paul-muc Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) The kit dates from 1992 and you can see that it is a former Matchbox kit. I will build her, after I have finished the Mirage. Clear parts and decals are ok. It will be the German navy version. Edited February 14, 2022 by paul-muc Header 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Hi Paul Both yourself and the Lynx are very welcome additions to this GB. Best of luck. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Great to see tge Lynx, good luck with your build. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 An excellent addition to this GB Paul as we've not had PK-108 nominated so far..... I'm excited! Now I've just realised that Revell has obviously revised this tooling as the original Matchbox kit has three small windows on each sliding cabin door, whilst Revell have amended this to the larger (production style) single window. I was contemplating trying to obtain the original Matchbox kit and modifying those Cabin doors myself, however it looks as if Revell have already done the job for me! I'll have to get my hands on one. Cheers, welcome aboard and best of luck.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek_B Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I'll enjoy watching this come together, the Matchbox Lynx was the first helicopter kit I ever built, back in the late '70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Interesting they have changed the doors. I remember this kit as the three window prototype too. The single large window was introduced as an emergency escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Nice to see a Lynx at last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 I have made a bit of dry fitting. The fit of the parts is good, only some sink marks on the body. The interior is somewhat sparse, just the floor and the seats. As there will be nothing to be seen, I have glued the doors in place. The handling of the windows will be interesting. They will be inserted from the outside. The size is just that of the window cut-out in doors and fuselage, so how to glue them without letting them fall inside? An internet research showed that the model is a bit diffent from the original 83+11. 83+06 is more likely but I will use the decals of the kit, which is 83+11, perhaps an early version of the Lynx. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Nice progress Paul and I'd agree with 83+11 being similar to 83+06 in an earlier period. Your words about the windows just being an exact fit are similar to what I'm experiencing on my Seasprite. There's a little overhand, but not as much as you'd expect. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 The fuselage is nearly complete. I shall check the body again if there are still some spots to take care of. For glueing the clear parts I used gloss clear enamel (Revell 1). It is also a good adhesive. First I fixated the windows with small stripes of tape in the openings. Then I painted the gap between with a fine brush. When the paint was dry after some hours I took off the tape and painted the rest. The surface was cleaned with Mr Color Thinner. It dissolves the paint which than can be wiped off, first on the grey plastic, because it smears a bit, then on the clear part. Then I rearranged the instructions. I want to add the rear rotor at the end of the build to avoid any breaking. So I separated the axle from number 6 and glued it to the small ring. To fix the new axle in the fuselage I glued a small piece of sprue into the opposite fin as a stopper. Completing the fuselage needed a bit of filler and sanding, but that's a kind of work I like. It's somehow contemplative. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 That's coming together nicely and I'm glad that your windows went in OK. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Great progress Paul, that's looking really good and using Revell #1 varnish is something I've not heard of before. I might try that one - well done. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 There was an old man with a beard, who said "it is just as I feared ...... That is the beginning of a limmerick that I've learned a long time ago and it always comes to my mind, when things don't turn out as I thought they should. The kit has decals for the stripes on the rotor blades, but when I tried one of the Austrian flags on the rear rotor, it was too stiff, didn't stick to the blade and broke when bend around. So I have painted all the stripes. The fuselage got a coat of white. It is Revell 05 and it looks a bit off white but I leave it as it is though it looks like a fish belly up. I had thought that today I can go on with the grey coat for the rest of the body, but an additional dry fit with the masked glazing showed, that there is still a bit of filler and sanding needed on the portside. ...... two owls and a hen four larks and a wren have all built their nests in my beard. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Nice work so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Excellent progress Paul, those rotors look really cool all painted up. Nice job! Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 This looks good so far. Except for the white belly and the black nose it is dust grey overall. I have bent the blades of the main rotor a bit and managed not to break them (as it happend with another heli). Next step will be the decalling and I'm afraid that will be critical because of the age of the decals. And I often have problems with decals on matt colours. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 12:39 AM, paul-muc said: And I often have problems with decals on matt colours. This is really coming up lovely. Now I’m sure you know this already, however decals behave much better on smooth glossy surfaces, so applying a gloss clear coat prior to decals will alleviate some of your issues. Nice update and we look forward to seeing how you go. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 As expected I had bad luck with the decals. First the model had got a coat of floor polish (what you call Future or Klear, which is not available in Germany). It gives a shiny coat to the dull matt and hardens the surface. And then it started. The decals partially broke or disintegrated or fell into pieces or didn't stick where they belonged and then they silvered. And they didn't like a softener at all. For applying the decals I used a UHU (Pritt) stick: somedrops of water on the surface of the stick, a bit of stirring with a brush until you get a milky fluid and then wetting the surface of the model and the decal with a small brush. . Nonetheless I have completed the decalling. I wrote to Revell for a replacement and though their department X is known as very generous even they can't help if the kit is out of production. We will see. Now, it is as it is. I will add the remainig small parts parts like the antennae and wipers, set her on her wheels and then it's done. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Looks really nice with decals on and perhaps a thinned washed application of the same grey airframe paint will help hide some of that silvering that's showing up in places. Hopefully a fresh set of decals will come your way. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Now on the wheels she looks like a heli. Not bad. There are still some minor parts to do, but I'm on the way. . 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Fantastic job Paul she look's great in the Marine scheme just goes to show we should never write off these old often overlooked kits, I'm building the early boxing and had never realised the change of door styles in these later boxing's I wonder was it Revell or Matchbox who changed thing's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 13 hours ago, stevej60 said: Fantastic job Paul she look's great in the Marine scheme just goes to show we should never write off these old often overlooked kits, I'm building the early boxing and had never realised the change of door styles in these later boxing's I wonder was it Revell or Matchbox who changed thing's? I’m pretty sure Revell changed the kits doors to best reflect the production examples. Like many other Matchbox kits, there design was based on mock-ups and prototypes, which I’m actually starting to think is not a bad thing and a long list of these types of kits now takes my weird fancy. By the way, the Lynx is looking really good Paul, you’ve done a great job here and have inspired me to try to source a couple myself. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Like many other Matchbox kits, there design was based on mock-ups and prototypes, which I’m actually starting to think is not a bad thing and a long list of these types of kits now takes my weird fancy. Kits like the Lynx, which is based on the prototype as opposed to a production version, probably looses it appeal to the modeller seeking a bang up-to-date kit of their desired subject, at least in the medium term. However, these types of kits regain their place of importance in the market when we want to build a model of that prototype. The Airfix 1/72 F-14 and MRCA are two notable kits that are useful in this regard as is Hasegawa's first AH-64 kit, which reasonably accurately depicts a Phase II Pre-Production prototype. For those of us who like to build prototypes, a kit like the Matchbox Lynx is a god send. Your build of the Lynx shows it can be turned into a fine little model. BM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-muc Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Et voilà - finished! @Rabbit Leader: When one of the 83+11 decals fell off I noticed that the carrier film was matt. So I thought that the matt film had that silvering effect on the glossy surface and I gave the decals also a coat of floor polish. It reduced the silvering a bit but not completely. When I asked Revell for new decals I got the answer that the kit was out of production since 2006. So they couldn't help. @steve60: The kit history at Scalemates says that it was the Revell version, introduced in 1992, that had new parts. Many thanks to the admins for organizing this great group build which gives a lot of fun and inspiration. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Great job on your Lynx. BM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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