1/48 Monogram AT-6 Texan

Gallery Article by Konley Kelley on Oct 20 2009

 

My friend Mike gave me a Monogram 1:48 AT-6 Texan for my birthday. It was a terrific kit with a detailed interior and excellent figures. I built the kit OOB and painted/decaled it as an Army trainer. I finished it with a coat of Future. It was a pleasure to build and I am particularly proud of my work on the figures.

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As you can see, the kit is posed on a cutting board in the kitchen in front of my wife's "I Love Lucy" collection. Well...this is disgraceful. I had to do something about that.

I also build models in 3D. I asked myself, "Why not build a 3D airfield?" I can pose the Texan at a classic 1940's rural Texas Army airfield. So I began the 3D work and it really "took off."

"Whitney Field" is named after my wife. It includes a variety of 3D models I have built over the years.

So I asked myself again, "How can I showcase 3D models from different ages of flight in my airfield?" Answer: Whitney Field has a Flight Museum!

I typically build a 3D model after I have built a scale model. I built a 1:48 Stuka (also featured on ARC) and a 1:48 Spirit of St. Louis. I used the scale models as a reference for construction of the 3D models.

I'd like to invite you to visit Whitney Field to see more 3D aircraft and the art gallery. There are also some animated P-40's playing chicken. Put those guys on report!

http://www.shortfuse3d.com

Konley Kelley

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Photos and text © by Konley Kelley