Show your Revell/Monogram builds

If I can build an acceptable P-61 anyone here can. I have seen a few of them turned into pure art by builders much better than I am here. The canopy can be a problem but is quite fixable with a bit of work. I think the detail in this kit out weighs the few problems it has. How many twin boom kits really fit well at the wing ? And how many canopy fit troubles do we see on most of the kits we build ? Its a good kit.

Just my worth 

I've got two "widows" in the stash I hope I don't catch the pox.

Hans von Hammer

stikpusher:

And people here call that Black Widow kit "unbuildable junk..."

 

A pox on their houses..

Biggest gripe about the Widow is the canopy fit... Get tired of hearing it, lol.. Shim & pookie it, an' shaddup about it already.....

I've been vaccinated !

stikpusher

And people here call that Black Widow kit "unbuildable junk..."

A pox on their houses..

Biggest gripe about the Widow is the canopy fit... Get tired of hearing it, lol.. Shim & pookie it, an' shaddup about it already.....

And people here call that Black Widow kit "unbuildable junk..."

WOW Tonbo that is one sweet B-24 and foiled no less. You call your self a newbie ?? I dont think so, thats some beautiful foil work and as you said yourself isnt an easy task.

I gotta show off my favorite Revell kit to build the 1/48 P-61 Black Widow. I have 3 more in the stash.

I still wanna do one of these in NMF with foil.

Wow! Lookit you! You built the same 1/48 B-24 as I did, and I'll bet you did it with Bare-metal Foil. I based mine on my father's own B-24, luckily of which one photo survived. I can't figure out how to upload photos here but there's a whole page of pics at http://montrealfood.com/leadinglady.html. I'm a very newbie-type modeller (and I just landed a Trumpeter 1/24 BF-109, so I'm going to be hassling you guys no end!) but all the love in the world (and you'll need it if you're using Bare-metal foil) went into this thing. Glad to see someone else put some love in this beast!

Cheers

A few pics of some I've done over the last few years (re-releases). I still look for Monogram kits first. They fit a teenager's budget quite well back in the day, and had lots of detail. My dad still has some he's built back in the 70s; I'll have to dig up some pics on them. He wants to refinish them, but I love them as is.

Glenn

Looking thru this thread it's really cool to see the wide variety and to think of the span of years the Revell/Monogram kits have covered. I remember the Dauntless kit with the working dive flaps and dropping bomb! Now those action features are passe' Raised detail or not I love these kits!

Pilot, I love you dio!  That's a great idea for the display!

Lot of great additions to the thread, really great work, guys!

And regarding the thin wheels in the old Monogram TBF and F6F kits, do what I did--saw them in half and thicken them up with some styrene, then chuck them into your Dremel and sand 'em smooth.  A little putty, and you've got nice wheels, at a fraction of the cost of a True Details set

Here's the 1/48 Monogram AV-8B Harrier:

Best thread I've ever seen on FSM.

THAT one's funny, right there, 17... Only thing that kinda detracts from it is the "Under New Management" sign... I would've made it look like it was painted on say, an "ammo crate" or "wing panel"  or the like, and used a brush..

But I always like scenes like that...

Here's one I'd forgotten about:  Pro Modeler 1/48 Ju87R-2 with a Verlinden Update set (exposed engine and hatches, extra MG)

This is the only one I've built in the last couple of years, the 1/48 P-40B. I've got plenty of Revell kits in the stash though!

Hans von Hammer

 

I dont see why Revell/Monogram get the bad raps that they do,

 

A third possiblity (and the one I think is the truth),  is that couple guys sunk fifty or sixty bucks-worth of AM parts into a fifty or sixty-buck imported kit and got slaughtered at a contest by a Gizmologist with his 12.00 Revellogram kit and a well-stocked parts-bin ...

 

Yeah Hans I think the third possibility about uncovers the truth

What I can say is I feel a heightened sense of accomplishment after building a Revellogram kit over the few Tamiya kits I have built. In fact the Tamiya kits seem to find their way to the back of the shelf once finished.

Yup I am a confirmed Revell addict, aint it great ?

I dont see why Revell/Monogram get the bad raps that they do,

I think it comes from a few modelers that either  A: Never built one and only read what some kit-snob had said in a review or forum, or Two:  built only one or two of the old Monogram "Navy gals" with the dime-thin wheels and retractable gear/folding wings/dropping bombs that were called, "Working Features!" on the box and declared all further Monogram kits to be "toy-like" and suitable only for young modelers, and thus "inferior" to the kits done by "serious" modelers...

A third possiblity (and the one I think is the truth),  is that couple guys sunk fifty or sixty bucks-worth of AM parts into a fifty or sixty-buck imported kit and got slaughtered at a contest by a Gizmologist with his 12.00 Revellogram kit and a well-stocked parts-bin ...

I dont see why Revell/Monogram get the bad raps that they do, some or most of the best builds I have seen came from these kits. 90% of my own builds are Revell and Monogram kits and believe it or no I prefer them to them over Tamiya, Hasagawa and the likes.

Revell's 1/48 P-38J Lightening

Revell's 1/48 P-51D Mustang

Revell's 1/48 P-51B the newly tooled kit

Even Revell's Old CAF 1/48 TBM Avenger

Monogram's 1/48 ME 262A-1A

Now if only Hans von Hammer would show me the Monogram Fan Clubs secret handshake so I can join up.

I just finished this today. It's the classic Monogram FW-190. First build I've completed in over 10 years. It's a fictional machine. Built for the fun of it. Great kit. Took me right back to childhood. Totally OOB except for brass cannon barrels. I made plenty of mistakes but learned from each one of them. Can't wait to finish another.

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Ahhhhhhhhh, that's how you did the B gunship. I was thinkingmaybe you combined one of the older Huey kits with a new one. Very nice!

Thank's for the kind words on the two Huey's .

I have two more monogram UH-1's under construction....

I'll be using the Hobby World narrow main rotors again on one of the current builds along with the bell mouth intake and I forgot to mention that I used the earlier style intake with the Army UH-1B I posted .

Fireball Modelworks supplied the Navy Seawolves decals , I built four 1/72 scale versions and now I'm doing four more in 1/48 . I added Cobra Co. resin armored seats and I cut the cockpit doors from one Huey as some of them operated without the doors fitted .

I really would love to do a USMC 'Echo' version but I have struggled so far trying to scratch build a TK2 machine gun set up , even though I have over a dozen different images of the gun arrangement .

Hopfully one day I'll figure it out , just gotta have a Marines gunship !!! 

Thank's again ;

                          John .

John (Helo-H34),

 Oh my- now there's a kit I built several times in my teens. Then as now I simply love that bird and have found myself longingly looking at them upon the shelves. I guess I'll continue to do that until I simply break down and build another all these years later. But I really like your Navy version and while I'm not exactly sheltered I don't recall ever seeing one in that livery?

Kudos on two fine builds and thanks for bringing back some fond memories.

Ok, here's my contibution - the 1/48 Ju-87 D-5 Stuka.  Picked it up at Hobby Lobby a while back - under $10.00 with the 40% off coupon.  Can't go wrong at that price!

1/48 Revell / Monogram UH-1B [with rotor blades and decals from a hobby World UH-1B kit]

1/48 Revell / Monogram UH-1C [cobra co. resin , fireball decals]

                       John .

1/72 scale Monogram F-105F .

                                    John .

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I have a few more but they are terribly dusty so please excuse.

Don`t worry, we call that "Natural Weathering" on this thread....

I have a few more but they are terribly dusty so please excuse.

The EA6-B

The F-16

Then my 2 F-18's

Steve

Bob I look forward to seeing those builds. We'll be here!

Well, this one is the last of my finished R/M kits. At least for now. There are two more on the assembly line currently. Monograms 1980's vintage 1/48 F-8E. A real nice kit to build. I had more issues with the expensive Cutting Edge AM decals than with the kit. And she did take 1st place in the Advanced Category at this months IPMS Chapter contest, so it's all good!

Until the next one...

I've enjoyed looking at the photos of all the RevellOGram builds posted on this thread.  Proof positive that it's the more the modeler than the kit that makes the difference!  I may be able to make a modest contribution or two after this weekend.  I was with the wife (She Who Must Be Obeyed) shopping last night and the craft/hobby store she was in had a bunch of their models on sale.  Must have been trying to clear out some of their Christmas inventory.  Anyway, the prices were so good that I picked up 4 of the old Revell 1/48 kits to do up as quick and dirty builds, something to use to give myself a little instant gratification as opposed to the highly detailed kits that take months for me to finish with my limited bench time.  I also thought they'd be great to practice and hone my skills on for such things as pre-shading, weathering, maybe a little bit of scratch building, since a failed experiment on a kit you paid $5.00 or so for isn't the disaster it is with a $50.00 kit for which you bought another $50.00 to $100.00 worth of after market for.  I'm going to try to get to one of them this weekend, maybe the P-40, and if it turns out half way decent I'll try to post some picts of my own. 

Great builds, everybody.

Bob