Monogram’s P-47D Thunderbolt isn’t a great kit. In fact, it doesn’t compare well at all to the newer offerings by Hasegawa and especially Tamiya. But it’s a competent, fast-building kit, with surprisingly solid detail.
Well, except for the blast tubes in the wings.
I’m trying to build this one mostly out-of-the-box, but I just couldn’t abide these sad excuses for blast tubes. (more…)
Things have gone downhill with the Zvezda since the last post.
It began with the White Ensign AMT Black. It’s proven a very temperamental paint that either goes down somewhat translucent, or somewhat gritty. Well, I got the somewhat gritty version, so I went to do a wet polishing sand, hoping to remove the grit and maybe the marks left by the silly putty and tape.
The thing is, as you wet sand, you kick up a slurry of water and sanded paint. The AMT black basically just absorbed this slurry. I tried everything and couldn’t get it out. So I ended up going back and repainting the camoflage freehand.
With the two Commies - the La-5 and Yak-3 - moving into the weathering and final assembly stages, it's time to look forward to the next build(s). After venturing into…