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I built this for my great nephew who is in love with planes. Since this was going to be ceiling hanger for his room, I kept this one simple and basic. Aside from drilling out a few parts, or thinning the tail fin rings on the bombs, this was kept pretty much original. I hand brushed this using Humbrol enamels, and since the kit decals did not look to be in good shape, I used some from an Aeromaster set that was in my decals bin. The propellor spins and the landing gear retracts... it is a 1964 vintage kit after all...
Not my best work, but a refreshing change for simplicity, and my first start/completion of the year.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Such a nice model, and well painted too. I think those 73 Squadron decals really add to the model too.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
I’ll never tell TJ...
GM, yeah, those markings are very sharp looking. Much better than same old letter codes.
Ah yes. The early 60s kits. Retracting landing gear, folding wings, dropping bombs, and a favorite of mine the Linberg jets with rubber band powered ejection seats.
Nice job on the old Hurricane kit. Remember the huge rivits and the decal placement etched into the plastic? I saw a real hurricane on the airshow circuit a few years ago and was amazed at the size of the airplane. I think it was Canadian owned.
Nicely done with great Brush work!
Your friend, 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
Thanks Ranger & Toshi.
Those working models sure were fun as a kid. And yes, the giant rivers and decal location markings are still there on a few kits in my stash. I think the coolest feature I ever saw was on a Vigilante kit that my friend had that would eject the bomb to the rear from between the engines, just like on the real thing.
Toshi, this build was a reminder of how far my brushing skills have deteriorated from lack of use like this. Not to mention the apparent changes in paint formula are more noticeable when using the good old brush... I think that I’ll stick with my airbrush
Your great nephew will love it, I'm sure, Stik! And the old Monogram Hurricane still holds up well after all these years. Looks great!
The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
Nice work, if you wouldn't have explained you kept it simple I couldn't tell from here.
You have me thinking in a nostalgic manner re the brush painting. It looks great, actually.
Thanks guys.
Baron, the shape and dimensions of the kit are perfectly good. The trailing edges could use thinning down, and the cockpit & wheel wells are a nice blank canvas for some scratch work. If one wants to get a Hurricane IIA or IIB, it’s a workable choice if you don’t want to pay top dollar for the Hasegawa Hurricane.
Greg, it was a nice change of pace to go back to an older style of building. I did use a bit of CA and accelerator for gap filling. But aside from my tools such as pin vise, needle files, and sanding sticks, this was built like when I was an older kid. Paint, glue, and decals. No masking, clear coats, priming, or weathering... built by a big boy for a little boy.
You're preachin' to the choir, Stik!
the Baron You're preachin' to the choir, Stik!
Lol! Yeah, part of me would like to get another one of these and go for broke scratching and thinning all the things to make a nice Eagle Squadron IIA... Maybe one day...
The Vigilanti kit was a Monogram kit. They also had a B-58 that had a button on top of the fuselage that when pushed released the centerline NUKE. One of my favorites is the Revell 1/40th scale Skyraider that has folding wings, movable control surfaces, sliding canopy, retractible landing gear, a dropable bomb, and operating dive brakes. And it all works very well. Neat stuff, Stick
Nice work. I appreciate the hand painting. Really nice job.
Just keep picking away at it...
MM, Thanks.
Ranger, there were some fun models for a boy at that time. I had a reissue of that 1/40 Skyraider. Boy was that an involved kit. All those operating features, plus a full engine and warload.
Nicely done, Stik! Was that an original issue or a later pop?
I have one from around 1968 sitting in a box awaiting restoration (if I ever get off my butt and get to work).
Gary
Gary it was a later pop. One of the white box issues.
I hope you don’t wait too long to get yours restored.
Nice, Stik. Like many of us I built just about every one of these old kits, but I never built the P-39. As for easy to build, they were the Tamiya of the day in my mind.
What kid wanted to build a kit that was named Frog anyway
John
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Thanks! Well the P-39 was like the P-51 and P-47 from the next generation. I built a bunch of them as a kid, one a few years ago, and still have a couple more in my stash. Definitely an oldie/goody! Get one and build one sometime. The Pro Modeler edition is probably the best.
And until the late 80’s I’ll dare say that they were better than Tamiya in 1/48 aircraft.
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