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Florida, United States
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 04:55 PM UTC
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Man you build fast Hermon, as do a lot of the regs here. Building is such a slow process for me, am I missing something?
Crack............. its what keeps me going
Oh and 7 trained monkeys..dont tell hermon they use to work for him
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 05:02 PM UTC
Hmmm... any chance I can borrow a few of those trained monkeys?
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 06:58 PM UTC
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Man, I guess I'm just pretty wiped out at the end of the day... that and I'm sure the tv and the fact that I've just started scale modeling may play a part in it 
There is a very easy way to increase your modelling time, give up the useless TV..
I would be lucky to watch TV ever outside of Football season over here.. Except for Bathurst of course.
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Texas, United States
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 09:14 PM UTC
Indeed, I shall try to limit that as best I can. Just hard when that's what everybody else wants to do
California, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 04:53 AM UTC
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That is a very old mould Nick. Hasegawa should never have let it out the door. The Trumpeter one is much better.
While the Trumpeter kit is newer, the old Monogram release in 1/72 is still the best out there. Raised panel lines and all. IMO..
Hermon, if you shot aircraft gray on your bird that is why it's taking so long. That is a gloss color and those take forever and a day to dry....And, I imagine that the humidity isn't helping any either. Looks good though. Hang in there.
Haven't touched my build. The Onscureco resin wing doesn't fit well and I set things aside til' I figure out how I'm going to tackle this one. I may shelve it and opt for an F-105F with full bomb load in NMF. Found a pic of one and it just looks mean.
Might start on this one while waiting for the gloss coat on my Hind to dry. Everybody's builds are looking good. "Q"
"Don't fear the night, fear what hunts at night"
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 06:55 AM UTC
Hmmm.. I have seen both together and I thought the Trumpeter one s&&t all over the Hasegawa one.. But everyone has their own opinion..
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 07:42 AM UTC
Justin has photos...........I sprayed the gloss black today letting sit and get rock hard now then i will start spraying the alclad.
Im with you on the Tv thing there's never anything on anymore that's worth a
S@@t so spend it on here and modeling theres always someone here doing the same thing I am
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of
tyrants and patriots."
- Thomas Jefferson
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California, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 08:55 AM UTC
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I have seen both together and I thought the Trumpeter one s&&t all over the Hasegawa one
Warren, I agree with you here. I was saying the Monogram kit is the best out of them....again in my opinion. I have one of the Hasegawa kits on hand and it is pretty rough. I'm currently working on one of the Monogram F's and it is a little gem of a kit for the age. I'll get some pics up of it soon. "
Justin, that Hun is looking good. Q"
"Don't fear the night, fear what hunts at night"
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 09:10 AM UTC
"Don't fear the night, fear what hunts at night"
North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 09:32 AM UTC
Matt, I usually play "where's Waldo" when looking at all of your pictures trying to find something wrong or out of place. I'm proud to announce that I have finally found something wrong. Ya need to get rid of that big ole chunk of flash on the control stick.
Nice job man. You're right about the detail on the kit. I've noticed that on quite a few Monogram kits in my stash. It'd be nice if I didn't have to order AM decals for them though.
Hermon
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deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 11:34 AM UTC
I noticed that after I posted the pics.
Can't see it even with my optivisor on
, but the camera doesn't lie.
I took care of it after I saw it. The old Monogram kits were cream of the crop in their day. Their 101 is still the best thing out there no matter what scale...again, my opinion. I wonder why none of these new guys can't come up with some new tooled kits. HB did the 105...how about some of the other century series?
I imagine it has to do with the cost. Look what the HB 105 cost when it hit the street. I could buy a whole fleet of Monogram Thuds for what one of those cost. Oh well....back to the bench.
"Q"
"Don't fear the night, fear what hunts at night"
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 01:17 PM UTC
I think trumpeter made up there decals
Ive been looking for about an hour now and I find nothing involving the box art(41994 of the 107th TFS Iowa Air Guard in aluminum paint from 1961)if anyone has a pic of the actual plane i would greatly appreciate it
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 03:07 PM UTC
Decal problems Justin? Look at what I'm dealing with:
I finally get ahold of a decent set of aftermarket decals and the damned things don't fit.
Looks like no matter what, I'm gonna end up painting a 1mm strip on each side of the tail. I just can't get a break. It must be a vast conspiracy.
Hermon
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to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Benjamin Franklin
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 03:18 PM UTC
at least your paint scheme exist
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 03:20 PM UTC
Yeah, and you have something to show for it to boot
I looked too, but there was mostly a lot of junk. All I could find related was this picture:
Oh yeah, and I want your kit now, looks way cool man
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You're right about the detail on the kit. I've noticed that on quite a few Monogram kits in my stash. It'd be nice if I didn't have to order AM decals for them though.
Hermon
I was afraid that I was getting junk when I started buying them, but the century series seem pretty nice.
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 03:22 PM UTC
Thanks for looking I found the same thing I even looked it up by the serial number to no avail
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 03:29 PM UTC
Same here, google did not like that...
There do seem to be some colorful markings that did exist as this bird shows:
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Which oddly matches this color profile
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 02:34 PM UTC
well my first alclad adventure went awesome
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 03:03 PM UTC
Wow, that's the finish i dreamed about getting on my P-51.
Hanger Queens in Waiting:
Monogram 1/72 F8F-1
Corsair the Sky Pirate - 1/72 Ace A-7D
Century Series - Airfix 1/72 F-105G
Anti Shipping - Academy 1/72 PBJ-1D
Academy 1/72 F-84E
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 03:26 PM UTC
Very nice Justin, which Alclad color did you use?
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 04:09 PM UTC
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of
tyrants and patriots."
- Thomas Jefferson
IPMS#47611
Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 04:44 PM UTC
It came out with a real nice sheen man
Florida, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:19 AM UTC
Last night I noticed a finger print so I went to rub it and the alcad rubbed off I touched it up and gave it a coat of future to lock things down.more later
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of
tyrants and patriots."
- Thomas Jefferson
IPMS#47611
North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:33 AM UTC
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Last night I noticed a finger print so I went to rub it and the alcad rubbed off I touched it up and gave it a coat of future to lock things down.more later
That's pretty unusual Justin. Most of the time Alclad won't come off without using a nuclear bomb. Maybe the black undercoat wasn't 100% dry?? Anyways, it's looking great.
Hermon
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty
to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Benjamin Franklin
California, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 03:44 AM UTC
"Don't fear the night, fear what hunts at night"
