TeeELL Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 A fine example of the pre-war steed of 'Triplex' - 29 Sqn. Flew the mighty Phantom on aforementioned Sqn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Hi Steve, as several folks have mentioned above, the Matchbox biplanes were a far cry from their run of the mill WW2 and jet kits, as if they had been designed and manufactured by another company altogether... The biplanes had none of the clunckiness and trenches found on their other models. And you have built a little wonder! Great show!!! Now I am going to rummage in my stash where I know the P-12 and a few others are languishing... I may not build them just yet, but I can admire them for the great kits they are and give them a bit of fresh air! Congrats Steve JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Hi Steve, as several folks have mentioned above, the Matchbox biplanes were a far cry from their run of the mill WW2 and jet kits, as if they had been designed and manufactured by another company altogether... The biplanes had none of the clunckiness and trenches found on their other models. And you have built a little wonder! Great show!!! Now I am going to rummage in my stash where I know the P-12 and a few others are languishing... I may not build them just yet, but I can admire them for the great kits they are and give them a bit of fresh air! Congrats Steve JR Thank,s Jean,the P12 was the first matchbox kit I built probably attracted by the colour scheme I,m tempted to get one they are about the £10 mark second hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 nice work Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Steve - Superb, mate! I've built this one recently as well. Great little kit, but I thought the plastic quite hard and brittle which may be due to age of kit. How did you find working with the plastic on this one? Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Amazing! Seems a lot of work especially the rigging! You made it perfect! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Very nice piece of work Steve. You've inspired me to get to grips with an old Matchbox Swordfish. Only hope I can get the rigging as good as yours. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Fantastic build Steve, looking great, will have to build mine one day soon. All the bestChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Beautifully done, Steve ! A fine model wonderfully shown here in your images. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Good job on that Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Steve - Superb, mate! I've built this one recently as well. Great little kit, but I thought the plastic quite hard and brittle which may be due to age of kit. How did you find working with the plastic on this one? Regards Dave Hi Dave,same issue very brittle plastic the main struts snapped on the sprue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) Very nice piece of work Steve. You've inspired me to get to grips with an old Matchbox Swordfish. Only hope I can get the rigging as good as yours. Tony I did one last year Tony and have two more to tackle one an original Matchbox issue here she is. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234989292-stringbag-theory-172-revell-swordfish/ and WIP.As you can see i,ve managed on the Siskin to get a finer stretch sprue this time. Edited March 14, 2016 by stevej60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Canny that like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Nice to see the old Matchbox Siskin still being built, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I did one last year Tony and have two more to tackle one an original Matchbox issue here she is. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234989292-stringbag-theory-172-revell-swordfish/ and WIP.As you can see i,ve managed on the Siskin to get a finer stretch sprue this time. Great Stringbag Steve! Just started my one last night since eyeing up your SiskIn. Quite impressed by the clarity of the Matchbox moulding on some parts like the engine, for an old kit. I might risk some fine fishing line as an experiment when I get round to rigging. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger-d Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Great work! This is a cute airplane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Thank,s Jean,the P12 was the first matchbox kit I built probably attracted by the colour scheme I,m tempted to get one they are about the £10 mark second hand. Hi Steve, I am thinking of doing my P-12 as a F4B-3 instead... Re the price of models, i get a bit warped: as much as 10 Quid is a lot for a small handful of plastic, in the damn country I live in, a small Airfix kit will cost US$ 20.... And we are talking of the type of kits that were sold in a polythene bag when we were young!!! Disgraceful! Great Siskin! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard4 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Really cool model, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael K Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 what a Beauty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 The matchbox siskin is one of my favorite kits, you have done a cracking job on it. Wish revell would rerelease it, as well as the p12, seafox and the Hayford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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