Complete - Revell 1/48 P-51B "Pappy's Answer"

Noice! 

I need to get me one of these. I haven't done one since I was a teen.

I've got a few -D's, but no -B's.

Well done, Bob! I also like how that spinner turned out.

Great job on that bird! I would be pretty happy to have that on my display shelf.  The spinner really came out well.

Very nicely done Sir!

Well Gee!

    Another Monogram ( Original) bird. Luv what you've done. Keep up the good work . T.B.

Nice finish, Bob. She looks good.

Say, getting back to those invasion stripes for a minute, I also thought invasion stipes were on bottom surfaces only. A Google search returned several photos showing quite the opposite.

Surprised me.

Love your work! Very nice. And I have to add how cool are invasion stripes!

Josh

Here are the finished pics. Overall a nice kit, I didn't really have any issues that weren't of my own making.  I raided a Hasegawa kit for the bombs.  Any comments/cirtiques are welcome.

Looking great, a hell of a lot better than I did at 10yrs old in '82, I like what you're doing !! Keep up the good work !!.

Your colors look great, Bob, nice progress!

It's going to be nice, I can tell.

Looking good, Bob.

That's some pretty intricate painting, orange and red, on the spinner and behind.

There’s a soft spot in my heart for these vintage classics. 

It was pointed out to me that if the invasion stripes weren't on the top of the fuselage, then they shouldn't be on the top wings either.  I spent some time fixing that before decals and panel line wash.  Some of the decals gave me some trouble, especially the checkerboard around the nose and "Pappy's Answer" which shattered on the model.  A bit of patience got most of it back together and I painted what couldn't be repaired.

So I got quite a bit of painting done before the new school year starts.  The masking for the invasion stripes isn't perfect, but I like the way it looks since they weren't perfect in 1944 either

The spinner gave me a little trouble at first, but I think the second attempt looks all right to me

Thanks guys!

Most of the main assembly is done.  Now on to paint

2019-08-18_04-49-16 by James Hicks, on Flickr

the Baron

We don't have a "Like" button, so, 

 

I agree 

We don't have a "Like" button, so, 

I'm a big fan and Monogram Mafioso myself.  Monogram kits make up a pretty sizeable portion of the stash.

So I got the fuselage together:

20190814_181914 by James Hicks, on Flickr

Next up is the wings.  The ports for the machine guns are just holes so I figure I need to put something in there.  At first I thought I could use some sprue and drill some holes in the ends, but the sprues were too thick.  Then I remembered I had some spare flash supressors from a Monogram P-38.

20190814_181926 by James Hicks, on Flickr

Looks good enough to me

20190814_182106 by James Hicks, on Flickr

silentbob33

 

the Baron

You've got a great start there on that classic Monogram kit!  It still holds up well, around 50 years after it was first issued.  It's one of my favorites.

  

I should have known it was a Monogram kit! It looks really nice in the box and I love Monogram kits

 

No worries!  I'm a Monogram fan, and a member of the Monogram Mafia here in the forum.  So I'll toot their horn as appropriate

Thanks Toshi!

the Baron

You've got a great start there on that classic Monogram kit!  It still holds up well, around 50 years after it was first issued.  It's one of my favorites.

 

I should have known it was a Monogram kit! It looks really nice in the box and I love Monogram kits

That’s an awesome start.  I’m very impresse.

Your Friend, ‘Toshi’

You've got a great start there on that classic Monogram kit!  It still holds up well, around 50 years after it was first issued.  It's one of my favorites.