One thing to remember in regard to Monogram later Revell, even during the raised panel line era, accuracy was very rarely an issue, highly detailed kits, just they could be a little labor intensive. At times minor corrections or update the kit. Otherwise they were good. The only one most agree is the A/B-26 kit may be off quite a bit shapewise, but even that if you want to build an Invader, it's still all we have at the moment. And for me it still looks like an Invader, I'll build it. And most of all for the money. Revellogram are still a bargain compared to what Hasegawa etc want for their kits. ICM for one has come a long ways. Watching this review/WIP and ease of assembly so far really is a big help for most of us.

Thanks Chuck.

I think you nailed that right on the head there. I grew up with Monogram kits and if I was really lucky I got to build a few Revell kits. To this very day I will build a Monogram or Revell kit without a hesitation. Sure they may not be up to the standards set by Tamiya or Hasegawa but they can still be a fun build provided that you don't get bogged down with trying to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks again buddy.

After thinking about this for a while, I decided that I was going to take apart one of the bomb cells and make a master pattern from one. So I carefully removed one from the bomb bay floor.

Call me silly but I'll have a few sets of bomb bays for future Monogram conversions.

This was a great idea Chuck. Thanks for asking me if the parts were interchangeable.

Hello Chuck,
I'm glad to hear that you can still build 1/72 scale models. That is a gift from God indeed. Over the past few years I have only been purchasing 1/32 and 1/48 aircraft models and 1/35 Armor.

You're correct about the bomb bay into the H-22. I'm fairly certain that by this point they had the bomb bay area changed to where they carried the bomb load externally. In some books I have read where this was done with a rack hat could be interchanged, meaning the existing bomb bay could be used if the external rack was removed. Sounds a little confusing huh ?

I would build my H-22 Monogram with the V-1 mounted under the wing... I think it just looks cool.

We are indeed living in what many have called the "Golden Age of Modelling". Lately many manufacturers have really improved their game.

Companies like Airfix, ICM, Revell and Eduard have really turned out some great stuff compared to what they did 20 years ago or so.

Hey Louis, I had a LOL moment over the size of your mallet! Clearly well used!
And about Monogram, I still have a number of them in the stash, with the added goal of getting the Century series of fighters. I built several, the F-100, F-104 and F-106 Dagger, which is a very good kit.

Hahahaha !

Robert, I'm glad you enjoyed the brass hammer. Years ago I was an automotive machinist. I wanted a brass hammer so one of my fellow employees gave me this one. Needless to say, it's been around the block a few times. It was pretty beat up when I got it.

Good eye !

I have been busy with the Waldron punch set today. Now I need to take a break from this for a while. This is very time consuming and tedious work. I messed up several times and had to build two more dividers. Now I have enough completed so I can build up the bomb bays.

Next step is to continue the cutout work on the sides of the racks. You can see where I started on one of these.

Almost one done, then three more to go.