erniewise Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Hello Folks My second and last contribution to this Group Build, I have too many unfinished models glaring down at me from the shelf to commit to any more! As a bored young half dutch boy, swinging on the gate in Oma & Opa's front garden whilst the adults chatted inside, I would often hear the roar of jets screaming over and catch a fleeting glimpse of them before they disappeared behind some buildings. As I was in Tilburg in the south, I have always assumed the they came from Gilze-Rijen, which was just down the road from there but it seems most jets were actually based in the North of the country. Given the size of Holland I guess the flight time from North to South wasn't that great! Living in the suburbs of London I had never come across fast jets before, most impressive were the Starfighters which were VERY LOUD but I do remember the freedom fighters which I seem to remember were always in close pairs. So here we are. An F-5B, to be finished in KLu markings and filling another slot in the Matchbox GB roster. The contents of the box; This will be very much done out of the box and I am not going to worry too much about model accuracy or paint colours. It is going to join my circuit on the ceiling so will never be examined by anyone other than me! However I will fashion some aircrew as Matchbox didn't include any pigging pilots! In fact there is very little detail at all so this will definitely be a bish, bash bosh model. So: BISH! BASH!! BOSH!!! God that was fun. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Bish bash bosh, love it ! Good luck with this one Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 That's the spirit, looks almost finished within the very first update. Matchbox kits were designed to be fun, so who wants to bog themselves down on one kit when there's so many more you can build if you bash them out this quickly? Once again a nice little childhood back story to go along with the build. This all adds to make each kit that bit more special. Cheers, welcome aboard and best of luck.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Nice subject! Groeten, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Splosh follows Bosh. Cockpit and Crew added and painted. They were promoted from an Airfix Tiger Moth Crew and handed a sprue goo bone dome and a flight suit each. Front Seat is looking at me as if to say "Why Me?" Though to be fair he has a point, as I did chop his head off and glue it back on at a rakish angle! I had to to move the Rear Seat forwards as it was set way too far back by Matchbox. A bit of card was added to blank off any gap. Next step to mask and fit the canopy. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Nice job and very quick too. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Great work Ernie, that’s coming up well and I like the look of the crew, all be it with new heads! Cheers.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 A bit more scribing to do, but I reckon this is ready for a coat of primer. I need to move the Stringbag on a bit before I can do so though. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 That's looking lovely Ernie, the F-5 is such a classic shape and Matchbox seem to have captured it quite well judging by those photos. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Hi @erniewise When we last heard from you, it was all systems go, have you finished it? cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 14 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Hi @erniewise When we last heard from you, it was all systems go, have you finished it? cheers Pat It's still waiting patiently for it's primer so nothing happening on this whilst I'm getting the stringbag to the same stage. The stringbag is still progressing but lot's of tiny steps that I haven't had a chance to document yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Primer! Not sure where the blue cast on the piccie has come from, but a day or so to cure properly and then I can start painting. Cheers Erik 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 I think that this is likely to be my first entry over the line for this group build. Just the contrast camouflage tone and black bits to go now paintwise. Cheers Erik 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Paint has been applied! The dark green was applied as well. There was a little overspray onto the darke grey. No problem I thought I'll just touch in the grey. Oops used the wrong grey! We go again as they say. At least it gives me another opportunity to experience the pleasure of peeling off the copydex! Cheers Erik 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Very nice, This was the Kit my Dad taught me the art of Stippling!! Still yours looks very very nice and wonderfully finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Great stuff Erik, keep going Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 The paint scheme on this is fighting me all the way. Paint the D Green over the D Grey and get overspray. Touch up the D Grey with wrong grey, touch up the D Grey with the right grey and get grey overspray!! I think I will use a paint brush and stipple the D Green in! Cheers Erik 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Apologies for missing these last few updates Erik, this F-5 is really coming along nicely. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniewise Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 I think that I have taken this as far as I want to now. Decals on with a satin varnish topcoat. A bit of tidying up to do and then masking off the canopy. It's going to join the circuit on my ceiling and I think the finish for it will be adequate for that. Hopefully the next time this appears it will be in the Gallery. Cheers Erik 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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