fulcrum1 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Other than a set of old/new decals and new box art is this offering anything different? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocketdrvr Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Nope! Nada! Nyet! Hope this answers the question, and oh one other thing. The price went up too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Glad I still have mine! And I picked up some Lucky 'Leven markings too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thanks, I try and pick these up at shows on the cheap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polo1112 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I have it in my stash! Yuhooo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaS Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I just got one circa 2012 for $79US plus postage via Ebay...still in the cellophane. What's the cost for them now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 $79?! Wow. I think I picked mine up new in 2010 for $35-40. But I don't know what the going rate is. And eBay sellers will take you over the coals for shipping a kit like that, so maybe that added to the price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaS Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 the other Ebay posters were all 100-140 just for the kit. So, when I saw one for 79, I leapt at it. Postage only brought it up to 109 bucks. Still think I did alright. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Yeah that's better than $140. When you going to build it? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaS Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I'm hoping for March. I'm committed to some group builds over at Aeroscale, then I have to build a Revell 1/48 Delta Dagger for my father who was an armorer on them during the 60's in Germany. I've been covering models in foil lately hoping to make that Superfortress shine like they do on the newsreels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Has anyone got a look at the new decals with this kit? I have an old grubby set of "Enola Gay" decals from the original release but I'm sure the Monogram decal quality has improved since 1977 and I'd be interested in a set of the new decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Too bad the aircraft is simply enormous - there are lots of interesting decal subjects (postwar B-29s, even a few Tu-4s?) for the B-29 that I would love to do. I always wanted to do decals for "Fu-Kemal"; and put a disclaimer on the instruction sheet that says I have no idea what the name means since I am not a native English speaker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corey Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Too bad the aircraft is simply enormous - there are lots of interesting decal subjects (postwar B-29s, even a few Tu-4s?) for the B-29 that I would love to do. I always wanted to do decals for "Fu-Kemal"; and put a disclaimer on the instruction sheet that says I have no idea what the name means since I am not a native English speaker. That would be awesome if you did some B-29 marking!!! Corey BTW, I'm excited you are doing those C-119 decals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich in name only Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Kursada--Texan does take some getting used to but I'm sure you're jesting: name seems to have something to do with doing something to "them all", especially if coined by someone longing for home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nspreitler Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I have one from the last release, plus decals for Kee Bird which was the one that made an emergency landing in Greenland and was abandoned for decades before an attempted recovery operation that resulted in the destruction of the aircraft. I have been interested in it since I was stationed in Thule, Greenland in 04-05. I started the B-29 once had it at about 75% but deployments and PCS moves got in the way and it didn't survive one of the moves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Kursada--Texan does take some getting used to but I'm sure you're jesting: name seems to have something to do with doing something to "them all", especially if coined by someone longing for home. You don't say - and all these years I thought it meant "peace and harmony" in the Shanghainese dialect, as someone told me a few years back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Wow. I got mine in 2004 at Hobby Lobby, back when they still ran their 50% off sales on kits. I have my purchase price listed in my kit data base at $17. :) OTOH, I still haven't built it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Mine will be coming out soon. Decals just arrived. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaS Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) The only thing I'm not looking forwards to is rescribing all of those raised panel lines. I got the UMM Scriber a few weeks ago, and am getting some reps with it. It's a vast improvement over a needle in a pin vice and a blade. Edited December 6, 2015 by GazzaS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I'm a Tamiya scriber guy, but I don't rescribe typically. I'm looking forward to your efforts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 The only thing I'm not looking forwards to is rescribing all of those raised panel lines. I got the UMM Scriber a few weeks ago, and am getting some reps with it. It's a vast improvement over a needle in a pin vice and a blade. Have you used the scriber yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ajd3530 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) An original issue (1977) still in shrink wrap just went on EBay for $38 USD shipped. Any other time if year, it would have been heading to my doorstep. Edited December 7, 2015 by ajd3530 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaS Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Have you used the scriber yet? Yes, I have. It scribes much more evenly and cleanly removing the need to sand because it removes the plastic without pushing up the sides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The only thing I'm not looking forwards to is rescribing all of those raised panel lines. Technically you're not "re"-scribing anything since nothing was ever scribed on the kit to begin with. You'd be scribing, not rescribing. My bit of advice would be to not scribe anything. Build the kit. Enjoy it. If you don't feel like scribing the lines, then don't worry about it. Shep Paine never scribed any of the kits he built for the Monogram diorama tip sheets and look how flawless those turned out. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaS Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Technically you're not "re"-scribing anything since nothing was ever scribed on the kit to begin with. You'd be scribing, not rescribing. My bit of advice would be to not scribe anything. Build the kit. Enjoy it. If you don't feel like scribing the lines, then don't worry about it. Shep Paine never scribed any of the kits he built for the Monogram diorama tip sheets and look how flawless those turned out. Eric Eric, Thank you for the reference to Shep Paine's work. He made some great looking aircraft! After reading up on Bucky Sheftal's writings on using aluminum foil to cover aircraft models, I'm on my third aircraft using the method. I reckon I should do one more before I tackle the B-29. Making paint look like metal is a special skill which I really have no interest in learning. It will always seem false to my mind. I can't really imagine trying to stress and stretch foil over raised lines, either. It's difficult enough to make a blister, fairing, or raised weapon's pylon look correct. The process wastes a lot of foil, either from trimming excess, or redoing a panel that has a tiny flaw, or just doesn't look right. Thankfully, it's less expensive than good aluminum paint like Alclad. Best of all, in real light, it looks like real metal. Gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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