Not familiar with Am F-4s or Encore Deuces… Unless you mean the Monogram F-4C/D or F-4J and M-34 Duece? Revell released the 1966 Monogram M34, but I’m not sure exactly when that happedned, only that it was post-1970. Monogram re-released the 66 kit in the 70s, and it was one that Shep Paine did a Korean War “Mail-Call” dio with… I don’t know if AM (Accurate Miniatures?) released a copy of the Monogram Phantom… Is this a kit you have on-hand (or are you just tryin’ to sharp-shoot me)?[;)]
Same goes for the Deuce… Do you have one on-hand? I don’t know about an “Encore” 2 1/2 ton M-34s, none of my sources list anything like it, only the Monogram and Revell kits shows up…
I’m not a jet guy, but I do have a Mongram 1/48th F-4J Phantom (The Cunningham/Driscoll “Showtime 100” kit) on-hand… Can you post a picture of some of the sprues so I can compare it?
The Huey Hog pilots were actually the first thing that came to mind. What you guys are showing me can be easily modified. They don’t really have to be perfect. Ultimately, they’re gonna end up hanging from the ceiling at my airport.
Only thing about the Hog pilots is they probably gonna need their legs modified, and the one guy is gonna need that arm changed out… The T-6 'pit is narrow! If needed, the F-80 pilot’s helmet can get a boom mic added pretty easily too…
Sure… “Subject” in this case means “Genre” or “Category”… Monogram Aircraft (military or civilian), Armored Vehicles & Tanks, Cars (Show and Theme-cars too, like the “Red Baron” or “Cop-Out” funnycar), Trucks (military or civilian), Ships, Figures, (Real) Spacecraft (Like the Apollo stuff), and Sci-Fi subjects like the “Classic” Battlestar Galactica Viper and Cylon Raider)…
The Accurate Miniatures 1/72 F-4’s are from the original Monogram molds from the mid-80’s, which were a scaled down version of their 48th scale brethren. I have one of the original ones, the J, kit #5440, copyright 1985. The Monogram 1/72 C/D came out at the same time.
I think I confused everyone about the Deuce; I actually meant the Encore re-release of the Monogram F-102 in 1/48 scale. It’s in the Squadron catalog, and is kinda pricey (they included some resin goodies), but then again, the original has been OOP for a long time.
Thanks Hans, I think I might pop in with either 1/48 F-14 Tomcat, or 1/48 F-15C Eagle, and also to make it interesting, I have been itching to get started on this:
An original release Corvette ZR-1 released in 1989 1/24th scale, Special detailing package that includes engine wiring and plumbing.
I’m glad this is going to be an interesting and diverse GB, Monogram has ALWAYS been my favorite model company.[t$t]
Gotcha… I’m retired from the Army, so “Deuce” automatically meant “Deuce & a half” to me, lol…
If the sprues from the AM Phantom are Monogram, then I reckon it’ll fly, no pun intended…
Got mixed feelings about the Encore F-102… The idea is to show what can be done with Monogram kits with either scratch-building the details, or using some AM parts… The Encore kit comes with resin parts, but I don’t know how much of the kit is Monogram and how much is added-on after the fact… Since there’s no rule against AM parts, it kinda falls within the build parameters, even though the company added the parts… Lemme think on that one an hour or so, see what I can find in the way of a review… I’ll have an answer for ya NLT 1630 Central Time…
I’ve got 25 finished Monogram kits that survive out of the at least 100 or more I’ve built over the last 30 years, do I need to wait on my badge before displaying it?[A]
Also, CONGRATULATIONS Hans on passing the 10,000 post mark!!! My hat’s off to you sir!![:D[
You sayin’ you want the badge without joining the group-build or do you want to join up and display it before finishing and being officially “made”? If it’s the latter, then ok…
It’d be very… unfortunate… should you fail to finish… Someday, and that day may never come… I will call upon you to do a service for me… But until that day, consider this a gift …
I’m gonna say “No” to the Encore F-106… There’s too much in it that ain’t Monogram, IMHO… 59 resin parts and two frets of P/E parts runs contrary to the “Spirit of the Build”…
Oh no ABSOLUTELY I am joining this build!! The Corvette for sure, and either the Tomcat or the C-Eagle so that is 2. I was just asking because I have the afore mentioned 100 or so Monogram kits built in the last few decades like you have, cars ships and aircraft. Several I have shown here, so you might say, in your words, I am already made as well.[bgr]
Thanks for letting me display it, you will NOT be let down!!
Well if thats the case Im gonna say half the people on this site should be “Made Men”…I know I built every Monogram kit out there at least once and any modeler out there with any "time’ behind him prolly done the same…that makes me the only Polish Capo in the mob…lol!
I know I’ve built at least three B-17s with many where in the stash.
The problem I have is figuring out if’n they where orginally Monogram, casue I have all the reboxed ones after Revell bought 'em out. Except for the old C-47
Count me in. Going to do the Monogram Classics OS2U-3 Kingfisher And Monogram Classics Ju 87G-1 Tank Buster . Hans, could I talk you out of a couple of those F-80 jocks?
Count me in for a 1/48 Monogram Spitfire Mk. II, and a 1/48 Monogram ME109G. Both OOB. They’ll make a nice change from the Hasegawa F4 FGR.2. I kind of wish it didn’t start so late. Then I could try for a threefer with the Revell F4 I will be doing for the F4 build. Then again, I will be doing the Hasegawa first so I might be able to do the Revell after 3/31.
Sign me up. Either a P-38 or a P-61 or a P-51 or a Devastator or a B-52 or a A-26 or a B-24 or a F-100 or a B-58 or a AC-47 or a T-6 or a … well you get the idea.
