Matchbox F-16A
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The sidewinders are drilled out
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Thinning down the exhaust
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Added a bit of plasticard to make the wheel wells (a little bit) more interesting
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Also the front wheel well
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Ejection seat is done
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Different parts are primed white
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Started with the assembly
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The fit is not so good 🙁
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Gaps
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Started with filler
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More putty
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Here as well
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Now sanding
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More sanding
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Wings are on
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Filled the gaps, more sanding and rescribing a few panel lines
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Canopy is masked
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And the nose cone is glued. Fit is not great either. There is some weight inside just in case
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More filling, sanding and ready for primer
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Painted the canopy interior color and the tires with XF-1 and a tiny drop of XF-53
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Everything primed with grey Ultimate primer (Stynylrez)
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Pre-shaded with XF-1
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Underside, tail and tanks painted with XF-19
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Tried to do some low lights and highlights, although they're not so visible in the photo
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Gloss coat on the underside
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All masked, ready for the top colour
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XF-24 applied
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Post-shading and de-masking
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Gloss coat
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Masking the nose cone
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Nose cone painted XF-53
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Another gloss coat and decals on
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Black panel liner
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A bit of light weathering with oil paints
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The exhaust nozzle was painted with Vallejo jet exhaust and weathered with blue and burnt siena oil paints
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Coat of matt varnish
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Ordnance added
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And it's finished!
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Commenti
50 5 February 2023, 13:34
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Thanks Villiers. I find very exciting the moment of getting everything out of the box to get started!
6 February 2023, 07:41
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Looking great. Nice to see all that filling and sanding came good now the primer is on. 🙂
11 May 2023, 21:34
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Thanks Neil and everybody else for the likes. Let's hope after the painting it still looks ok!
12 May 2023, 06:46
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Good progress ,,, like it ... I also spent some putty around the cockpit , but don't remember having so much trouble with the rest of the airframe ,,, Keep on !
12 May 2023, 15:07
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I've never seen a Matchbox kit only the metal cars. This is interesting.
28 May 2023, 11:23
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Thanks Eric! Matchbox kits were really popular in the 80s in Europe and got many of us into modelling. I will always have a soft spot for them 🙂
29 May 2023, 06:57
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Following. I built dozens of Matchbox kits as kid, never had this one though. Looking great so far 🙂
29 May 2023, 09:22
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Thanks Julian! Yes I do not mind building these old kits at all, it's rewarding
12 July 2023, 17:21
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Clean work with subtle shading and weathering. Elegant over all appearance.
13 July 2023, 07:40
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Thank you Neuling 👍! I was afraid the end result could be a bit plain/dull but I am very happy that you like it
13 July 2023, 11:18
Project info
Group Build
![Matchbox 50th anniversary group build in](/events/img/11950-12448-82-p.jpg)
Matchbox 50th anniversary group build
1. Aprile 2022 fino a 31. Dicembre 2023
1. Aprile 2022 fino a 31. Dicembre 2023