Revell Monogram Group Build!!!

ygmodeler4 wrote:

smokinguns3 wrote: Isnt it more 364 days. 1 year is approx 365 days and if it's now New years... 7 days after Christmas it's less than one year away. I still don't know what to build for this build.

Duuuuuhhhhoooooo See my math skill suck and i graduated college go figure

Rough day.

Cheers ,

Eric

I'm still drunk. And I stopped drinking at 1:30 a.m. Downed a half litre of Crown Royal myself..thankfully I only drink once a year. psycho I like the Nismo wheels.

Kids Ok heres what i have so far both the AC and the Drone have been sanded smooth and squadron green putty aplied and iam going out side the box on this one iam gona leave it smooth except the for the groves and iam gona try and airbrush those little triangles on the wings. This what i did on new years.

even from this distance, the panel line is visible, so maybe do the bird in a black with a teeny bit of white in it and wash it dead black?

TheLastPriest wrote:

so which badge for the group build did we decide on?

we decided to use which ever one we felt like on the first and second pages, there are I think around 7 or 8 different ideas. as long as it says Revell Monogram GB on it and not something like "Monkey trainer for hire", I'm fine with it

Ok, so I did some research just now and the two versions that are included in the RM kit, 17955, and 17978 (Rapid Rabit, named after the Playboy Bunny carried on its rudders most of its service) had nothing to do with drones. the 7978 bird was lost late July during a landing accident, but the right rudder of 7978 is being used as a left rudder for some other Blackbird.

I did a search for D-21 drones, but the ones included in the kit might be dif. i need to check.

so I'm halting everything going on with the drone and I'm starting the cockpit of the SR-71 now.

it turns out the one offered in the kit is a GTD-21, but I'm leaving it off, because I can't find anywhere that it was used with the 7955 or 7978. I might put it in a seperate vignette or something... but nah, I'm just gonna build the SR-71 now.

which version? I'm still trying to decide because I don't want it to be monotonous black. maybe add a couple dark grey streaks running down the front park with the chines...

TheLastPriest wrote:

so which badge for the group build did we decide on?

Ive narrowed it down to my top three

1) Chrome Volks 2) Porche wheels 3) AVS M5

The Volks are not as wide as the other 2 so it will make fitment a bit easier. However with all 3 sets some cutting wil be involved. Im not to worried about stripping the paint.. a lil bit of brake fluid will do jsut fine haha..

I was plannin on getting the body primered today... but I think sincee I dont have work ima get out the house for a few hours.... I got a promotion at work so starting tuesday I am the new asst. manager So I should take advantage of the day off haha..

Ok its sanded now iam coverd in green dust.

Took me a hole 20min to sand it down i used 320grit automotive sand paper and a 3M red scotch brite scuff pad.

psychoblue23 wrote:

TheLastPriest wrote: so which badge for the group build did we decide on? Ive narrowed it down to my top three 1) Chrome Volks 2) Porche wheels 3) AVS M5 The Volks are not as wide as the other 2 so it will make fitment a bit easier. However with all 3 sets some cutting wil be involved. Im not to worried about stripping the paint.. a lil bit of brake fluid will do jsut fine haha.. I was plannin on getting the body primered today... but I think sincee I dont have work ima get out the house for a few hours.... I got a promotion at work so starting tuesday I am the new asst. manager So I should take advantage of the day off haha..

excellent! congrats on the promotion

smokinguns3 wrote:

Ok its sanded now iam coverd in green dust. Took me a hole 20min to sand it down i used 320grit automotive sand paper and a 3M red scotch brite scuff pad.

great progress! looks like I'm gonna need something more than Mr. surfacer...

does anyone know how to revive a crusty tube of putty? I got my squadron white supposedly new (still in vac packaging) but the putty is far from what putty should be like. its crusty, and it's not really wet.

 Smoke,

  did you sand off or away all the panel lines? If so how long will it take you to add them?

williamsfw28 wrote:

Smoke,   did you sand off or away all the panel lines? If so how long will it take you to add them?

if I'm not mistaken, he said that he will leave it smooth. as for me... *sigh*

Ok found this on the net. This what iam thinking of doing since my hands shake way to much to scribe iam going to attempt adding the panel lines with my airbrush, by useing black and a little bit of white to give me a shade of grey thats not to drk and not to light.

how should I scribe the curved lines at the wingtips? any suggestions?

I'm thinking bout making an index card template, but I dunno how im gonna get the curve transferred

Happy New Year everyone

I have the Delta Dart Primed and the top two fusalage parts together, been reading the tips forums and I think I'm going to try the white glue gap method for the lesser gaps. The pilot and cockpit are coming along. Will post progress pics when I can.