Monogram 1/48 Tiger Shark P-40B

I did get where the bottom front of it's glued to the body off a little bit but ive massaged it back to looking ok. 

And this one represented a leap forward from Monogram's first generation of plastic kits, too-the US Navy aircraft.  This generation of kits were models in the truer sense-more and finer detail, and greater attempts to be as accurate as possible.

The P-40B is one of my all-time favorites, too.

Great progress!

Yes, I always loved these old Monogram kits. I'll have to say that I recently bought an Airfix 1/48 P-51D and I'm pretty amazed at the detail. I plan on doing that one after my stepdads fathers P-51 from WWII if I can get some good pictures of it. 

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Wing root looks great! And it looks like you got that nose sorted out well too, and that's a problematic area with that kit. I had to use filler and very carefully add the panel lines back to it. That took a lot of time with my build and I know you've earned the cudos for that part of the build alone.

What I'm saying is; Good Job!

I appreciate the kind words. I have accidentally obliterated some panel lines and I'm not sure if I want to re scribe them or not. Its for sure no magnum opus lol. 

I obliterated half of mine as well just trying to get that nose to get back into shape, but in the end I think I made the right choice by scribing the panel lines back in. Something I'm not going to do the next time I build this kit. 

The next one is going up on the ceiling with my P-36 and my Zero.

M. Brindos

I obliterated half of mine as well just trying to get that nose to get back into shape, but in the end I think I made the right choice by scribing the panel lines back in. Something I'm not going to do the next time I build this kit. 

The next one is going up on the ceiling with my P-36 and my Zero.

 

I have a zero in my build pile. It's another one of these white box exports. years ago I decided to get back into modeling so I pulled it out of my boxof models in storage, painted the pilot, glued him in and glued the fuselage half's together and quit lol. I may have to do it next. Maybe. 

If it's the old Monogram kit then it will go together well, even though there's no real details inside it.

I built and painted mine simply as a decompression build. No extras except for scratch built cannon barrels and I painted over the canopy glass because I didn't feel like doing anything inside the interior.

I still enjoyed it and it looks good hanging up above. I'm sure you will enjoy the simplicity of it.

Looking great! This was the first kit I attempted when I got back into modeling and the seams were a bear. You handled them well.

Question on the wheel wells- I recall seeing some with canvas covers inside the wells. Any info on where/when they were used?

I have no idea on when the canvas was used or not in the front wheel wells. I added it to the rear gear but that's it. 

So after a few fights with my airbrushes and compressor I finally got it painted. Now for decals and details. 

That's looking good! 

Since the canopy that comes with it is literally unusable so I ordered a vacuum formed canopy which to my surprise does not include the rear glass so I'll have to fab those. But so far I'm really happy with it. 

That's excellent. I did end up using the kit canopy, but not without surgery and modifications to make it functional on my build. Really wish I could find the pictures, but I think I'm going to have to take some new ones.

Your build is really looking good!

Thank you. I plan on using canopy glue to attach the clear front wind screen. I've already separated the two from each other. 

Any words of wisdom on the use of "Canopy Glue" from Evergreen?

Made these today out of the clear plastic blister package that I got some paint mixing balls in. 

Good choice. That's what I would've suggested. Again, I stuck with the kit parts and I did end up with a crack behind the coolent cap. I just had to accept it at the time because I entered it into a timed Group Build Competition over on Genesis Model's site.

I took some pictures this evening if you don't mind me sharing them here.

DM1975

Thank you. I plan on using canopy glue to attach the clear front wind screen. I've already separated the two from each other. 

Any words of wisdom on the use of "Canopy Glue" from Evergreen?

 

Nope. I use Tamiya Extra Thin. I'm just very careful lol.

Feel free to share!

Thank you. I would only like to show you how mine turned out.

I did some research on this aircraft and the markings place it on Mitchel Field, NY in 1942 with the 8th Pursuit Group. I added the tail stripes for my own benefit. The actual plane didn't have those, but it needed more color lol.

Very awesome!

Very nice build! 

Jim 

Stay Safe.

DM1975

Very awesome!

 

Thank you. I hope that doesn't come off as pure showboating. I spent a lot of effort, like you have, invested in scratch building a lot of details to make my build above average. I want you to know that all of your efforts here is super appreciated and you will have yourself one heck of a sweet, satisfying adventure.

We here at FSM absolutely love this kind of work and love watching it all happen. Don't ever stop doing this kind of work. You will only improve and you will always get noticed.

You build like I do. It's awesome to watch.

Mike

Thank! Right now I have to set it aside until I can order some decals for it. I have the canopy pieces roughly painted but I'm waiting to the very last to add those. 

I know I missed a lot of details here and there, and my airbrush technique needs to get better. I figure it has enough flash in the cockpit that maybe the things I missed don't stand out much.

And I figure it's my first model in like 20 years or so. To me I figure building more will just make me better. 

You sound a lot like the rest of us here, lol.

Practice, practice, practice. It's all we ever do here. I keep a healthy supply of old Monogram and Revell kits in my stash, but also have Tamiya, Airfix, and Hasagawa kits as well. I also recommend a few Academy, Accurate Miniatures, and Hobby Craft kits when you can find them. They build up nicely and let you add fun home-made bits too.

Just keep doing what you're doing. Enjoy yourself, or there's no point at all. You will get better and better.

I've got a few Tamiya and Airfix kits in the pile right now. I really want to try an Eduards. 

Thats turning out great.  Nice work on the vac canopy - there's a reason why you usually get two :/  Strange that they didn't include the glass in the back, but it looks like you handled that like a champ.

Ok so finally I got a set of decals in and was able to start putting them on. First thing I did was spray the model with Future. I have been using micro set on the decals and so far it's all turning out decent I think. 

Looking fantastic!

Good set of decals too. The kit decals are a hodge-podge of different squadrons. I never did make any sense out of them lol.