I-16 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) I'm going to join with Monogram's venerable P-80C configured for close air support. Markings will be Areomaster, FT-547, which is pretty colorful. Other than a True Details ejection seat, she will be pretty much out of the box. Obligatory opening shot... Edited November 6, 2016 by I-16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Nice choice Looking forward to the start Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 We often complain of soft plastic, but I have never had a kit so brittle! Broke a wing, trimming off a nub, and then broke off the left side of the nose, doing the same. At least it reacts fairly well to Tenax. Because I need it, to fix it! Wings together, painting, and getting ready to attack the bare metal finish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fubuki4 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Damn, that is brittle. Perhaps the age of the plastic has effected that too? Nice start though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 Got the basic fuselage together, but not without a struggle. I ran out of Tennax, and the plastic does not like to react with liquid cement. Again, it's some brittle stuff. On to prime and a little more filling. I think I am going to go with a gloss black base, and shoot either MM buffing metalizer or Tamiya aluminum. Not sure which will be more bare metal-ish. We shall see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Nice start. I really like monogram kits of this era. It is odd to hear the monogram silver plastic is brittle, I always like the silver plastic because it it tends to be soft and forgiving. And if you want to scribe the panel lines, you can still see where they were even if you sand them off. That kit is probably almost 40 years old so perhaps the plastic has changed, maybe it was stored in a hot place or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 I remember building this same kit, about 40 years ago! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Primed and ready for the gloss black coat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 A bad picture of the Tamiya gloss black. Appears glossy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Top coat of MM Buffing aluminum metalizer, which didn't buff out as well as hoped. I plan to shoot a few panels with Tamiya flat aluminum to break it up a but. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 Painting complete, starting to decal and put on the (very few) fidly bits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Wow you got a really nice finish on that paint job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Wow, that looks super cool! I had similar brittle plastic problems with an old Monogram kit ( f-100). I wonder if they had a small batch of bad product at some point, becUae usually their plastic is very good to work with. By the way, how did you handle the part of the fuselage right behind the wing, where the halves meet? A lot of people complain about a step there, between the front and rear parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 I opted to assemble the back half, and then spread the front half to match. Mated pretty well, after a bit of sanding. There is still a minimal step, but not to bad. Finish turned out better than I expected. Was my first "bare metal finish". The gloss black seemed to help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I-16 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 This plane has lots of random markings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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