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Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:53 pm
by keavdog
I did the pro-modeler kit. It was one of the first kits I did after a 4-5 year break from modeling
As I recall I really enjoyed the build
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:58 pm
by Stikpusher
Brandons_Iron wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:18 am
I've got two of the ProModeler kits on hand and ton of AM for them. I just need to get around to building them.
Me too, I’ve got the original Pro Modeler SB2C-4 and Accurate Miniatures SB2C-1C in my stash and have yet to build…
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:25 pm
by jeaton01
The last SB2C I built was in 65, the Monogram kit. I still have some scraps from it. I too have the Pro Modeler kit, and also the 1/72 Academy kit which is a very nice kit. Hasegawa also released the ProModeler kit and somehow I ended up with one of them. Just for nostalgia I have one of the old Monogram kits as well. It was in truth a dreadful airplane, regardless of it's wartime record.
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:40 am
by Medicman71
I need to get one as it's one of the few US Navy planes I don't have in the stash.
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:42 pm
by Proud Marine Dad
jeaton01 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:25 pm
The last SB2C I built was in 65, the Monogram kit. I still have some scraps from it. I too have the Pro Modeler kit, and also the 1/72 Academy kit which is a very nice kit. Hasegawa also released the ProModeler kit and somehow I ended up with one of them. Just for nostalgia I have one of the old Monogram kits as well. It was in truth a dreadful airplane, regardless of it's wartime record.
Possibly why crews called it, "SOB Second Class."
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:14 pm
by Proud Marine Dad
My Pro Modeler kit arrived today.
The wife is going to have a cow when she learns it was $60.
I did tell her it was out of production though and prices are going up. I saved us money buying it now.
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:31 pm
by Stikpusher
Watch Revell re issue the kit in the next six months…
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:49 pm
by Proud Marine Dad
Oh well, that's life.
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:31 am
by Brandons_Iron
I'm sure the OG kit will be better than and "new" kit...
Re: Want to build a 1/48 Curtiss SB2C some day
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:36 am
by Stikpusher
Yeah, aside from better decals in a new boxing, the older molds will be more crisp.