Three Little Birds

1
November 6, 2023
First up the monogram cockpit, with the bottom half of the seats moulded in but some nice detail on the consoles as well as decals AND belts !!
2
November 15, 2023
Next the ubiquitous hasegawa cockpit. Note the absence of any moulded detail on the consoles or panels, and no detailing on the walls.
3
November 6, 2023
Last finemolds. Very modular with separate console panels like the new Tamiya 1/48 f4b and some nicely moulded aircrew
4
November 27, 2023
All three together , no decals yet, I won’t be adding decals to the monogram pit, hasegawa is looking very much like the poor relation
5
November 27, 2023
6
November 27, 2023
Hmm, that front seat looks wonky, I’ll need to correct that..the nice thing is the consoles are all marked by raised detail so you can flood coat it. Didn’t even need drybrushing
7
November 28, 2023
All three finished from the left , hasegawa, finemolds, monogram
8
December 1, 2023
Love the way the fine molds kit cockpit locates positively using chunky pins
9
December 1, 2023
Can anyone explain why finemolds decided to make this out of 2 parts? There’s no detail and I can’t see a single reason for it
10
December 1, 2023
Tiny bit of flash on finemolds otherwise flawless (so far) moulding
11
January 16, 2024
Time to crack on with the monogram kit. Found a problem with the wing join. Now it may just be me but the wings wouldn’t close
12
January 16, 2024
Found this little beggar didn’t line up with its mating hole, so cut it off
13
January 16, 2024
That’s better ! , the wing to fuselage join was as good as I’ve seen in ANY kit
14
March 5, 2024
15
March 5, 2024
Monogram /Revell Getting there
16
March 5, 2024
After a mess up on my part (completely trashed the rear port h stab trying to fix the paint
17
March 5, 2024
I ended up scratch building a new one …!

Komentarzy

15 6 November 2023, 22:14

Rando
Very cool, these kinds of builds are always fascinating. Looking forward to seeing how they compare

6 November 2023, 22:30

Łukasz Gliński
Following, curious how the classic Monogram will look in comparison

7 November 2023, 14:41

David H
I'm also curious about my plans to reinstate the raised panel lines once I've destroyed them. No rescribing going on here.

7 November 2023, 20:08

Nicolas
I'm taking a seat.

17 January, 09:44

David H
Welcome Nicolas. I'll be taking this slowly , probably building one at a time with a big reveal at the end. But who knows how it will end up ,after all, it's meant to be fun !! 🤣

17 January, 10:01

DerMattes
Following. The Monogram / Revell Cockpit looks the best..?

6 March, 19:36

David H
DerMattes. I would say definitely yes 👍🏻

7 March, 01:15

David H
Thanks for the like @Duster

7 March, 08:36

David H
Thankyou for the like @Lukas 👍🏻

7 March, 17:17

David H
So this has stalled a little bit , due to 1.my errors (wrecked the port stabilator and had to scratch a new one , 2 lost bits and pieces (lost 1 of the the flaps, now thankfully turned up) 3.other projects.;4. A change of plan.

I'm taking photos as I go but will post them when all 3 birds are finished to give a better "side by side" comparison

Thankyou to all of still following this 👍🏻

20 April, 10:26

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Three Little Birds

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