Geoff M Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I had a Cobra Company A-1E conversion sitting around and I had the Tamiya A-1H kit the results are below. When I was done I had this very nice Tamiya fuselage left over. So I pulled out a Monogram A-1H and used the left over Tamiya parts to "upgrade" the Monogram kit. The Cobra conversion was almost a goner from the start. I was sanding the mating surfaces to get a nice even glue surface and before I knew it I had sanded about 1/8" too much off. I sandwiched some sheet plastic between the fuselage pieces and disaster averted. I like to do conversions because they force me out of my comfort zone and get me something that otherwise isn't available. I used Aeromaster decals for the A-1E and the Tamiya kit decals for the A-1H. Hope you like these. Navy Version Edited July 30, 2015 by Geoff Murphy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Nice ones Geoff! Love the E. So wish Tam would put an E out ... and the Navy family models too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Very Nice. Those are both stellar builds. Did you use the Monogram pylons with the wing? Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Very Nice. Those are both stellar builds. Did you use the Monogram pylons with the wing? Don Wings are all monogram including the pylons. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShawnV. Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Geoff, both of those look great. I really like the exhaust trails. I am wondering though, after weathering the sides, why leave the wings so clean? Don't get me wrong, I really like both builds and I'm still striving to do half so well. Shawn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 I weather from pictures I find and try to imitate what I see. It is rare that I find a picture that gives a top down view of the wings. The fuselage is very obvious, I guess I don't have the imagination to fill in the blanks on the wing weathering. I have seen some people do the gun stains on wing mounted guns but I have not come up with a convincing way of duplicating that. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShawnV. Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Please don't get me wrong. I think you did a wonderful job Geoff. Shawn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Love your Spads! Monogram or Matchbox? I've got the latter, and I've managed to glue up and repair the wing to get rid of the toy wing folds; but of course I now have to rescribe the wing. If you did rescribe, what did you use as a reference? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 A most impressive 2 for. Two really well done conversions. Both models certainly display their own personality and sense of realism through your realistic style of weathering. Very nicely done. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Love your Spads! Monogram or Matchbox? I've got the latter, and I've managed to glue up and repair the wing to get rid of the toy wing folds; but of course I now have to rescribe the wing. If you did rescribe, what did you use as a reference? Sorry to take so long to get back. The A-1E is a Tamiya kit with the C & H Miniatures conversion and the Cobra Company cockpit. I then used the leftover Tamiya fuselage and other parts on the Monogram kit to upgrade it a little. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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