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[Enzo the Magnificent]

Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry.

Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread

[vppelt68]

PK-80 Sd.Kfz. 173 Jagdpanther in 1:76.

Abandoned due to lack of fuel by an s.Pz.Jg.Abt "Unbekannte" in Irgendwo, Germany, early days of May 1945.

Almost OOB build and what a joy this was .

Brush painted with Tamiya and Vallejo acrylic paints.

Thanks to Arniec and Enzo Matrix for the show!

 

 

 

 

 

Best regards, V-P

 

Edited October 15, 2017 by vppelt68
Changed the location :-)

[GREG DESTEC]

Junkers Ju 188F PK 109. Brush painted. Nuff said. Here's the pics,  thanks to all who liked or commented on the WIP. Cheers Greg 

 

IMG_2556 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

 

IMG_2554 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2557 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2552 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2550 by G DSC, on Flickr

[GREG DESTEC]

PK115 - Bf 110C. Brush painted, built out of the box, kit transfers.

 

IMG_2560 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2561 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2563 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2562 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2564 by G DSC, on Flickr

[stevej60]

Matchbox 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire (Airfix decal's).

 

 

 

 

[Dave_R]

JAGDPANTHER 1/76th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[stevej60]

                                                                     Well can't say I'd build another anytime soon but here's the Mk 22/24 Spitfire RAFVR 1948

 

 

 

 

 

[tonyot]

Hiya Folks,

              Here is the Matchbox Wellington, built as a B.Mk.X of 425 (Allouette) Sqn, RCAF when it was based in Tunisia during 1943. The model was brush painted and the kit was modified,...... new nose and tail turrets were added from the spares box, the nose from an old Airfix Wimpey kit and the tail from an old Airfix Lancaster, the fabric effect around the rear of the nose turret was also added using masking tape and white glue. As the kit interior is practically non existent and incorrect, I used the interior from an old Matchbox Halifax. The wheels also came from a Trumpeter Wellington kit and the cockpit canopy was sanded to reprofile it. Here is the WIP;

 

 

 

And here is the model,...sorry but I`ve edited this post slightly as I`ve done a bit more work on it;

Cheers,

         Tony

Edited November 10, 2017 by tonyot

[John Masters]

Finished!  The Matchbox Boeing P12E in the livery of the 18th PG, Wheeler Field, Hawaii...

A fun build as all matchbox kits are.  Simple enough for a child to do yet enough in there for anyone to fiddle about with scratch building, new decals, rigging, etc...

 

Paints were rattle cans (Humbrol Light Olive, Humbrol Trainer Yellow) and some Vallejo for the little things (tires, prop). A bit of oil pinwash on the prop and some detail on the wings.  Rigged with .005 stainless for the main rigging and EZLine for the tail.  Apologies for the Soviet airstrip...I was fresh out of palm trees and volcanoes...

 

 

 

 

...and looking good next to her cousins on the shelf...

 

 

--Thanks! JDCM

Edited November 10, 2017 by John D.C. Masters

[tonyot]

here is my Wellington GR.Mk.XIV from what I believe to be 78 OTU, Ein Shemer, Palestine, during the late war period. It was brush painted using a mixture of enamels and acrylics, the tail turret was cobbled together from some Airfix Lancaster parts and items from the spares box, the wheels and propellers are from a Trumpeter Wellington and the nose glazing had the panel lines sanded off and it was then re polished. The cockpit interior also came from an old Matchbox Halifax kit,....here is the WIP which includes a photo of the real aircraft;

,...And here is the model;

 

The Coastal Command style white and Extra Dark Sea Grey colour scheme was modified by overpainting the white with black,..... but the white paint could be seen around the engine panels and cooling gills where the black chipped away, as can be seen on the real aircraft pictured in the WIP,

 

Cheers

          Tony

[modelling minion]

Here is my entry in the GB, PK-82 T-34.

Built OOTB (thoroughly enjoyable too!) as an anonymous tank seen in some photos found on the internet.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in.

 

Craig.

 

 

 

 

 

[GREG DESTEC]

Douglas A-20G Havoc. Brush painted with a little extra detailing in the pit and turret. 

 

IMG_2582 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2583 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2584 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2585 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2586 by G DSC, on Flickr

[Jb65rams]

Saab J-29F Tunnan

1/72 Matchbox PK-33. Double build, one OOB and one (Austrian) with Pavla's resin cockpit set.

 

F-3 Wing. 2nd Division Swedish Air Force. Mammen (Linkoping) 1960.

 

 

 

2nd Jagdbomber Staffel. Austrian Air Force, 1963.

 

 

And both together.

 

[stevej60]

Hawker Hurricane Mkii,OOB with Airfix decal's.I'll add an underside view later.

 

 

 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Matchbox mig21 in Finnish markings. nostalgia build as I had one of these hanging from my bedroom ceiling as one of a small number my dad made for me. Painted with a mix of revell and humbrol acrylics. Forgive the airfix stand 

 

 

 

[tonyot]

Hiya Folks,...here is the first of my Wellesley`s, this one wearing the later war Temperate Sea Scheme with blue undersides and used by 47 Sqn in 1943 for anti submarine and convoy escort sorties over the Med from Egypt. I t has had a scratch built interior, opened up pilots cockpit, and wheel wells and here is the WIP,...which also includes a series of photos of the real aircraft;

 

And here is the model,....which was brush painted using Aeromaster acrylics;

 

All the best for now,

                           Tony 

Edited November 23, 2017 by tonyot

[TonyW]

My PK74, Panzer III Ausf L is as done as it's going to be. An easy, fun build. I can see a few more of these kits on my workbench in the future.

 

Pictures have been through Photoshop. They have been cropped , sharpened and had a frame put around them.

The top two shots were taken in early morning sunlight on a black perspex sheet outside in my garden. The last three shots were taken in the same setting this afternoon. The light was a bit cooler by then.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2017 by TonyW

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

PK-104

Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver

VB-4 USS Hornet, 1943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GREG DESTEC]

144 Squadron RAAF "torbeau". Brush painted.

 

IMG_2590 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2591 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2592 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2593 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

IMG_2594 by G DSC, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking

 

Cheers Greg

[PhantomBigStu]

Canberra PR9 as reproduced by revell with their nice decals. Painted with xtracrylics, Finsihednwith winsor and newton matt.  Once again soryy for the airfix stand

 

 

Edited November 28, 2017 by PhantomBigStu

[TonyW]

Here's my PK 176 Char B and Renault Ft17 .

 

One picture for now, it's proving to be a difficult one to photograph for some reason. I'll add a few more before the GB ends.

 

Tony.

 

[tonyot]

Hiya Folks,

              Here is my conversion of the Matchbox Curtiss Helldiver into the land based Shrike, ordered by the USAAF and also by the RAAF in whose markings it can be seen here. Although the Australian`s were already using Vengeance dive bombers in New Guinea to great effect in support of the Army who were really pleased with their accuracy, the RAAF came under the operational control of the USAAF in the South Pacific and  General Kenney,.the American General in charge of air operations, took it upon himself to declare dive bombers as being ineffective and that their use would be immediately curtailed within this theatre, this despite the effectiveness already being demonstrated by the Aussie dive bombers and also those used by the US Navy in the Central Pacific!  Thus the Vengeance units were withdrawn to Australia and most converted onto larger Liberator`s, much to the Army`s chagrin and the large order for 140 Curtiss Shrikes made by Australia was cancelled after only ten had been delivered. Those still in the USA and still on the production line were diverted to the US Marine Corps and the aircraft modelled here was one of those, it was photographed flying over Ohio in 1943 still wearing Australian markings. 

The model was liberally covered with filler to fill in the Matchbox trench lines and wing fold and as well as removing the hook, a larger .5in Browning was fitted into the rear cockpit, which also required a hole drilling in the canopy roof. Exhaust`s were added using sections of wooden tooth pick, replacement wheels from the spares box were used and the one piece undercarriage legs were cut down, as seen on many Shrikes. Tamiya JLSDF Olive Drab and Aeroclub Neutral Grey were applied by brush for the finish.  Here is the WIP;

 

And here is the model;

 

 

 

 

Cheers

           Tony

Edited December 1, 2017 by tonyot

[tonyot]

Hiya Folks,

               Having already built one Wellesley, here is another wearing more standard camouflage, in the markings worn by 47 Sqn in East Africa during 1941. Built straight from the box and using decals from the Valom kit, the model was brush painted using Aeromaster, Polyscale and Humbrol acrylics,....here is the WIP;

And here is the model;

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

          Tony   

Edited December 1, 2017 by tonyot

[theplasticsurgeon]

Matchbox Meteor NF(T)14

Happy Matchboxing,  Tim

[tonyot]

Hello Folks,

                Here is another completed model,.....the Matchbox Halifax built as a Mk.I used by 138 (Special Duties) Sqn at Stradishall and later Tempsford for agent and supply dropping in support of SOE. This model represents L9613 which had dropped the brave Czech agents into Czechoslovakia on the night of 28th November 1941 who were responsible for killing Reich Commisar Reinhard Heydrich, and who were tragically betrayed by one of their own to the German`s, resulting in an infamous final shoot out in the Karel Boroejsky Church in Prague.

The model has Aeroclub white metal propellers and has been heavily `modified' using spare parts from the Revell kit, such as the nose turret, undercarriage legs, exhausts, parachute exit and the engine nacelles were also cut up and made more accurate using parts left over from the Revell kit too.

It was brush painted using Polly Scale and Humbrol acrylics and the decals came from AML,..... although the codes had to be altered and the grey codes on the right side were modified Xtradecal ones.     

 

Here is the WIP;

 

And here is the model,....with early markings on one side and later markings on the other;

 

late 1942-43;

 

1941- early 1942;

 

 

So that is it,.....hope you like it!

Cheers

          Tony

Edited December 4, 2017 by tonyot