Having sworn off modeling for the afternoon I decided to read through this thread as I knew that might take a moment or two. I did fix a link on one of my posts so the photo would show, some of my old links have died since I migrated my website to a new server last year. What a shame that so much was lost because of photobucket, the creeps. As I got near the first page working backwards (of course) I realized I had not seen any B-36 builds. And then, finally on the second page Aggieman (Stephen) came through with his nice build. But only one surely is not enough, after all look at how many have done yeoman work on the P-61, which among the unenlightened has about the same cache as a Williams Brothers B-10 (another undeserved cut, in my opinion). So, even though I have been remiss in posting it here for some years, some photos. I started it in 2012 and finished in 2015, by the dates on my photos. It taught me how to do natural metal finishes, and how to compartmentalize a build to keep up the enthusiasm over the long haul. It fit quite well, especially given the size of the kit, though I did spend some time on the wing cooling inlets, and still more time lowering the wing center section on the fuselage. I am always proud of it and it is usually the first thing people comment on when they look at that display case. And it is so big you can’t get close enough to see my mistakes. I have always planned to build a B-52D in natural metal to go with it, maybe I should get started on that!
Another one I built years ago, its not an aircraft, but if performance was the attribute, it files! Started as a stock F150 4x4. It was combined with a Bob Glidden Pro Stock Thunderbird by Monogram.
Well, that was a fun Saturday morning scroll! Thanks to @Aggieman for bumping this gem of a thread.
I really thought that I’d posted this build in here, but I didn’t see it. If I did – forgive the duplication.
Anyway, it’s the 1/48 Revell-Monogram F-18C built up in Finnish Air Force livery. It was my first (and still only) modern jet build and it was a fun one, despite the challenges that the old kit presented (which I mostly ignored, so don’t look too close!).
Now that is sharp Tom…really sharp. Despite the troubles you may have had with this kit, one would never know it by looking at the good work that you pulled off on it. Beautifully painted and decaled up. Attention to detail is good on this as well man.
An old build of a beloved Monogram model. The Pro-Modeler edition of the classic Monogram P-51B. I used original decals from a 1960s edition and replaced the windshield with a Squadron vacform. The pilot adds a lot to the model.
This is the 1/72 scale Monogram F-16XL (Kit # 5206) that has been built into a what if Japanese XF-16XL fighter instead. I wondered what it might be like if the U.S. government had tried to interest the Japanese in an export version of the F-16XL when interest of the F-16XL had failed in the U.S.
The model has been built and painted as a prototype testbed (Similar to the Japanese XF-2A & XF-2B fighters which are Japanese variants of the U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon design) for evaluation purposes, which also includes underwing stores of air-to-air missiles and air-to-ground antiship missiles. The antiship missiles being of particuar interest as the Japanese home islands are surrounded by large areas of ocean, and Japan would need to defend itself from any enemy attack from sea. Main colors used are Vallejo 71.001 White and 71.089 Light Sea Blue. Why Light Sea Blue? I noticed that for some Hasegawa Japanese F-2A/B kits (Prototype and Operational fighter versions), the painting instructions refer to a lighter blue color on the aircraft being called “Shallow Ocean Blue”. I figured the Light Sea Blue was close enough. And secondly, I’m not very good with camouflage schemes, so the model is painted in a scheme similar to what the prototype Japanese XF-2A/B aircraft wore during flight testing. All the missiles are also painted blue as these are inert (not live) training rounds.
