Deacon

A great start mate.

Nice choice mate and a decent grouping on that target.

This is looking really good mate. Watching this eith interest as I have this kit in the stash.

Wow, this is the kind of info that GB's are meant for.

Very kind of you Cliff, thanks.

Thanks very much everyone, I appreciate the positive comments. :-)

Lovely work on the panel mate and a useful guide for the undercarriage.

Wow that is quick.

Great progress mate.

Great progress mate and some nice work with the etch.

Percival Provost RAF Central Flying School, Little Rissington.

I took this shot before I saw Cheshiretaurus's post but have since changed the undercarriage. But, I think the Provost is finished and I will post more photos in the gallery. Thanks everyone.

You are a star mate, thanks very much for pointing this out.

Thanks mate, I might give that a go sometime. It's nearly finished......

Nice work mate and an unusual build.

An interesting thread mate and like others an aircraft I haven't come across before.

I like the pit mate. this is coming together nicely.

I've never made a vacform kit but with some unusual types in this format only I really need to some day. Thanks for posting the various stages of building a vacform kit, very useful mate. This is looking very fine. Alan

Okay some progress made on the build a little bright perhaps but with a coat of Klear and final coat of satin varnish things should tone down.

A great start sir.

Looking good mate and the connection to Bill adds interest.

I made one of these last year and as Mish said the decals behaved very well. Looking good Mish.

I brush paint to mate and I have to say that you've made a nice job of the paint work on this.

Thanks guys. Here she is after half an hour......(OK, plus 15 minutes cleaning up the joints) Now I'm going to get a little sad on you. When this kit was released in 1976 I was 10 years old. I only wanted kits that had guns or bombs (preferably both). So this is the first time I have built this kit. Not for the first time with Matchbox, I found something extra in the box. Only those who built these kits as kids can find it now they have grown up (okay, perhaps 'aged' would be a better term). I found I was having 'fun'! I was doing the sub assemblies and I thought stuff it, I'm going to make it. I didn't paint the interior first I just put it together. Looking at the fit of the kit, the tiny sprue gates and the wonderful two colour plastic just make me appreciate that Matchbox (perhaps not all of their kits) had got something so right way back then. I would like to see Revell release Matchbox kits just as they were, perhaps calling them 'Matchbox Memories' so that old fossils like me can sit on a carpet and build a model without a care in the world. And then run around the room making airplane noises getting concerned looks from the kids and wife.

Wow you really are moving with this. A great idea with the base as although I added weight to the front of mine, it still tail sits!