To bad Revellogram doesn’t do those pamphlets anymore, I really enjoyed reading and looking at them, plus they also gave me the inspration to build more kits and put in as much detail as I could possibily do, thanks Shep and Matt,
Lucky you guys who have seen the real dio. Thanks for sharing the photos.
yeah! i agree with you. shep paine has a creative and artistic mind. i like his “lady be good” diorama in Great Scale Modeling 2003.
Way COOL!
I have the whole collection of tips sheets (took me forever to assemble a whole set) - they are what got me interested in modeling way back when. How cool for the older kids, younger kids and Shep Paine himself that these are once again on display. I wish monogram could put out a 30 year anniversary edition brochure - many of the armor dioramas were done in black and white on the tips sheets - I’d love to see color shots of those (but I realize problematic since they may not have them any more).
Cheers!
Derek Brown
That does look like a nice kit. I picked one up and was tipped off about the decal’s red being off. Some were printed in too dark a red. Whichever of us builds it up first will have to provide a run down. I’ve got a 17 kit (started) backlog, so you’ll get there first, I’d wager.
Excellent work, both the dioramas and the photography. I have that annual, and still refer to it all the time for ideas and inspiration. [8D]
I have the one with the crashed B-17 in color that I got back in the late 70’s. It is amazing and still very inspirational.[:D]
Eddie
I’m not familiar with Mr. Paine’s works, but those few examples sure get the creative juices flowing! I’d love to see more close up and detaled photos of his dio’s.[8D]
I agree that Shep Paine’s work is fabulous and will probably never be duplicated!
Should anyone know of any of his diorama booklets for sale I’m definitely buying! At this time, my interest is limited to WW 2 aircraft, especially multi-engine aircraft. I already have the B-17 booklet.
Thank you very much!
Great pix and a great opportunity for the FSM staff. Is there going to be a forthcoming article?
Shep Paine was the Van Gogh(add your favorite great painter) of the modeling world to me. The man that broke new ground and took it to the limits… The one other time I was so impressed by that type of great talent was when I had a friend in Jr. High School and we stopped by his house on the way to Little Leauge practice at Los Alamitos Naval Air Base, In the living room of his house were several oil painted pictures of NASA Artist Renderings of the space missions that were soon to be. His Dad was one of the guys that painted them for TVand sales presentations. This was way before the CG stuff you see today. Talk about a rivet counter, I have been a box art fan ever since. And yes sometime the boxart is better than the kit inside…Oh well still love it…[8D]
Does Shep still model at all any more?
What has he been doing lately?
Anybody, anybody?
I used to live in a southern Chicago suburb. We had Shep as a guest speaker at our local IPMS club once and be did a talk on figure painting and dioramas. He is indeed an artist. Most folks do not know it but he sculpted, molded, and cast most of his own figures for his dioramas. Does anyone know what he is doing now? Is he still alive? The last time I saw him was 30 years ago and he was old then. Maybe it was just that I was 30 years younger then!!! Anyways, Shep raised the bar on model building back then. When I hear (read) folks complaining about the older Monogram kits I think about Sheps work on those old kits. The kits deficiencies can be overcome with a little creativity. Food for thought!
Good point ranger.
To hell with the expensive aftermarket parts, put the creative mind to work.
Ditto on paines greatness - his articles in FSM on figure painting with oils led me to start expirimenting with them on all kinds of projects! to young to get the brochures in my kits, I only found out abut paine in a great, super well photographed article in a special FSM ran in “Great scale modeling 2001” Look it up - it includes 2 armor dioramas and the marauder factory (my favorite) as well as the classics -J
Man, that’s like seeing a long lost friend. I looked over that B-17 diorama sheet that came with the kit so many times it just wore out. I loved how they put those sheets in the kits- wish I still had them. What great stuff.
I think it shows how good a quality Monogram was then. Nobody else puts that kind of value in their kits any more. Monogram boxed up some highly detailed kits, at a great price, and included some jaw dropping pics to inspire the builder.
I feel old. I miss those days.
I think I’ll go watch a Speed Racer DVD…
Thanks for the photos. Mr Paine’s work is truly inspirational.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Any extras for sale?
Thanks!
O.M.
WOW! between this thread and the one i posted last week i hope we’ve given revell/monogram some food for thought great pic’s matt. i was given the original 1978 issue c-47 kit as a b-day gift from my wife in 2004 (i’m still kissing her feet on this one!) and it came with the dirorama flyer and a application to the ipms too! once again, thanx dave
I just recently bought two Monogram kits from ebay; the Black Widow P-61 (1974 printed on the box) and the B-17G (1975 printed on the box). Both kits are complete, though some of the parts have separated from their sprues, and they both have the original Shep Paine Diorama pamphlets and the B-17G has a mail-in IPMS membership form. I think dues were $8.00 a year back then. I was thinking about completing the form and mailing it to hear what they have to say.
These are great kits and they bring back good memories. They’re sitting on my living room bookcase like a couple antiques. They’re almost as nice to display unassembled in the box as they are built. But I’ll get to’em someday.
How could a person find out what kits had the Shep Paine diorama inserts, how many were there?
Thanks,
Steve