Monogram Mafia Group Build

Thanks.  Yup, the pilot's history - no more room in that pit.   Anyway, Joe Foss wouldn't want just any old pilot  messing with his Wildcat. 

Ken

Outstanding work on the Bf 110, Nav... Glad I could help with a tip..
"Dime Store" builds are where we all started, lol.. At least those of us over 45...

Owl, I could have helped you out with those Eagle-Nose decals... I have a spare set of B-25J decals, since I built mine as a Marine PBJ-1J... Don't be afraid to ask next time, ok? 

That said, you really came through on it in spite of the problems you had, and that's a good bit of modeling you got there... And I especially like the last two photos... If you had a "prop blur" going on, it would've resulted in a double-take on my part.. I too am a big fan of Krylon vs. "Hobby" brands of rattle can paint. Their metallics are designed to take some beating up... Wouldn't sweat the foil.. The only time you see any highly-polished B-25s are at airshows... Operational ones got beat up pretty quickly,  from both the climates they operated in and from the action at low-level..
Nice work..

That Wildcat 'pit is outstanding, KBuzz!.. Little more in the way of commercial parts than I would do, but that's just me, lol.. At any rate, seeing white plastic is a good thing on these kits! And if you got one, the Monogram TBD pilot figure, painted with a goatee (Foss wore a goatee at the 'Canal) added, is a dead-ringer for (then) Captain Joe Foss... 

Vetteman, I got your P-51 progress updated, too..

MKelley

Don HVH, with this offer I believe that my contract is fulfilled. I will buy the wine and the spagetti dinner so that I may become a "made" man.

 

Well done! Love the "Yellow-wings" era.. Now rememeber to defend the Monogram kits when the "poo-pooers" come on-line whining about Monogram kit-fit and all that crap about  Shake & Bake Kits being "better"...

Ain't been around much y'all, but I got sslowed down a bit now, and can catch up... I started a new job, one I never thought I'd ever do, but couldn't resist taking the offer...  I'm now an officially state-licensed Bail Enforcement Agent.. Yup... Hammer the Bounty Hunter... Doubt I'll be getting a TV show anytime soon though..

Right now, 99% of my job is tracking these clowns via the internet, doing some Sneaky-Pete stuff, but I'll be in the field in a few more months, once my hip is totally fixed...  So.. Jump Bail, you get Hammered...

Now, I'm working the nimble little A6M5 Zeke, so far nothing to photograph.. I've dropped the flaps and added the internal ribbing in there as well as the ribbing in the cockpit area of the fuselage, and have started to work on the cockpit floor and throttle quadrant, along with the other greeblies that go in there..

Hans von Hammer

Ain't been around much y'all, but I got sslowed down a bit now, and can catch up... I started a new job, one I never thought I'd ever do, but couldn't resist taking the offer...  I'm now an officially state-licensed Bail Enforcement Agent.. Yup... Hammer the Bounty Hunter... Doubt I'll be getting a TV show anytime soon though..

Right now, 99% of my job is tracking these clowns via the internet, doing some Sneaky-Pete stuff, but I'll be in the field in a few more months, once my hip is totally fixed...  So.. Jump Bail, you get Hammered...

Okay........... my last post............. Aaron, delete my profile............ you guys never heard of me and I don't live in Iowa.

Hans von Hammer

MKelley:

Don HVH, with this offer I believe that my contract is fulfilled. I will buy the wine and the spagetti dinner so that I may become a "made" man.

 

 

Well done! Love the "Yellow-wings" era.. Now rememeber to defend the Monogram kits when the "poo-pooers" come on-line whining about Monogram kit-fit and all that crap about  Shake & Bake Kits being "better"...

 

MKelley

 

Hans von Hammer:

 

 

MKelley:

Don HVH, with this offer I believe that my contract is fulfilled. I will buy the wine and the spagetti dinner so that I may become a "made" man.

 

 

 

Well done! Love the "Yellow-wings" era.. Now rememeber to defend the Monogram kits when the "poo-pooers" come on-line whining about Monogram kit-fit and all that crap about  Shake & Bake Kits being "better"...

 

 

I will defend the Monogram line until bitter end. When my eyes are to bad to see the screen and my fingers are to brittle to strike the keys is when I will stop defending the Monogram name

 

The phrase poo poo reminded me of this blackadder scetch...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moaayvc1cOY

MKelley,

Great build and not the tiniest bit sub par to the hasetamigawagochi's!

Richard

This is it - I"M MADE!!!!! (I think . . . .)

As promised, below is the Monogram 1/48 F-100D started a couple of months back.  Built OOB, except for the decals which were unable to be utilized due to age. 

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Also, as a bonus to make up for being a little late, I have also included a 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator.  It was also done OOB, with the exception of the black and red bands which were painted on.

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Does this mean I know have earned the right to wear the Monogram Mafia GB badge in my signature?

THanks Don Hammer!

jschlecty, nice builds...any chance we can get a close up of the rear fuselage?  I am building one of these puppies and near when I am going to paint the burned metal areas.....thanks

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I used MM Jet exhaust color, and Tamiya clear blue over it.  If I would do it again, I'd thin the Jet Exhaust down a lot more for a thinner coat before the clear blue streaks.

Well done, JS!

Glenn

jschlechty

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I used MM Jet exhaust color, and Tamiya clear blue over it.  If I would do it again, I'd thin the Jet Exhaust down a lot more for a thinner coat before the clear blue streaks.

Excellent...thanks for posting the rear shots...I am going to try using Alclad shades on mine...yours came out great.

That is one sweet F100.  I can never get that annoying seam between the upper and lower fuselage halves to come out that smooth.  And the wing fences always fall off of mine. lol.  I just saw the real thing at the Air Force Museum today.  Nice bird.

Terrific js both subjects look incredible.  I didn't realize the canopy on the Devastator was that "greenhousey" and you did it great.

Hans von Hammer

Owl, I could have helped you out with those Eagle-Nose decals... I have a spare set of B-25J decals, since I built mine as a Marine PBJ-1J... Don't be afraid to ask next time, ok? 

That said, you really came through on it in spite of the problems you had, and that's a good bit of modeling you got there... And I especially like the last two photos... If you had a "prop blur" going on, it would've resulted in a double-take on my part.. I too am a big fan of Krylon vs. "Hobby" brands of rattle can paint. Their metallics are designed to take some beating up... Wouldn't sweat the foil.. The only time you see any highly-polished B-25s are at airshows... Operational ones got beat up pretty quickly,  from both the climates they operated in and from the action at low-level..
Nice work..

Thanks Hammer. I didnt know you so generous to boot!

I wish I had the prop-blur too, but I only have the software that came with my camera. Otherwise all I'd have is Paint!

Hey guys. Great builds so far. I love the pics of the B-25 in flight.....very cool!

I have a quick ??? for those in the know. I have been having serious missle issues with my F-105 WW. I have painted/stripped/and painted again trying to get it to look right (whole other story)....lets just say some great advised I received from Hans a long way back worked better. Lets just say that a spray can of Gloss white bought at HD by Krylon covered better and more even than my MORE expensive rattle can of Tamiya!!!!

Anyway I am trying to decide on the colors for my AGM-78. I have seen all white with the approp. stripes. To the usual Black nose and white. Then I happen on this pic:

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Now I may partially color blind (or at least I feel that way sometimes) but that nose looks dark brown!!! Anyone have any ideas? Any advise is greatly appreciated. The WW is 99.9% done and I should have some pics by the end of the day!!!

Yes it does have a brownish look to it. Why not paint the nose black then once that is dry for at leat 24 hrs apply a tint of dark brown or burnt umber over the black.

Nice job on the Hun and the Devastator looks very nice as well.

sweet builds Ladies and Gents. !!

another Hun in the GB Hans ! and congrats on the new job !!

Great work on both, js!! 

Ken

Hans von Hammer

...Now, I'm working the nimble little A6M5 Zeke, so far nothing to photograph.. I've dropped the flaps and added the internal ribbing in there as well as the ribbing in the cockpit area of the fuselage, and have started to work on the cockpit floor and throttle quadrant, along with the other greeblies that go in there..

You'll probably finish yours before I finish mine, padrone!  Of course, I'm waiting for some decal sheets to arrive, too.

Mine has the canopy attached, and several coats of IJN dark green down.  I abandoned the salt technique, though it left an impact.  I have to mask the upper surfaces next and apply the light grey.  Mine is pretty much out of the box, except for having drilled out instrument faces. 

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I am calling this Girl done! On to the F-4 next. I went with the brown nose and washed it with some black. fun little kit. One thing about Monogram kits is the cockpits and pilots.   I will post some wider shots soon. I weathered this baby with pastels. I went with a more war worn bird. I have seen a lot of the Century Series A/C with exhaust stains on the fusalage and used my own idea of what this plan might look like after a few missions. Plus I wanted to work on my weathering.

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Nice job, Travis, I like the way your finish came out!

STFD637

...One thing about Monogram kits is the cockpits and pilots.   I will post some wider shots soon...

Looking forward to those, and you're exactly right.  One of my favorite things about Monogram kits growing up, and not just the aircraft, but the armor kits, too, was the figures.  It seemed so natural to have pilots and crewmen, to make the model look alive, that when I got back into modeling, I was surprised at first to see that so many manufactures didn't include figures, because so many modelers didn't want them.  Gotta have that TBD pilot, with his clipboard, or the USAAF pilots, include the one in his c**t cap, havin' a smoke!  Or the TBF crewman, running across the deck.  They complete the model, in my opinion.

Best regards,

Brad

When is the deadline to have both finito? With school, I havent got to pop the top off the cement bottle in over a month.....

kustommodeler1

When is the deadline to have both finito? With school, I havent got to pop the top off the cement bottle in over a month.....

kustommodeler1

When is the deadline to have both finito? With school, I havent got to pop the top off the cement bottle in over a month.....

Originally (see post #1), it was 6 months from each builder's start date.  31. March was the cutoff to join, but I think there've been exceptions.  Don Hammerelli will know for sure.

Great work, as usual, folks!  Love the Hun and the Thud; some of my all time favorites!  Nice 'in flights' on the Mitchell, Owl!

Working on the P-39, and am amazed at how well it fits together after so many years.  Pilot's cab door and gun access door are a little loose, but the fit of major components is great; a little filler here and there on the bottom of the fuselage around the wing joint; other than that going good!

Had to gut my nose section and drop in about 9 3/0 lead sinkers to keep the Airacobra from being a 'tail dragger,' Would have loved to salvage that 37mm gun, but the modeling shears made short work of that.....

After looking at everyone's posts, I 'discovered' the 'magic' of Michaels internet coupons, and found a nice Revellogram Ju-87 Stuka, and walked away with it for only $1.48!!! on clearance; unfortunately, they wouldn't let me use the 40% off coupon for that.  So, not wanting to waste a trip to town, I purchased a Revell P51 B/C and F111E Aardvark.  I looked at the P51, doesn't look like the old Monogram kit, is it a Revell or ProModeler kit???  Looks like it will be a decent build.

Hope to have some pictures soon; keep up the great work!!

Revell reworked the Classic 1/48 P-51B molds for the ProModeler release. What you get nowadays is that kit with its additional cockpit detailing, recessed panel lines, etc. It's like an old freind you grew up with that wore glasses as a kid who comes back in to your life after having lasic done... Still the same inside.

Don Hammerloni, without your permission I have completed another for the "family". I am presenting the F4U-4 Corsair of VMF-214 "The Blacksheep" aboard the USS Sicily CVE-118, Korea, 1951. As you can see I had issues with some of the decals silvering. Other than that I thought it came out pretty good. I used salt chipping for the wear, drilled out the cannon ports and replaced those with aluminum tubing and added a tiny piece of clear plastic for the gun sight. The pilot is from another Monogram kit, I can't for the life of me remember which one. Used the old fan trick to get the prop spinning for the pictures. By the way the copy right was for 1963.

Cool MKelley, I built that one a couple of years ago for the paint brush challenge group build.