P=61 Black widow

[deckape]

Ahoy
Ran out of card models I have to order some been going bughouse here nothing to do but build my lifes stash of plastic and wood models. hopefully I will get a bunch of card kits soon My firstmate is still a little sore at me for that escapade I pulled with the guy who sold me those bootleg card kits . Its over with now and life goes on. I will post this old monogram kit I had in the model stash for 38 years, about time I started and finished it been sitting around scince 1974. Here is the Black widow gewtting a fresh water wash down in the rain.

Boats

[willygoat]

She turned out great Boats! The P-61 is one of my favorite WWII planes. It's just so cool looking.

[mchale]

awesome job boats

[treadhead1952]

Another great one Boats. I have it in the stash along with both of the Eduard PE Sets for it waiting for me to get a round tuit so I can turn to.

[deckape]

Originally Posted by treadhead1952

Another great one Boats. I have it in the stash along with both of the Eduard PE Sets for it waiting for me to get a round tuit so I can turn to.

Ahoy Jay
Its a great kit I believe this kit along with the TBD Monogram produced were the very first retooled kits that had a full intereir, Like most of their older kits of the past were nothing more then gimic models. With todays after market detail sets this ship can look like a millian bucks. I built mine right from the box . I believe I am the only fellow who modeled this in olive drab abd nuetral gray. I had no olivew drab I had mix my own. I dont buy model paints I go to the home depot and Ace hgardware and buy paints in the can along with your primary colors and a fedral paint chip chart you mix enough paint to do thousand and one models. Oldman winter is on its way you will find time I bew watching your post on the P-61 Jay. Thanks Man for your reply.

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[peter taft]

Originally Posted by willygoat

She turned out great Boats! The P-61 is one of my favorite WWII planes. It's just so cool looking.

Totally agree with this. If memory serves me well {thats a rare thing} Airfix did one of these, and All Black version which was cool. Great job Skipper

[richkat]

One of the great looking planes for shure......have you ever seen the prototype of the P-61E? Also called the F-15.... Started to model it (in plastic from same kit you used) but have yet to finish it....Rich

[deckape]

Originally Posted by richkat

One of the great looking planes for shure......have you ever seen the prototype of the P-61E? Also called the F-15.... Started to model it (in plastic from same kit you used) but have yet to finish it....Rich

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Ahoy richkat
Thank you for your reply on my black widow, Yes They have one of the proto types here at the Dayton Ohio airforce base museum and the y have the P-61 Moon light sernade Beautifull looking thing it is. Thanks sir for the reply and the attachments.

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[richkat]

Deckape; your build looks fantastic! I was lucky to get to go to the airforce museum back in 1990, back then you could walk right up to the planes! stuck my head right up the tailpipe of the X-15 A2 (wow that didn't sound right!). but I would love to go back some time, from what I'v seen they changed the place a lot! Think if I lived as close as you I'd be there every weekend.....Rich

[Texman]

You know, Gremir offers the Reporter...jus' sayin'