The LHS here where I live has a military version of this for $50. I’m tempted to buy it, but its size keeps me from bring it home. I’ve considered getting a 1/72 model of it instead. Your photographs show it to be a nice model … I’m looking forward to seeing your finished aircraft.

Nice Score on the civilian version! It is cool to see that Monogram did their homework when they made the two versions. Both may not be 100% correct (what kit is) but they are distinctly different. I hope this inspires you to complete the build Louis, @lgardner. I have the Military kit and a set of floats to put it on. I really want to build it but need a break after I finish the B-24.

Hello again everyone. I wasn't able to properly reply back to your comments using my cell phone. Now I'm logged back in on our computer so it can be done now.

Spiros Pendedekas
I agree with you 110 percent my friend. I couldn't have been more lucky to have scored this kit and especially at the price I did. I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial on the main differences between these two kits.

John vd Biggelaar (@johnb)
Thank you my friend. Like you, I didn't realize all of the differences between these two kits until I started doing some research about them. Then it became even more obvious once I had the plastic parts laid out next to each other from the two kits side by side. I'm glad you found the differences I posted useful.

Yes I will definitely be building both planes at the same time. So please look forward to seeing that.
Thanks again.

Stephen W Towle (@stephen-w-towle)
Hello again Stephen... Yes it sure does sound like that. There was a movie called "The Life and Times of the Outlaw Jose Wales"... but I'm no Clint Eastwood, and the era we live in is almost 150 years too late now. 😉

It has been an eye opener for both my wife and I, with everything we went through with my step son, and the continuing battle with my wife's cancer. I'll chime in right here and mention it again...

Every day is a gift.

Earlier today I went back and read the whole Ju-52 journal, from the very beginning to right now. It reminded me of the things we went through with him back then, and all of the trouble / turmoil it caused everyone who was involved with him.

Alcohol, or any kind of addiction can ruin a person's life. I used to jokingly say "You can lead a horse to water... and then they drink Vodka." Very true. His troubles ended sometime between a short span of several days. His body was found in his car, parked in a Walmart parking lot. His mom had texted him on one afternoon, and she heard from him later on that same day.

The next time we heard about him was when a detective called us and asked those words that no parent ever wants to hear... Are you the parent of a man named ? ... then to find out they "think" his body was in the car for at least two days.

So we immediately drove over to the scene which was about an hour away. The coroner was loading his zippered body bag up into his transport vehicle, and the photos had all been taken for evidence. Because I have seen countless number of scenes exactly like this, I knew what to expect. So I tried to protect his mom from seeing something that would remain with her for the rest of her life. I asked her to please not to go and look in the car.

Eventually she did go look. But by this time he was no longer inside, and his body was on the way to the Coroner's office for the upcoming autopsy. The scene was documented by the Police, and the car was turned over to the tow truck driver. It was NASTY inside. That's all I'm going to say about that.

So she didn't get to see him in the horrible state he was in. For that I'm thankful. No mother should ever have to see their son, especially the youngest son, no matter what age they are, in a condition like this. Sadly though, it does happen once in a while.

Unfortunately for her, she never got to see him again, since she elected to have his casket closed with no viewing.

However, I didn't realize it at the time, but his mom said she never got closure because of this. This is something I didn't think about. I was simply trying to protect her from seeing the horrors, (and smells) that were still lurking around inside his car.

I understand her thoughts too. There are some times when I wish I had never seen some of the things that I have. I didn't want her to carry this kind of emotional trauma with her from now on, if you will.

Did I make the correct choice ? I'll never know for sure, but my heart thinks that I did. I did what I thought was correct at the time, and will live with the consequences for this from now on. If I had to go through it again, I would do things the same way.

We are hoping that he is at peace now, and is no longer suffering from anything. We don't even know for sure if he had any kind of religion at the time of his death. So this is a hard thing to digest. On another note, we finally got his tombstone completed and installed on his grave site... and this was another nightmare and we had to settle with what we ended up with. We definitely didn't get the same grave marker that we ordered... and to think it only took almost two years to happen ! That's some SWEET customer service right there.

The moral of this story today boys and girls is this: Do your research and background checks on any business that you deal with when it comes to your final arrangements. This is especially true when you are greiving and the most vulnerable. Do yourself a big favor by checking things out ahead of time if you can.

There ARE some shady people out there who will LIE to your face... repeatedly... and act like it's a normal thing to do.

At least now, with the passing of time, and having a permanent grave marker / headstone in place, his mom is finally getting some closure that she desperately needed. I can only imagine what parents go through that have never known what happened to their child, especially those who are labelled as "missing in action'..

OK I have just dumped another chapter on you with the "Life and times of LG"... 😉 sorry... so let's get this train back on the tracks.

I have seen those questions posted where people can ask Eduard about this or that... I think it's an excellent idea too, and I can't wait to see some more early Mustangs and anything P-40 they come out with. Come to think about it, having some more options for P-47's would be great too.

Hint hint ... Hey Eduard ! How about a nice 1/48 scale P-47N for starters ? Food for thought... 🙂

Yes sir, modelling is indeed great therapy... I'm living proof of that.

Pedro L. Rocha (@holzhamer)
My dear friend, I am still alive and kicking ! It's great to hear from you. I have had so many different journals underway at the same time here on Imodeler, that it's no wonder you lost track of this one. I am in the process of tidying up some of them. Several will be completely done before I get busy with building these two Ju-52's.

This includes a Mustang or two... maybe even more. I have a great set of Eduard Donald Duck decals that have been begging me to use them for WAY too long now. Carol's Revenge / Wonder Weapon is another plane to look for in the near future... I know it's not spelled that way, it's the English version. Thanks again by the way.

I had no idea these two different versions of the Monogram / Revell Monogram even existed. Not until I started doing some research into the subject did I become aware of it myself... Originally I thought there was not too much of a difference either... and boy was I ever WRONG !

I didn't include every little detail with the side by side comparisons. There was enough differences to include two completely different sets of plastic parts trees in the box.

Maybe I should do an in depth kit review on these two types before I start cutting the plastic, just in case there are others want to learn about the differences too. Hmmm Maybe. Time will tell. I am very impressed that they took the time to go through all of the trouble to do this for us. My hat's off to them, and it's highly commendable.

It will be a little while before I get busy with building this one. I need to complete a few other projects that were started so I can make room to work on this one. So I will be sure to give you a heads up a little in advance before the work commences on this one.

Now that I'm thinking about it, didn't we also have a pair of Dornier 17's we were working on together ? 😉

Thanks again for everything, and please keep in touch.

Stay safe brother. 🙂

I read the whole blog from almost 3 years ago to present, at least Pedro had several comments, I didn't post one, so I am really late for the party and totally missed this Whip. I tell ya it was fun to read it all, it took an hour from stem to stern. Monogram also did the same with the C-47/DC-3 kits one miltiary the other a true civilian airliner. Now about the AC-47 don't know it if it was just adding parts to the C-47 kit. I only have the AC-47 kit for now, none of the other 2 kits. The Ju-52 to the Luftwaffe was the C-47 to the Allies when it came to transports, both iconic and distinctive when you see one. At the Chino Planes of Fame there was a Ford Tri-motor, that plane is large too when you walk up to it. I would love to have seen both the Tri-motor and a Ju-52 next to each other. Sadly it crashed at the Fullerton airport in Orange County in 1986. I don't recall if it was the same one I saw fly in Chino. There is a kit 72nd scale of the Tri-motor, I don't believe there is one in 48th scale. Still want to express my deepest condolences of the fate of your wifes son, I remember how tough those days were prior and the difficult decisions that had to be made. He is at peace now. Thanks for sharing the motivation in building a very nice yet seldom seen build of the Ju-52. Will look forward when you get back into getting all started. Thanks for sharing.

Louis I saw it built up several years ago and it was an impressive model. From what I have read it goes together well. The other PM models I built were a pleasure such as the F-84 and F-86D and fit like a Tamiya kit.