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Monogram 1.48 P-39
Posted by mississippivol on Friday, August 12, 2016 3:02 PM

Hey, y'all. It's going to be kind of a bummer the next two months as I get to miss an airshow and two area contests due to work. Well, gotta eat, right? Anyways, I have been piddling with this kit hoping to be at Huntsville, AL in September. Their theme involves building a kit that was originally released before 1976 to coincide with their 40th anniversary. Had a white box version with the nice instruction sheet. Easy kit with good detail. I am surprised that it hasn't warped after all these years. I will try the original decals when I get to that point.

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Posted by ikar01 on Friday, August 12, 2016 5:40 PM

It is a good kit, despite its age.  I remember when it came out and have built several and still have some waiting.

It was always one of my favorite WWII aircraft.

If your decals turn out to be ruined, I have some extra decals that would work, either from the kit or some after market.

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Posted by Texgunner on Friday, August 12, 2016 6:08 PM

That kit was really state o' the art back in 1969.  It's still a really good kit.  I built this one about 20 years ago.


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Posted by Toshi on Friday, August 12, 2016 6:43 PM

That's a great build you're doing of one of the most unique aircraft from WWII.  It also happens to be one of my favorites!  I'll definately be following along this thread, this will be fun!

Toshi

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Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, August 13, 2016 1:22 AM
Looking great.... You'll find that those white box Monogram kits have the nicest parts, primarily because the molds were new then. 40 years of use has taken its toll, especially in the P-40 and P-61. I have an original 1974 release P-61 which is just stunning in surface detail.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, August 13, 2016 8:03 AM

lawdog114
Looking great.... You'll find that those white box Monogram kits have the nicest parts, primarily because the molds were new then. 40 years of use has taken its toll, especially in the P-40 and P-61. I have an original 1974 release P-61 which is just stunning in surface detail.
 

Dog is right. After a while the molds start to have issues. I built the 1/48 Monogram Voodoo and compared it to a recent Revell relese I got at HL and you could see the difference in some parts not fitting as good as the original Monogram issue. None the less, these kits have some real nice molded details and will look great once completed.

Mississippi

I'm sure you will do a great job on this oldie.

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Posted by Aggieman on Saturday, August 13, 2016 10:34 PM

I don't know how many times I have built this kit. It is one of my favorites from when I was growing up. You are doing a great job on your Cobra.

Earlier this year I completed a 4-kit build of Airacobras, one of which was the old Monogram kit (a blue box release from the year of my birth that I acquired on eBay). The Monogram kit remains one of their best and most detailed, and it does stand up well to the others I built alongside it, an Accurate Miniatures and an Eduardo, which itself was simply the Accurate Miniatures mold spruced up with their Profipack detail sets.

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Posted by GreenStyrene48 on Saturday, August 13, 2016 10:49 PM

One of my favorite kits!  One thing this kit has that the newer Airacobra kits lack is a cannon that doesn't spin with the prop.  Have fun!

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Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, August 14, 2016 11:13 PM
I've never been a fan of the P-39, and I probably never will, but the Monogram kit has been on my list to build since I read a build article in the 80's. There's a group of Monogram kits, including the P-40, P-61, P-38, B-17, etc, that every aircraft modeler should at least build one or two to gain an appreciation for them, not from the poorly maintained molds of today, but from the kits molded from further back. The combination of accurate shapes, good detail, ease of assembly and value just isn't seen today.
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Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, August 28, 2016 8:56 PM

Well, here she is. It's too clean, but I'm ok with it. I may go back and dirty it up later. The pictures make the olive drab look too green. I really enjoyed the build.

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Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:00 PM
I forgot to mention that the tail decals are from the kit. I even hit them with Solvaset! The rest were from the spares to complete it. It's an Alaskan bird depicted in the kit.
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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:54 PM

Yes Beautiful finish! Not often that anybody does anything of an Aleutian subject.Toast Quite a forgotten theater of war.

 

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Posted by mississippivol on Monday, August 29, 2016 10:20 AM
Thank you, sir!
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Posted by Hodakamax on Monday, August 29, 2016 11:07 AM

Nice job on a unique aircraft. Also, I build clean ones too, no need to apologize. They were all clean at one point in their life. Keep up the good work!

Max

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Posted by the Baron on Monday, August 29, 2016 11:34 AM

You have done a great job with this P-39, well done!  And you show that it is a very good kit, too.

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Posted by freem on Monday, August 29, 2016 9:23 PM

Excellent!!!  I too have high praise for these Monogram kits. and I have the P-39 in a bag kit and a blue box (Confederate Airforce I think) that my wife found at a garage sale along with the Monogram Avenger for 2 buck a piece.

You made er look good and I wouldn't worry about beating it up too much, I think it looks good the way she sits!

Chris Christenson

 

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Posted by allan on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 2:23 AM

Really nice work on this bird.  The decals look good, especially the roundels.

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 6:23 AM
Nice clean build. I built a couple of these in my younger build em blow em up days

 

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Posted by Cdn Colin on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 6:46 AM

Nicely done.  I, too, have an affinity for the P-39.  I just think it looks sleek, like a small sports car.

I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.

Have fun.

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 7:06 AM

Mississippivol;

   I think you've shown that even OOB after all this time and the results are great . The early Monogram Birds have all come to life in my hands and I still have most of the later " Century Series " in stash, in doubles .

 Now , the building of the B-17 , P-61 , P40 and some others were a real pleasure back then . I even have to include the B-25 and B-29 in here . The later ones ? well the age of the molds is showing .  T.B.

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 9:24 AM

Nice P-39s guys!!! Yes

That's one of the classic Monogram kits I never built, guess I should pick one up someday... 

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Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 9:22 PM

Thanks, y'all! And yes, Gamera, it is worth the build.

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 10:46 PM

Tanker, look for the older boxings of those kits online. They are worth it.

 

I built the CAF boxing of this kit a few years back in Soviet markings and it lookd real nice (IMHO) ;)

I just replaced the kit seat and exhaust stacks with some resin AM stuff on mine...

 

 

Even after all these years, she is still a beauty of a kit with lots of potential...

 

 

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U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 6:03 PM

Hey, Stik, that P-39 is really nice! 

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Posted by M. Brindos on Thursday, September 1, 2016 12:14 AM

Dangit guys, now I need to get me one of these kits. All of these look great!

Clean, or dirty it don't matter. It looks great!

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Posted by ikar01 on Thursday, September 1, 2016 5:52 AM

For more incentive, compare prices with Hasegawa and Eduard.  For that matter, compare headaches when building.

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, September 1, 2016 10:55 AM

ikar01

For more incentive, compare prices with Hasegawa and Eduard.  For that matter, compare headaches when building.

 

Right... Unless you get an Eduard Weekend Edition, you'll be paying twice as much. And careful with Hasegawa- they actually boxed this kit under their own label before the molded their own...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:48 AM

mississippivol

Thanks, y'all! And yes, Gamera, it is worth the build.

 

Thanks, I'll have to give it a look! 

And sharp work there SP, love the painted over national insignia with the Soviet stars over top of them. 

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Posted by ikar01 on Thursday, September 1, 2016 3:49 PM

How do you tell the difference?

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Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, September 1, 2016 8:36 PM
Very well done. Thanks for sharing...

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