Show Your Revell Monogram Builds

[Tobi]

Nov 15, 2024 9:57:54 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Well, I do have a few Revell or Monogram models to show.   Monogram kits were the most available models for me when I returned to scale modeling in the late 1980s.   Our local Winn's department store had a small stock of kits, and I think I eventually bought them all, starting with the Monogram A-10, my first "adult" build around 1988.  Here are some photos of each, most at the Cameron airport with a few shots from the airport in nearby Rockdale:

Great stuff Gary! Some of these are so well photographed you could even think you're looking at the real thing!

Nov 15, 2024 11:24:22 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Nice to see these all of these old “unbuildable dogs” looking so good here 😉

I’ll add a few more of mine from my oldest survivors done in the late 80’s or early 90’s…



Keep up the fire people!

Ah, the Hind. I had that one, too, as a kid. Naturally I built a lot of Revell, as it was the most available in Germany, with Italeri next and a few Tamiya. The rest were exotics only in selected stores.

I built a lot of 1/32 aircraft and helicopter back then. F4U, F-14, F-15, Mig-29, Huey, Bo-105 (2x). No survivors, but I got me the Bo-105 a third time for the stash.

[Tobi]

Actually not an old Revell kit (2013 or so) but if everything Revell is unbuildable, then this one, too:

[tcoat]

Nov 15, 2024 12:25:27 GMT -5 Tobi said:

Nov 15, 2024 7:57:03 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Absolutely perfect. This is one of my "someday" wishes. It would be really cool if somebody came up with a crew for it though. Of course I would probably regret that desire after doing 40 some odd Vikings in chain mail and leather.

Thank you and sorry to spoil the fun here, but then the Viking oarsmen from Emhar and their longboat is the thing for you! 

OHHHHH That is the ticket. Had no idea it existed. My plans are changed.

[dukemaddog]

Nov 15, 2024 7:23:05 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Nov 14, 2024 23:50:59 GMT -5 jeaton01 said:

More like I would send him one and have the Don require him to build it.  There are 433 Monogram, Revell Monogram, ProModeler, and Revell Germany kits in  the stash.  The latter mostly from Monogram molds but not all.

Maybe I can get Tony assigned to me in the SSGB?

No etch, no resin, no rescribing no nothin' just what is in the box!

Well, that's the way I build them! I wish I still have all my pics!

[crown r n7]

Revell 

USS Lionfish.

[garybrantley]

Nov 15, 2024 12:41:02 GMT -5 Tobi said:

Nov 15, 2024 9:57:54 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Well, I do have a few Revell or Monogram models to show.   Monogram kits were the most available models for me when I returned to scale modeling in the late 1980s.   Our local Winn's department store had a small stock of kits, and I think I eventually bought them all, starting with the Monogram A-10, my first "adult" build around 1988.  Here are some photos of each, most at the Cameron airport with a few shots from the airport in nearby Rockdale:

Great stuff Gary! Some of these are so well photographed you could even think you're looking at the real thing!


Tobi, thank you sincerely for those generous comments! 🙏🏻  Sometimes, even a blind hog will find an acorn...I get lucky too sometimes! 😄

[406 Silverado]

Nov 15, 2024 15:08:58 GMT -5 crown r n7 said:

Revell 

USS Lionfish.

  I didn't even know that Revell put this kit out Nick. Looks very good!! 

[406 Silverado]

The talent that is in this whole thread is nothing short of amazing guys. Keep it coming as this is some good stuff.

[TJ]

Nov 16, 2024 10:01:04 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

The talent that is in this whole thread is nothing short of amazing guys. Keep it coming as this is some good stuff.

This thread had me go look at how many Revellogram kits I have in the stash. Way more then I thought 

[stikpusher]

A few more of mine from the early 90’s

[moparman18064]

Wow! This is a stunning display of talent. I was away from modeling for 30 years, but back then, Monogram or Revell were my go to models. I built a lot of the Monogram 1/8 cars, still have the XKE in line to be built, and a whole bunch of the 1/16 drag cars. Sadly, I left them behind, at first for service, then later, between moves. The only Revell kit I have currently built is the Camaro

[dukemaddog]

Well, I went digging and found a few models from the past.

These first two are Revell boxings and might not qualify being they are fairly recent releases; but they gave me a serious fight nonetheless:

Revell 1/72 scale Concorde SST:



Revell 1/72 scale A-400 Grizzly:

I'll have to look and see what other ones I have or get more pics of some of my other Revell/Monogram builds from the past.

[tcoat]

Nov 16, 2024 21:54:35 GMT -5 dukemaddog said:

Well, I went digging and found a few models from the past.

These first two are Revell boxings and might not qualify being they are fairly recent releases; but they gave me a serious fight nonetheless:

Revell 1/72 scale Concorde SST:

Revell 1/72 scale A-400 Grizzly:



This was also a newer release but the molds are from way back. Another difficult build for me:

Revel 1/24 scale 1929 Coke Delivery Van:



I'll have to look and see what other ones I have or get more pics of some of my other Revell/Monogram builds from the past.

UMMMMM the display says "AMT" right on it?

[bronco67]

Revell Landy, Bronco, E-type, and a Goat

[dukemaddog]

Okay my bad. I can remove it.

[tcoat]

Nov 16, 2024 23:08:28 GMT -5 dukemaddog said:

Okay my bad. I can remove it.

LOL I don't think there are rules! It just caught my eye. Being an old mold AMT kit is actually more impressive a build than if it had been Revell.

[mattilacken]

Revell, of Germany, but revell never the less.
1/24 1997 Jordan 197 

[stikpusher]

A few more…

[jeaton01]

Round 2 for me. The 1/48 B-26 with the Lone Star short wing small tail conversion in Midway markings:




The 1/48 F-80 backdated to a P-80A-1 with the Fox 3 conversion set:




The Pro Modeler 1/48 P-47N





The 1/48 P-47D bubbletop with the Koster conversion to make the XP-72.

[mattilacken]

Figgured i have this one as well!

[garybrantley]

John, I love this P-80A conversion so much! 🤩 Very cool, sir!  

[brandonk]

Some I don't have pics of but they are on display. I'll have to pull them out and get some new pics. But here is what I do have.

[tcoat]

Some of the more modern kits I have. These newer  issue kits can stand up to just about any other manufacturer. Still many more both old a new mold kits without pictures yet.

'64 Impala converted to a convert




HMCS Snowberry 1/144



'70 Hemi 'Cuda







1/32 Ardo 196-B

[benb]

Nov 15, 2024 9:57:54 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Well, I do have a few Revell or Monogram models to show.   Monogram kits were the most available models for me when I returned to scale modeling in the late 1980s.   Our local Winn's department store had a small stock of kits, and I think I eventually bought them all, starting with the Monogram A-10, my first "adult" build around 1988.  Here are some photos of each, most at the Cameron airport with a few shots from the airport in nearby Rockdale:

Those are some beautiful builds! Excellent photography, too! The F-100D depicts the jet my friend Don Schmenk had his name painted on when he flew in Vietnam. He once told me that he didn’t know Monogram was going to depict his jet in the kit and was surprised when he found it at the hobby shop. Sadly, I lost touch with Don during the pandemic and later found out he had passed away. 

Ben

[kyledehart5]

Nov 17, 2024 5:02:05 GMT -5 mattilacken said:

Revell, of Germany, but revell never the less.
1/24 1997 Jordan 197 

Revell’s F1 kits are never easy. Extremely nice work.

[kyledehart5]

I love this thread. Still need to scroll through my Imgur and dig up my R-M builds

[stikpusher]

My goodness this thread is full of beauties! 😍

continuing with more of my older Monogram builds

[benb]

I went through my Imgur account and found some more. I forgot these are Revell kits. The aftermarket decals on the center and right cars didn’t provide driver suit decals, so Black Stig and White Stig are filling in.


I built this Monogram Camaro as part of a group build on another forum. 3D printed wheels.


Ben

[arcticwolf]

The most simplistic, crude, toy-like kit Monogram ever produced, with a few upgrades

Pretty much box stock

Except for the decals, OOB

[garybrantley]

Nov 18, 2024 17:00:25 GMT -5 benb said:

Nov 15, 2024 9:57:54 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Well, I do have a few Revell or Monogram models to show.   Monogram kits were the most available models for me when I returned to scale modeling in the late 1980s.   Our local Winn's department store had a small stock of kits, and I think I eventually bought them all, starting with the Monogram A-10, my first "adult" build around 1988.  Here are some photos of each, most at the Cameron airport with a few shots from the airport in nearby Rockdale:





Those are some beautiful builds! Excellent photography, too! The F-100D depicts the jet my friend Don Schmenk had his name painted on when he flew in Vietnam. He once told me that he didn’t know Monogram was going to depict his jet in the kit and was surprised when he found it at the hobby shop. Sadly, I lost touch with Don during the pandemic and later found out he had passed away.


Ben


Ben, it is indeed a small world! 😁

First, let me thank you for your kind words!  I sure appreciate those comments. 🙏🏻

In one of the first issues of FinescaleModeler magazine that I ever bought, there was a letter from Don Schmenk regarding an earlier FSM article about the F-100 and he mentioned his time in the 'Hun.  I had just bought the poor old Lindberg F-100 kit at a close-out sale and had many questions about the plane.    So, what else to do but ask an expert in those pre-internet days, circa 1987/88?   Mr. Schmenk's letter had only included his town, I believe it was Ottawa, Ohio, but that's been a long time ago.   I called directory assistance for that city and got a number.   He answered and he patiently listened to my dumb questions.  Then he said, "That is a terrible kit; I'll just send you a better kit of the plane I flew in Vietnam."    Sure enough, in a few weeks, I received a box with a 1/48 Monogram F-100D, along with extra drop tanks and instructions and hand-drawn diagrams for lengthening the kit's tanks.   

That kit sat around for months and then one day while examining the kit's decals, I noticed his name on the pilot's placard!   Wow!  So, that's what he meant by "the plane I flew in Vietnam."!  D'oh! 😁   It was probably a least 15 years before I built that kit, the model shown in the pic.   I found an email link on Don's website and sent him some pics of the finished model.  He was so generous with his praise and compliments!   He was a true gentleman, in my regards.

Sadly, I had read of his passing not too long ago, in Corpus Christi, Texas, I believe.  His memorial mentioned his service, of course, and also mentioned his love of flying his classic, Ercoupe private plane.  Not too long after his passing, a local dear friend and aviation enthusiast, encountered a pilot who was ferrying an Ercoupe from south Texas to a new owner, somewhere out of state.  I've pondered the possibilities of that timing, but probably just a coincidence.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCO_Ercoupe