dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 1/72 scale model built around 8 years ago, she rarely comes out of her box. However she's going to a show next weekend so thought I'd share this old lady with you guys. thanks for viewing 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tristarcaptain 282 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Nice one, Alan! Is that kit by Matchbox? I was not a big fan of making model bi-planes, but I did make a Tamiya Swordfish, which I really enjoyed. I did cheat with the rigging and bought their etched set for that. Martin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Nice job Alan. It was amazing how large they 'stretched' the fabric and stick construction back then. Have you ever done any stick/fabric/dope models? I tried a kit way back when...a P51 ironically, abut as appropriate as a hard shell H.Page I guess. Ha. Fun part of those were we could fly them with rubber band motors. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Nicely done Al 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 7/3/2017 at 22:42, Tristarcaptain said: Nice one, Alan! Is that kit by Matchbox? I was not a big fan of making model bi-planes, but I did make a Tamiya Swordfish, which I really enjoyed. I did cheat with the rigging and bought their etched set for that. Martin Indeed it is the old Matchbox one, Revell did a repop a few years ago but this one is an original.. It['s still the only i/m kit of this aircraft ever produced although I believe there is a Vac-Form model around though never come across it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tristarcaptain 282 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thanks for the info, Alan. Matchbox made some interesting subjects from time to time, but others were somewhat poor in quality. It's a shame that they employed trench diggers to do the panel lines on some of their kits! Their Supermarine Stranraer was pretty good though. Regards Martin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 15 hours ago, Tristarcaptain said: Thanks for the info, Alan. Matchbox made some interesting subjects from time to time, but others were somewhat poor in quality. It's a shame that they employed trench diggers to do the panel lines on some of their kits! Their Supermarine Stranraer was pretty good though. Regards Martin I agree the panel lines on some were somewhat overdone at first glance, however I preferred those to the raised panel lines used on many kits of the same era. The other thing is that, when you spray brush the models only a thin coating is applied which still shows the large lines. However us Hairy Stick users by definition apply an slightly thicker coat and this will often disguise oversized panel lines whilst doing so. The result being that the finished models have panel lines no worse than anyone elses spray finished items. Link to post Share on other sites
Tristarcaptain 282 Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 When Matchbox kits first came out, I was very young. I quite liked the idea of multiple colored plastic parts! When I got older, I liked the Hasegawa, Fujimi, Tamiya and some of the later generation Airfix kits. Their 1/48 Seafire and Lightnings were very, very good. When I got older, I got rid of the hair stick and went for the airbrush. I did actually write articles for Scale Models International for a few years, which was fun. Anyway, it's great to see your model pictures. I guess that some day I will have to dig out some of mine...... Kind regards Martin 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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