My Monogram C-47 Build!

Hey Brandon. I dunno if a Hobby Lobby is near you, but they almost ALWAYS have some sort of coupon going on. Sometimes all the way up to half off! Anyway, either half off or full price, I think given what you get, it's a pretty good deal. Especially when you figure in all the customization that's able to be done beyond the given instructions. The actual model itself I'll admit is probably one of the harder ones to fit together when assembling it. Like I had mentioned before, the fitting is so bad, that you're almost better off leaving the entire interior outside of the plane. If you don't, you pretty much have to do a lot of cutting, sanding and shifting to get it to fit properly. Outside of that, it's a fun build. Especially on a 1/48 scale. The pieces are easy to work with, it's highly detailed and comes together nicely once approaching completion. Hope that helps! 

AT, nice work!  Another tip, and I'll say I've used it with varying success, but when painting using masks, or stencils, put the mask or stencil on the subject, rub the edges down well with a toothpick, or Q-tip, and then give it a couple of light coats of the underlying paint color.  That helps seal the edges to prevent bleed-under.  Once that's dried, shoot your final color on it and let that set a bit.  Go over the edges of the stencil with a sharp Xacto blade before removing the stencil.  

As I've said, I've used that process successfully with paint, but it doesn't work well (for me, anyway) trying to seal mask edges around windows (using clear, it bleeds under, creating a crazed window effect).  

But yeah, nice work on the invasion stripes, they were hand painted in a hurry.

Regards,

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

Thanks for the tip! I'm definitely re-doing the L-4 now! Might as well since I'm now twiddling my thumbs waiting for my Microsol to come! Anyway, every thing is pretty much done minus the decals, some touching up and final assembly. I did a dry fit of the fuselage to see if there'd be any issues. The fit seems to be pretty good.

Looking good trooper. Put on your T-10 and steel pot and get ready to jump. I have been to Fort Campbell KY. I took the last train to Clarksville TN. The interesting thing about Ft Campbell is that the only part in KY is the front gate. As for Fort Benning GA, as in Follow ME, I have been there also and I even ventured over to Columbus GA for a cold glass of milk and some female company, but that is another story.  Keep on building.

Starting to take proper shape now Airborne...