS Bennington (CVN-78)
o USS Bladensburg
o USS Cathedral City (SSN-757)
o USS Cayuga (DDG-51)
o USS Connolly (CVN-84)
o USS Crawford (SSN-806)
o USS Daniel Boone (DDG-51)
o USS Ellyson (FFG-19)
o USS Gainsville
o USS Gillcrist (DDG-114)
o USS Hennessey (FFG-65)
o USS John Cooper (DDG-99)
o USS Monroe Smith (FFG-62)
o USS Patrick Henry (CVN-74)
o USS San Michel
o USS Seahawk (CVN-65)
o USS Skerrett (EDDG-31)
o USS Stanley Dace
o USS Thomas Jefferson
o USS Thomas Lyons
o USS Tigershark
o USS Wake Island
o USS Watertown (SSN-696)
o Vasiliev — Russian destroyer
* USS Jebediah — nuclear sub, from the Simpson Tide episode of The Simpsons
* USS Walter Mondale — laundry ship from The Simpsons, mentioned in the episode Bart vs. Australia
* USS Kiwi — The Wackiest Ship in the Army
* SS Lady Anne — cruise ship, "Passage on the Lady Anne" episode of The Twilight Zone
* SS Minnow — Gilligan's Island
* SS More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spiderman, And The Incredible Hulk Put Together — Family Guy
* The Onedin Line series
o Anne Onedin — a steamship
o Charlotte Rhodes — first ship of James Onedin
o Medusa
o Pampero
o Soren Larsen
* PT-73 — McHale's Navy
* PT-116 — McHale's Navy
* seaQuest DSV 4600 — Deep Submergence Vehicle, seaQuest DSV 1993
* USS Sea Spanker — aircraft carrier, from the New Kids on the Blecch episode of The Simpsons
* USS Sea Tiger — WWII submarine, Operation Petticoat 1977
* SSRN Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1964-1968
* SkyDiver — UFO 1970-1971
* Stinger — one-man, high speed sub, in seaQuest DSV
* Stingray
* Sultana —The Buccaneers 1956
* Tiki III — schooner in Adventures in Paradise ' 60s series by James Michener
* Thunder — super speedboat in Thunder in Paradise 1994
* Thunderbird 4 — Submarine from Supermarionation series Thunderbirds_(TV_series).

I submitted my "Hollywood at Sea" campaign. I purposely left out real ships because I want a nice, fun build that we don't have to get hung up with a bunch of research to build.

It will run from Sept. '08 to Feb '09.

Gator