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One of those "how on earth is that 1/72" builds. Absolutely magnificent.

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Beautifully done.

 

Matchbox inter-war biplanes I can think of offhand are  - 

 

Hawker Fury

Boeing F4B

Fairey Seafox

Fairey Swordfish

Supermarine Stanraer

Supermarine Walrus

Handley Page Heyford

Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver

 

Revell did a P-26 Peashooter

 

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37 minutes ago, TonyOD said:

One of those "how on earth is that 1/72" builds. Absolutely magnificent.

I'll second that. Great build!

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Marvelous!!! 

 

What did you use for the rigging?

 

If you can find it Modeldecal did a sheet on interwar RAF aircraft for the Siskin, Fury and Bulldog. The Oxford blue they used on the roundels looked fantastic. Someone should do some more.

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Fond memories of building that kit. Whoever designed the Matchbox biplanes and indeed this Siskin sesquiplane really knew their job. They were nearly always eminently buildable and accurate for the time. 

 

Great job on it too. 

 

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Fabulous. Matchbox were quite adventurous in their choice of subject. I wasn't, so sadly missed out on gems such as this.

 

 

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Congratulations for an absolute work of art.

You did take modelling to a whole new dimension.

 

JR

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What a beautiful Siskin, got one in the stash too,. You have done a superb job on this  great work,  Demon looks great too.

Chris

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Ah thank you 🙂

 

9 hours ago, Plastic Bonsai said:

Marvelous!!! 

 

What did you use for the rigging?

 

If you can find it Modeldecal did a sheet on interwar RAF aircraft for the Siskin, Fury and Bulldog. The Oxford blue they used on the roundels looked fantastic. Someone should do some more.

 

 

Just fishing line as per usual. Yes, I did look for that (sheet no.31) but couldn’t source one, but hey, masks are better anyway!

 

 

10 hours ago, Eric Mc said:

Beautifully done.

 

Matchbox inter-war biplanes I can think of offhand are  - 

 

Hawker Fury

Boeing F4B

Fairey Seafox

Fairey Swordfish

Supermarine Stanraer

Supermarine Walrus

Handley Page Heyford

Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver

 

Revell did a P-26 Peashooter

 

 

Thanks Eric, that’s helpful, ah yes Revell, I think I was thinking of their Boeing P-12E perhaps...

 

 

This one:

 

 

8468-FA71-B249-4-E2-B-B519-0-BE492-C8488

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.... Although looking online that does seem to be cruder than the Siskin. Did they vary very much? Don’t think I was too bothered by subtle surface detail when I was 10...

 

 

Guy

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Lovely builds!  Superb detail.

 

And it reminded me that I need a Siskin for my 19 Squadron Personal Build Project.  I found one of the kits on the auction site for very little, including shipping.  

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Excellent build, I was just wondering how you coped with the old decals, then read that it were masks! Well done!

 

Alex

 

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