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Old Monogram Spitfire 1/48 Build

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    October 2015
Posted by GazzaS on Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:13 AM

Looks good, Mate!  Sometimes it's nice to build one of these Oldies without tryin to re-invent the wheel.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Gary

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    July 2008
Posted by scigs30 on Friday, October 16, 2015 5:27 PM

BrandonK

Old school build technique? Wow, superb work doing it the old way. It looks great.

BK

 

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I would say mostly old school building. I'm trying to keep everything KISS and fun. Most of the painting is done using the old Testors cheap brushes.  Back in the 70s and 80s I used Testors paint but also used a lot of Floquil paints in the square bottles. I don't remember Model Master paints back then Don't know when Testors started MM.  

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    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Friday, October 16, 2015 9:13 AM

Old school build technique? Wow, superb work doing it the old way. It looks great.

BK

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    July 2008
Posted by scigs30 on Friday, October 16, 2015 8:51 AM

Thanks for the kind words, really having fun with these old kits.  The landing gear is functional but does require a little force.

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    August 2013
Posted by Jay Jay on Friday, October 16, 2015 8:19 AM

WowBow Down  You hand brushed this ?  That's a hand brushed paint job ? Oh My Gosh, it looks better than my air brushing for crying out loud.  Amazing !

 

 

 

 

 

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    September 2014
Posted by rooster513 on Friday, October 16, 2015 7:53 AM

Looks really good! Great job hand brushing!

-Andy

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, October 16, 2015 7:24 AM

Does this kit have workable landing gear? If so I built the same model many many years ago. 

Nice work, the decals went down fine and the camo looks really good. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Friday, October 16, 2015 6:10 AM

Oh wow, you did a great job with the old school Monogram kit.  Great looking camo.

Toshi

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    July 2008
Posted by scigs30 on Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:54 PM

I applied the original kit decals, they were old but with help from decals set and solvent they did ok.  Afer the decals were snugged down I shot Testors Dullcote.  Still have some work to do on the canopy and Ill call her good and onto the next old kit.





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    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:11 AM
Excellent work for tube glue. Thanks for sharing..

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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    March 2012
  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 9:50 PM

I built one of these as a kid and it was a lot of fun. Hang in there with the paint fella and keep hangin' out here in the forums. Lookin' forward to more outta this.

 

Joe

                   

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    December 2002
Posted by 7474 on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 9:09 PM

looks good, i've been debating build one of them 

  • Member since
    July 2008
Old Monogram Spitfire 1/48 Build
Posted by scigs30 on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:59 PM

I really like these old kits, they are pretty cheap on ebay.  I used to build these when I was a kid and had a lot of fun doing so.  I know these Monogram kits are out dated with raised panel lines and rivets but that is ok by me.  The build was straight forward out of the box with no modifications. Used good old Testors orange tube glue and did not use any filler on this build since I wanted to keep the details.  I primed with Testors spray primers and all hand brushed with Testors paints free hand.  I am still learning how the brush paint but I must say it is a lot of fun. I sprayed the plane with Testors Glosscote and will apply the original decals followed by Dullcote.





 

 

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