Monogram Mafia III

Ok, I need some help. 

Can't decide what to add to my list... the fw190.... that would be easy enough to get done before Nov 1st... But I really feel like doing a Jet. A F-8 Crusader or even a F-14... I even have a Monogram 262 on the shelf.. and Finally... I have an F6F calling my name... Anyone have a preference as to what they would like to see?

stikpusher

CB, let me know what you decide. By new entries ending May 1, I mean anyone who has not started any builds. I bet you can slide in a 190 before November 1st...

Sharp looking P47  echolmberg!

Thanks guys!  Right after I applied the finish on the plane, that's when I saw the great P-47 that was nicely foiled up.  How I wish my model looked like that one!  I have the Monogram F-89C Scorpion that I'd like to do next.  Maybe I'll try my hand at foiling on that one.  It's nice, big and without too many complex curves to throw me for a loop.

Stik, thanks for adding the picture!  I already had my two Monogram builds completed so for you to add this to the list is a happy surprise.  Thanks!

Eric

That is one fine lookin' T-bolt, Eric!  Hope I catch up to you in a day or so.  Well done!!

Nice clean & bright build there EC! I will get her added to the face page photo line up ASAP!

-EDIT- now added for the 29th completed build 

Very cool build!

Fellow members of the Monogramafia, I'd like to submit a third Monogram gem.  Here is their 1/48 scale P-47D.  Originally this was the boxing of "The Turtle" but I substituted some aftermarket decals.  I acquired the kit from a friend who had it in his collection for quite some time.  As a result, the decals were long past their prime.

The kit went together with no problems whatsoever.  Even the wing roots required zero filler.  The model was finished using Floquil Silver Mist and Old Silver to help break up the monotone nature of it.  In the end, I just wasn't overly thrilled with the outcome which is very strange for Floquil.  I actually gave the whole works a very light misting of MM aluminum.  The black anti-glare panel is Floquil Engine Black.  In the end, everything else was sealed using MM metalizer sealer.

Enjoy!

Thanks Stick! I will press on.  The kit is actually under the Monogram label (90s vintage kit I believe)

Chris, if it is the Revell G-10, yes, by all means go ahead.

Stick

I will be finishing up my second P-47 in the next couple days and then I am starting the 1/48 Bf-109G-10 for the Me-109 GB. Can I cross over?

CB, let me know what you decide. By new entries ending May 1, I mean anyone who has not started any builds. I bet you can slide in a 190 before November 1st...

Ditto on that!

mississippivol

Thank  you for hosting this build, Stik! I understand that it takes a good bit of free time to moderate these things. It was also pretty successful, with thirteen made builders in the last year. The first one had eighteen, and the second had one, but the build never really had a good chance of getting off the ground. Display your badges with pride, boys; true modelers build Monogram, all others just assemble....

This actually puts a crimp in my plans to add a 1/48 Fw190 to my list.... I should probably stick to trying to finish my mustang though and my Razorback...

cbaltrin

Say it ain't so Joe! 

stikpusher

 I am gonna say a cut off date of no new entries after May

Thank  you for hosting this build, Stik! I understand that it takes a good bit of free time to moderate these things. It was also pretty successful, with thirteen made builders in the last year. The first one had eighteen, and the second had one, but the build never really had a good chance of getting off the ground. Display your badges with pride, boys; true modelers build Monogram, all others just assemble....

Say it ain't so Joe! 

stikpusher

 I am gonna say a cut off date of no new entries after May

Well, it does not sound like we will have more new entries here. Just in case any pop up, I am gonna say a cut off date of no new entries after May 1st, aka May Day. So that translates out to a final close date for any new member entries of November 1st. If anybody has already built their two and wants to add a third (or fourth), feel free to do so.

Oh that's just way too pretty!  I love the look of foil.  I've tried it a handful of times but I just can't get it to look the way I'd like it to look.  Mainly, I have problems when it comes to areas like the wing root, where the stabilizers meet the fuselage and other complex curves like that.  

Eric I have not tried to seal either the aluminum or the decals.  I have a Monogram P-51 that I did 20 some odd years ago with the same technique and it still looks good. The foil is still attached but the spinner and a drop tank fell off if that tells you anything.

Theuns, original Revell moldings also qualify for the GB. Including and up to their latest releases such as the Stearman and Ventura.

Oh that's just way too pretty!  I love the look of foil.  I've tried it a handful of times but I just can't get it to look the way I'd like it to look.  Mainly, I have problems when it comes to areas like the wing root, where the stabilizers meet the fuselage and other complex curves like that.  

Forgive me if you mentioned this already but how do you seal it?  I wonder if Testor's metalizer sealer would work.  Or is there something better?  I've tried using Future but I didn't like how it turned out all pebbly.  I know it was something wrong with my technique but I just don't feel like ruining another model again.

Eric

PS.  Dang it!  I meant to copy the picture of the foiled P-47 in my post.  

Oh dang, I only have the one monogram in the stash.

Please deleat me from the roster  :-(

Theuns

Yes that would be fine for one... but this a two build GB, so another must also be built to qualify for the badge.

I got an old monogram Fokker d-7 crossover from the WW1 gb I have not started yet...OK?

Theuns

No cut off date as of yet.... You want in, or want to do two more, go right ahead...

When is the cut off date?

Well I got an hour at the bench this morning. Was able to clean up and rescribe exactly 1 horizontal stabilizer on my P-51 and added 1 more treatment of Mr Surfacer to the radiator intake (what a nightmare that part is).  Wow. This kit is dragging me down. It better be worth it! :-)

Hi freem. Nice work. You're motivating me to get to work on my razorback. I only have one complaint.. Your pictures are too small :-)

freem

Gonna stick a fork in this one and call it done!  Major Robert S. Johnson's P-47D-15-RE April 1944. Kit built OOB and I used Superscale decal set 48-429.

My -47 bubbletop is now covered in aluminum and hopefully it'll be done this week or early next!

Chris, that silvery Jug is looking real good! I have not yet had the stones to try a foil covered build, but one of these days I do need to try it. I am pretty sure that Microscale makes a foil adhesive in their line of products, where ever you find all their decal solutions and such... And no rush on the photos of your OD Jug. I'll be here, its done and all is good...

Bob, I haven't been to the races in several years, but I think what I liked most was the sound and the smell of the fuels and engines... very unique on both of them,,,, One of these days I'll get back out there, Pomona or Fontana...

Excellent job, Freem! Halfway home(I would say half made, but that don't sound right, lol)!

bob--thanks!!  The bubbletop is covered with plain old household aluminum foil.  The technique comes from an article in the April (i think) 1988 issue of FSM.  The adhesive is made from paint or dope thinner and spray adhesive-I used 3M no. 77.  Pour out some thinner and spray the adhesive into it to make a honey like consistency. I stir it up and spread it around on the foil with a piece of balsa 1/8"x 1 or 2".

Cut a piece of aluminum a little larger than the area you want to cover, lay it on the plane, and burnish it down with a 1/8" pc of balsa about 3/8-1/2" wide.  The balsa "gives" over raised lines and rivets. Aluminum foil has a shiny side and dull side--I used the dull here. It also has a grain to it and you can vary the look by turning it and/or polishing, sanding or scuffing individual panels (ck references).

Decals adhere well although they might need trimmed close. I wipe the plane down with an alcohol wipe to get any adhesive and finger oils off before decaling.  They can be sealed with Future.  I did a Monogram P-51 around 1991 and it still looks good both foil and decals still holding and I did not seal them.

I think there is an article from the July 02 issue that can be found on the How To tab above that uses a similar format with a different adhesive.  

The whole thing took maybe 3 hours plus a couple of hours to let the thinner dry and the adhesive tack up.  For the more masochistic one could do it panel by panel.

Chris-nice job on the razorback and the bubble top is coming along well,  Is that foil and if so, what is your technique?

Thanks Stik-I'm a fan of old school drag racing-I took these pics last summer at the NHRA Reunion Tour in Bowling Green, KY-they are coming in handy for reference & inspiration.....if I could just add the rumble of the nitro burning altered's with a little tire smoke....