Enter keywords or a search phrase below:
I have older Matchbox 1/72 scale corvette and I'm slowly working on it but the painting instructions suck can any one give me a link or help on painting it I'm trying to paint it like the U.S.S Saucy. I'm not very good at judging colors.
Maybe these might help
http://manuals.hobbico.com/rvl/80-5112.pdf
http://www.modelwarships.com/features/current/flower/flower.htm
http://www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/MODELS/Revell_Flower_inbox/Revell_Flower_inbox.htm
http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/naval/Flower_Class-Corvettes.htm
Paints of that era faded rapidly and chalked a lot. And those Corvettes saw extreme environments, so I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you are depicting it fresh from the shipyard. Rust color covers up a multitude of sins :-) You can use lots of grimy washes, too.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Hi DON :
The Matchbox kit ? Isn't that the one that is so small you can't tell what it is anyway ? A matchbox kit . He! He! .I have that beast too. Converted it to R.C. and used a multi layer wash effect in the colors called for .There's so much rust , it looks like a derelict except the Very clean guns !
I think anyone can do it up proud .Just don't try to match " just out of the builders yard colors " . For some reason that ship looks wrong all pristine and unused !
No, Matchbox is one of the brands (I think the latest repop) of the big 1:72 version. It is huge! I am working on scratching the main gun, so it will be awhile before I start the actual ship.
There is a new deluxe version of the kit with all sorts of PE stuff, but like urich, I have one of the earlier releases, though I bought mine JUST before they did the deluxe version.
Don Stauffer No, Matchbox is one of the brands (I think the latest repop) of the big 1:72 version.
No, Matchbox is one of the brands (I think the latest repop) of the big 1:72 version.
Matchbox was the original maker of the kit. It must go back 25 to 30 years ago.
Revell of Germany picked up many of the old Matchbox kits after its demise. Many of these kits have been re-released under the Revell/Revell AG labels with minimal changes -- often just changing the plastic colors to one as opposed to three or four
Don !
That was supposed to be a He! He! moment. Ya know " Matchbox " and all . T.B.
Like the 1:350 Cutty Sark I am building at the moment?
Hi, DON
Yer building the " Short Skirt " too ? By the way My 1/72 version Of the " Flower Class Corvette " in R.C. is based on the old Matchbox version .
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.