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This is a sort of sideways tribute to what I recently figured out was probably the first WW2 fighter kit I ever built: Monogram's original 1967-issue 1/48 P-51B, in the striking markings of MOH winner Col. James H. Howard...the same markings in which the kit would be released and re-released many times, over the years.
I've built probably a dozen of those Monogram kits over those same years...but didn't happen to have one in the stash at the moment...so I went with a similar-level-of-technology kit, Pegasus' 1/48 'E-Z Snap' version.
The Pegasus kit was simple, but a joy to build. (I went with glue rather than the snap-fit...which in this kit's case is actually more like 'slide-fit'...although the original fit overall was good-to-excellent.) Kit is basically stock except for a few 'necessary' add-ons: some spare Lion Roar etch harnesses, a few stretched sprue wires for the SCR radio set, and a simple scratch-built gunsight on the inside. Outside, I added the wing landing light and the pitot which the kit lacked, and some solder brake-lines and the early-style gunsight 'post' visible in photos of Col Howard's a/c.
Markings are from the excellent Mike Grant sheet.
Greg
George Lewis:
Man that looks sharp! Obviously those Pegasus kits just need a little fine tuning like you to did here to really shine! Great work!
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
What an excellent build!
Your friend Toshi
Reside in Streetsboro, Ohio
That’s one smart lookin’ stang!
Chad
God, Family, Models...
At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo
On deck: Who knows!
Really nice work Greg.
Jim
Main WIP:
On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II
I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.
Thank, guys!
I'll admit the 'bubbletop' Mustangs were much sleeker...but somehow the 'greenhouse' versions have always been my favorites.
I remember making a Monogram 1:48 of Ding Hao. Many years ago. Model long gone, but I remember that as a big advance for Monogram- really nice cockpit detail.
Great nostalgia.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don Stauffer I remember making a Monogram 1:48 of Ding Hao. Many years ago. Model long gone, but I remember that as a big advance for Monogram- really nice cockpit detail. Great nostalgia.
The Pegasus kit is like that old Monogram kit in many ways. Inexpensive. Well-engineered. The same low-relief cockpit detail...which paints up very nicely. Not quite as petite as to exterior detail, but panel lines are recessed overall. And there are relatively few concessions to the 'snap fit' engineering. Fit is great overall...including the canopy (though it is a bit on the thick side.)
I figure I'll happily build at least a few more.
Beautiful job and thanks for the low down on the kit Greg!
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Cut my model building teeth on the early Monogram kits, but never the B. Ah the memories of tube glue Testors bottle paints and hammering out a kit in two or three days! This would be a good one to put in this years queue.
Chris Christenson
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