1/48 Monogram P-47

[RKic]

I present my Monogram P-47 built from the latest reboxing by Revell. The kit is long in the tooth, but pretty nice. The only parts I did not like were the wheel wells which have an impossible seem in them, and the weapons. I replaced the guns with styrene rods and left off the bombs and rocket tubes. I used the fins of the bombs to simulate sway braces.

Unlike in most Monogram kits, the cockpit in this model is not so great. I used some Eduard seat-belts to tart things up.

I began painting by spraying on the white areas with Tamiya gloss white and then masking them. The kit was then painted black and then with progressively lighter shades of Tamiya olive drab and MM Acrylic neutral gray.

This model will not win me any prizes (nevermind the fact that I don't compete my models), but I think it looks nice and tough sitting on my shelf.

I rushed the scratchbuilt bomb shackle assemblies so I know they're not perfect. I also didn't rescribe the panels because I hate rescribing and rather like the look of raised lines on airplanes. However, I would love to get constructive criticism and discuss how I can improve my work.

PS.

[trekracer20]

This looks like a tough kit to flex your muscles on unless you're willing to re-scripe panel lines, add aftermarket parts, etc. In general this looks good from the photos. I think the paint looks good. One thing you might try in the future that I only thought of after reading your intro is painting the white afterward rather than painting it first and masking off--it won't be as bright, but I think that might actually looks a little better at small scale and still clearly read as white, as long as you can avoid getting a big lip of paint around the edges. Looking forward to seeing more that start with a higher-end model!

[Shawn M]

I thinks its a good build personally.

I do agree the white needs to be toned down a touch but other then that looks like a good build.

[Geoff M]

I present my Monogram P-47 built from the latest reboxing by Revell. The kit is long in the tooth, but pretty nice. The only parts I did not like were the wheel wells which have an impossible seem in them, and the weapons. I replaced the guns with styrene rods and left off the bombs and rocket tubes. I used the fins of the bombs to simulate sway braces.

Unlike in most Monogram kits, the cockpit in this model is not so great. I used some Eduard seat-belts to tart things up.

I began painting by spraying on the white areas with Tamiya gloss white and then masking them. The kit was then painted black and then with progressively lighter shades of Tamiya olive drab and MM Acrylic neutral gray.

This model will not win me any prizes (nevermind the fact that I don't compete my models), but I think it looks nice and tough sitting on my shelf.

Currently building this same kit along with a Tamiya and a Hasegawa. A little comparison build. the Tamiya is the most detailed and better fitting, but the monogram can hold its own. I like it

Geoff

I rushed the scratchbuilt bomb shackle assemblies so I know they're not perfect. I also didn't rescribe the panels because I hate rescribing and rather like the look of raised lines on airplanes. However, I would love to get constructive criticism and discuss how I can improve my work.

PS.

[scapilot]

Not bad at all. The white is a bit stark, but you can sometimes fix this just by running a wash overtop of it that'll stain it slightly. Other than that, good looking kit!!

[RKic]

Hey guys, thanks for the comments. I realized how horrible the photos look after I saw them on my work PC. I monkeyed around with the saturation and lightness to brighten up the deep shadows, and that may be one reason the white looks so stark. It is a bit less bright in reality.

Lesson for the day: get a light-tent to deal with the shadows before the photo is taken. :D

[Boxster]

Painting doesn't look too bad, tbh!

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