Show your Revell/Monogram builds

Duke, JJ thanks. I painted it twice before I was happy with it. The first time, quite a bit of the seams around the nose were showing. I went back and redid those and painted her again. I was happy with the way it came out. It is weathered but does not show in the pictures. I am going to have to invest in a better camera one of these days.

VERY nice,  espescially the 3-color camo. I have lotsa troule wth that.

Looking good MKelley! I need to find mine and build it someday.

Yes, that would be an 88mm FLAK firecracker depending on the target.

woody0369

Stickpusher and Texgunner, please know that I have seen the error of my ways and have fully converted to a true believer.

Oh, Great One Stikpusher.  I am building my Rev-Mono stash with the help of Ebay as I just got my Pro Mod P-39Q and the CAF P-39 in the mail today.  I am trying to collect alot of the ones that have been discontinued by R-M.  A month ago I got my PBY-5 and PBY-5A for much less than the $75 that they want for the kit now, and I don't think that it has been retooled.  I just need to find the time to start work on the stash as it is summertime in Alaska with too many outside projects and fishing to do.  I should be able to start soon with some WIP's for this mega GB thread.  And thanks to all the participants for the fine work that they have done.

Texgunner

woody0369

Stickpusher and Texgunner, please know that I have seen the error of my ways and have fully converted to a true believer.

Ah, another convert!   Peace be with you my brother!   Now go forth and spread the good news.

There may be hope for you after all!!! LOL

woody0369

Stickpusher and Texgunner, please know that I have seen the error of my ways and have fully converted to a true believer.

Ah, another convert!   Peace be with you my brother!   Now go forth and spread the good news.

Stickpusher and Texgunner, please know that I have seen the error of my ways and have fully converted to a true believer.

Texgunner

stikpusher

Blasphemy!!! Infidel!!!

   May the tents of the Great Defilers be filled with the fetid breath of one thousand dyspeptic camels! 

".... now they shall know why they fear the dark ..."

The PBY-5A is simply impressive.   I'm new after a layoff of many years from doing models and much has changed.  There are at least two schools of thought that I can discern here on FSM.  That PBY caused me to look twice to be sure that it was a model.   That's the school I want to go to.   It was built many years ago you say but a recap of what you did would be appreciated whenever you can.   I have that model on the shelf waiting for the time when I can do it justice.   That PBY is the apex of anything I've seen on this website.

stikpusher

Blasphemy!!! Infidel!!!

   May the tents of the Great Defilers be filled with the fetid breath of one thousand dyspeptic camels! 

woody0369

Thanks Texgunner.  I always use pastels on my models I've never had much luck with washes. I was really surprised with the quality of this model. The last Revell kit I built was years ago and it was awful as I recall

Blasphemy!!! Infidel!!!

Thanks Texgunner.  I always use pastels on my models I've never had much luck with washes. I was really surprised with the quality of this model. The last Revell kit I built was years ago and it was awful as I recall

My newly made P-61, need some more detailed decals and washing.

Man, that's very nice woody!  That's another great Monogram kit, and yours looks super.   How did you shade the panel lines?  They do look good.

Gary

Here's my revell F-15. Just finished

Yes they have! Have always been my favorite!!!

Thanks Dave, I'm glad you liked those old birds!   Monogram made some great kits.

 Hey Tex, great job on the Cobra and the Typhoon.  I remember the Typhoon I had many years ago.  There was a cool decal that went on the tail of the plane that read: "If fate decrees that I should fail, then fate will not have watched my tail."  A cool bit of gallows humor!! Lots of good memories with that plane.  I think its the first time I got the invasion stripes right.......

I loved the Cobra- such a sleek and wicked chopper.  It was pretty sad when my unit got moved from Germany to Ft. Lewis, Washington.  When we got to our new battalion area, the entire street was lined with Cobras that were bound for the scrap yard....such a sorry ending for a great warrior!

Good to see folks starting to respect the old Monogram kits.  A little work and patience and you can do wonders with them.  You can't go wrong!!

Dave

woody0369

That is an amazing paint job!

Thanks Woody!

Here's another old Monogram classic.  It's another 20 year-old build (at least).  The Monogram 1/48 Typhoon Mk. IB at the airport:

That is an amazing paint job!

Thanks Trey and Baron!  I'm glad you like that ol' bird; here's a bit more:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/16/t/161399.aspx

Second that, that's a beautiful Cobra!  I like the IDF colors and markings.  Well done!

Great looking Snake Gary,used to be a Snake Doc myself so its nice to see such a clean looking build of this classic airframe!

Okay, here's one most haven't seen yet.  1986's AH-1S Cobra, 1/48.   Although the model is nearly 20 years old, it had never been to the airport.  In this case, she's seen at Coffield Regional Airport in Rockdale, Texas last Thursday.  It's mostly an out of the box build, in Israeli markings.  I did add some screen/mesh behind the vents on the sides of the turbine and I made maps that are stuffed beside the seats.  Paint was Model Master enamel and Humbrol enamel, sprayed with my Paasche H.  Thanks for taking a look!

Gary

A slide show of more pics here:

http://s7.photobucket.com/user/Texgunner/slideshow/Monogram%20Bell%20AH-1S%20Cobra

About 98% of my builds are R/M kits. For the money you can't beat them. I rescribe most all of my builds. Describing is free :-) But with little effort the R/M kits build up really nice.

Chris, most R/M kits released since the early 90s have recessed panel lines. They even went back and reworked a kit or two to rescribe them on their own. I personally rescribed a few of mine that you see here. And of course there is the debate over which represents overlapping skin panels more accurately? Raised or recessed? neither is dead bang on.  And lets face it, nobody gives you more bang for the buck in 1/48 bombers than R/M. Not to mention that even their older kits were very much cutting edge in their time

NeedBeer, that Sea Venom is indeed originaly a Matchbox kit.

I used to play down the RM kits but I've seen some amazing kits here and since then I've managed a few nice ones thanks to this thread's motivation. I have a complete new respect for the RM kits now and I don't fear trying them anymore.