Monogram Kingfisher

[ScottsGT]

Peter, that’s looking fantastic!   Always loved the old yellow wing birds.  I think when I crack open that KH kit, it will also be a yellow wing version.  

[KevinM]

Stunning Peter just Stunning!

 

These old kits can still play with the right attention.

[CANicoll]

Wow, Peter, just beautiful!!  Your patience with the color certainly is paying off - what an eye-catching build.  Definitely looking forward to the full unmasking.

[RockieYarwood]

Pretty! Looking great, Peter.

[Peterpools]

Thanks Mike

Painting and decaling have always been my favorite part of any build and the prewar super colorful Navy and Army paint schemes some of my favorites. Only drawback is the enormous amount of masking.

 

[Peterpools]

Scott. much appreciated and surely will be looking forward to your Yellow Wing Kingfisher 

[Peterpools]

Thanks Kev

The old kits do have a charm of their own and even with raised panel lines from that era, there isn't a lot of surface detail that was missed. The biggest differences are the interior details that are nearly completely missing. How times have changed.

 

[Peterpools]

Thanks Chris, very much appreciated. A few touch ups are needed next bench session and then it's off to the decaling procedure. Sometimes what lacking in molded in detail can be overcome by a colorful or intricate paint finish. I just gravitate towards colorful finishes. Surely the Kingfisher is getting closer to the finishing line.

 

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[Peterpools]

Thanks Rockie, much appreciated. For my generation, Rocky and Bullwinkle were a staple of our TV watching when we were kids. 

[GazzaS]

Wow, Peter!  That is stunning!  I've really been remiss in attending this page of the forums.  Great work!

[Peterpools]

Thanks Gaz, much appreciated. I had my Oh No set back and did the repair as the guys suggested. See how it looks in the morning.

Always something for sure.

 

 

[Jeff]

Peter, I love what you are doing with this, and the paint is gorgeous... I know this is a bit late , but did you know about this upgrade kit?

http://www.flightlineengineering.com/item_48_os2u_kingfisher_set.html

Looks pretty cool

[BlrwestSiR]

7 hours ago, Jeff said:

Peter, I love what you are doing with this, and the paint is gorgeous... I know this is a bit late , but did you know about this upgrade kit?

http://www.flightlineengineering.com/item_48_os2u_kingfisher_set.html

Looks pretty cool

I was about to post the same link. Maybe something you can use on the second kit you bought? 

[Peterpools]

Jeff

Very much appreciated. Yes I saw this upgrade kit before starting and tossed back and forth about buying it. Seeing how old the kit is and the issues I'm now trying to fix, I decided to just go OOB. Looking at all the resin parts, I just wasn't convinced there wouldn't be a lot of fit issues and still no mask set, which seems to me to be the most important and needed piece of AM. 

 

 

[Peterpools]

Carl

No can do as I used both floats from the second kit now on the first kit so, my only option would be to build the wheel version which I'm not crazy about. I also looked at the casting as best I could on my monitor and some of the castings look a bit soft, especially the engine. 

[Bomber_County]

Peter, just catching up, absolutely stunning, for a vintage kit, wow a wow…..

[Peterpools]

Thanks Phil, greatly appreciated. 

I started a secondary, small thread in the Modeling Forum: OH NO, as a few stress cracks appeared and stopped me cold in my tracks. It's been a week and I've tried two repairs, with the first being a total failure and the second one, seems to work. Finally, 48 hours after the second repair, the stress cracks were contained with four small stop holes being drilled and some fancy footwork at the rear bottom of the wing/fuselage area. Today, I sanded, polished, masked, primed and painted the area and if by tomorrow all is good, I'll be getting ready for decaling.    

 

[Peterpools]

DECALING AND THE REPAIR

THE REPAIR:

Over a good week ago, I started an ‘OH NO’ thread in the Modeling Forum. I was nearly heartbroken when I discovered a bad stress crack on the lower left side of the fuselage just behind the wing. I posted my problem and received lots of excellent suggestion – thanks guys.

First attempt: I drilled a stop hole at the beginning and end of the crack, sanded the crack smooth and with a combination of CA and Extra Thin, treated the crack and the stop holes. Total failure as the crack doubled in size with in four hours.

Second attempt: Drilled new stop holes, drilled a larger pressure release hole at the very end of the wing trailing edge and opened up a slit under the flap, hoping this was the area that the stress was developing in. Then I drilled two more stop holes, sanded down the entire area down to bare plastic and used liberal amounts of extra thin. Let dry for a good day and then I sanded out the entire area, getting it ready for primer and painting again. I made sure the stop holes were left completely open and clear. While I was at it, I re-sanded the fuselage above each wing, removing bit of ‘turbulent paint’ I discovered.

All was left to thoroughly dry for 48 hours and then I primed with MRP Lt Gray Primer and the Aluminum Paint was Tamiya Lacquer LP-70. Let dry for two full days and all still seems well.

DECALING:

Let’s just say the kit decals left a lot to be desired. After researching, I used Yellow-Wing decals, with one be being specifically for the Kingfisher aboard the USS Arizona just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor: 48-044.

Decals are printed by Micro Scale and are beautiful. I followed both the painting and decal guide provided with the decals. The national insignias are a bit small as compared to the decal drawings but look just fine and went down beautifully.

Next up will be the gloss seal coat and then the runup to the finish line with adding all the small details.

This Saturday, I have major oral surgery scheduled and am not expecting to be doing any modeling for around four or five days.

 

 

 

 

[Bomber_County]

Very pretty Peter. Stunning finish as ever……….good luck with the dentist……

[Peterpools]

Thanks Phil very much appreciated. 

Should have done this years ago rather then trying to keep saving my bad teeth. Anyway, fingers crossed the few days after the surgery won't be too bad.

 

 

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

DECALING AND THE REPAIR

THE REPAIR:

Over a good week ago, I started an ‘OH NO’ thread in the Modeling Forum. I was nearly heartbroken when I discovered a bad stress crack on the lower left side of the fuselage just behind the wing. I posted my problem and received lots of excellent suggestion – thanks guys.

First attempt: I drilled a stop hole at the beginning and end of the crack, sanded the crack smooth and with a combination of CA and Extra Thin, treated the crack and the stop holes. Total failure as the crack doubled in size with in four hours.

Second attempt: Drilled new stop holes, drilled a larger pressure release hole at the very end of the wing trailing edge and opened up a slit under the flap, hoping this was the area that the stress was developing in. Then I drilled two more stop holes, sanded down the entire area down to bare plastic and used liberal amounts of extra thin. Let dry for a good day and then I sanded out the entire area, getting it ready for primer and painting again. I made sure the stop holes were left completely open and clear. While I was at it, I re-sanded the fuselage above each wing, removing bit of ‘turbulent paint’ I discovered.

All was left to thoroughly dry for 48 hours and then I primed with MRP Lt Gray Primer and the Aluminum Paint was Tamiya Lacquer LP-70. Let dry for two full days and all still seems well.

DECALING:

Let’s just say the kit decals left a lot to be desired. After researching, I used Yellow-Wing decals, with one be being specifically for the Kingfisher aboard the USS Arizona just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor: 48-044.

Decals are printed by Micro Scale and are beautiful. I followed both the painting and decal guide provided with the decals. The national insignias are a bit small as compared to the decal drawings but look just fine and went down beautifully.

Next up will be the gloss seal coat and then the runup to the finish line with adding all the small details.

This Saturday, I have major oral surgery scheduled and am not expecting to be doing any modeling for around four or five days.

 

 

 

 

Sure looks good Peter. Very colorful!

[Peterpools]

Thanks John - finally heading in the right direction and the Kingfisher should be done in a week or so - thank goodness.

 

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[JohnB]

20 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

Thanks John - finally heading in the right direction and the Kingfisher should be done in a week or so - thank goodness.

 

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Yes indeed Peter! I'm glad to see it on the home stretch. 😀

[PanzerWomble]

That is really nice, beautiful aircraft and a great save on the model .

 

I love those pre war colourful schemes . No idea why the USN went for Yellow and Red , but they certainly were flamboyant. 

[Peterpools]

John

For such a simple kt, it's been a long road to this point.