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                        MONOGRAM AIRCRAFT GROUP BUILD (ends 1/1/2005)

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                        nicodemus
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                          May 2003
                        • From: St.Louis, Missouri
                        Posted by nicodemus on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:18 AM
                        Richard James,
                        Nice post, by the looks of it you have the cockpit of a ME-110 variant!Cool [8D] You have shrage music in the back, is that gonna be a night fighter? I am currently puttying a boom on my P-38 lightning. Maybe I'll put up some pic's on it's progress........geez there is a lot of it to do too!Big Smile [:D] We were warned were'nt weBlush [:I]
                        a humble ham-fisted modeler in the midwest-
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 11:09 AM
                        Good guess nicodemus, it is the cockpit of a Bf-110 G-4/R-3 night fighter. I am planing on finishing it as an aircraft from NJG/101. Looking forward to everyones picts. Have fun!
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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:12 PM
                        Been puttying the seams on my Tbolt. Haven't lost a lot of detail yet because I ran the thick masking tape on both sides of the seam and then puttied it. My problem is the fit of the wings are atrocious. No matter how I do it I wind up with a gap big enoug to put another Tbolt in. Ah well, I said I needed to hone my skills, just hope it doesn't turn out to disappointing.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 6:54 PM
                        Have you tried using super glue on your seams? I have found that not only is it a good gap filler, but if you put a small amount of super glue in a gap and than hold the two parts together for a minute or two, than the seam no longer needs to be filled.
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                        fightnjoe
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                          September 2011
                        Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:28 PM
                        kevin my son is working the 1/48 tbolt. i am cringing everytime he works on it because no matter what he has tried the seams are still there. the one time he had it done, he picked up the kit to do something there was an audable crack and the seam was back. you have my respect for working that kit. keep at it.

                        joe

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                        roadkill_275
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                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:53 PM
                        At the moment I'm hiding in another room so I dont have to see those seams. The ones on the fuselage were no problem and filled and sanded in a heartbeat, but those at the wing root are a different story. The worst one is the one in the wheel well and I can't quite figure out how to go about filling and sanding it, I've tried superglue, but the Monogram plastic is so soft that when you sand it you lose a lot of plastic and not enough superglue. I've lost several kits this way, including a P-38 that was sanded down to a scale thickness. I actually pushed my finger through that one. Any ways, I'll go back into my modeling room when the urge to bounce this one off the wall passes. Tell your son that he has my admiration!
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:33 AM
                        One other thing you could try is. Take some putty straight out of the tube( I use Squdarons white putty) and put it on a mixing palate (I use an old Altoids tin). Place a few drops of fingernail polish remover(with acetone) on the putty and mix it up to a consistancy that will hold the side of the seams. This will thin the putty and makes it easier to work with. If you thin it enough you can actually put this stuff on with an old paintbrush.
                        Place the mixture in the gap and let it start to set up. If you see that sanding maybe needed you can take a q-tip dip it in the polish remover and run it over the putty. This will soften the putty and smooth it out to a point where sanding may not be needed at all and you won't loose any plastic in the process.
                        Just a word of warning though. This stuff will stink to high heaven so you may want to open a window. ( ask me how I know that one)
                        Just thought I'd throw that one out there in hopes to spark an idea for ya.
                        Hope it helps.
                        Paul

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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:51 AM
                        that is a great idea. thanks paul.

                        joe

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:11 AM
                        roadkill I have the same problem on my P-47 I manage to put Tamiya tape along the wheel well gap because it conforms better to the corrugated surface an then aply putty thinned with acetone.....let it dry at night and then sanded and scrapped with my hobby knife the gap dissapear and save the detail....next saturday i´m going to apply primer to see how it looks.....




                        later
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 4:37 PM
                        Well I decided what the heck and putting a NMF back on my fort. Have the top side in Alclad primer black and man every peice of lint, dust and fingerprints form the guy across the street I never seen is on it, oh well. It doesnt look that good but thats ok...first kit in 15 years I wasnt expecting a show piece, just wanna get it done. Blew the canopy line on her and left many of the .50's off do to not wanting to mess with those junky hinges on it. They are in my new spaer parts box now. I covered the "glass parts in micromask but not liking what I see...might have a few (reads alot) painted over windows, but this was a great learning experience. Will have pics by saterday for ya all.

                        -Jeff
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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:48 PM
                        Okay been gone two days. Have had computer problems ( 2 systems, 2 crashes in one day. A new record!!) Does the Acetone work on Testors Putty? (sorry all I got and can afford) I'm not going to worry too much about the seams in the wheel wells. They're not going to be visible once she's completed. I am going to make sure that the other seams are presentable. When I get this one finished, I'm going to shuffle my to do stack as the next one on the stack is an old combo kit that has the Do-335 and another stinkin P-47D Razorback!! Sorry, have had enough S & M this month.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 12:45 AM
                        I have never used it with the testors putty, but I can't see why it wouldn't. I do know Squadrons putty is touline based. If the testors is also there should be no problem. Just be careful the fumes. Open a window or have a fan blowing then mix away then try on a piece of scrap.
                        Hope this helps and good luck

                        Paul
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                        roadkill_275
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                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Friday, June 25, 2004 1:57 PM
                        Thanks for the info. I'm definately going to try this one.Bow [bow]
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 8:10 PM
                        Anytime Roadkill Glad it may help. Let us know how it turns out. If it does work with the testors cement may I can save a few bucks and put them toward more kits...

                        Paul
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 26, 2004 2:58 AM
                        Hmm I may give that a try on a future project.
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                        Vintage Aircraft
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                          May 2004
                        • From: A little place I call earth
                        Posted by Vintage Aircraft on Sunday, June 27, 2004 12:50 AM
                        HEY EVERYONE IM BACK, and guess what cool toy I brought back with me......

                        a digital camera, finally, I cant wait to try it out, and the first place I send any photos will be here or my other GB, Oh also I found out how dedicated of a builder I truly am, I took a Monogram 1/48 P-51D with me and finished it, but I forgot to bring sanding utensals, and an AirbrushBig Smile [:D]. Ah oh well. Note I built it in mostly hotel roomsBig Smile [:D]. But it is one more model almost of the production line and an excuse to buy anotherLaugh [(-D]Whistling [:-^]

                        Hope everyone has been doing great, It looks like you handled quite nicely without me, seeing as how nothing is trashed, you guys apparently didnt have any partiesBig Smile [:D]

                        But it shure looks like I have alot of catching up to do. So anyways I had fun on my trip and Ill talk to all of you tomarrow.

                        See ya

                        Vintage Aircraft

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                        roadkill_275
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                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:20 AM
                        Welcome back. We had an all night clean-up party.Big Smile [:D]Evil [}:)]
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        sanderson_91
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Charleston, SC
                        Posted by sanderson_91 on Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:38 AM
                        Hey everyone! I've finally dug out the Stuka, P-51D, and the Me-109G. I plan on starting the Stuka and 109 this week. I'll try to get some progress reports and pics out in the next few weeks.

                         

                         

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                        albymoore
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)
                        Posted by albymoore on Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:14 PM
                        Update 6/27
                        I finally have the fuselage together on the IDF/AF Cobra. Most of the seams have been cleaned up. Some lost panel lines will have to be restored. Spent most of the morning cutting apart the canopy and polishing out all the blemishes. If thing go right, it should be ready for painting this weekend. I just need to add some extra RHAW bulges and the chaff/flare dispensers to the fuselage. I hope to get signed to image hosting site in the near future so I can post some pics.

                        TTFN,
                        Albert Clown [:o)]

                        "I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, June 27, 2004 6:30 PM
                        Albert, have you tried photobucket yet? I recently signed up for it and its free. Now I have to get some pics to post though. There link is:

                        www.photobucket.com
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 27, 2004 9:00 PM
                        If you have comcast, they give you a section where you can store a small number of "personal files" or a web page. That is what I have been using so far.
                        In Bf-110 news, I have the basic camoflage finished now, so here it is

                        When I was trying to get my squiggles to look right in an old test plane I tried to follow the guidlines that I had heard about sploches, use low pressure and higly thinned paint. All that would come out for me, though were ugly, thick spidery lines. Than, don't quite remember why, I tried using high pressure and normaly thinned paint. It worked wonderfuly! If any of you are going to try squggles on a project, see if this works.
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                        albymoore
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)
                        Posted by albymoore on Monday, June 28, 2004 2:18 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by roadkill_275

                        Albert, have you tried photobucket yet? I recently signed up for it and its free. Now I have to get some pics to post though. There link is:

                        www.photobucket.com



                        Roadkill,
                        Thanks for the link. I'll look into it tonight (getting ready to walk out the door to head for work). BTW, do you know off hand if they allow remote linking for posting pics in DG's such as this?

                        Cheers,
                        Albert Clown [:o)]

                        "I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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                        roadkill_275
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                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Monday, June 28, 2004 11:50 AM
                        Albert, Yes they do. I've been trying to scan some of my pictures onto disc so I can post them here but my scanner is acting up.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 7:08 PM
                        My 1/48th Revell F-22 Raptor is done!

                        http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22821
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:20 PM
                        Well I got the alclad on but I stopped building because I am retiring my aztek for the Omni4000G I got coming by the second...and a press. reg. I have coming in 8 days. I have setup with photo bucket now so i can post..havent got my promised pics printed yet..I dont have digital. How am I doing on the deadline anyways?
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                        roadkill_275
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                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:29 PM
                        Well I got a primer coat on my jug today. I'm really disappointed with the way the seams are turming out, but then filling and sanding seams has never been my strong point.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:38 AM
                        Hi everyone, is it too late to join this build? I've got a Monogram F-101 that I've just started. It's definitely going to end up as a Canadian Voodoo, probably the EF-101, so if it's not too late, I'd love to join in.
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                        albymoore
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)
                        Posted by albymoore on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:03 PM
                        Alrighty, thanks to Roadkill-275, I now have a way to post some in-prog pics. This is Monogram's classic 1/48th scale AH-1S Cobra, being built as a Northern Cobra Squadron Tzefa (Viper). Screen mesh has been added to the engine covers, and extra RWR blisters and other assorted 'lumps' to the fuselage (from shaped resin scraps and sheet styrene). The cockpit in this kit is very nice, as the pics will attest to. The only thing I'll add is the HSS rails and some commo cords. The paint scheme will be overall IDF Helicopter brown (FS 30145) with the new snake motif added last year to NCS AH-1s' (from Isradecal's 2003 Attack Helicopters set).








                        Whoomp, dere it is!

                        Cheers,
                        Albert Clown [:o)]

                        "I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:22 PM
                        Damn, that looks good. Love the work you did on the instrument panel. Glad you could get some use from photobucket.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 8:41 PM
                        albert that looks fantastic. well done.

                        joe

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