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1/700 U.S.S. Fletcher (Matchbox) – weekend rebuild
I've had this old Matchbox 1/700 Fletcher destroyer model for at least 25 years. I had built it partway down to the detail parts and left it, as shown in the picture to the right (no U.S. flag). Last weekend I decided that I wanted to [...]
Folland Gnat T1, XR993, The Yellowjacks, 4 FTS RAF Valley Anglesey England 1964.
1/72 Matchbox, I modified a few small things, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels with Future over kit decals, built early 2000's.
P-47D Thunderbolt – Matchbox, 1/72
Rebuild from an old-beaten up Matchbox kit from the 80's. "Unpainted" it with some brake fluid, and painted it again, just to test some techniques.
The last varnish coat produced a 'whitish' look :-/
[UPDATE] Later on, the antena [...]
Sea Harrier FRS.1; Matchbox, 1/72
A very old kit, started back in the 80’s and kept unfinished until dec2017.
It represents a pre Falklands war Sea Harrier from the Invencible (and that´s why it is in an almost new condition). This color scheme was repainted during the [...]
Gentleman Soldier (Vickers Wellesley MK I diorama)
I am a nostalgic of the old brands of miniatures so I decided to recover an old kit as the Vickers Wellesley (Matchbox, 1/72) and work with some new Mig Jiménez techniques and at the same time, wanted to experiment with clouds of dust in [...]
1/72 Revell/Matchbox T-2C Buckeye VT-19 NAS Maridian 1975
Entering service in 1959, utilizing the wing design of the FJ-1 Fury and controls similar to the T-28, over the years the Buckeye trained thousands of naval aviators. finally being phased by the T-45 Goshawk in 2004.
Revell's 2009 [...]
1/72 Matchbox PB4Y-2 Privateer
Finally have some pics to post of the finished build. My apologies for the quality - me and my iPhone have a more difficult time with larger subjects!
This was the "enhanced" Privateer build that I posted in the Aircraft WIP [...]
AD-5 (A-1E) 1/48 Tamiya+Matchbox
Hi All,
I would like to present my latest completion: the Big Face Spad. AD-5 (A-1E). The build were kitbashed from the infamous Tamiya A-1 Skyraider and Matchbox vintage AD-5. There are 1/32 resin conversion set from Fisher Model for [...]
Sd.Kfz 173 Jagdpanther – X-mas gift
I was pure airplanes kits builder. But I want to make my son happy so I build him some tanks who he can put into his display and collect - maybe even play with them.
So, I bought some really cheap kits from Revell.
This is the second one - [...]
F9F-5 Panther VF-781,# 106 , Year of the Cat, 1/72 Matchbox
I had built this kit a few years ago but had never put squadron markings on, I wanted to do the plane from The Bridges at Toko-Ri movie, but never found the decals. Having heard about Lt. Royce Williams encounter with Soviet Migs during [...]
