Rob1970 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Did this while my P-38 dried. Nothing fancy, Exellent fit, nice details, and an empty cockpit which led to the pilot getting his due. Only used a tiny bit of filler on this thing. Had to rebuilt the broken propellor with some bladed from the spares box, as well as getting a new tail-wheel on because is broke because of stoooopidity. Decals were... weird. Released in a few seconds when immersed, leaving a brown residue on the paper and in the water. A lot of Set and Sol got them stuck on, with a coat of matt "Klear-ish" for good measure. A nice kit, which because of the nicely detailed innards kinda begs for a diorama with an open hood and a cursing mechanic. I got another one in the stash, in one of those old Revell display boxes. It's a toss-up between building it again with a diorama or selling it on EvilBay. They seem to go for a lot of money. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 A great looking example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Nicely done, Sir. Matchbox made a kit of the I-16? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Nicely done, Sir.Matchbox made a kit of the I-16? Well, Revell did, and Matchbox re(re)boxed it. The decals even say "Revell" on them, and the intructions tell you to write to Revell's Dept. X for spares. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well, Revell did, and Matchbox re(re)boxed it. The decals even say "Revell" on them, and the intructions tell you to write to Revell's Dept. X for spares.Rob Thank you, Sir. I remember the old Revell kit (it was something of a revelation when it came out), and that was what I thought I saw when I looked at your build. I did not know the Matchbox people had ever re-boxed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Built this many years ago from the original Revell boxing(and shot quite a few down in recent times on the IL-2 series). From what I remember it is a good little kit,the box lid was pretty action filled too(was one scrambling?). Good job done on it,the Soviet colours look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 From what I remember it is a good little kit,the box lid was pretty action filled too(was one scrambling?). Revell has the scramble box-art. At least on the old, old box. Matchbox has one firewalling his engine in a steep climb over a harbour. I prefer the Matchbox art, to be honest. I need to start collecting more boxart, the man-cave needs ART! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I did not know the Matchbox people had ever re-boxed it. It's more that after Matchbox went bust, Revell bought the right to use the Matchbox name along with most of the Matchbox moulds and used it in part for "plausible deniability" ie reissuing ancient Revell moulds, like the I-16 and the old A-20 (issued as a P-70), they were too embarrassed to reissue under their own name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Nice little model, wonderful build!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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