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Monogram Snap Tite P-40

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  • Member since
    July 2008
Monogram Snap Tite P-40
Posted by scigs30 on Monday, March 7, 2016 12:36 PM

Continuing with my simple old model kits, I decided and building a Snap Tite P-40.  These were great kits when I was younger, easy to build and great to learn on.  I see now that Revell has Snap Tite kits but they are all painted and ready to go, thats no fun.  I collected all these old Snap Tite kit, heck they are cheap and plan on building them all. The P-40 is from the mid 70s and comes with peel and stick decals.  Monogram re released this kit in 1979 and added waterslide decals.  I built this out of the box without glue but noticed some big gaps so I went over a few areas with glue, no filler was used.  Built within a few hours then primed with Testors spray primer and painted with Testors bottle paints.  These paints are cheap, I get them Hobby Lobby as a set with my 50 percent coupon, thats under a dollar a bottle.  This model was hand brushed, still mastering that skill and I still need more work on my canopy frames.  For years when I was airbrushing I would mask the canopy and I can tell you hand painting frames is much harder IMO. 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Monday, March 7, 2016 1:16 PM

I remember building this very kit as a youngster.  Great job on the finish!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:03 AM

You made that kit look darn nice. Well done!!

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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  • Member since
    December 2009
  • From: West Chester,Ohio
Posted by roger_wilco on Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:45 PM
Nice build on that oldie but a goodie. Monogram made some nice 1/72 kits but mostly concentrated on their 1/48th scale line.

"Build what YOU want, the way YOU want, and above all have fun!" - RIP Modeler Al. 

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:10 PM

Brings me back to my freshman High. Great seeing these classics!

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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