G/B suggestion. Matchbox Mayhem G/b anyone?

Nice job Capn Bondo sir!  The hangar is clear for the Heyford.  You gotta use up them spares sometime.

Hey thanks guys! I may totally lose it and breakout the Heyford...

Ivan was kind enough to add as many Lewis guns as I needed with no additional shipping, after all they are about 1/2" long, so I have rather a stash of them.

Finished- the Matchbox 1/72 Supermarine Stranraer. All OOB except for a set of exquisite Lewis guns from Ivan at ukmodels. Humbrol paints, including "shadow effect" of the lower wing.

Photographed at San Francisco, October 7 2009. Comments and critques welcome.

The Stranraer is coming along well. I picked one of those up last month, I was surprised at how big it was.

Well not a lot but at least the Walrus is getting some paint on it, hopefully by the end of the week it will start to come together.

The Stranraer has one big problem to solve. I've spent three days working on it in bits, and while not complete, here's a synopsis.

Several weeks ago, absent a front view drawing, the lower wings were attached at a suitable angle based on the box art, and several built kit photos on the www. Well and good.

From right to left- the upper wing installed on the interplane struts, all the rest of the struts installed, and the center and left sections upside down in order to show the mounting points.

There are 12 interplane struts, plus a pair of aileron coordinators. These all are in either slate grey or dark sea grey depending on the surface from whence they spring. All were painted accordingly and detached, then taped to a diagram. I had to make one that was short shot in the kit. Mind, they're not paired, slotted or in any way other than sticks of plastic.

So equipped; the challenge.

There's a set of four on each wing, but they cant outward dramatically and at a pair of angles. And the four in the center that engage the nacelles, from the root of the lower wing, are each at an angle.

Now the hooter- the four in the center, upon which the center section rests, and which must be installed first, are adjustable- the struts go up into a slot without a length defined. But the end sections set the height above the lower wing. Oh but wait, due to the extreme cant of the struts on the outer wings, it wont fit up/down, in/out never the darn mention of fore/aft until the outer is fitted, the center is positioned, the outer is fixed and the center is adjusted. All and so on, seems like the Choir of Saint Martin -in-the-Fields. Therefore I devised a left/ right strategy. In the photo, one outer section is fixed, the center has been the bridesmaid-come and gone, and the other outer has done the same but not until the struts were positioned.

Hardest a/c I've ever built. Bring on the Privateer!

Got the decals on. Thanks to Aaron for giving me his as mine were shattered; they are 40 years old.

I soaked each one for a half hour, brushed off the muselage and let them sit for ten minutes. Then I peeled each one off the paper with tweezers, doing the old lift-flush in solvaset- lift bit until it came up on the tweezer like a contact lans. Layed down in a lake of Solvaset, brushed off the bubbles and flooded with Microsol. They are sleeping in Microsol right now and look like alligator skin, but in the morning I will respect them. I love old kits.

Bondo,

Looking really good with the paint on her.

Made a little progress on the Lancaster.  My aztek decided it would work so I made up a batch of BIG and shot the interiors of just about every British subject I've got (missed the Fulmar and the Whirlwind though).  Still haven't decided if I'm going to do a resin pit on her though.

The Stranraer is out of the paint shop, and it was all Humbrol enamels. A bit of a challenge but the colors seem spot on. There's a grey/blue that reminds me of living in Bristol. Although me Scot wants to be in Stranraer, on the coast...

Hats off to Chris Hall. He rules, all of the paints you see are a prop by him. 

Dark Sea Grey and Slate Grey on the lower wings, to create the "shadow effect".

Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Gray everywhere else. 

The interplane struts ars the color of the surface from which they, um, go up.

I've been working quite a bit on the Stranraer. All four wings assembled and the undersides doped silver. Buttoned up the fuse and painted the bottom this evening.

Aaron, thank you for the better decals.

Well it is starting to look like an airplane, I've got the lower wings on and the motor built.

It has taken some time to sit down and build, but I finally sat down and started the Walrus.

I have the Revell re-box of the MB kit

Not a lot done so far, but at least I've got some parts off the sprues.

Group Captain,

That's a nice piece of kit you've got going on there.  Look forward to more.

Dave,

They have that model in the National Corvette Museum under a photocopy of the memo that named the Corvette.  The builder did a very nice job on it.  In fact it was one of the nicest museum builds I've seen in quite a while.  Look forward to seeing yours.

Dave- Your work on the Snowberry looks fantastic. Looks like to me you are whipping those small challenges right in order.

Just what is the length of the hull anyway ?  How can you be sleeping when there are models to be built ?

Did you read The Cruel Sea by Monsarrat? That made a huge impression on me as a young man. Do so.

I am very interested to see you build this. I'm also happy this GB goes forward. There's a Heyford in the lobby, if that Ukrainian order for the Lewis factory ever shows up. Painted the interior RAF green tonight, kind of wish I'd painted those tanks aluminium before they were installed. The pilots harness is a big leather belt across the lap with holes and a buckle!

Thanks, buds.

Bondo, that Stranraer looks like a beaut!  I'm looking forward to your progress shots.

As for me, finally got started on the Snowberry.  After many days and many cuss words later I finally got the hull to look presentable.  I don't have the same opinion on matchbox quality with this kit Bill.  Anyway, here's a couple of shots...

Putting on the anti-roll bars.  It's fun glueing straight objects on a curved surface.

The pile of dust on my desk after much sanding.   (and that's only the dust from the final coat of putty)

The white is out of a rattle can.  Didn't put it on too thick so that it still looks a little off white with the grey underneath.

I've got the WEM paints for the Western approaches camoflauge but I don't think I'll get to it before we leave on holidays on Friday.  

Summit wrote:

Capt Bondo - I ordered a kit back in May from the Ukraine mainly to see how long the shipping would take. I recieved it 34 days after the purchase. Slow but reliable The Stranraer petro tanks are Top Notch

Capt Bondo - I ordered a kit back in May from the Ukraine mainly to see how long the shipping would take. I recieved it 34 days after the purchase. Slow but reliable

The Stranraer petro tanks are Top Notch

Supermarine Stranraer in 1/72. This model is a real gem, and if the quality is any indication, I'm really looking forward to building the Privateer for the War in the Pacific GB. I dunno, the decals probably won't work but I plan to paint the markings anyhow. Always looks better, just a little bit of a chore. So I spent a little time tarting up the accomodations, and looking at that rear compartment, it seemed a real thirties thing to put in a few long range petrol tanks.

My Humbrol paints arrived, and I'm going whole cow on the "shadow effect"- the top of the lower wing will be Dark Sea Grey/ Slate Grey. All other uppers Extra Dark Sea Gray and Dark slate Grey. The lowers of all wings, floats is Aluminium, dope of course. I ordered some expensy and cute little brass Lewis guns from a chap in the Ukraine, no sign of them yet but no cash out either, actually Matchboxes aren't bad.

Tally Ho chaps, it's summer in the Highlands and the Jeans are looking for the Geordies.

Bill

Thanks guys, I have to admit that wingy things are a little different from tracky thingies.

Bondo: As i said above I just built her straight out of the box with no bells or whistles. And reading the link it seemed to me that no Torp was carried on that particular mission to Kiel.

Bullet: I airbrushed with Tamiya acrylics. I used XF-63 German Gray on top and XF-21 Sky on the bottom.

Lookin' good there, LeopardMan. I like the finish on her, she looks like she's heading out for an evening of hunting. What kind of paint do you use and how did you apply it?

Leopardman nicely done. First the torp/ rockets combo seems wrong, a little research yielded this site.

http://www2.bc.edu/~emerypa/254/memoirs.html

My father in law was a crew chief for USAAF Beaus and owned two, he loved that a/c even more than his two p-61s.

Great build I think. The Stranraer has moved up to third in the circuit behind the Cant Z and the F-82. My lewis gun order to Toms Model Works was canceled, boo hoo.

Low and Behold. I managed to actually finish an airplane. The second that is. The first one was a Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Vb. Anyway here is my Matchbox 1/72 Beaufighter straight out of the box and nothing added. She is totally pure(Maybe I should have painted her in white). Nothing to say except that I went straight by the instruction supplied with the kit and I even used the decals. The pilots are inside, the ailerons are movable and the main wheels actually turn (play effect). Of what memories are coming back when I flew a torpedo attack at my friends ship and dropped rocks on them instead. What a careless time it was indeed. The actual survival time of a finished models in those years was maybe a summer if that long, like the real comabat . Anyway, here she is the GOOD OL' BEAU.

Hiya. I've been scarce because my computer sort of died on me. I'll be gettng the lend lease build sorted asap to be honest. I need to catch up with that and a few others. Here's my to build/finish list.

Sherman firefly  (Matchbox - lend lease g/b - found to be minus decals)
P51a Mustang,  (Frog kit - lend lease g/b)

Lancaster (Matchbox g/b)
Kiowa (Matchbox g/b)

Comet 4B  (ipms scale model world show - Telford)
Caravelle  (ipms scale model world show - Telford) }these are re-builds.
Britania    (ipms scale model world show - Telford)

Plus a few others. And college work. guess who's gonna be busy LoL. More work on these later today.

All the best.

Greg

That one o wonder is looking sweet. Can't wait to see that one in paint and sitting on it's 'cart. I've started on the Kiowa now Piccies should be posted soon.

All the best.

Greg

Alrighty then lads, hope this works and I manage to actually post some pics via photobucket. I will be the 1st to admit that I could qualify as the poster child for computer illiteracy but here goes.

These shots show little of the actual assembly, but they should show off the worst problem areas from filling to priming. The 3 coats of primer really helped alot but originaly that was to be the final color.

Now I'm thinking of doing something really wild with it. Can't remember what I was drinking (or smoking?) when I came up with this but all my buddies think it will be great so I'm gonna do it. IT being--turn it into an anti-war hippie plane. I'm thinking a bright yellow base color and then festoon the aircraft with hippie type stuff like flower power slogans, a rainbow, a marijuana leaf in a circle for insignia, peace signs and such and for a finale maybe a couple of fat doobies under the wings instead of missiles. Basically convert it from a McDonnell CF(Canadian Fighter) 101 Voodoo into a McDonalds CF(Cannabis Flyer)101 WooHoo   (I had fun with that name, still makes me laugh)

Greg, would this be allowed or should I stick to making it represent an actual aircraft? Whadda ya think guys? Feedback would be greatly appreciated here.

Glad to hear your photo etch got there. Persoanlly I'd wait for the decals for the ripple one. I've seen the sheet and it looks great. Sorry I have been scarce for some time. my own PC is totally fubar'd now and I am getting on anyone's pc I can until I get a replacement. the PC's at college are monitored and I really don't want to risk being barred from them as they are too useful and the only ones I can access regularly. and studying Freud, Jung, Rogers, Maslow etc is no fun from text books. ( Anyone who studies psychodynamic analysis needs their head testing! )
Slow progress with the Lanc and the OH58 has been started - piccies to follow soon-ish when I get a rreplacement PC.

All the best.

Greg

Well, the Airwaves photoetch for my Meteor finally got here. I'm not sure whether to start now, or order that decal sheet from Hannants with the 'raspberry ripple' scheme for a Meteor NF.

Think I'll just build it.

Cheers

Tony

Hiya Folks. I'm getting a little bench time, well coffee table time because my model room is being used for storage :-( tinkering with three old Airfix kits and next is more work on the Lancaster. The undercart and turrets are next and I'm about to look through my decal stash for the stars and letters.

That above is part of why I like Matchbox and early Airfix kits. simple, easy, good AMS busting kits. I've got quite a few as you can gather from the list I posted. I'm going to get the Lancaster finished soon but start on the Kiawa tonight, I will get some more pictures taken and posted soon now my computer issues are sorted. Keep those build reports coming guys.

All the best.

Greg

Sorry about the rant there guys but I was in a pretty deep funk for a bit. Seemed everytime I touched that thing I was just looking for the flaws, to the point that I couldn't see the good in it. So I sat down with my granddaughter and let her pick a kit from the shelf (she chose an old Airfix kit of a Me-109) and we built & painted it in one day. Now, I think it looks like crap with purple landing gear and yellow & blue camo but she thinks it looks "Way cool Grampa!". And that makes it look perfect. So with her help I picked myself up and finished assembling the Voodoo and then shot a coat of primer. I won't get any bench time now 'till next weekend, but I hope to have her ready for decals soon. It took a glimpse at things through the eyes of a 5 yr. old to bring me 'round but I reckon I'll be ok now.

And for my punishment for blaming the kit, I will build another wingy-thingy next. Any suggestions?

It's not the kit, it's not the glue or the paint, it's not even the goverment. It's just life. 

Well, work is progressing on the Voodoo, and progressing and progre....you get the point. Can't quite put my finger on the exact problem but this is turning into the worst experience I've ever had building a freakin' model. Could be I've been paying too much attention to building 1/35 armour, or maybe I'm just not as good at this as I like to think I am (and I don't reckon I'm even close to what I've seen in FSM), or maybe this kit was the lemon in the batch, or it may have been stored in less than ideal conditions somewhere in it's history (says 1980 on the box). I'm encountering massive gaps everywhere, wing roots being absolutely horrid, resulting in having to fill and sand away alot of the fine (but unfortunatly raised) detail. It's gotten to the point now where I'm going to close the canopy and fold up the gear and just hang it from the ceiling when it's done. That way I won't have to deal with trying to make the gear bays look presentable, and anyone looking at it will have to be further away so they might not see all of the blemishs. Just gonna relax and slap the rest together then play with the airbrush. Then I'm gonna build another tank.

Prang the bloody Voodoo, prang her good and strong, we'll have to prang the Voodoos now, the Vampires are all gone.

Hi Chaps.

Sorry about the absenteeism. Been down at the Airfix plant doing some work for them, kind of hush hush y'know. can't spill the beans on it old chap and all that. I have some sorting out to do in the model room then it's back to business. I am at Model club tonight and will report back as soon as I return. Lanc progress is as suspected slow and the Kiowa is on the bench ready to be opened. There's a nice fat JU87 sitting in the stash that may get some attention.

Tally ho.

Greg

Waiting for my Lewis guns. I say, page deux won't do. Try to keep up my end of the troop and do some building, what say?

Bondo

Right chaps.

On the Lancaster, There has been good progress and pictures will be posted as soon as they are passed by the airfield censor. can't let the enemy know our secrets now can we old bean. Also with the Lancaster the canopy masking is a complete pain in the hows your father. Job done though. camouflage added and other bits painted. as I have said pictures to follow.
The Kiowa will be built very soon, I am doing a crossover with this one for a flingy wingy thingy group build on another forum.
Thats all chaps. wizard prang and all that.

Tally ho.

Greg

lewbud wrote:

bondoman wrote: Pray what would that be, old chap? The Lysander, a Wellington. Sporting, I say! Or a Chinook HC Mk. 1 would be the old girl's knickers at the knees! Cheerio, and the Stranraer comes out tomorrow night after the corned beef. Fish and chips it was at the mess (funny that, never thought of the word root(?)) this evening, Lent and all that you know! GrpCpt. Bondomandrake, RAF (not really) Greeeaaat!  Another GB where I can't understand a bleeding word this man says!  Almost as bad as when he speaks Pirate!  ARRGH!

bondoman wrote:

Pray what would that be, old chap? The Lysander, a Wellington. Sporting, I say! Or a Chinook HC Mk. 1 would be the old girl's knickers at the knees! Cheerio, and the Stranraer comes out tomorrow night after the corned beef. Fish and chips it was at the mess (funny that, never thought of the word root(?)) this evening, Lent and all that you know! GrpCpt. Bondomandrake, RAF (not really)

Greeeaaat!  Another GB where I can't understand a bleeding word this man says!  Almost as bad as when he speaks Pirate!  ARRGH!

HMM, tempted as I am to build the Kiowa I am looking at maybe building a bally jerry kite. would be top hole to have a Heinkel as a squadron hack. Oh, introducing the squadron by the way, it's 666sqn, known as the 'Kings own suicidal conscripts'.

Tally ho.

Greg

Pray what would that be, old chap? The Lysander, a Wellington. Sporting, I say! Or a Chinook HC Mk. 1 would be the old girl's knickers at the knees! Cheerio, and the Stranraer comes out tomorrow night after the corned beef. Fish and chips it was at the mess (funny that, never thought of the word root(?)) this evening, Lent and all that you know!

GrpCpt. Bondomandrake, RAF (not really)

I think they were trying for a smooth join between the wing. didn't work somehow. easiest way to fix these I have found is to fix them to the wing before the necelle and before it's fully dry then attach the necelle so you can still move it a little. Little work done on mine. I'll get updated pics up soon. I've decided to dig out another Matchbox kit to play with too.

All the best.

Greg

Made a little progress on the Lanc today.  Got the port outboard nacelle sanded and attached.  Not too big of a problem, a little sanding and got a fairly good fit.  But what's up the separate pieces that fair the nacelles into the upper wing surface?  Perhaps they allow for different nacelles for different versions to be attached?

Yep that HE115 is a neat kit and goes together without any problems. I remember the one I built as a kid, sliding it down the street in the snow during winter, This was my usual trick with floatplanes and seaplanes and the 115 was the best for it and it stood up to that punishment pretty well to be honest. The windows took me ages to do freehand (those were the days when dad's masking tape raided from his garage was used only for holding bits together whilst the glue dried) I have two of these in the stash. maybe I'll dig one out some time soon.

All the best.

Greg

Summit wrote:

The Vickers has lost its place in line for the Bench. I have a Heinkel HE 115 that pushed it aside. Soon as I get that huge P-40 out of the way this will be Next

I just picked up the RoG rebox of this last weekend. I got an Arado Ar-196 too, but as far as I can find it is not an old matchbox kit which is a shame, it looks like a nice warm up to the He-115.

I built the He-115 when I was in high school (or there abouts). I remember it being a rather painless build, although my standards are lower than some, since I don't think simple kits = bad kits.

I'd forgotton about the HE 115. Nice choice. I've never actually seen one built, so this should be good.

What color scheme options do they give you ?

It would make a nice display, moored next to an Arado 196 don't you think ?

Cheers

Tony

bondoman wrote:

Yeah, I've seen that kit! That canopy has about one hundred little glass panes! What a pain!LOL Who'd want to build that? If I had it, I'd give it to some unsuspecting victim!

Im not scared

The Vickers has lost its place in line for the Bench. I have a Heinkel HE 115 that pushed it aside. Soon as I get that huge P-40 out of the way this will be Next

That Voodoo kit seems to have a curse for me. I have started three and never finished one. Usually through ham fistedness on my behalf though. I'll have to get one and do it. Sounds like you're mking good progress. I have stalled on the Lancaster untill I can get some more clear plastic sheet. I ran out during my attempts to crashmold a new one. Looks like I'll be breaking out the vacformer. In the meantime I'll dig out a smaller Matchbox. Probably the FW190.

All the best chaps. Carry on.

Greg

gregers wrote:

For 1/72 Lewis guns th only one's I know of aftermarket are by Aeroclub. Here's a linky but I'm not sure what mk of gun the Heyford and Stranrear had. http://aeroclub-models.com/s.html?qname=lewis+gun&r=0 I have seen a 1/72 Vautour on show tables. don't know the manufacturer or if it was injection or vac though but I'd have thought Heller would have done one if anyone has. I know they did one in 1/100th though. All the best. Greg

Three Lewis MK3 guns- thanks for the linkie, I'll check that out. The MB ones are poop, and they're REAL obvious on the model, kind of more so on the Heyford. There was a great looking little set in PE from Toms Model Works, but with his recent death, mayby no longer available.

I also need three Lewis guns later for the Heyford, don't know the mark.

As for the Vautour in smallscale, I only know of the 1/100 one from Heller. The Hi-Tech kit is currently reboxed by Fonderie Miniature, and it might be "the worst kit ever made" according to two reviews I found. I have an Isradecal set in 1/72 for the Vautour that lists Hi-Tech as the model source, so maybe that's what those are. Do me the favor of asking next time you see one, please.

For 1/72 Lewis guns th only one's I know of aftermarket are by Aeroclub. Here's a linky but I'm not sure what mk of gun the Heyford and Stranrear had. http://aeroclub-models.com/s.html?qname=lewis+gun&r=0

I have seen a 1/72 Vautour on show tables. don't know the manufacturer or if it was injection or vac though but I'd have thought Heller would have done one if anyone has. I know they did one in 1/100th though.

All the best.

Greg

Hi Bondoman,

I don't think Matchbox ever did a Vautour. I agree it would be great to see one in 1/72.

Regards

Tony

taxtp wrote:

Supermarine Stranraer HP Heyford

I see you mentioned Matchbox sold a Mystere IV. Any chance they ever did a Vautour? My holy grail of 1/72 kits to find.

Cheers for that listing, there are a few I have that I will have to get building some time. The Seafox, Walrus, and Stranrear to go with my Swordfish to name a few. I have these Matchbox kits listed below in my stash. 

Thanks Gregers. That is definitely an interesting sheet, but the price in Aussie dollars works out to over $40 at the moment, plus postage. I'll take a rain check until the Aussie dollar picks up a bit. I think I'll call this one Belgian.

STILL, no photoetch in the mail, so the kit parts have all been removed from the sprue, except for the very small bits. It is officially on hold now until the gear arrives.

How is everyone else doing ?

There are a few Matchbox kits that no one else has covered, that I know of, except maybe for Revell re-issues, or the Matchbox kits are still the best on the market.

I'll try to name a few, any others ?

Supermarine Stranraer

HP Heyford

Fairey Seafox

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin

Hawker Fury

Dassault Mystere IV

Hawker Hunter T7

EE Lightning T55 

Cheers

Tony

If you're after a different scheme for your meatbox nightfighter there's a few NF13's on the Isradecal sheet.

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev3/2101-2200/rev2174-IsraDecal-IAF-63/00.shtm

 Hope this helps.

All the best.

Greg

Great Gregers, that Hunter book just made #1 on my shopping list, although it will probably take a few months to make it out here. I seriously considered acquiring a two seater Hunter for this GB.

As far as the Meteor goes, I just can't seem to settle on a scheme. If I do the RAAF one, then this is the scheme it will have

http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/meteornf11aw_1.htm

Otherwise it will be some variation of ocean grey and dark green I guess.

Cheers

Tony

The SAMI book is a good one. For fans of British classic jets there's a modelers datafile type book coming out very soon on the Hunter (With some of guess who's photo's in it ) written by my good friend Paul Bradley who some of you may know. I have as I have said a Matchbox Meteor in my stash and will probably be building it as a target tug variant. It's a shame I started my Matchbox Hunter a few weeks before having the idea for this G/B. Well folks. looking forward to getting to see more pics of your models (hint hint )  

Well chaps. carry on. wizard prang an all that.

Tally ho.

Greg

I couldn't resist. I went out at lunchtime today and bought the SAMI publication on the Meteor. It is actually quite glowing in it's praise of the Matchbox Meteor. I think the book cost me six times what the kit did. Still no Airwaves set, though, I'm really not sure what has happened to it.

Cheers

Tony

Hello Gents,

the reboxed "Wespe" ist just the same like from Matchbox. All parts include. Only the sprues now in one colour. Matchbox did it in two different colours.

Revell does the same mistake like Matchbox and offers a version of "Afrika Korps", but this vehicle never saw the african campaign. First it was used in the "Battle of Kursk" summer 1943. This time the african campaign was finished.

I will do it in a white-wash sheme, winter 1943/44 eastern front.

Best regards

Dirk

Started my Lanc.  Got the nose halves glued to the fuselage halves, the wings, nacelles and horizontal stabilizers glued together as well.  Since the kit decals are buggered, and I've got to call the nice folks at Squadron for some new ones (found some that had a shark mouth on each nacelle) trying to decide if I want to do a resin cockpit for it as well.  Never done a resin pit before, might be interesting.

Greg,

What are you doing to the nose of yours?    

I remember doing the Wespe many years back. Does the Revell boxing still come with the parched earth and the palm tree ?

I've often thought that there is an opportunity for Revell to re-release these AFV kits with link and length tracks.

Due to the abnormally long time for my photoetch to be delivered, I've started removing the parts from the sprues on my Meteor. Having said that it's probably sitting at home waiting for me today.

Cheers

Tony

Hello gents,

I just started with this nice model: The Wespe 1:76 Matchbox reboxed Revell.

Best Regards

Dirk

AH. What a Beautiful kite. Just to prove I have been chucking glue at plastic on this here are the first two progress pics. First is the obligatory sprue shot. second shows the fuselage taped together and the male mold for the new nose in position to check for fit.

All the best chaps.

Greg

I say old chap, sounds like you're kitbashing the old Humbley-Pudge Gallipoli! HAR!! (in his best Colonel Bogie laugh!)

Yup. those start and finish dates are spot on.

Been working on the Lancaster today. The wings are together and the fuselage interior is painted and I have assembled the nose and blanked the openings off with plastic card and have used car body filler to make the basic shape to use it as a mold for the new nose. Piccies to follow.

Bestest.

Greg

Anybody correct me if I am wrong.

Start: right now

End: 09/09

Righto chaps.

Sorry I've been a bit quiet on here for a week or so. I've had a time of it with college work and got a nit snowed under. With luck by tomorrow I will be on top of the situaion again and will be able to spare some time for the model bench. Looking forward to getting my pictures up here some time soon too.

Tally Ho.

Greg

Ah, the dear old Hayford. Strange kite really, In the cockpit you can get altitude sickness whilst it's sitting on the ground.

The Beau is making good progress old chap. Not much more than a lick o paint and she'll be clobbering the bally hum in no time.

Tally ho.

Greg.  

Just so guys don't think that I am just drinking brats at eat beer, or something like that. Here is another pic of the Beau. Slowly but Shirley I started with some of the painting and the glueing. Besides the parts in the pic, I dipped the canopies in future and painted the engines and struts. As far as the decals are concerned, I might have to look for some AM since the protective sheet kinda stuck to the decals and I don't know if it will come off in the water. Conclusion so far, considering its age the kit is not to bad. The detail is a little rough but the fit appears good and no flash or pin marks yet. Even got trench-like panel lines. I try to make it OOB.

bondoman wrote:

Excellent score there Bill.  Can't wait to see you dive into that one.

Well, an ill-advised purchase of a dusty old box with a vacform Vickers Vanguard was returned to it's original airfield, and Group Captain Bondomandrake flew home in a shiny new Handley Page Heyford! Cripes, the view from up here is great! Just need to wrap the old scarf a little tight, don't forget the gogglie things and keep the teacup below the windscreen-lot's of Buntings over Worthy Down this time of winter!

Cheerio and carry on!

Now chaps, order up a round of ales on me, and someone drop by a keg of NIVO! Oh, I won't pretend to have known what that meant 30 minutes ago. The internet is a wonderful thing!

bondo- Thanks much old bean for the endorsement!  Once again, you seem to have a firm grip on the going's on here.  Well done!  Thank you.

As for showing my stuff in public parks, they could never prove it!

Well freaking h*ll. I Corresponded with Summit about markings for the Stranraer and it's a strange thing. All of the images I can find of 240 Squadron with the code BN-L, which the Matchie kit provides for the Stranraer; are of a Sanro Lincoln. Go figure and even though we all know that your city in Blighty was renamed from Lincum to Lincoln after our President; I way doubt there was also a Stranraer that way too.

Pause for tea. Nice rear on that WAAF going by on the Raleigh.

Cor; Keith Parks is a drinker. Invited me for tea on Friday and bring the gin and dink with his missis. Did I say gin? Gotta be the official imbibement of this GB; Daywalker (Group Captain Frank), let's host the first of many at tea this Friday. What, you're gonna cycle over to Tango's rub up? I'll follow of course, but gotta breakin the new Pilot Officers.

Good looking headlights on the driver of the Austin pulling up to take me away.

Cheers, men.

Well Groupie Bondo old chap you seem to have a grasp on things here. I'm nipping down the the Petwood for Tea and Tiffin. ;-) Carry on chaps. as you were.

Tally Ho.

AVM Greg. VD, SNAFU, WTF and bar (got to show your tinware y'know. Battles won and all that, especially that first one - still have the scars ;-) )

gregers wrote:

We've got the kits loaded and some are taxiing to the runway having started already.

Air Vice Marshall, Sir, if I may a few words with you before we get to cricket behind the dispersal hut. The men need correction and discipline but also a sense of duty. I'll put up Daywalker for Group Captain as he's shown his stuff, maybe too often and in public parks, but he's dependable to bring scones to the mess, and he's got a regular in town.

And this chappy Summit he's a fine gentleman too although he's a bit prone to riding on horses. But he's a gent none-the -less and would make a fine Airfield Operations Officer. Put him in charge in the Watch Office and he'll look after the WAAF birds. Lord knows, Susannah York may come round in her white shirt yet!

Now this Razordws he's an Italian and a fine fighter pilot, a little hot in the saddle and would make a good Wing Commander. Stikpusher's an old mate, knows how to kick open the door of a Dakota at 500 feet and if he presents his papers I'd second him in a beat. Seen some action and has a dry wit about him. He'd be a good one in the Public on Fridays.

But if a chap named Nam comes round with his kit, I want him as a Pilot Officer in the kite. A finer Lewis gunner I've never seen, could kill the Piltdown Man if he tried. I'd billet him in my mess.

A fine badge too, although I don't personally go for them, but well done. Cheers then; off for gin with Keith Park.

Group Captain Lionel (if I may) Bondomandrake, RAF

gregers wrote:

OOOPS. sorry, didn't explain myself properly, the RAF theme is for the posts, not the builds. Look on the Navy build thread to see what I mean. Bondo will be best to explain this one.

It's all in the collective group think.

Group Captain (if I may) Lionel Bondomandrake, RAF

Excellent badge, thanks.

Regards

Tony

Glad you like it!

HMMM, I likes. Whats everyone elses thoughts?.

Slight change of plan for me chaps. There's an OH58D Aeroscout looking like it needs building and I really ought to get on with it. The Lanc will be done alongside this and the Skyservant afterwards. Carry on chaps.

Tally Ho.

Greg

gregers wrote:

Now then, I have no experience at making badges. all volunteers pleas take one step forward.

Ok, how about this?

Regular size-

Small version-

I ate that more than once in this mess... not sure I will be hurrying back anytime soon though...

Right chaps. We've sorted the Target. We've got the kits loaded and some are taxiing to the runway having started already. I declare this G/B operational. Lets make it a wizard prang and back in time for bacon and eggs in the mess.

Tally ho

Greg

OOOPS. sorry, didn't explain myself properly, the RAF theme is for the posts, not the builds. Look on the Navy build thread to see what I mean. Bondo will be best to explain this one. So Corvette's and Voodoo's are fine, the only rule (I hate that word) is it's a Matchbox kit, Came in a Matchbox box or came from a Matchbox mold. Hoep this is clearer. and again sorry for the confusion.

All the best.

Greg

Got 1 small problem with the all RAF WWII theme. I've already started on my kit of a Cold War era CF-101B Voodoo with markings for the Canadian Armed Forces, and I don't have any Matchbox kits of anything RAF in the stash. If you stick with this theme I will hunt down another kit and start on it later after I finish the Voodoo. And would that cancel out the  Corvette? That's a kit I've wanted to tackle for years but I don't think the RAF ever operated them.

Gotta love it when the plan changes in midstream--

I'll be taking sprue shots of the Lancaster and Dornier. Bally Jerry doesn't know we have access to their kite so it's going to be one in the hows you father for them.

Now then, I have no experience at making badges. all volunteers pleas take one step forward. That's all for now so lets all retire to the NAAFI for tiddley oggies and a pot of tea.

Tally ho

Ho.

Greg

Hiya. Will do re- the Tempest. As for start date it's got a little confused so if you wants to start now lets go for it. no point in procrastinating is there. well. the Navy build has a piratical theme to it and I likes that so chaps. with Matchbox being a quintessentially English company what say we go all WW2 RAF on here. hows that sound chaps?. all rickety boo and lets get into the action chaps.

Tally Ho.

Greg

Bondo - My decals for this kit are still good. Well as good as you can get for that age.  Pick out the markings you want to use and I will send them to you. I will use the other as I have no preference.

She is a Monster

Well I went to let the dogs out, and what was on the front step? A box from USPS!

Rip rip, tear tear.

OMG what have I gotten into? This is only the second Matchbox kit that I can remember building, and the first one was a good one (K2 Victor) but gentlemen, this is frightening. I guess it all looks pretty complete, but it's pretty basic.

Nothing like a challenge, eh? But I'll no doubt learn a few new things. The decals are poop however, it looks like the tissue covering them bonded to them. So that's task A because I don't know how I'd every replace them and I'm not going to keep buying Stranraers (1978).

In order to survive this build, we're going to have to resort to the emergency keg in the aft cabin. Bring a glass and I'll pur ye' a dram o' Galloway Pride, ratings! My people came from farther north, but Stranraer Scotland was apparently quite the hub for antisubmarine flying boat patrols in WW2, including No, 240 Squadron with Stranraers.

Hi Bullet- go here:

/forums/654172/ShowPost.aspx

and look at the very first post.

You are more than welcome with that 109 Stickpusher. I'll add you to the roll. What markings are you using with this one?.

All the best.

Greg

Thanks Greg, even so I haven't done much yet...lol. I hope I have a few more pics in a couple days or so. The markings will be just the box ones. I am not planning on doing anything special, just plain OOB.

Joe

That Beau looks awesome. any more piccies?. especially ones with more detail of the markings?.

Cheers and all the best.

Greg.

That's a good question- I've often wondered in a general sense. Even with sleeve valves, the working space of something like that would seem to me to take on a shade of smoke/oil stains/ dirt like this:

altough the tendency, myself for sure, is to model this!:

Here's a tasty little site!

http://www.enginehistory.org/coventry.htm

And here's a nice scheme for a Beau, courtesy of my F-in-law.

Okay, I started the Beau and here are the first couple pics. Nothing fancy yet just proof that I indeed started....lol. And I have a question right with it. What is the color inside the engine cowlings?

Joe

There's some nice options for the Meatbox on the Isradecal sheet.

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev3/2101-2200/rev2174-IsraDecal-IAF-63/00.shtm

I've got one of the Matchbox Meteors in the stash and one built into a T7 by cropping the wings and using bits from an Airfix F3 for the nose and tail.

Hope this helps.

Greg

Hi all,

Here's what I've got to work with with the Meteor. As you can see I've got two of these kits

Three coloured sprues in restrained shades of grey and green, a fairly thickish canopy, some nice fine raised panel lines, and some pretty old decals. By then the window had disappeared from the back of the box. The Belgian option still appeals as it would sit beside my Red Devils Hunter of a couple of years back. A prettier Belgian scheme would seal the deal, but I don't know of one.

If I decide to, I can go to Modeldecal sheet 88 from the archive. This is a nice sheet, but there is no stand out, must have scheme in my opinion.

The RAAF also operated an NF11 in a similar scheme, and a number of RAF aircraft in pretty schemes flew in Australia. I don't know of a decal sheet that covers either, but these options are still tempting.

I've got a few days to think about it anyway.

Cheers

Tony

Hi Aaron, yes they are both ex Matchbox models and they are pretty good kits too. I have a couple of each in the stash and recently built the Swordfish. It went together with no problems.

Dirk, welcome to the build. Looking forward to having some armor in here. That Sherman is one I have too. just started building it for the lend lease G/B but found mine has no markings in.  

All the best.

Greg

Hello Gents,

if it will be ok, I want take part at Matchbox GB with the Sherman Firefly 1:76, reboxed of Revell.

Best Regards

Dirk

Hi Joe, I'm no expert, by any stretch, but I find this site useful for questions of this nature:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_uk.htm

It suggests Tamiya XF-63 for Extra Dark Sea Grey.

BTW, I've ordered my photoetch set, so slow progress until it arrives. Thanks for the advice Gregers.

Cheers

Tony

I haven't even started yet but I already got the first question. The instructions for the Beaufighter call out  HB7 Extra Dark Sea Grey. I got Tamiya XF54 Dark Sea Grey. Would that color do?

Joe

Not 100% sure but Graham at Relish models should be able to help with the Meteor bits. If he hasn't got in stock he may be able to order it.

http://www.relishmodels.co.uk/

Hope this helps.

Greg

Hi,

I've decided that I will add some aftermarket to my Meteor. Airwaves do a cockpit set, which Hannants have in stock. The problem is that Hannants have a minimum order restriction, and I don't want anything else, just to meet their limit.

Does anyone else know of a stockist ?

Other than that I have a Modeldecal sheet that I will use.

Thanks

Tony

Looks like we are all getting our kits sorted. Looking forward to seeing them under construction. I have dug the Skyservant out of the stash and will doubtless choose another one or two to do. I have the Lancaster that I have just started but only with a few parts off the sprue and nothing glued. This is for conversion to a slightly different Lanc. I'll post piccies on here of that one as I build.

All the best.

Greg

lewbud wrote:

I see that Aifix and Matchbox have released the same kits over the years.  Is the Matchbox Lancaster the same as the Airfix?  Just curious.

Hi Buddy,

They're different kits.

Great to see someone doing Dooleybird. Airfix released their 1/4 Mustang with these later on, and I love it so much I will do it one of these days.

Regards

Tony

Ah, that would be the one named Dooleybird, 19 sqn RAF. one sweet set of markings those.

All the best.

Greg

LeopardMan wrote:

Do we help each other with problems and questions in here?

Absolutely!!!

LeopardMan wrote:

Also Do we post pics only of the finished product or also of the WIP?

We want as many WIP pictures as you care to post.    ... and the finished pics too!

Since this is my first GB ever I have a few questions concerning the general rules. Okay, we have a start and end date. But Do we help each other with problems and questions in here or do we go to the specific forums for that particular subject? Also Do we post pics only of the finished product or also of the WIP?

Thanks,

Joe

Hi Joe and welcome to the G/B. Kick back a chair. open a Beer and time to cut some plastic.

All the best.

Greg

Bullet21 wrote:

Close, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and thermo-nuclear warfare.

Here's a link, but it's really an old list:

http://www.72scale.com/aircraft/MDC/F-101.htm

John Eaton is building the F-101B over in the Cold War GB. Take a look at what's he's got- he mentioned an Eduard set. That's an a/c that cries out for a detailed cockpit.

I just found a couple Matchbox kits in my stash. 1/72 Bristol Beaufighter MK X and the 1/32 Dauntless. I am a Treadhead by heart as Rob (Viper MP)can acknowlegde but if there is still room I would like to join the GB. I probably just do them OOB. Let me know.

Thanks,

Joe

Oh yeah, the multi-colored plkastic. Almost makes me want to just build it as-is and slap on the kit decals just to see what it would turn out like. Almost. I'm sure we all did that a time or two way back when.  

Well, after I washed the parts I went over the manuel and discovered that the cockpit is woefully lacking ANY form of detail! Does anyone know if there is an AM cockpit set available for this thing?

I watched a show called Jetstream awhile back and came up with a plan to build at least one of every aircraft that 410 squadron has ever flown. Wouldn't you know it, the kit came with decals for 409 sqdr. Close, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and thermo-nuclear warfare. After an afternoon of searching I managed to find a set with the correct markings so we're off and running. 

Any ideas for a cool badge for this GB?  

Bondo - I used "Frisket Film" to mask the four piece canopy. I wont tell you how many times I messed up and started over. Thank you for the comment.

Nice score on the Stranraer, do you have a refrence pic yet of the "civil Bird" you have in mind ? 

Sean that's a masterpiece of canopy masking, or did you do it freehand. I'd guess the latter, which in the hands of a master is the best.

WOOOHOOO I got a Stranraer off of ebay 5 minutes ago for $ 15 shipping included. Decals are apparently bothchy, but I'm doing a civil bird anyways. can't wait to get it!

gregers wrote:

Whilst we are whittling plastic if any of you guys have completed Matchbox models and want to post em up for inspiration then please go right ahead. All the best. Greg.

Here is my most recent Matchbox build ~ Junkers Ju188

OK you guys. you heard the man. lets roll our sleeves up and get working on the Matchbox's. Whilst we are whittling plastic if any of you guys have completed Matchbox models and want to post em up for inspiration then please go right ahead. I'll look forward to seeing them. please remember to post progress shots from time to time. And remember. it's supposed to be fun. enjoy yourselves and lets make the rules up and then break em as we go along ;-)

All the best.

Greg.

Would it be ok if I started now? The sawmill where I work just got nailed with a 2 week shut-down so I've got 18 days off and no plans.

To be honest I have arrely had trouble with Matchbox decals. the excess carrier film is not too bad but it is easily sorted with some careful trimming. If in doubt a coat or two of liquid decal film should usually sort them out. I've got some very old Frog decals to work using that stuff.

All the best.

Greg

gregers wrote:

I'll start with a fairly quick build. the Dornier Skyservant done in the kits Swedish Air Ambulance colours. After that I may bo something WW2. All the best. Greg

As with all old kit builds, we'll all pretty quickly fall into "old decal hell". I'm always VERY interested in your tips being shared about how to make them work. Greg I read in a review that Matchbox decals usually have way oversized inf not continuous carrier film betwixt the marks, so it would pay to look at the sheet askance in strong light before dipping, just to be sure how much to trim.

The time frame is good for me also. Although I am sure I will have at least one built before then just for something to keep the bench busy and to keep my page updated on the UAMF .

Greg - I have not taken the time to search through the stash for decals  for the Wellington yet. I will keep you updated for your offer.

I'll start with a fairly quick build. the Dornier Skyservant done in the kits Swedish Air Ambulance colours. After that I may do something WW2.

All the best.

Greg

The timeframe is perfect for me too.

Cheers

Tony

Leslie Smith OBE was born March 6, 1918, cofounder along with Rodney Smith (no relation) of the Lesney toy company, which created Matchbox.

6 months sounds good.

Welcome to the G/B Rob. Looking forward to seeing what you decide on. I've changed the g/b title slightly and I hope you like the change, this is so we are not coppying the title from another forum. Also may I suggest a start date and time limit?. How about a start on 1st March and finish 1st september? That gives us six months to build but considering one member is doing the Flower class Corvette I also suggest leeping an option to extend the build.
Does that sound ok with you folks?

All the best.

Greg

I'll add the Wellington to the list. cheers.

I have spare Decals for the bomber versions as I will be doing mine as costal comand. Please let me know if you want them. I have both Matchbox and Revell boxings for this one.

All the best.

Greg

Greg - I will comit to a Vickers Wellington for my First build. Decals are Mia as I sent them to a fellow on your forum but I am pretty sure I have some aftermarkets hidden away.

Dave -  Aaron was first showing a pic of his foot , then came the pink fishnets...do I see a pattern  

Snowberry - ooooooh my !

Crossovers are fine. No worries there. Looking forward to seeing progress on that one. Looks like we will have to make it a six month build with the option of extending it. when should we have the start date then folks?.

That Meteor is a good kit. Some slight fit issues with the intake pieces but other than that it's a good one. .

All the best

Greg

Hi Everyone,

I'll take on the Armstrong Whitworth Meteor (1987) for this GB. If the kit decals hold up, I may even use the Belgian option, unless I find something really tempting in my old Modeldecal stash.

Cheers

Tony

gregers wrote:

(anyone brave enough to tackle the 1/72 corvette convoy escort vessel?)

Greg, I've got that kit waiting in the wings and plan to get going in the next week or two.  It is for the "In My Stash GB"  so if you don't mind crossovers I would love to take part in this GB too.  Definitely won't be a "Quick Build" though.  

Hi guys. welcome aboard everyone. OOOH the nostalgia of he mlticoloured plastic. the little window in the backs of the boxes so you can see the contents (axcept the early, late and bigger boxes) That Lysander you mention?.they did two. 1/72 and 1/32. both great kits.

Bondoman. Didn't get a PM mate. please could you re-send it?.  Yep thats me making ZZZZ's. had had a day working on the Jet Provost and also a 120 mile round trip. I needed a few mins out time. I do indeed have a forum. Please feel free to click the linky  under my post to see it and join up if you like. The more the merrier. it's the home of both the CBK (Classic British Kits) S.I.G (IPMS UK) and CBK-USA S.I.G (IPMS USA). Both deal with older models of British origin, pre 1980 but some models become instant classics, Tha 1/72 scale TSR2 for instance.  Lookinh forward to the kick off, and seeing as this is going to be more supported than I thought I'd say my original estimation of a couple of months is way too short.

All the best.

Greg

http://gregers.7.forumer.com (forum linky)

Hi all,

I support the idea, but I just don't know if I can squeeze another one in right now. That's a great link, I didn't know that Matchbox listed airliners at one stage. I reckon I've owned most of the other kits at some time.

I really liked their between the wars biplanes, the Fury, Siskin, Gladiator, Heyford, Seafox, Helldiver.

Did anyone else enter that world wide model competition they ran in 1981 ( I think it was 1981) ?

I entered the Hunter and an F-16A, which I think were the first models I ever airbrushed, in the backyard, with an old tyre as the air source. I pumped it up with a foot pump.

I enjoyed their little AFV kits too, which I thought were a lot easier to build than the Airfix ones.

I don't think I've built one since 1989, so you could convince me that I'm overdue. If I do jump in to build one of these heritage kits, then I don't think I'll  try to detail it, I'll just build it cleanly and paint it 'as it was meant to be'.

Cheers

Tony

I'll join with a Lanc.

Summit wrote:

Bondo - we need to Get Aaron in on this GB also. I have a perfect kit for him to build his first 1/72 Start thinking of a plan to get him aboard. Plan A sounds good to me, but if you dont have a Stranraer you are welcome to the one I have as I know you really like the flying boats. Why am I up this time of night ? My 17 year old daughter is at a school dance, that I will need to go and bring her home when it is over.  I am working on a Airfix JU 52 with floats ..

I'm going to bid on two Stranraers this weekend, if I don't get one I'll let you know. my plan is to do a prewar.

Greg is that you snoozing in your avatar?

I hear yo have a forum of your own?

THE classic Matchbox kit IMHO is the Lysander, but I do not build single engines, ummm, much...

Per my PM to you, when I was a little kid in England, I collected Matchbox cars.

Cheers for that Link Bondo old chap. cool site and there are a few of my builds on there.

http://www.matchboxkits.org/product_info.php?cPath=27_34_45&products_id=275

Both A4 Skyhawks and the A7 Corsair II are mine.

All the best.

Greg

Bondo - we need to Get Aaron in on this GB also. I have a perfect kit for him to build his first 1/72

Start thinking of a plan to get him aboard.

Plan A sounds good to me, but if you dont have a Stranraer you are welcome to the one I have as I know you really like the flying boats.

Why am I up this time of night ? My 17 year old daughter is at a school dance, that I will need to go and bring her home when it is over. 

I am working on a Airfix JU 52 with floats ..

OK guys, lets get the ball rolling here. matchbox re-pops by Revell or anyone else are ok. there are some Revell kits that came in Matchbox packaging (I.16 Rata, P70 Nightfighter etc) and they're ok. open to Aircraft, Tanks Cars, Ships (anyone brave enough to tackle the 1/72 corvette convoy escort vessel?) Bikes and anything else that came in a matchbox box. Also OOB or aftermarket it to death, it's up to you That Stranraer is a great kit. I have one of those and a Heyford (another great kit). I'll put a list up soon of my matchbox collection. I have one or three . I'm undecided whether to do a few smaller ones or one or two bigger ones.
How about start date and timescales?. I see some have a few builds on the go already and some people may want to source kits and references. Also some may build real slow (like me) or may want to do more than one. (when I do my corvette it'll take me about six months minimum). Whats your thoughts guys?

Oh, I've decided, taking another forums matchbox g/b title isn't good form and all that. How about calling it the Matchbox Maelstrom instead?

All the best.

Greg

Additional. Not build either of my two Nimrods yet. going to do one in Hemp and the other in grey and white.

Greg

Plan A- build it, and I'll do one too.

Plan B- trade it to me for something. my LHS has about 4 feet of matchbox kits and I'll go take a piccy and show you what they have.

I like plan A, Sean.

Bondo - That is a nice build on the Stranraer. Everytime I open the kit I am greeted by the three yummy molded in colors. I have the 1979 edition.

gregers wrote:

Hiya Dennis. I've not abandoned the idea. I was hoping for more takers for this one. I have quite a few Matchbox kits in the stash and I like them. They are not shake and bake kits by any stretch of the imagination but a good replica can be built from them with a little work. They are generally good in outline but a bit basic in detail. I built that Voodoo many years ago and it's a good one alright, I'm not 100% sure what I will build for it, possibly the wellington, I had thought of doing the Lancaster but I have just started that for a Lancaster group build on the UAMF. Also the Dornier 18 is an appealing choice. I'll make my mind up later if this one goes ahead. anyone know the minimum allowed for a G/B here?. All the best. Greg

This looks like a good source, for us uneducated colonials.

http://www.matchboxkits.org/index.php?cPath=27_34

Edit: (little fit of bondo jig hoppin' around on 'is one leg!

I FOUND IT. IFOUND IT! I FOUND IT!!!

Supermarine Stranraer, 1/72 Matchbox kit 1983.

Current GB load:

H6K Mavis for the IJN/IJA GB 90%

AN-12 Cub for the Heavy Lifter and Cold War GB's 75%

PBY5A Super Cat for the PBY GB just started.

Avro Shackleton for the No More excuses GB, maybe in a while after I solve another problem thats holding me up through no fault of my own.

Cant Z 501 for the Reggia A GB; domani.

Then this big old beauty.

So it can't be long, but Gregers give me a while, I do everything, I'm just slowwww.

Somebodies gotta build a K2 in "Hemp".

BTW Gregers have you built the Nimrod? looks really nice.

Im in, I usually build one a month ayway as a side project waiting for  paint, cement , putty to cure,

Daywalker / Frank  will most likely be interested also.

Greg - sorry I did not see this earlier, as far as I know a GB can be as long or short as you need it. We had a 48 hr GB that was a blast a while back.

Hiya Dennis.

I've not abandoned the idea. I was hoping for more takers for this one. I have quite a few Matchbox kits in the stash and I like them. They are not shake and bake kits by any stretch of the imagination but a good replica can be built from them with a little work. They are generally good in outline but a bit basic in detail. I built that Voodoo many years ago and it's a good one alright, I'm not 100% sure what I will build for it, possibly the wellington, I had thought of doing the Lancaster but I have just started that for a Lancaster group build on the UAMF. Also the Dornier 18 is an appealing choice. I'll make my mind up later if this one goes ahead. anyone know the minimum allowed for a G/B here?.

All the best.

Greg

Hi gregers! Looks like this thread is sitting idle but if it goes I would like to sign on. It's still winter here and I got 2 weeks off and I just finished my last build so.....I just dug around in my 400+ stash and for some reason I only have 4 Matchbox kits left so I'll commit to building a    CF-101B Voodoo.

Let me know if it's gonna go or if you've abandoned the build.

Cheers, Dennis.