My childhood dreams becoming true...
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I am really positively surprised with the quality of the mouldings and their fit.
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Addressing some moulding and fit imperfections - not many of them in fact.
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Some progress here - tucking 20 grams of weight into the nose was quite a challenge. I am still pondering on which configuration of the wings I like more 😉
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Main paintinig done. Now to the most risky process - applying the original decals...
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The process of decalling went surprisingly troublefree (taking into account the age of the original decal sheet). Now to smaller bits...
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Finished. I must admit it was quite enjoyable experience.
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Finished. This build has given me some idea for some future(istic) model...
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Finished.
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Finished.
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Together with the Team-mate 😉
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Together with the Team-mate 😉
Commenti
53 11 November 2022, 16:21
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Welcome to the group build 🙂
Matchbox kits are quite nice to build, especially considering their age.
11 November 2022, 17:36
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Welcome, Mates! @Torsten - it is really my very first Matchbox kit! @Łukasz - my friends' father was a sailor and brought him catalogues. @Jan - I only hope that decals will still behave friendly...
11 November 2022, 21:02
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I remember building this kit as a kid. Looking forward to watching your progress, Robert!
11 November 2022, 22:41
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Feel warmly welcomed, Mates! I do not want to dissapoint you, so I warn everybody that I intend to built her OOB 😉
13 November 2022, 21:31
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Robert, I see you've found another interesting model in your stash. I wish you a successful build and look forward to seeing it completed. 👀
13 November 2022, 23:42
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Thank you, Ludviku! In fact, it was purchased on purpose - to join the group here at scalemates 😉
14 November 2022, 08:34
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LOL 😄 Not that really well known, at least in my childhood times in Eastern Europe...
15 November 2022, 20:36
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Wellcome to this "child(teen) nostalgia " group. Following
1 January 2023, 17:14
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Thank you, S M . I'm still hesitating on this... yet, if I would get this model as a kid, I would have made them folded, so... the answer seems obvious 😉
15 February 2023, 19:33
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Thank you, Bernd! I am really surprised with the quality of this kit.
15 February 2023, 19:38
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Great progress, I used to build my planes with non folded wings when I was a kid 🤔
16 February 2023, 10:07
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The combination of blue and silver with yellow lettering looks very attractive. 👍
Why are the wings separated from the fuselage when painting? The only sensible reason I can think of is that you are going to make a model with folded wings. Or am I wrong?
16 February 2023, 10:32
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Thanks for your kind words, Mates!
That's exactly the reason, Ludviku! 😉
16 February 2023, 14:33
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I call her finished. I must admit that assembling this kit has been quite an enjoyable experience.
24 February 2023, 14:08
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Since Matchbox kits were generally not easily available (at least very pricey in the unofficial market) in Poland in 1980ties I could only turn the pages of their catalogue...
Group Build
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Matchbox 50th anniversary group build
1. Aprile 2022 fino a 31. Dicembre 2023
1. Aprile 2022 fino a 31. Dicembre 2023