Hi All,

Here's a recent completion, something slighty different. A friend gave me four vintage Matchbox kits that had belonged to his grandad, and never got built. I had great few hours poring over these, all bringing back memories of Christmases past when I'd invariably get a Matchbox kit from my Aunty Jean. Mat gave me the kits to be built rather than preserved,  but I wanted to showcase the nature of Matchbox kits in some way. I decided to build one side as I would have in the 70s, and the other with 'grown up' modern techniques. The starboard side is 'out of the box' including decals, assembled with tube glue. The port side I scribed and finshed with Alclad metal colour. I found after-market decals, a new wheel for the main gear and some prop blur parts. The seat and pilot are also painted 50:50.



























Thanks for looking in,

Gareth 

Good work Gareth..Any plans to make both sides the same ??

Interesting contrast.

Cool ideal, i feel for the pilot though

Nice, warm sense of nostalgia looking at the "70's" side. There was probably more enjoyment in the simple wonders the eyes could see then, before "having" to craft something as perfectly as possible soured things 🙂.

I still vividly remember putting a small wick in the exhaust of a 1/144 F-105, lighting it, then hand flying it around my room with its fabulous afterburner. Memories..

Cool thing with the prop blur. I've never seen that before!

Thanks everyone. No plans to make both sides match - the contrast was the point of the model.

I was just wondering about that goon..It's a good piece of work as it sits

Neat build Goon. I have never seen anyone do a twin build using the same model.


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