SCM Groupbuild - Matchbox Nostalgia

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9 January 2014, 16:55

Robert
After I killed my USS San Diego, I'm back with the HMS Tiger...

9 January 2014, 17:04

Bruce Leyland-Jones
Great pity about the San Diego. Because Matchbox ships were the least popular, after aircraft, AFV's and then cars/bikes, relatively few were built and they can be something of a rarity nowadays. The 1/700 scale was also sufficiently different from the 'standard' Airfix scale of 1/600, to put people, (like me) off collecting them. FROG had theirs in 1/500 and the Japanese manufacturers, using 1/700 and 1/350, were even more rare, back in the day.
As a consequence, it'll be good to see this built up, as it was supposed to have been.

9 January 2014, 17:09

Robert
18 days to go.... 🙂

10 January 2014, 11:24

Burkhard D
Brings back the spirit of those 1970s modeling days 🙂

10 January 2014, 11:39

Stefan Schneider
The groupbuild goes on until 28th of FEBRUARY 😉 It is displayed incorrectly due to a bug.

10 January 2014, 12:19

Robert
on the event page it states "1. till 28. January 2014"...

10 January 2014, 15:13

Robert
ahh ok... either way I should get it done by then 🙂

10 January 2014, 15:15

Robert
I guess that's it for this weekend...

10 January 2014, 16:12

Barry Lloyd
This brings back memories - one of the first models I built when I was a kid, back in the early 70's.

10 January 2014, 22:01

Robert
Hi Barry, I hope only good ones 🙂

13 January 2014, 23:15

Bruce Leyland-Jones
Every kit I built was a good one...until I saw someone else's.😉

14 January 2014, 08:41

Robert
Bruce, I know what you mean... 🙂

14 January 2014, 14:23

Robert
Most work is done... only the masts and the heli have to be added and a little water of course.... 🙂

21 January 2014, 19:24

Christian Bruer
Hi Robert, there is no comparison between the kit mast and PE part. But what are we talking about, the kit is from 197?. Always good to see somebody building one of these old kits, and your HMS Tiger looks pretty good. Cheers, Christian

21 January 2014, 19:44

Robert
Absolutly right, Christian. The kit itself fits well and is a good base.
Getting closer to the end. One layer clear paint and the base and I'm done 🙂

22 January 2014, 22:01

Robert
I'm getting there.... Tomorrow I should be done 🙂

5 February 2014, 17:12

Stefan Schneider
Lucky you 😉

5 February 2014, 18:17

Robert
Hi All,
Thank you for your support. I finished the model and uploded the last 11 pics for this project.
Cheers Robert

6 February 2014, 22:41