Daniel Cox Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hi All, I'm in with this 1974 made in England Matchbox 1/72nd scale 3 colour kit of the British made Westland Lynx. Box Top The other side Contents The blue sprue The other blue sprue The white sprue The instructions Inside the instructions Some more of the instructions More of the same Plus this bit Then this at the end Transfers See through parts The big questions are; Should I build it sans paint since the box claims "no painting is necessary"? And should I build it as an Army helicopter or a Navy one? More to follow over... Cheers, Daniel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hello Daniel, how about as Matchbox intended, straight out of the box without painting in Royal Navy colours. Joe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hi Joe, So you don't think the pilots would look fetching in red flight suits as per the instructions? Anyway I am not averse to doing that since a lot of my Matchbox builds (when the plastic is good) are unpainted. That said it will require some polishing to fix the plastic, which has a lot of scratches in various places. Cheers, Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwinism Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) I really liked the early Lynx before they started spoiling the looks by adding various bumps, bulges and berb blades. Will be following this build with interest. Edited January 7, 2016 by Darwinism 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Nice another MB kit. I say paint it and do it in navy colours. Cheers, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 This kit was one of my very first when I entered the hobby many years ago. Personally I'd probably paint it in FAA colours as I did back then. The final result looks very good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hi All, Thanks for your suggestions and the trend towards the Navy version, anyway considering all suggestions and my own thoughts on this I have decided to build it as the Naval Anti-submarine strike version and I will be painting it. Cheers, Daniel. P.S. Has anyone got any thoughts on alternative and available colours that are appropriate for this airframe in lieu of using Humbrol Authentic Colours HB9 Sea Blue Gloss as recommended by the instructions? I was thinking Gunze's lacquer based Mr.Color 365 FS15024 Gross Seablue (sic) might be okay as an alternative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 P.S. Has anyone got any thoughts on alternative and available colours that are appropriate for this airframe in lieu of using Humbrol Authentic Colours HB9 Sea Blue Gloss as recommended by the instructions? I was thinking Gunze's lacquer based Mr.Color 365 FS15024 Gross Seablue (sic) might be okay as an alternative. Early Lynxes were painted in Oxford Blue, I don't know of any acrylic paint matched to this colour. Possible equivalents were discussed here in the past, for example in this thread http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234939582-oxford-blue-equivalent/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Early Lynxes were painted in Oxford Blue, I don't know of any acrylic paint matched to this colour. Possible equivalents were discussed here in the past, for example in this thread http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234939582-oxford-blue-equivalent/ There's a Humbrol Acrylic matt Oxford Blue, number 104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Just off on a slight tangent. I had one of these kits as a kid & in my eyes it looked like airwolf, so when built it was painted as airwolf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Great to see a heli build - and with a stand too!! Brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thanks All, I didn't know the Lynx was painted Oxford Blue anyway now that I know and since I already have it, I will be using White Ensign Models Colourcoats WEMCC ACRN32 Oxford Blue BS 105 enamel paint. Cheers, Daniel. P.S. I will be using the display stand! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Superb subject choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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