echolmberg Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Well this was a first for me. A couple of months ago, I purchased a Monogram B-36 off of eBay. It was still in its shrink wrapping. I didn't unwrap it until last weekend. Everything seems fine with it but one thing I noticed was that the left fuselage half is in the usual silver plastic while the right fuselage half almost appears to me closer to a darker "gun metal" hue. Anyone else ever coome across something like this? Thanks! Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Is the odd part on a separate sprue? IIRC, it's the distributor who does the packaging. They get boxes filled with a single sprue, then combine them into the kit box and ship out to vendors. Could be Monogram had to use a different batch of styrene to complete the order and the distributor didn't care it was a different color, and for good reason. The kit material is made to a certain spec for thickness and material, color usually doesn't figure into the specification. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 That was the odd/interesting part. After removing the plastic and opening the box, that's when I saw that the two fuselage halves were sitting loose on top. I've built three other B-36s in my time but the last one was about a dozen years ago. I couldn't remember if the fuselage halves were originally attached to sprues or if they were simply loose in the box. I'll have to take a closer look to see if I have entire sprues that of different shades. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viking73 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Wow, you’ve built three Monogram B-36s?! My hat is off to you sir! I can’t even seem to finish one 😂 -Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 12 hours ago, viking73 said: Wow, you’ve built three Monogram B-36s?! My hat is off to you sir! I can’t even seem to finish one 😂 -Derek Thanks Derek! I'm sure others have done more. I'll tell you one thing, it was always about ten years between each B-36. I think it was due to exhaustion. LOL! Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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