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Hi all, I have had this kit since the beginning of times, and it is possibly time to bring it to the light of day. It is a joke, as life is keeping me so busy that I have far too little time for modelling. But I am going through the motion. This kit is ridiculously small! I had forgotten how tiny it is. Anyway, here is the box "art": A quick look at the instructions: As far as the decal micro sheet is concerned, it is best to forget about it. And because I positively love this plane, I have a little bit of literature about it: Despite the lilliputian size of the model, I made the effort a long time ago to get some A.M. decals. The kit deserves it. So here we are. A very small number of parts and it won't take much room in the display... Perfect! Have fun. JR
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A conversion from about 5 years ago, using RarePlane Rarebits (Gordon Stevens) P-12B conversion parts and the Monogram F4B-4 kit to obtain Paul Mantz Boeing 100. Boeing 100 owned by Paul Mantz; made with the RarePlane’s RareBits vac fuselage conversion and the Monogram F4B-4 kit, both generously and kindly passed along by PugetMeister Jim Schubert. The plane performed in many movies and events, and had a smoke-generating apparatus. It went through a few changes during its very long life; it is portrayed here in one of its several configurations. Thanks to Gordon and Jim, both modeling icons. Your modeling subject horizon can be greatly expanded if you contemplate the wide array of kits that can be converted to their civil counterparts with no -or little- effort. RarePlane Rarebits was a line of products issued by the mythical Gordon Stevens to complement his excellent RarePlane kit range with conversions. Rarebits had the parts needed to alter an existing kit to obtain a version otherwise unavailable at the time. I had expressed my deep respect and admiration here and elsewhere for the pioneering work of Gordon Stevens, whose high standards are on par with any kit of the present day, and many times are better than them. Gordon obtained this quality and made a plethora of subjects possible and available even decades ago, with the limited knowledge, materials and tools of the time. Gordon is some sort of Modeling Superhero to me. He developed or created techniques used later on by other brands. I am terribly sad that many of his creations are no longer available or are very hard to find, since later versions by other manufacturers of the same models or conversions are well bellow his’. A few civil models can be made with this conversion: the Boeing School of Aeronautics plane, the Paul Mantz livery variation of it (it was the same airframe, NC873H) and some other configurations of NC873H that have only the Boeing logo, and a couple more that are painted differently. For that you will need to change the ailerons and landing gear. Some versions had the P&W Wasp Jr. I have chosen the Paul Mantz machine, which went through several detail changes in its life: nav light on top of rudder and wing tips or not, short and long skywriting pipe exhaust, with and without Townend ring, with tailwheel or tailskid (a few different versions of the latter), different engine front shields, prominent or almost no headrest fairing, and so forth. Look at your photos, and take notes. My own decals Paul Mantz' and Howard Hughes' Boeings (I will post Hughes' soon)
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I participated in an old kit group build with some of my mates, the idea being we should each build a kit that was released when we were kids - The older you were the older the kit should be. I selected about four from around 1967-69 and invited my mates to choose for me. They unanimously chose Monogram's 1/72 Boeing F4B-4 released in 1968 when I was 8 years old. My moulding was showing its age, with flash, slightly misaligned tooling, and warped interplane struts. However, the basic kit is quite nice, albeit lacking any cockpit detail. I fixed this problem using a resin cockpit set by Starfighter, which is ok for what is ultimately visible. I also used some quite good decals by the same company. I chose to refine several kit parts a such as bracing struts, windscreen and guns. I also opened up hand-holds in the wing tips, added a fuel filler neck and cap to the long-range tank, replaced the arrestor hook, and displaced the tail control surfaces. I originally planned to rig with invisible mending thread, but instead ended up using ceramic wire for the first time. This spring tensile product proved very easy to position using a blind hole at one end and an open one at the other. The hardest part was getting the length right using trial and error. Sorry for the sickly green background, it's all I had to hand... The accompanying link to a slideshow of images tells the story of what I did with the kit: http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kiwikitbasher/slideshow/F4B-4 or use this link to my work in progress account: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235011598-boeing-f4b4-monogram-172/
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I participated in an old kit group build with some of my mates, the idea being we should each build a kit that was released when we were kids - The older you were the older the kit should be. I selected about four from around 1967-69 and invited my mates to choose for me. They unanimously chose Monogram's 1/72 Boeing F4B-4 released in 1968 when I was 8 years old. My moulding was showing its age, with flash, slightly misaligned tooling, and warped interplane struts. However, the basic kit is quite nice, albeit lacking any cockpit detail. I fixed this problem using a resin cockpit set by Starfighter, which is ok for what is ultimately visible. I also used some quite good decals by the same company. I chose to refine several kit parts a such as bracing struts, windscreen and guns. I also opened up hand-holds in the wing tips, added a fuel filler neck and cap to the long-range tank, replaced the arrestor hook, and displaced the tail control surfaces. I originally planned to rig with invisible mending thread, but instead ended up using ceramic wire for the first time. This spring tensile product proved very easy to position using a blind hole at one end and an open one at the other. The hardest part was getting the length right using trial and error. The whole build is recorded here as I lacked the time to post as I went (plus Photo Bucket was playing up); it took about two weeks to finish. Sorry for the sickly green background, it's all I had to hand... More finished images under ready for inspection using this link: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235011592-boeing-f4b-4-monogram-172/
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