Monogram Mafia Group Build

That Devastator looks great!

Hi everyone, here's an update on my F-14. The kit deserves it's reputation, gaps and warps abound! Thanks to Darren Roberts for his article and everyone who posted on my advice thread.

This pic shows the fit issues with this plane. I filled the gap between the lower fuse and nose with styrene. In an attempt to save the side detail, I masked around the upper and lower fuselage seam and puttied away. The next pic shows the styrene fill from the bottom.

Following Darren's advice, I modified the wings to allow for better fit. I cut off the piece that is used to move the wing. Then I drilled and cut notches so it would fit inside the fuselage.

Before and after:

Comments welcome, thanks for looking

MKelly, great looking Devestator!   I am beginning to like those "pre-war" paint schemes on the Navy birds, rather loud but they look "here I am".

MKelley wow nice work on the Devastator ! It feels good to beat all the trials and tribulations of some of the kits to turn out a fine looking model.  I too love the prewar paint schemes.

The Navigator thats a nice start on the Tomcat, I will be watching with great interest as I have 2 more in the stash waiting to be built. Just finished one not too long ago in the Swingwing GB

MK, nice work on the TBD! That is always one of my favorite planes and builds. Your's is quite striking

Well here is my F-86 as of midday today. I masked off the steel areas and applied a basecoat of square bottleTestors Aluminum overall...

Navigator, stick with the Tomcat it will not disappoint you.  It does have some fit issues but, when you are done it will look good. Stikpusher the Sabre is looking good. You guys are beginning to give me a big head with the kind comments. Thanks again everyone. As I have said many times Monogram's kits for the money can't be beat. Glad to be part of the "family".

Sweet Yellow wing !!! Awesome

Nice work on the Devastator.  Had one of those in the stash before I decided to build 1/72 only.  The F8F is in primer.  No pics yet.  Decals are dated 1966 so they won't be used.  Fortunately, Revell Germany repopped this kit this year and I now have usable decals, as well as another Bearcat. 

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Hans von Hammer:

 

Owl, that's some good thinking on the ammo chutes, but if I may, cable zip-ties work much better for ammo chutes...

 

zip-ties, huh? Thanks for the tip Hammer!

No sweat... Here's what they look like installed:

First, the prototype:

Now the model:

This's Tiny's first attempt at super-dectailing the Monogram Fort.. Excellent work he did...

I bought a bag of assorted widths ( Need .30 Cal and 1/32 50.cal too) from Wally World for like .77 cents...  While they don't duplicate the actual feed chutes all that closely, they come close enough fo our purposes here... And is easily recognized as to what it's for.. "Suggestion", rather than "Duplication" is the key to sucessful completing "Gizomology 101"... It doesn't have to be "bolt-for-bolt, Nut-for-nut" to pass.. It just has to be instantly recognizable as to what it is or what it does.....

and a further explanation for the tip? Even better! Thanks Hammer! 

The past fiew days have been super busy for me. Mom planned a big Summer Bash/Open house/my 20th Bday party at our house. The house needed a through cleaning, decorations put up, games planned, food cooked....then 30+ people came! It was a bit overwhelming to have that many people in the house at one time, but sure was fun! Mom left the house to me yesterday so I can get some peace and quiet. That gave me time to recharge and work on my model a bit more.

I finished the wiring on the two engines, then painted them up. This was my first time wiring, and even with only half the wires, it drastically improved the looks! I don't know how someone could do this in 1/72 though!

And here are the major assemblies of the plane

OWL

Owl,

Happy birthday! My eldest daughter`s b`day is today, she`s 17....and I feel really old..lol. She had a choice, a big bash or a few friends at the spa and then the mall...she chose the latter. They just got back from the spa and I`m gearing up for the trip to the Hamilton Mall. Of course, as soon as I sat down at my bench,they walked through the door..lol.

The engines look great. Must be like micro-surgery to wire them though!

Take care,

Len

I've lurched ahead with the Zero build.  I have the fuselage, wings and horizontal stabilizers all assembled, and some flat aluminum applied to areas where I will chip the top coat.  The canopy masking is half finished.  But I apologize, I want to wait till I have the canopy attached and the top coat applied, to post photos from this stage.

For the A-26, the flaps are now completely drilled out.  Everything is smooth sailing from that point

Hi, ya'll!

I finished the Red Baron.It was a blast! I wish the paint turned out better. There's the "Tijuana Taxi" at HL still; maybe I can score one for Christmas. Work has also progressed on the B-36; wings are on, and I'm hoping to get to painting in a couple of weeks. I need to start using the kitchen table. Those planes sitting on top of the B-36 are a Me109, Spitfire, P-51, and F4U....all the same scale.

Don Hammerloni, it is with great pleasure that I respectfully announce the completion of the Bf-110.

Pics in a bit!

Missi... Nice Baron mobile ! and the -36 is huge..! I've done one of those.. !

Dang, that B36 is a monster! Are you building an addition to the house to store it in?

THe b-25 construction is completed and I'm off to spray the paint. However this week is gonna be humid. Is there anything I need to take into consideration when painting in these conditions? I'll be in the garage, btw, with the door open.

OWL

B-36?  Have a look at this, from the WWII Weekend at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum a couple of weeks ago:

I did not get to talk to the vendor, though, to find out how much he wanted per kit or for all four.  But I  remembered a discussion on some forum about trying to find this kit online today, and though, "Wow, four in one place, at one time...."

the Baron

B-36?  Have a look at this, from the WWII Weekend at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum a couple of weeks ago:

I did not get to talk to the vendor, though, to find out how much he wanted per kit or for all four.  But I  remembered a discussion on some forum about trying to find this kit online today, and though, "Wow, four in one place, at one time...."

I didn't realize that they were getting hard to find. My wife got mine at Hobby Lobby a few years ago in a Revell/Germany repop. Looks like three of them are still shrink wrapped.

Glenn

mississippivol

Hi, ya'll!

I finished the Red Baron.It was a blast!

 

 

 

 

Ah, dude, it was my pleasure! I always thought the Baron should be able to gun 'em down in the quarter mile on Friday night, too!

Glenn

Well, I finanlly got some more work done on the F-105....and got the camera to cooperate! This is with the 2 coats of gloss and decals applied. Tomorrow the fun begins....Weathering!

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Sorry for not having WIP pics! Sometimes modern technology is a pain!!

Good job on the Thud! Wish I still had that old "Airpower" magazine article on the Gang's Thuds.

Glenn

Hans,

I`m calling this SBD "done". I used beading wire for the antennae but may change that to thread or sprue at a later date. Made it an "in-flight" model due to the fact that I forgot to install the gear before closing up the wings..doh! At least this kit got me out of my scratchbuilding funk...I enjoyed building this kit even though I screwed up alot..lol.

Please put this down as done and I`m gonna flip a coin for the next one...A-37 or F-100....both look like nice kits.

Len

Thanks Miss VOL!

I tried to look at as many online pics as I could find. One thing I found was the AGM 78 had a brownish nose cone? I found this in several pics. Of course all the references showed a flat black nose cone. Also I attempted to use Polly Scale Acrylic Paints for the color scheme (TAC Tan, Green, Dk Green) but had nothing but problems. I just couldn't find the right ratio of thinner and paint!. I ended up using Tamiya Acrylics and they seems to work great and look like the right colors. Anyone had this problem before?

I should have the finished pics of the WW Thud up tonight as it is almost done on the bench!

mississippivol

Hi, ya'll!

I finished the Red Baron.It was a blast! I wish the paint turned out better. There's the "Tijuana Taxi" at HL still; maybe I can score one for Christmas. Work has also progressed on the B-36; wings are on, and I'm hoping to get to painting in a couple of weeks. I need to start using the kitchen table. Those planes sitting on top of the B-36 are a Me109, Spitfire, P-51, and F4U....all the same scale.

Luv it....finished mine a few weeks back....brought back memories.....

Hans, I picked up a couple of Monogram F-100's and want to start one.  I trust it fits in this GB.  I plan to build the Trumpeter F-100C at the same time....

Hey trouble, the SBD looks great!  Just shows that old run can be made into a real jewel.

Reasoned

Hey trouble, the SBD looks great!  Just shows that old run can be made into a real jewel.

Love the Dauntless; one of my all time favorites!  Everyone's work has been most inspirational!!  Hope that everyone has a wonderful Independence Day!!

finished the painting on the B25. The humidity made the paint take longer to cure than normal, but that Krylon is actually pretty darn durable. I was able to mask off the other NMF panels with no harm done! Some of the alternate colors are subtle, and hard to catch with the camera.

Base krylon matt aluminum:

FUn with masking!

finished NMF

OWL