Monogram Mafia Group Build

Done and Done, Bob and Taxtp..

YOU can see in the sprue pic that I will be using a True Details resin seat.

Aww... Just when I give you props a few days ago for Gizmology, you go and do that... Tsk, tsk, tsk...

CallSignOWL

This is not to knock Monograms offering, which is loads better than the seat Tamiya gives you in their kit btw, but to use it in the last mustang I have in the stash.

 

I also like the supplied cockpit detail better than Tamiya's too. It seems that there is more detail there and its more prominent.

 

OWL

 

Wow! I'll say, I have a Tamiya 1/48 F-51D and your's looks pretty detailed

the Baron

I was pleasantly surprised to see how much the cockpit detail on the P-51D improved on the detail in the -B/C kit.  I have one in the stash that I'm going to build side-by-side with the old Revell pre-merger P-51D, which has nice detail, too.

You mean the "Man O' War" kit? Never built that one... I'm not sure who came out with their 1/48 D-model first, Revell or Monogram...  I'm thinking Monogram did, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now... As for detail, the Monogram B came out about 13 years prior to the Monogram D...  Good thing NAA didn't take that long, lol...

When Monogram came out with the B, it was their intent to get away from the "operating" features they went with in the late 50s/early 60s and gear the kits to the "serious" modeler... IIRC, the P-40B was the first "Serious Model" release in 1/48th...

WWII stuff captures my imagination, but modern stuff captures my memories...

Same here, but for a much different reason..... Like when them effin' Air Scouts in F-16s almost put 500-pounders right on our pos, back in '91... 

Hans von Hammer

 

YOU can see in the sprue pic that I will be using a True Details resin seat.

 

Aww... Just when I give you props a few days ago for Gizmology, you go and do that... Tsk, tsk, tsk...

hey, they were a gift from my mom!  And if I have them, why not use 'em? 

I have a Tamiya 1/48 F-51D and your's looks pretty detailed...

Read in the other forum where you picked up that Tamiya F-51 on clearance.. Did you get it at Hobby Lobby?  I picked up the same kit on clearance there last week... $17.99, down from 29.99.. Picked up the Accurate Miniatures P-51B (Tuskeegee Airmen version) on clearance too.. $16.01, down from 39.99...  Glad I always wait for those yellow tags to show up there..  I've also picked up the Tamiya Beaufighter and He 219 kits for under 25.00 there too...   Proves that Tamiya and AM kits're  over-priced, at least in THIS town, lol...

CallSignOWL

Hans von Hammer:

 

YOU can see in the sprue pic that I will be using a True Details resin seat.

 

Aww... Just when I give you props a few days ago for Gizmology, you go and do that... Tsk, tsk, tsk...

 

 

hey, they were a gift from my mom!  And if I have them, why not use 'em? 

Just yankin' yer chain, Owl... (That's why I used the "winkie"...) Coulda been this one...

Hans von Hammer

WWII stuff captures my imagination, but modern stuff captures my memories...

Same here, but for a much different reason..... Like when them effin' Air Scouts in F-16s almost put 500-pounders right on our pos, back in '91... 

 

I know the feeling... 'cept it was a battery of friendly 155's in my case. Closer the "Danger Close" to my particular track... within 5-10 meters of my buddy's

Sometimes almost is good enough

I know you were Hammer. But I had to say something, didn't I? 

BTW, I'm adding two more, since I'm almost done with the Spitfire and the Stuka's just lacking the "Watering Cans", AND it's the LAST DAY TO ENTER ANYTHING...  Time's up at Midnight Central Time...

P-47D and the P-38 (haven't decided on the version though.. Possibly the "M"... Just can't leave that razor saw alone, y'know?)

Hans von Hammer

I have a Tamiya 1/48 F-51D and your's looks pretty detailed...

Read in the other forum where you picked up that Tamiya F-51 on clearance.. Did you get it at Hobby Lobby?  I picked up the same kit on clearance there last week... $17.99, down from 29.99.. Picked up the Accurate Miniatures P-51B (Tuskeegee Airmen version) on clearance too.. $16.01, down from 39.99...  Glad I always wait for those yellow tags to show up there..  I've also picked up the Tamiya Beaufighter and He 219 kits for under 25.00 there too...   Proves that Tamiya and AM kits're  over-priced, at least in THIS town, lol...

 

Bingo!  Should have seen the look on the cashier when I gave her the 40% off coupon to boot , she then informed me she had to use it on the charcoals (since the kit was on clearance) oh well, I guess I should read.  But that coupon print is damn small for my aging eyes!

CallSignOWL

But I had to say something, didn't I? 

 Now go build something...

Bingo!  Should have seen the look on the cashier when I gave her the 40% off coupon to boot , she then informed me she had to use it on the charcoals (since the kit was on clearance) oh well, I guess I should read. 

I actually got away with that once, with a new cashier... Got a Monogram 1/32 "Phantom Mustang" for 8.00 and change a couple years ago...

got 1 done pretty simple build had a disaster with the original top coat which caused the whole thing to blister for some reason. have rectified it as much as poss heres the result with a few size comparison pics

Love those "3" shots eatthis, great looking builds.

Hans von Hammer

 

CallSignOWL:

 

But I had to say something, didn't I? 

 

 

 Now go build something...

sorry, hammer, but Im too busy working on the 'Stang to reply right now. Please leave a message after the beep.  --BEEP--

Hans von Hammer

BTW, I'm adding two more, since I'm almost done with the Spitfire and the Stuka's just lacking the "Watering Cans", AND it's the LAST DAY TO ENTER ANYTHING...  Time's up at Midnight Central Time...

P-47D and the P-38 (haven't decided on the version though.. Possibly the "M"... Just can't leave that razor saw alone, y'know?)

 

Len

Ya killin' me, Owl...

troublemaker66

Hans von Hammer:

BTW, I'm adding two more, since I'm almost done with the Spitfire and the Stuka's just lacking the "Watering Cans", AND it's the LAST DAY TO ENTER ANYTHING...  Time's up at Midnight Central Time...

P-47D and the P-38 (haven't decided on the version though.. Possibly the "M"... Just can't leave that razor saw alone, y'know?)

 

 

I have my required kits complete. If I want to do more, is there still a cutoff in effect? I started an Me-109 G-10....I`m thinking thats a NO-Go even though it has a copyright stamp of 1979 on the horizontal stab..?. Also thinking about doing an A-37 Dragonfly. Let me know the dilio!

Len

Yeah, go ahead and put in another kit (or three) if you want.. Just be advised that you have only untill 2400 Central Time TONIGHT to declare (Less than 6 hours form now).  At 0001, 1 April, no further entries will be admitted... And that's not an "April Fool"...

The G-10 is indeed a NO-GO.. That was initially a 70's Revell kit, not a Monogram... Revell started doing the 1/48th stuff to try to compete with Monogram in the 1/48 scalemarket, and that kit one of three that were released rather close together: The Spitfire, Mk II, Bf 109G-10, and the P-51D... They were re-boxed and re-released post-merger.... 

The Tweet is a GO...

Ok...drop the G-10 and add an F-100 and an SBD along with the Dragonfly...that`s about all the old Monogram kits I have....oh , and  a Devastator....might as well put me down for all four...lol!

Hans von Hammer

Ya killin' me, Owl...

 

thank you, thank you, thankyouverymuch. Im here 'til Tuesday!

troublemaker66

Ok...drop the G-10 and add an F-100 and an SBD along with the Dragonfly...that`s about all the old Monogram kits I have....oh , and  a Devastator....might as well put me down for all four...lol!

Man... Yer killin' me too.. Now I GOTTA declare three more to top you...

And I shall.. Declaring the P-40B, SBD Dauntless, AND just to do a jet because I haven't done one in years, the F-80 Shooting Star...

I've got a LOT more Monogram stuff, BTW... And I'm retired...

stikpusher

Pro Modeler..... completely revamped the classic P-51B.

Speaking of that one... I just bought what I THOUGHT was a re-lease of the "Blue-Box" P-51B, "Ding Hao!", flown by ex-AVG pilot James Howard.. It's a "Monogram Classic" kit, with the Monogram logo stating such.. The box art is the original P-51B box art too, and that's what I thought I was getting...

HOWEVER..

Upon receipt of the kit, I opened it and found it was not, I say again, NOT the "classic" 1960s P-51B, but rather the newer, post-merger, 1999 release of the re-tooled Revell/Monogram P-51B/C... I'm not unhappy with the kit, by any means, as I got it for 17.00 shipped (apparently, it fooled a bunch of other guys that wanted the "better" P-51 and they just saw, like I did, the box art and "poo-pooed" it)... Now I got two of the new ones though, so it's ok.. It even came with an embroidered "Monogram Classics" P-51B/C patch!  

But I REALLY wanted the old kit... *sigh*...  What's a Capo to do....

Oh yeah... Buy another friggin' Mustang...

Yeah..well I work for the telephone company and that`s just like being retired...

Okay..I am in...I have a 1:48 F-86 and a 1:32 JU-87 Stuka (1970 offering).

Hutch

Don Hammerini,

I am a late comer to this post, and am not really sure what a group build consists of.......may I be so bold as to request an under the wire admittance to this prestigious undertaking?  Just started getting back into the hobby after a long hiatus, and had started a few of my older Monogram kits.  These are the kits I just started working on:  F/A 18 C "Blue Angels," F/A 18 C "Chippy Ho" (missing directions.....any suggestions?) and possibly the P39 Aircobra or the most recent pop of the P38.

Just got on the boards tonight and found this group build; thought it would be a great way to get back into the swing of things and relearn the lost art of model building.  

Many Thanks,

Dave W. 

The newbie again......also thinking about the first 'white box' version of Gabrieski's P47D or the more recent kit that includes the small fret of PE, pre-merger I believe and same kit as initial offering in mid 70s.......

Gotta love the old Monogram kits; with a little love and TLC, they still hold their own.  Does Revell make any kits in the USA anymore????

DW

hutchdh

Okay..I am in...I have a 1:48 F-86 and a 1:32 JU-87 Stuka (1970 offering).

 

Hutch

You mean the Revell 1/32 Stuka, Hutch?  That's a NO-GO... Has to be a Classic Monogram kit, or a Revell kit that began life as a Monogram kit... Only the 1/48 Ju-87 D and Ju-87 G Stukas are actually Monogram...

F-86 is a GO though.

Hans von Hammer

 

hutchdh:

 

Okay..I am in...I have a 1:48 F-86 and a 1:32 JU-87 Stuka (1970 offering).

 

Hutch

 

 

You mean the Revell 1/32 Stuka, Hutch?  That's a NO-GO... Has to be a Classic Monogram kit, or a Revell kit that began life as a Monogram kit... Only the 1/48 Ju-87 D and Ju-87 G Stukas are actually Monogram...

F-86 is a GO though.

 

oops..my bad...I do have a 1:32 Monogram BF-109G-4 Trop I can substitute....

to the Forums Dave! You can download PDF instruction sheets from the Revell website...should have "Chippy Ho" on there.

Len