Monogram Mafia Completed Builds
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Well done, Carlos!
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Thanks Tom. not quite as good as intended, but good enough. (for government work)
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Awesome work Stik! It really looks great!
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Thank you Mike. I am happy to have it completed and in my collection.
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And here we are with completion number two for this GB. This one went a bit more rapidly than the Thunderstreak.
This is my Monogram F/A-18A Blue Angels, done as the lead solo aircraft, #5, for the first year of Hornets, 1987. That was the only season that the Blues did not have the fence installed on the LEXs in front of the vertical stabilizers. I built this kit OOB, aside from modifying the stabilator attachment point using some aluminum tubing, to aid in seam clean up back there. Also the kit has a paper "H" to cut out from the instruction sheet to add to the ejection seat as parachute harness risers. I substituted some 1mm Tamiya making tape cut to the proper lengths instead. I used enamel Humbrol Gloss Midnight Blue and Model Master Blue Angels Yellow for the main colors, and a set of Milspec Decals in place of the kit decals.
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques welcomed
This is my Monogram F/A-18A Blue Angels, done as the lead solo aircraft, #5, for the first year of Hornets, 1987. That was the only season that the Blues did not have the fence installed on the LEXs in front of the vertical stabilizers. I built this kit OOB, aside from modifying the stabilator attachment point using some aluminum tubing, to aid in seam clean up back there. Also the kit has a paper "H" to cut out from the instruction sheet to add to the ejection seat as parachute harness risers. I substituted some 1mm Tamiya making tape cut to the proper lengths instead. I used enamel Humbrol Gloss Midnight Blue and Model Master Blue Angels Yellow for the main colors, and a set of Milspec Decals in place of the kit decals.
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques welcomed
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To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Woohoo!
Nice finish Lyle!
Nice finish Lyle!
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Thanks, CRlos. But…. It is was past the duel date. Seems I started the first one in Fe.bruary. So, I get to build another.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Looks good, Lyle!
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Thank you, John.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..