Monogram Mafia III

You're an artist PJ.

PJ I will take your advice here! Beautiful Guillotine!

Tal Afar Dave

PJ, great Jeep pictures; looks like the operations officer (S-3) is a little lost, not sure when the 1st Armored Division served in Alaska! LOL!!! Nice to see one of those classics still out on the road!

Q: What's the most dangerous thing in the world?

A: A Second Lieutenant with a map...

the Baron

Plasticjunkie--that floor is excellent!  Your grain technique came out beautifully!

Eagle90--I love your choice of that Jeep kit.  I built that as a kid, and I remember comparing my finish to the photos in Shep Paine's "Tips on Building Dioramas" brochure that went with it, and thinking, "Mine doesn't look anything like that..."

PJ, great Jeep pictures; looks like the operations officer (S-3) is a little lost, not sure when the 1st Armored Division served in Alaska! LOL!!! Nice to see one of those classics still out on the road!

Dave

Stik  

Not Monogram related but dealing with wood graining. Here I'm working on the Polar Lights Guillotine for an upcoming show. The wood graining and staining specially around where the neck would go is very apparent. The front of the blade has a sink mark that I had to putty 4 times to make it completely go away.

Blood would have stained the wood so I applied more oil paint to this area.

Dry and clean. Sometimes you may have to lightly dip it in thinner and dry 99% off on a paper towel to drag the thick paint. The final layering is done dry to smooth and feather. You have to play with the paint till you get the hang of it.

Well at my build pace that sounds perfect. I will have to experiment with the technique you describe to see what will happen. Do you use a completely dry clean brush for the streaking, or one moistened with a bit of thinner?

Thanks Baron! Glad you like it.

Stik..Thanks and it's really easy, nothing to it. I paint the basecoat MM acrylic wood and when dry I then slop on some burnt umber oil paint covering everything. Then I take a clean dry brush and start making streaks, fading and feathering as you go. The more you brush the lighter the tone. To get stains or knots just wait a day or two for the oil paint to dry and use a fine or med sized brush dipped in more oil paint to create them. Down side to this is that it needs to be left alone for a few days for the oil paint to dry, then shoot some clear flat or gloss.  

PJ, that wood work is beautiful! I definitely need to learn your technique for that and add it to my bag of tricks.

Eagle, nice to see that classic jeep and gun kit coming along. I cant wait to see that one done. Any plans for particular markings?

Plasticjunkie--that floor is excellent!  Your grain technique came out beautifully!

Eagle90--I love your choice of that Jeep kit.  I built that as a kid, and I remember comparing my finish to the photos in Shep Paine's "Tips on Building Dioramas" brochure that went with it, and thinking, "Mine doesn't look anything like that..."

No sweat buddy!

Now that is cool!  I'd love to test drive one!  Thanks again so much for the pics!

Eagle90

You are welcome Eagle. Those Jeeps are freaking indestructible. That looked original down to the rifle mount on the windshield. I wanted to talk to the owner to get more info. I hung around for a while and waited. The wife and I went two doors down to get an ice cream and 5 minutes later he was gone! If that jeep could talk I'm sure it would have some interesting stories.

I read an article about a Jeep that was in the D Day landings and made it back to the States after the war. It was eventually restored by a collector who had it shipped to Normandy for the recent D Day Celebrations.

PJ!!!!!!!!!  Thanks so much for the reference pics!  Man, the rock!  After seeing those, there are some "scale" issues with the kit, but man, there are some details they nailed!  Thanks again!  They are going to come in very handy!

Eagle90

Dave and Eagle thanks. Amazing effect you get from the oil paint over the acrylic. My wife thought it was real wood till she saw the bottom unpainted part.

Eagle. That little feller is looking good and is shaping up nicely. Here are some pictures of a Ford Jeep delivered 7/31/43.  I photographed it in Juno, Alaska when I was there in June. Beautiful summer weather in the mid 60's!

Got some time to throw some paint on the jeep and AT gun last night.  Started a little weathering with the chrome silver dry brushing, but still have a lot to do weathering wise.  Also, the AT gun needs some dirtying up! 

Eagle90

PJ, wow!  Great job on the wood!  Looks awesome!

Eagle90

PJ,

Love the wood grain treatment on your Fokker's floorboard!  And THAT is NOT the face of a GUILTY dog!!! LOL!!!

Great choice on the jeep kit; one of my all time favorites. Can't wait to see how it turns out!!

Everyone is doing an awesome job!  thanks for sharing all the pictures and building ideas!

Dave

Another update. Since the Fokker has a VERY poor excuse for a cockpit, I decided to add a few things just to make it a bit more realistic using some reference info I have. I scratched out a floor, rear bulkhead and a basic IP that will get a couple of instrument decals. Did the wood graining thing to them and now they have to dry out for a couple of days. Meanwhile I sliced up some thin strips for the fuselage framing.

Nothing fancy but close enough I think

The fabric would have been a doped linen color so I would think it would have looked like a khaki inside. The outside color would not have bled thru since the dope sealed out the cloth.

The framing adds more detail to the pit area.

The rest of the details have to wait for the oil wood tone paint to dry. Still need to scratch out the ammo box for the Spandaus.

Ditto on revell customer service. they have saved me on numerous occasions. Thier customer support and parts replacement program is second to none !

I agree modelcrazy, Revell service is pretty good.  I acquired a 1/48 B-29 from my dad's basement and the decals were shot but Revell sent new ones.  I had them before they sent me an email telling me they were shipped.

Speaking of misplaced parts, I was getting ready to work on the Tom's Modelworks PE set for the Fokker and could not find it. I looked all over and the darn thing disappeared from this world!

I recruited my wife's help to help me look for this darn thing and showed her the other spare set that I have so she has an idea what it looks like. Long story short, my large 70 lb. Rottweiler/Lab apparently stood up on my bench and took the pe set to the dining room where it was found all mangled up.

I was more concerned with her swallowing the metal and causing her harm but most of the sheet was recovered and she had no cuts in her mouth. That was 4 days ago and I have been monitoring her poop for any blood but thank God it's been ok. She also has a nasty habit of chewing on wood much since a puppy. I don't think she has been swallowing it.  Was she a big termite in another life?

Modelcrazy...You should receive the replacement part within 3-4 weeks. They are really good.

ajd,

Thank you for the link and kit number. I place an order this morning.

I had dreams last night of just misplacing the tree and all was well...until I woke up.

Thanks again.

Steve

www.revell.com/.../parts-request-2.php

Modelcrazy, the latest released issue of the F-100 was # 85-5317. Just give them the part numbers and what not, and you should have them in your mailbox in 2-3 weeks.

I don't see any F100's on their site. However I did e-mail them just in case they have the needed parts buried somewhere.

In the meantime. I will build the Monogram F104C for my second kit instead, if that's ok.

Bummer, oh well, that's the risk you take when you buy off the internet. 1 bad out of many.

Look on their site and see if it is currently available and what the stock number is. The sprue will be the same, even if it has a new number. Then just email them a request for the sprue.

The kit is a 1981 kit, but that's a good idea. I give it a try, I'll also go ahead and look for another one. I love the Hun and wouldn't mind having 2.

Steve

Contact Revell and see if they can send you a replacement... They have pretty dang good customer service....  I just got some parts from them for a kit I bought at an IPMS auction...