Hells Bells 1969 Vintage Nostalgia
Getting My Groove Back in the Way Back Machine

OOB 1969 vintage Monogram P-39 except decals. Kit decals no go; use Eagle Strike decals. Paints to use Medium Green 42 (RC260), Brown FS30140 (RC224 or UA85), light Sky Blue FS35526 (RC240 or UA61).

Available colour photos show Interior Green FS34151 (UA4), Bell Green? FS34079 (UA52), dark green FS34102 (UA2) and Bronze Green FS34052 (UA51/UA111) for cockpits; Interior Green, Zinc Chromate Yellow or Aluminium lacquer for wheel wells; nose undercarriage legs painted with Olive Drab and Interior Green; wheel hubs in Interior Green and natural metal. The undercarriage legs and internal faces of wheel covers were Interior Green.

Painting and Weathering will be in the Spanish Style based on MIG Ammo Solution Box WWII RAF Early Aircraft.

A nostalgic blast from the past the venerable Monogram’s 1969 1/48 P-39 Airacobra. I remember this wonder-kit with its open-door cockpit, engine, and fuselage guns details. In the age before aftermarket goodies this kit at $1.50 had it all. True, it also had raised panel lines, but back then that was the norm. At 14 years of age, it was the favorite of this modeler. Now at a much more mature age, I found a kit on eBay (at a much higher price than originally released) and decided to use techniques and materials I’ve never tried before and rediscovered the joy of building just for my own enjoyment and experimentation. Here’s the result of my first attempt to paint and weather a model in the Spanish School style. OOB except for after-market decals to replace the unusable aged, yellowed, and cracked kit decals. Products used Stynylrez primer, Lifecolor acrylic paint, Ammo Mig and AK weathering products, and Eagle Strike Productions decals IP4801.