My childhood dreams becoming true...
I am really positively surprised with the quality of the mouldings and their fit.
Addressing some moulding and fit imperfections - not many of them in fact.
Some progress here - tucking 20 grams of weight into the nose was quite a challenge. I am still pondering on which configuration of the wings I like more 😉
Main paintinig done. Now to the most risky process - applying the original decals...
The process of decalling went surprisingly troublefree (taking into account the age of the original decal sheet). Now to smaller bits...
Finished. I must admit it was quite enjoyable experience.
Finished. This build has given me some idea for some future(istic) model...
Finished.
Finished.
Together with the Team-mate 😉
Together with the Team-mate 😉
Kommentit
53 11 November 2022, 16:21
Jan Peters
Welcome to the group build 🙂
Matchbox kits are quite nice to build, especially considering their age.
Welcome to the group build 🙂
Matchbox kits are quite nice to build, especially considering their age.
11 November 2022, 17:36
Robert Podkoński
Welcome, Mates! @Torsten - it is really my very first Matchbox kit! @Łukasz - my friends' father was a sailor and brought him catalogues. @Jan - I only hope that decals will still behave friendly...
Welcome, Mates! @Torsten - it is really my very first Matchbox kit! @Łukasz - my friends' father was a sailor and brought him catalogues. @Jan - I only hope that decals will still behave friendly...
11 November 2022, 21:02
Gordon Sørensen
I remember building this kit as a kid. Looking forward to watching your progress, Robert!
I remember building this kit as a kid. Looking forward to watching your progress, Robert!
11 November 2022, 22:41
Robert Podkoński
Feel warmly welcomed, Mates! I do not want to dissapoint you, so I warn everybody that I intend to built her OOB 😉
Feel warmly welcomed, Mates! I do not want to dissapoint you, so I warn everybody that I intend to built her OOB 😉
13 November 2022, 21:31
Ludvík Kružík
Robert, I see you've found another interesting model in your stash. I wish you a successful build and look forward to seeing it completed. 👀
Robert, I see you've found another interesting model in your stash. I wish you a successful build and look forward to seeing it completed. 👀
13 November 2022, 23:42
Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Ludviku! In fact, it was purchased on purpose - to join the group here at scalemates 😉
Thank you, Ludviku! In fact, it was purchased on purpose - to join the group here at scalemates 😉
14 November 2022, 08:34
Robert Podkoński
LOL 😄 Not that really well known, at least in my childhood times in Eastern Europe...
LOL 😄 Not that really well known, at least in my childhood times in Eastern Europe...
15 November 2022, 20:36
Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Wellcome to this "child(teen) nostalgia " group. Following
Wellcome to this "child(teen) nostalgia " group. Following
1 January 2023, 17:14
Robert Podkoński
Thank you, S M . I'm still hesitating on this... yet, if I would get this model as a kid, I would have made them folded, so... the answer seems obvious 😉
Thank you, S M . I'm still hesitating on this... yet, if I would get this model as a kid, I would have made them folded, so... the answer seems obvious 😉
15 February 2023, 19:33
Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Bernd! I am really surprised with the quality of this kit.
Thank you, Bernd! I am really surprised with the quality of this kit.
15 February 2023, 19:38
Torsten
Great progress, I used to build my planes with non folded wings when I was a kid 🤔
Great progress, I used to build my planes with non folded wings when I was a kid 🤔
16 February 2023, 10:07
Ludvík Kružík
The combination of blue and silver with yellow lettering looks very attractive. 👍
Why are the wings separated from the fuselage when painting? The only sensible reason I can think of is that you are going to make a model with folded wings. Or am I wrong?
The combination of blue and silver with yellow lettering looks very attractive. 👍
Why are the wings separated from the fuselage when painting? The only sensible reason I can think of is that you are going to make a model with folded wings. Or am I wrong?
16 February 2023, 10:32
Robert Podkoński
Thanks for your kind words, Mates!
That's exactly the reason, Ludviku! 😉
Thanks for your kind words, Mates!
That's exactly the reason, Ludviku! 😉
16 February 2023, 14:33
Robert Podkoński
I call her finished. I must admit that assembling this kit has been quite an enjoyable experience.
I call her finished. I must admit that assembling this kit has been quite an enjoyable experience.
24 February 2023, 14:08
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Since Matchbox kits were generally not easily available (at least very pricey in the unofficial market) in Poland in 1980ties I could only turn the pages of their catalogue...
Group Build
Matchbox 50th anniversary group build
1. huhtikuu 2022 siihen asti kun 31. joulukuu 2023
1. huhtikuu 2022 siihen asti kun 31. joulukuu 2023