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Hans von Hammer

Aaronw:

I saw a Monogram M-48 last week, has Lovebug painted on the turret. I'm pretty sure I built that one around the 4th or 5th grade. Anyone know much about the kit?

I was thinking I might pick it up if it is halfway decent, it was certainly cheap enough ($12 or so). 

 

That  kit is in the current Revell catalog and is a GO... It's been around since the late 50's, and whether or not it's a decent kit is a matter of perspective... It was the first tank I ever built, and it's got a lot of molded-on details...

But here's what Shep Paine did with it.. Tet Offensive, '68...

http://sheperdpaine.atspace.com/patton.htm

This diorama is the one that started it all for me, both in being a serious modeler and diorama builder...

Thanks, I don't know if I will do it for this GB or not, but I'll probably pick one up.

Here`s some progress shots of the Hurricane....

Drilled out exhaust...

Had to shim the canopy...the pilot has a huge head...

Working on that Huri's sister ship right now, the Mk IX Spitfire..

I scratchbuilt the door, seat, and cast a copy of the panel from the Revell Mk II Spit... Massive airbubble issues with the resin, I figure it was from the fact that it was two years old and I used modeling clay for the mold. Either one by itself isn't a problem, but when combined, well.. Nuts.. But it's still quite useable, since it's way smaller than it shows here..

I also "salami-sliced" some sprue for the head-rest pad and rear..

Well.. progress has been made... nearing the end on this one... some cockpit detail painting to be done, and some more chrome to be added.. The headlight assembly had major sinkholes, so I sanded off the chrome.. filled,, now its drying

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Looks good! Those tires really remind me of rolls of electric tape 

Nice job on the grader!!  Love those Tom Daniels' designs!!

The 'Grader looks really far-out, man! I used to really dig doin'  Tom Daniels' Show cars back in my pre-driver's license motor-head phase, when EVERY show car or hot-rod I built was gonna be MY car, lol... 

Built the Red Baron (Still have one, unbuilt, in the stash), T'rantrula, Rommel's Rod, Boot Hill Express, Paddy Wagon (probably can't sell that one anymore since it's now deemed a "racist" term), Beer Wagon, Garbage Truck (with that groovy chick go-go dancer and her surfer-band in the back), and all kinds of the AMT and Revell muscle cars, fuelers, and funnies... Best part about building cars back then was that I could tear 'em down and change out seats, engines, and tires every couple of weeks, and a repaint would top it off as a new model... Needed that ability with only a 50-cent per week allowance, lol... Those cars were pricey at 1.50, ya know...

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Hans von Hammer

The 'Grader looks really far-out, man!

I second that!! Groovy.

Hans von Hammer

Paddy Wagon (probably can't sell that one anymore since it's now deemed a "racist" term), Beer Wagon, .....

Probably wont see the Beer Wagon either..... My '03 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Monte Carlo kit, since it has the full sponsor decals included, states "Adult collectible- ages 21 and over." on the box.

The same kit with the generic "Dale" accross the hood instead of the word "Bud", says "Ages 10 and over."

That grader is Boss!a real bichin' set of wheels!

Thanks guys ! She got decaled last night,,, the roof decal isnt playing nice,, I hit it again with solva set this am... I also purused thru my spare decals and found some Oldie automotive decals, Hurst, Champion, Valvoline,, kicked her up a notch.. pics tonight !

A suped up road grader, who would have thunk?  Looks great, can't wait for the decals and love that 70's green. I've been smacked by the flu bug and out of commission this week so the P40 is in holding pattern.

ok.. she's done.. stole some decals from another oldie car kit for the Valvoline and Champion and Hurst logos. and the seat harness...

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oh,, i added the Goodyear decals to the wheels,, but they DID not want to lay down... grrrrrrr..!

ok.. she's done.. stole some decals from another oldie car kit for the Valvoline and Champion and Hurst logos. and the seat harness...

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oh,, i added the Goodyear decals to the wheels,, but they DID not want to lay down... grrrrrrr..!

Nice work, P38!!    What would you estimate the speed of that rig to be?  This might be the answer to America's highway construction efforts. 

Ken

NICE!!

Far out and solid, man!

Roster updated to reflect the "far-outness"...

groovy grader! 

UPDATE: The A-10 is in the painting stages now, but I should have pics soon.

P38 man your build brings back memories built one many moons ago. However no where as nicely as yours came out well done

Lotsa cool stuff going on here that I have been missing out on.

Hans from an earlier comment I am thinking CallSignOwl is about ready to take her finals for her first degree     ( AA ? ) in Gizmology. From her progression I would venture to say she will be taking her masters one day.

Progress shots of my two efforts. First off TBD pretty much straight OOB. I plan to have the wings folded. My only concern at this time is the fuselage color. Directions call for Light gull gray. Photos I found show painted silver. I am leaning toward the silver.

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Next effort the Mustang. I have the flaps dropped, rudder repositioned, exhaust stacks drilled out, seat belt harness added. If you can see it in the picture there is only 1 shoulder harness. The carpet monster got the other one. I did not have another one to replace it, so I took another peice of the seat belt material and draped over the back of the seat. I thought the pilot was in a hurry to get out of the plane and threw the belt over his shoulder and it landed behind the seat. The crew chief did not have time yet to move it back.

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Thanks for looking

aw, thanks for the endorsement Vetteman, you make me blush!  

MKelley, those planes are looking good.  I should try dropping the flaps on my mustang too. Thanks for the inspiration!

OWL

MKelley

Progress shots of my two efforts. First off TBD pretty much straight OOB. I plan to have the wings folded. My only concern at this time is the fuselage color. Directions call for Light gull gray. Photos I found show painted silver. I am leaning toward the silver.

If youre building a "Yellow Wings" TBD the fuselage should be aluminum lacquer

That is the same photo that I have. Silver it is. Dropping the flaps is not very hard to do. I did add some plastic strips to the wing and a piece of wire to the flap itself to give it a round edge.

some in progress pics of the P-61.

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As of today, wings are together, and should be primed soon.  Will post those pics later.

Thanks dudes... !! and dudette... gonna go grab me some waVES...

PS.. went to Downeastcon Today... got a 2nd in Vacuform with the XP-47J...

(sssh.. there was only 2 of us in that catorgory... )

Got lots of comments on the GRooviness of the Grader.. but no GOLD..

Hans.. youd be proud.. a vender had lots of white box monogram... !! I got 2,, !

Looks like some really nice work goin' on in here!  Here's a little more of the progress on my Deuce.

Ken

Good work on your builds, you've inspired me to get moving.  After a week of the flu I'm finally able to think straight... sort of.

vetteman42

Hans from an earlier comment I am thinking CallSignOwl is about ready to take her finals for her first degree     ( AA ? ) in Gizmology. From her progression I would venture to say she will be taking her masters one day.

I agree, she's on her way to that AA, with a minor in Imagineering...   But the finals are a b*tch...

All y'all are coming along fine... I'm about ready to put paint to the Spitfire, and finish off the Ju-87, although I've been side-tracked a little with the Buchon for the Hollywood GB..

I finally made some progress. Have Rommel's Rod in sub assemblies and the P-51B started. Added some basic interior detail,,will put a little more in but you can't see it anyway as I will use the pilot figure. My goal is to make this an in flight model.

Will get some more pics up soon.

On a Mafia side note..... I walked into a LHS on Friday and they had just bought a collection,, picked up the 1/48 Combo Mig -15 and F-86, the old box scale B-66 Destroyer, 1/72 Tigercat, F-82 Mustang and F-11C,  and the 1/48 F9F Panther with a special surprise-opened the box and a set of AM decals of 2 Marine birds! All for less than the price of 2 of the 'other' brand!  This build has inspired me! Thanks Don Hans!

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guys, girls.. all looking good.. !

Owl, I agree with the others on your assessment..

thanks everybody!   I was finally able to finish the base-painting on the A-10 after getting hit with school work. But school comes first, you know.... 

I am painting this Warthog in a "desert" paint scheme that is based off of the experimental "peanut scheme" from the first Gulf war. It was never implemented for combat, but I like colorful aircraft. So this is a "what If" a desert scheme was applied.  That and this kit was found in a Special Edition Desert Storm boxing by Revell that also included an F-15e, an A-6, an F-117 and a Desert Storm patch. I plan on all of those kits getting a "special" desert scheme. 

While the base-coat is curing, I will be working on the bombs. And there are a LOT of them!!

OWL