erwin Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Hi all, Entering this kit into the GB... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck1945 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Wow, major change in scale for you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Wow, major change in scale for you! Hi, Indeed it is. I bought a lot of WW-2 1/ 72 nd Matchbox kits from a small toyshop that sells out because the old lady owner died last month. Just going back to my modellingroots way back when I started the hobby with these great two/threecolred kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Started... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Decided to go for the Mk IIc. Main build complete.Primed... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Sandcolorcoat completed.It's a mix of matt sand +matt lemonyellow and some satin varnish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck1945 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Gee, I don't know why you wasted time painting this kit since Matchbox molded it all those pretty colors of plastic :D Looking good though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Gee, I don't know why you wasted time painting this kit since Matchbox molded it all those pretty colors of plastic :D Looking good though! Thanks. Funny you mentioned about the painting. I contacted Madmike who will be hosting the Matchbox groupbuild next year to have a subsection where we can enter unpainted kits like we older member use to build them in our childhood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 First coat of brown added... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) She's done. Not a prizewinner by far.But building this small scale kit took me back many years to my childhood. I won't waste many browserspace by placing many pics. I had fun and that's what the hobby is all about. Edited December 11, 2007 by erwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck1945 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 ...I had fun and that's what the hobby is all about. Quite true. When you can say that upon completion, it was a success! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 She's done. That was FAST. What's next? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erwin Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 That was FAST. What's next? It's only a 72 nd build ! Next is the 21 st CT 32 nd scale Macchi 202.Also in this GB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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