I was an avid model builder when I was 12 to 18 years old. I was a big fan of Revell, Aurora, Monogram and sometimes Lindberg. I made ships, airplanes, military vehicles and later, automobiles. I built a large Lindberg B-17. It may be in a box in my garage. I thought then and now, I was a pretty darn good model maker. My fantasy job was with Lucas. Of course life intervenes and I now collect prebuilt auto models costing much more than the old styrene. I've revived the hobby part building a wood model of a sailing ship. Guys like this have taken the plastic model hobby way beyond what I could have imagined back in the day. By the way, I have a 1962 Revell catalogue with a $.15 price tag. The bicycle and model shop I visited weekly surely gave it to a good customer like me. Looking through it I am amazed at the prices of many models that I bought and thought highly of. As a child of WWII I had the B25, B24 that I thought were great. They were $.98 each!
Very well done. Congratulations for getting around the difficulties of the modification. I build 1:8 scale die cast models, and some of the mods I install can be difficult to construct for an intermediate. I retire next month and getting back into modeling as a full-time hobby. Times have changed since I was a kid building Revell kits - a re-learning process.
Thank you!, The best part of building models is that everyone is always willing to help. Now that we have social media we can learn so much more than we have been able to in the past. Let me know if you need help with anything
Just a hint to all my modeling pals out there. Buy yourself a food dehydrator. I use it to dry painted parts. Mine has a cover to keep dust off the parts, I cut out most of the shelf bottoms so larger parts will fit. Cuts a 24 hour drying time down to a hour or so and really hardens the finish. 👍💯
Only for Enamels which drying time is fast but the hardening takes a day or 3. People often confuse the hardening of enamels as drying. Most Lacquers and Acrylics dry fast enough to not worry but the dehydrator is a good spot for them to dry faster and with little dust issues, unless the racks inside are plastic then they are a magnet for dust anyways soon as the doors open.
Monogram designed and manufactured the B-17G , not Revell. revell took over monogram and is trying to take credit. . btw, revell manufactured its own 1/48 b-17. it is a b-17 F called the memphis belle and though it fills the gap for a 1/48 scale b-17F, it is not as detailed as the monogram kit..but its spartan interior would be perfect for interior lighting wires and boards..you can spruce up the revell 1/48 b-17F with monogram parts...Revell also made the B-17F in 1/72 scale. i still have both unbuilt in my model collection.
There's always 1 !!! 😴😴💤💤 Great build buddy, keep building and doing what your doing ! Ignore the PLONKERS that moan, cry and kick their toys out of their plan when something doesn't suit them !!! P.s Please Please what ever you do don't forget a full stop from any of comments and posts.. good god man, how dare you miss a full stop !! Please make sure you've got your bomb shelter up and running in your garden and your Panic room inside .. just incase !!!! Stay safe buddy, can't wait get into mine, this century..... Hopefully ! Happy new year to you and your family and stay safe ! May the force be with you !!
@@fredkitmakerb9479 i did not know that monogram purchased revell! i stand corrected, thankyou.. but i agree with you; it's just not right that revell is still going strong and that monogram is gone. i will always promote Monogram wherever i can. i grew up with monogram in the 50s and 60s and i remember that my revell models couldn't hold a candle to my monogram kits..
When drilling holes out like that, use a step-bit. You'll increase the size of the hole without drift and you don't have to change out bits as much. Then, when you get close, switch out to the exact size (If it's different then the closest size on the step-bit).
Step bits are the way to go when it comes to keeping an accurate and centered hole. I found this out while trying to make the center hole in some nylon bushings bigger a few years ago. Most of the time I use a smaller ratcheting screw driver and do them by hand for precise control over the depth of the hole.
My only bit of constructive criticism is that the fire extinguishers ( the bottles with the nozzles) should be red. Built this kit years ago when it was first issued. May have to build it again if I can find the shelf space. Nice work BTW.
Oooo! B17 might be a good option as well. Sub'd. You have a clear voice and good tone. Nice production. Like to see a little more length and detail. You have some good skill to share with us. Excited to see where you go with this channel.
Sorry Tony for the late reply. Its a MR Hobby glue holder. I found the 3D printing file online. I was tipping over glue bottles left and right. No longer an issue.
I think it's Way too bright not to scale at all I'll slap some resistors on that. I had to build 12 of them for a Restaurant with light and Motors . I think I had 140 bucks in supplies for the products for all 12 .someone gave me a couple of the the kits you used and you are so right they are junk the only thing I kept was the sound board. But iam making a few changes and making 3d parts for the B17 .good video. Thumbs 👍
Cool, did you have to paint it? I've never seen a kit like this before, im 64 from Ocala Florida just FYI , ok i subscribed, can't wait to see the finished product, where are you at ,just wondering
Needs a crew ,looks like a ghost ship all things considered it looks pretty cool I might give it a little while for them to get the bugs out and give it a try
You talked about getting people into the hobby. I used to build models a while back but haven't in a while. Recently, I started thinking about starting up again, but a random sampling of kits just stunned me with how much they cost now. A 1/25th car $65.00, a 1/25th truck, $110.00, I think the average price I saw for all the kits I looked at, in general was maybe $120.00. Most of these were kits that would have been in the 8 to 15 dollar range when I was building (and this was in the 80s and 90s). The have just become unreasonably expensive, if I had a kid today who was interested, there is just no way they could do the kind of model building I did back in the day. I realize there is inflation, but these are not just a bit more money, they are crazy expensive now. Model trains are the same. I saw RTR boxcars that were over 50 bucks each. Locomotives are routinely in the multiple hundreds, to put together a train of 10 cars would cost a fortune now. It's a shame, but it's no wonder the hobby is dying.
Don’t let it keep you from getting into it. AMT makes great kits to jump back into. As well does Airfix. Airfix has stepped up its game adding new models with great detail for less money. Reach out if you have questions. Price wise at hobby lobby you can get 40% off during random sales with the kits. I picked up cars in the 20$ and then 40% off that. Larger scales you are looking at are more money. 1/35 or 1/48 would be better in price. 1/72 is small be even cheaper.
@@breaktimescalemodels I'm not really talking about myself. If I decide to build again, I can swing 100 bucks fr a kit if it's something I really want, but I was building models when I was very young. There's no way I could do that if I were young now. 20 bucks is a lot of money when your 10. I'm just stunned at how the prices have skyrocketed for even the most standard, basic kits. Unless it's some movie related snap together thing, I think they are just out of reach for a lot of kids who would otherwise be interested.
Joe, you can buy the very same basic kits that I started out building in the 60s. They have increased in price of course but are still affordable. I would also recommend attending a model show in your area. These shows have vendors that sell used kits for far less than new. Happy modeling. 😊 👍
Well all considered it looked pretty good on camera (made me smile anyway!) the sounds; are they all from the kit speaker or are the engines and props adding sound? Something is not quite right? Maybe? First timer and enjoyed the experience so I have L & S’d and shall return. By the way she looks enormous for 1:48!! Bob England
The recording they placed in it was from the B17-F. I ordered the new kit and after learning a bit from it. I think the next go around will be even better. It was fun. And I’m glad you smiled. Made my day.
A friend built this kit back in the 80s and put electric motors in for the props. He had it controlled by a model railroad rheostat controller, and when he went to full power it threw most of the props violently across the room after moving the plane about 2 feet. He rebuilt it and put a stop pin on the controller where he figured the limit was... this was pre-LED and he didn't want to melt it so he opted to forgo the lights...
actually, the monogram kit is the most accurate kit out there, in terms of fuselage length, wing length and nose length. it's better than the japanese kits and even more accurate than the 1/32 scale hong kong models offering. i know because i have measured the kit fuselage and wings, according to scale drawings. i've measured the other kits as well. though the other kits have more detail, none of them can match the monogram kit for fuselage length, fuselage width, nose length and wing length.
I had a viewer share that it was unsafe to drill with rubber gloves on! I ask you this. When I go to work and operate on people as a Scrub Nurse in the operating Room. Should I take my gloves off when we are drilling in your Brian, bone and teeth. ? Lol come on people But yes, be careful when working with tools. Wear safety gear and keep hands clear of sharp things.
Well, you see the guy who builds the mod for the kits only allows for certain kits to be used. Check out the website. I will be taking it apart and using it for another build.
I was an avid model builder when I was 12 to 18 years old. I was a big fan of Revell, Aurora, Monogram and sometimes Lindberg. I made ships, airplanes, military vehicles and later, automobiles. I built a large Lindberg B-17. It may be in a box in my garage. I thought then and now, I was a pretty darn good model maker. My fantasy job was with Lucas. Of course life intervenes and I now collect prebuilt auto models costing much more than the old styrene. I've revived the hobby part building a wood model of a sailing ship. Guys like this have taken the plastic model hobby way beyond what I could have imagined back in the day. By the way, I have a 1962 Revell catalogue with a $.15 price tag. The bicycle and model shop I visited weekly surely gave it to a good customer like me. Looking through it I am amazed at the prices of many models that I bought and thought highly of. As a child of WWII I had the B25, B24 that I thought were great. They were $.98 each!
Nice electrical lighting and prop motor action.👍
Reverse the polarity on your motors, all the props are running backwards.
Very well done. Congratulations for getting around the difficulties of the modification. I build 1:8 scale die cast models, and some of the mods I install can be difficult to construct for an intermediate. I retire next month and getting back into modeling as a full-time hobby. Times have changed since I was a kid building Revell kits - a re-learning process.
Thank you!, The best part of building models is that everyone is always willing to help. Now that we have social media we can learn so much more than we have been able to in the past. Let me know if you need help with anything
Just a hint to all my modeling pals out there. Buy yourself a food dehydrator. I use it to dry painted parts. Mine has a cover to keep dust off the parts, I cut out most of the shelf bottoms so larger parts will fit. Cuts a 24 hour drying time down to a hour or so and really hardens the finish. 👍💯
Now that’s a great Idea.
Only for Enamels which drying time is fast but the hardening takes a day or 3. People often confuse the hardening of enamels as drying. Most Lacquers and Acrylics dry fast enough to not worry but the dehydrator is a good spot for them to dry faster and with little dust issues, unless the racks inside are plastic then they are a magnet for dust anyways soon as the doors open.
Im 61, id love to have the eyesite to do one of those projects. Excellent build my friend.
Thank you. It was a fun build.
Andy, I recommend you find an Optivisor or the like. Definitely needed at our age to assist the Mk1 eyeballs.
Monogram designed and manufactured the B-17G , not Revell. revell took over monogram and is trying to take credit. . btw, revell manufactured its own 1/48 b-17. it is a b-17 F called the memphis belle and though it fills the gap for a 1/48 scale b-17F, it is not as detailed as the monogram kit..but its spartan interior would be perfect for interior lighting wires and boards..you can spruce up the revell 1/48 b-17F with monogram parts...Revell also made the B-17F in 1/72 scale. i still have both unbuilt in my model collection.
There's always 1 !!! 😴😴💤💤
Great build buddy, keep building and doing what your doing ! Ignore the PLONKERS that moan, cry and kick their toys out of their plan when something doesn't suit them !!! P.s Please Please what ever you do don't forget a full stop from any of comments and posts.. good god man, how dare you miss a full stop !! Please make sure you've got your bomb shelter up and running in your garden and your Panic room inside .. just incase !!!! Stay safe buddy, can't wait get into mine, this century..... Hopefully ! Happy new year to you and your family and stay safe ! May the force be with you !!
@@fredkitmakerb9479 i did not know that monogram purchased revell! i stand corrected, thankyou.. but i agree with you; it's just not right that revell is still going strong and that monogram is gone. i will always promote Monogram wherever i can. i grew up with monogram in the 50s and 60s and i remember that my revell models couldn't hold a candle to my monogram kits..
Thank you. I am sorry for the late reply. But I do really appreciate the compliment.
It's a Monogram kit, reboxed by Revell. Revell never did work that good back in the day..
We'll let you keep that little secret to yourself, delusion is best experienced with no witnesses.
Nice. I re-watched the movie Heavy Metal from the '80s a while back and this would be a great kit to recreate the Pacific Pearl !!
Make sure to put an eerie green pulsating light in it. 🧟🧟♂😄
Just found your channel. Love the corsair!
Thank you
Consider using a stepper bit for drilling holes.
When drilling holes out like that, use a step-bit. You'll increase the size of the hole without drift and you don't have to change out bits as much. Then, when you get close, switch out to the exact size (If it's different then the closest size on the step-bit).
Step bits are the way to go when it comes to keeping an accurate and centered hole. I found this out while trying to make the center hole in some nylon bushings bigger a few years ago. Most of the time I use a smaller ratcheting screw driver and do them by hand for precise control over the depth of the hole.
My only bit of constructive criticism is that the fire extinguishers ( the bottles with the nozzles) should be red. Built this kit years ago when it was first issued. May have to build it again if I can find the shelf space. Nice work BTW.
Oooo! B17 might be a good option as well.
Sub'd.
You have a clear voice and good tone. Nice production. Like to see a little more length and detail. You have some good skill to share with us.
Excited to see where you go with this channel.
Thank you for the comment. I will deffently work on your suggestions. Thank you!!
Built this one a few times, and I remember it as a Monogram kit. Did Revell buy them out?
ur bottle of glue.......what is that red thing and how can i get one
Sorry Tony for the late reply. Its a MR Hobby glue holder. I found the 3D printing file online. I was tipping over glue bottles left and right. No longer an issue.
I think it's Way too bright not to scale at all I'll slap some resistors on that. I had to build 12 of them for a Restaurant with light and Motors . I think I had 140 bucks in supplies for the products for all 12 .someone gave me a couple of the the kits you used and you are so right they are junk the only thing I kept was the sound board. But iam making a few changes and making 3d parts for the B17 .good video. Thumbs 👍
Keep me up to date on your work. Its fun but the kit sucked! Thank you for the feedback.
@BreakTime Scale Models yes they do I try telling them how bad the kit was .
Cool, did you have to paint it? I've never seen a kit like this before, im 64 from Ocala Florida just FYI , ok i subscribed, can't wait to see the finished product, where are you at ,just wondering
Needs a crew ,looks like a ghost ship all things considered it looks pretty cool I might give it a little while for them to get the bugs out and give it a try
This model is aicent I remember doing it fifty years ago
Nice , looks like the engines are all turning the wrong way when running though .
Yep. Did I mention I was frustrated with this kit lol. Just need to reverse the polarity. However I’m going to take it apart.
Did they intend for the props to rotate in reverse?
Nope. I reversed the polarity. But just a bit to late
You talked about getting people into the hobby. I used to build models a while back but haven't in a while. Recently, I started thinking about starting up again, but a random sampling of kits just stunned me with how much they cost now. A 1/25th car $65.00, a 1/25th truck, $110.00, I think the average price I saw for all the kits I looked at, in general was maybe $120.00. Most of these were kits that would have been in the 8 to 15 dollar range when I was building (and this was in the 80s and 90s). The have just become unreasonably expensive, if I had a kid today who was interested, there is just no way they could do the kind of model building I did back in the day. I realize there is inflation, but these are not just a bit more money, they are crazy expensive now. Model trains are the same. I saw RTR boxcars that were over 50 bucks each. Locomotives are routinely in the multiple hundreds, to put together a train of 10 cars would cost a fortune now. It's a shame, but it's no wonder the hobby is dying.
Don’t let it keep you from getting into it. AMT makes great kits to jump back into. As well does Airfix. Airfix has stepped up its game adding new models with great detail for less money. Reach out if you have questions.
Price wise at hobby lobby you can get 40% off during random sales with the kits. I picked up cars in the 20$ and then 40% off that. Larger scales you are looking at are more money. 1/35 or 1/48 would be better in price. 1/72 is small be even cheaper.
@@breaktimescalemodels I'm not really talking about myself. If I decide to build again, I can swing 100 bucks fr a kit if it's something I really want, but I was building models when I was very young. There's no way I could do that if I were young now. 20 bucks is a lot of money when your 10. I'm just stunned at how the prices have skyrocketed for even the most standard, basic kits. Unless it's some movie related snap together thing, I think they are just out of reach for a lot of kids who would otherwise be interested.
Joe, you can buy the very same basic kits that I started out building in the 60s. They have increased in price of course but are still affordable. I would also recommend attending a model show in your area. These shows have vendors that sell used kits for far less than new. Happy modeling. 😊 👍
Well all considered it looked pretty good on camera (made me smile anyway!) the sounds; are they all from the kit speaker or are the engines and props adding sound? Something is not quite right? Maybe?
First timer and enjoyed the experience so I have L & S’d and shall return. By the way she looks enormous for 1:48!!
Bob
England
The recording they placed in it was from the B17-F. I ordered the new kit and after learning a bit from it. I think the next go around will be even better. It was fun. And I’m glad you smiled. Made my day.
@breaktimescalemodels my sim in life………smiles! 😎
Excellent, would not most interior lights be red? Otherwise great.
Yep. Came all clear.
@@breaktimescalemodels OUTstanding, no less. Would like to do a US Diesel Submarine cutaway animated. Keep up your excellent work.
A friend built this kit back in the 80s and put electric motors in for the props. He had it controlled by a model railroad rheostat controller, and when he went to full power it threw most of the props violently across the room after moving the plane about 2 feet. He rebuilt it and put a stop pin on the controller where he figured the limit was... this was pre-LED and he didn't want to melt it so he opted to forgo the lights...
I was laughing at this. But also pretty cool!
th props are spinning in reverse
Your engine carbs aren't clocked correctly
So sorry!!
Cool, but Props rurns in the wrong way.
Yep. I need to reverse the polarity with this kit. It’s not done yet. I need to go back inside it.
That´s for reverse taxing
It's a rebox of a very old monogram kit not the best for accuracy or fit
actually, the monogram kit is the most accurate kit out there, in terms of fuselage length, wing length and nose length. it's better than the japanese kits and even more accurate than the 1/32 scale hong kong models offering. i know because i have measured the kit fuselage and wings, according to scale drawings. i've measured the other kits as well. though the other kits have more detail, none of them can match the monogram kit for fuselage length, fuselage width, nose length and wing length.
You can make a very nice kit with just a little extra work at a fraction of the cost of the HK kits
I had a viewer share that it was unsafe to drill with rubber gloves on! I ask you this. When I go to work and operate on people as a Scrub Nurse in the operating Room. Should I take my gloves off when we are drilling in your Brian, bone and teeth. ? Lol come on people
But yes, be careful when working with tools. Wear safety gear and keep hands clear of sharp things.
😂😂😂😂 Yeah. Not like your spinning a half inch bit chucked up in a drill press while wearing gloves. Tiny bit and rubber gloves. Chill.
Dude this kit is absolutely prehistoric, if you wanted a better fit and nicer detail you should have got the hk models kit
Well, you see the guy who builds the mod for the kits only allows for certain kits to be used. Check out the website. I will be taking it apart and using it for another build.
The $120 one would spend on the HK kit would buy me a lot of lunches.
That sound from the engine was too loud
Too loud! lol than turn down your volume lol. Did you like the build?