Show your Revell/Monogram builds

That's a beat-up b-26 shipwreck! Nice work

It seems that since I've gotten back into the hobby the stack of kits on the shelf are all Revell/Monogram. Of course, there is the nostalgia of building the kits again that I built when I was so much younger. I just started an SBD Dauntless today. It will be an Army A-24 Banshee when it's done. Last night I started an F-80 that will be a Florida ANG airplane when it's done. Now, that kit didn't exist when I was last in the hobby, 1975 or so. I have a Stearman almost finished. It's all painted, it just needs final assembly. There's a P-82 waiting for paint. It's the 1/72 scale F-82G really, but it's going to be a "what if" when it's done. There's a T-6 waiting for paint. When it's done it'll be an LT-6G "Mosquito". I do have two kits that aren't Revell/Monogram on the bench. The very first kit I started when I got back into the hobby is Tamiya's P-51D. It won't be a blue-nose Mustang though. Probably it will be a Missouri ANG Mustang. I grew up in St. Lous and saw my very first real P-51D departing Lambert-St. Louis Airport, maybe around 1962 or '63. The other kit is an Accurate Miniatures P-51C that will be Jackie Cochran's green #13 that she raced in the 1946 Bendix Trophy race. As soon as I find a place to archive pictures, I'll have stuff to post to show my progress.

I pretty much have the "building" part of the hobby going OK. It's the paint part that I'm having a tough time with. My Revell P-51D is my experimental paint platform. I botched the first attempt at painting the airplane so I decided to use it for practice. I jumped back into the hobby feet first. I decided right off to do most of my kits in "natural metal finish" with Alclad paints. Pretty steep learning curve to be sure.

Anyway, I'm really ejoying being back in the hobby! My wonderful wife is 100% supportive of me building again. I really couldn't do it without her support.

Fotofrank, I look forward to seeing your builds. You sound like you'd fit right in with our Monogram Mafia IV Group Build that just started today. Go check it out in the Group Builds forum.

Thanks, Stikpusher. As soon as I find a new image hosting site, I'll be posting some pictures of what I'm doing.

Stik, with the PB disaster upon us, I propose a new Volume 2 so we can start fresh, and have a new library of R-M builds.  I am just asking the question, Herr Kommandant.

That sounds like a good idea. I just need to get my stuff downloaded from PB and uploaded elsewhere first

Just finished this 1/48 P-40B for my son.  Tried some new techniques.  Had some issues with lighting trying to get good photos.

Well first, that's a really sweet looking Tigershark! I really like the more accurate paint scheme you chose over the kit suggested one. That looks far better than the one I made for my son! No red nose! 

This is exactly the way I was thinking of building this scheme if I ever build that kit again.

Wheels up with no pilot though? Lol that's some risky flyin' lol!

Regardless, very nicely done!!

M. Brindos

Well first, that's a really sweet looking Tigershark! I really like the more accurate paint scheme you chose over the kit suggested one. That looks far better than the one I made for my son! No red nose! 

This is exactly the way I was thinking of building this scheme if I ever build that kit again.

Wheels up with no pilot though? Lol that's some risky flyin' lol!

Regardless, very nicely done!!

 

Thanks for the kind words!  Since we picked this one up from the consignment shelf at the LHS, it was originally going to be a straight out of the box build, but I figured going for a little more accuracy in the markings wouldn't be too much extra work.  The empty cockpit does look odd with the gear up, but that's how my boy likes them hung from the ceiling.  Works for me since I'm not much for painting figures, and I can use these builds for him to practice new techniques.

Well if you ever want any help with figures I seem to be the guy to ask lol.

The last time I painted the pilot for that kit he turned out like this;

Just give me a PM and I will do what I can to help.  :)

Yeah, speaking of that SBD, I mean A-24, I'm doing something I have never ever done. The cockpit on that old kit is less than sparse, I mean just an empty tub, that's all. Well, I'm actually painting the figures that will occupy the cockpit and fill up the empty tub. they won't look like Brindo's but after the canopy is glued on no one will really notice.

M. Brindos

Well if you ever want any help with figures I seem to be the guy to ask lol.

The last time I painted the pilot for that kit he turned out like this;

Just give me a PM and I will do what I can to help.  :)

 

 

Wow - that's a sharp looking pilot!  You are definitely the guy to consult on the subject - I may have to give painting figures another shot...

Beautiful Flying Tiger there Capn! 

fotofrank

Yeah, speaking of that SBD, I mean A-24, I'm doing something I have never ever done. The cockpit on that old kit is less than sparse, I mean just an empty tub, that's all. Well, I'm actually painting the figures that will occupy the cockpit and fill up the empty tub. they won't look like Brindo's but after the canopy is glued on no one will really notice.

 

I've got the same kit in the stash too. I'm going to fix it up a bit, but I don't know how detailed I might get with it. I will probably include the figures as well.

When the time comes, Frank, I will not mind giving you some help as well. I've got all sorts of tricks and some great YouTube links to share. :)

All anyone has got to do is ask and I'll do my best to help out.  :D

Capn Napalm

 

 

M. Brindos

Well if you ever want any help with figures I seem to be the guy to ask lol.

The last time I painted the pilot for that kit he turned out like this;

Just give me a PM and I will do what I can to help.  :)

 

 

 

 

 

Wow - that's a sharp looking pilot!  You are definitely the guy to consult on the subject - I may have to give painting figures another shot...

 

Figures can add an amazing sense of life and scale to any build. I will help as much as I can. :)

stikpusher

Beautiful Flying Tiger there Capn! 

 

Thanks Stik!

So are we stating a new thread, or can I just drop this here?

Bam!

Is this too many pictures? 

Very nicely done P-40 you have there - I like how you did the canopy and fuel caps.  

Great looking p40! Definitely not too many pictures! No idea about new thread never heard a response to that question

Capn Napalm

Very nicely done P-40 you have there - I like how you did the canopy and fuel caps.  

 

Thanks! That was the second one I built because the first one got stepped on lol. 

cbaltrin

Great looking p40! Definitely not too many pictures! No idea about new thread never heard a response to that question

 

Thank you very much! No I haven't heard an answer to that yet either. Replacing all of those pictures in this thread is going to take a lot of time. Archiving this post and starting a new one wasn't a bad idea.

Be sure and signal when you start a new thread. I don't wanna get lost and hafta find my way back home!

Michael's had some great coupons this weekend, so we bought two P-47N kits. With some juggling the cost came out to be essentially two-for-one. One Jug will be P.R. ANG the other will probably be Hawaii ANG. I like discounts...

cbaltrin

Great looking p40! Definitely not too many pictures! No idea about new thread never heard a response to that question

 

Maybe once I get my PB stuff recovered... I only have about 11-12 years worth of photos to retrieve.... Too much on my plate to do it all at once.

in the meantime, let's just keep on keeping on here.

That is one outstanding B-26, Shipwreck!  

Well today I paired up my recent F-86 build with a couple other R/M Korean War contemporaries, theIR same vintage MiG-15, and their more recent F-84E

Those are all beautiful! Love the MiG! I need to find those kits for myself! :)

Thanks Mike. Those Monogram MiG-15's are all over eBay. I'm surprised that Revell has not re issued it in many years. 

I still need to pose the Sabre with my other two Monogram Korean War birds, the F-80 and F9F.

I'm sure I'll find one eventually. I haven't used eBay in years but I'll probably set it back up eventually.

Until then, the continuous hunt around the south western half of Washington has turned up some fascinating results lol.

I'm really enjoying the thrill of the hunt lol!

No kit collector shows or model swap meets up there? Or perhaps IPMS meetings? Those are always good sources down here for secondhand old kits. 

Once a year I think. But nothing else anymore. The hobby is dying in this state. There are others here, but they seem to be scattered. Oh, unless you're into trains! They still have clubs!