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Certainly a good start! Thanks! Regards Magnus

This one has been pushed aside due to other commitments but I will hopefully be able to continue work shortly! Until then, I would be very happy if I could get some help: The Mach 2 parts that were kindly lent to me by a friend proved to be quite useless. It might be the same engines inside the nacelles but the outside is quite different. I will probably make CAD-models of the Garrett-engines for this model since scratching them is quite time consuming and possibly also beyond my capabilities! I am looking for reference photos of the engine nacelles. My main source for photos is Airliners.net, there are lots of nice overall photos of these aircraft but I would like some close-ups of the engines. Is there anyone out there who have access to these aircraft (in a legal way!) and could take a few photos for me and also maybe measure the length of the engine pod? I am also looking for photos of the ECM-suite, if it is allowed to take photos of that of course! An ordinary 3-view drawing would also be of great help. Pleeasseee ? Regards Magnus

Glad you like them! Thanks! Magnus

Some really spectacular models! Exciting and exotic subjects and first class results! Regards Magnus

This is what I have managed this year, the links lead to my build blogs over at Aeroscale. I will start blogging here as well during 2011. I aimed for six finished but that will not be the case considering today's date Airfix Spitfire XIX... ...and Airfix Spitfire IX, both can be found in this blog! Two tiny ones, Eduard... ...Me-262 A-1a... ...and Me-262 B-1a in 1/144. Blog is here! Regards Magnus

Garrett copies: It depends on how troublesome they are to produce, and if I ever get the masters - nothing in the post yet! Regards Magnus

Good to have found a fan club! I'll do my best to keep you entertained ! Regards Magnus

This is not my usual hangout but I do pass by occasionally. This does however seem to be an appropriate place to post this build and maybe also get a bit of help! This build started a few weeks ago with a challenge for the 2011 IPMS Sweden Open: build a Matchbox model! It doesn't have to be a "real" one, any re-issue with a Matchbox origin is OK. I was told at the yearly buy-sell-swap meeting of IPMS Stockholm and quickly found a HS.125 that cost next to nothing. It felt ideal: being more or less a bizjet it is quite clean with very little detail on the outside (admittedly not one of the Matchbox strong-points) and there is no modern kit of this aircraft so there is still a point in building it. Also, it looks like a very simple build with few parts. Project start... There are two options when it comes to interiors: detail it or put out the lights! I went for the second option this time... A minimum-ambitions cockpit. Probably more than adequate when installed! Fuselage closed with windows masked with tape from the inside. I will use Humbrol Clearfix for them. The beautiful red door disappeared below a thin layer of putty, I am sorry! Since this is a Matchbox kit there have of course been some trenching activities both here and there, not as bad as it can be though! I'm filling in all the panel lines, I haven't decided what to do with them later but I can't leave them the way they are, that's for sure! I will use the Model Alliance decal sheet, the subject will be ZD703 (the lower profile) with white fuselage and post office red wings and rear empennage. Quite striking! As many of you know (I've seen other builds of this kit around here), there is a minor trouble to handle before the painting: changing the RR Vipers for Garretts. For some reason it is drawn with Vipers in the profile view (RAF Northolt 2003, the Vipers were long gone then...) and with Garretts in the plan view... Anyway, none of the decal options will work on the unmodified Matchbox kit. For photos of ZD703, there are (at the time of writing!) 44 of them at Airliners.net! A friend of mine has promised to lend his Mach 2 Falcon 20, I hope to be able to do resin copies of the Garretts from that one. With a bit of luck (there is quite a bit of snow around here) they will be in the post today! Wings and horizontal tail surfaces are on! More putty needed... When looking at the photos at Airliners.net some differences from the model are easily spotted: it seems as if the aircraft has grown some lumps and bumps (probably antennae for some secret equipment or another...), a different tail tip (a cylinder with sensors looking suspiciously like RWR antennae) and a larger ventral fin between the model's original date (1974) and today... Have anyone around here done a recipe for what is needed to bring the Matchbox kit up to today's modification standards? I was also thinking about painting: have anyone used a Tamiya rattlecan for post-office-red? Which one then? Best regards Magnus

Hi there! No, I don't think this is a poor kit. It is not a mainstream kit but it is very good for being a short run. Mine ended up as winner in its category at the recent IPMS Sweden Open and while I am probably a better than average modeller, I am certainly not the best so the kit can't be that poor On the other hand, I readily admit that it has its issues and that I wasn't that happy all the time during the build either! The push marks in the wheel wells are fixable with some care, a scalpel and some plasticard: Regards Magnus

Giorgio! Hang in there, there is nothing that beats a finished Ventura Spitfire! I like them a lot but have only finished one until now, the PR XI in Norwegian markings! But I have several more in the stash to build in the future. A link to my finished Ventura PR XI Regards Magnus

Your'e not the only one with the fuselage size problem! Mine as well had different diameter fuselage halves. I added small plastic tabs to force them to fit but that produced other unwanted effects like a slightly wobbly spine! I hope it disappears under a matte coat... This is how I did it: Wings were fitted using a wing spar from brass tubing, I didn't trust the combined wheel wells / wing spars! While we are on the subject of 1/72 Canberras: Does anyone know for sure if the Airfix ones (especially the B(I).8) will be completely new mouldings? I have toyed with the idea of getting myself a High Planes B(I).8 but an Airfix one will probably produce an equally good result while saving lots of hard work (and money...). Regards Magnus

I'm not a Draken expert but I am Swedish-speaking, meaning I remembered the numbers issue from here: IPMS Stockholm Draken thread There is a photo of the aircraft as well in that thread! 1) Overwing numbers should read "50". 05 was another machine that was never repainted grey. 2) The 5,0 is possibly a joke, referring to the highest possible grade in the Swedish school system by the time, which might have been appropriate since it was the display aircraft of the very talented Ingemar Axelsson, twice winner of the Sir Douglas Bader Trophy at RIAT! 3) For the colours, check here, near the bottom of the page: IPMS Stockholm colour charts . Not much help with the Xtracrylix but there are at least Humbrol equivalents that might take you a bit along the road! I checked my Hasegawa boxing of your kit, they only refer to their own laquer based colours for the grey scheme, no acrylics matches at all! Good luck with your Draken! Regards Magnus

Thanks for the responses! I am halfway through now, time to turn it upside down and continue with the bare metal foil! Regards Magnus