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This was my first entry to the 2022 Matchbox GB.

 

As usual, I didn't manage to finish the build within the GB's timeframe. So, the thread is now moved to the WIP area.

 

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Dear all,

 

This is my first entry to this GB: Revell's rebox of Matchbox's Westland Lynx in 1/72:

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Here are the sprues: 3 sprues of light grey plastic and 1 of transparent parts:

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There's some flash in places but not too bad and the level of detail is good, considering the age of the kit.

 

The decals are a bit yellow on the backing paper , but I hope they work well:

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I've started work by removing the main parts from the sprues:

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A quick dry fit of the fuselage shows that fit is reasonably good and some weight should be added to the nose to avoid a tail sitter:

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I removed a few more parts and cleaned them of flash but haven't progressed much yet.

 

Thanks for looking

 

Jaime

 

 

 

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Hi Jaime

Great to see you in this GB

Your choice of the Lynx is an

absolute classic, have you decided on what version to build yet  ?

Best of luck with this one 

Cheers Pat  

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13 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said:

Great to see you in this GB

Thanks Pat!

 

I've been very quiet on the modelling front in the last year or so but hope to be back on track now.

 

12 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said:

have you decided on what version to build yet

 

Yes, I'll do the Deutsche Kriegsmarine version, shown on the box art. The blue-grey on top and white bottom scheme looks great.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

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Great to have you onboard Jamie and nice to see yet another of Matchbox's (Revell reissue) Lynx's being built here. It's fast becoming a popular kit so I with you the very best of luck as this build progresses. Looks the good so far! 

Cheers.. Dave 

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  • 5 weeks later...
On 03/04/2022 at 00:05, JOCKNEY said:

Hi Jaime

Have you had a chance to make a start on your Lynx yet ?

Cheers Pat 

 

Hi Pat,

 

thanks for your interest. I have all the parts taken off the sprues, cleaned and ready for painting. I'll try to post some pictures in the next few days.

 

The daily job has been very time consuming and haven't managed to get much workbench time.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

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Hi again,

 

As I said to Pat above, I've been progressing very slowly in this build. I've only managed to prepare the parts for painting. I'll show a few pictures taken in the process.

 

On the inner face of the doors, a small piece was glued to allow the doors to slide. It can be seen on the lower left corner of the door on the left of the picture:

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I also glued the parts making up the lateral extensions where the main landing gear will be installed. They can be seen here, together with the lower back part of the fuselage:

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The top of the fuselage and engine cover can be seen here. There are two lateral parts  to be glued:

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Dry-fitting all the fuselage parts I concluded that the doors cannot be inserted after glueing the top and lateral parts of the fuselage:

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So, it isn't possible to paint the doors and fuselage separately and install the doors later in order to have sliding doors on the model. I decided to glue the doors in closed position and paint the whole model in the end. There's no special detail to be seen inside anyway.

 

This is a more complete dry-fit, which shows that the model seems not to be a tail-seater after all:

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I'll add some weight to the nose, just to be sure.

 

Here we can see all parts ready for painting:

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That's all for now.

 

I think I'll have to try and finish first my Typhoon, which I'm also currently building in the Bomber/Strike GB, as that GB ends first. I still have to start my Twin Otter as well. So, too many builds in parallel...

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Jaime

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Great stuff Jaime

Yes I know what you mean about too many builds !

I've just finished one in the Bombers/Strike GB, I've got plans for the Turning Japanese GB, and still unfinished builds in this one :frantic:

Cheers Pat 

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On 04/06/2022 at 23:35, JOCKNEY said:

Hi @jrlxJaime

We have a 2 week extension on this GB, hopefully that will give you an opportunity to come back to this one.

Cheers Pat 

 

Thank you very much for the heads up Pat. I haven't been able to progress much and I very much doubt I'll manage to finish the build in time :(

 

 

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Hi all,

 

As usual, I didn't finish the build in the GB. I did progress a bit more during the GB but I didn't manage to update the thread. I'll do it now, and keep pressing forward till I finish the build. After all, it's not such a complex kit...

 

In a previous post I said the doors couldn't be installed after gluing the top part of the fuselage (i.e.: the main engine cover). Therefore, I decided to glue the doors in the closed position:

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Next, I glued the parts making up the main rotor:

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Lead weights were inserted in the nose, being kept in place by Milliput:

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The interior was latter painted matte black.

 

A new dry fit shows that the model is now comfortably a non-tail seater:

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Next, I painted the interior of the model matte black. Here is the cockpit and passenger cabin base:

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I also painted black some smaller parts. The pilot seats were painted medium grey:

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Inspection of the clear parts shown that there are moulding lines inside the parts. These defects are not superficial and cannot be removed, so I have to live with them:

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The clear parts were bathed in Alclad Acqua Gloss and left to dry for a few days. Next, I glued the lateral windows in place. The parts are slightly smaller than the openings, which didn't help. I had to use some Revell Clear glue as filler around the parts to keep them in place:

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Thanks for looking

 

Jaime

 

 

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Shaping up nicely, always good to see a Lynx.

 

One small tidbit, if I may - for the timeframe of the markings, the title should read "Bundesmarine". The Kriegsmarine ended in 1945...

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

 

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  • jrlx changed the title to PK-108 : Westland Lynx of the Deustsche Bundesmarine (Revell rebox 1/72)
43 minutes ago, Hook said:

Shaping up nicely, always good to see a Lynx.

 

One small tidbit, if I may - for the timeframe of the markings, the title should read "Bundesmarine". The Kriegsmarine ended in 1945...

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

 

Thanks for your comment and correction. I've updated the thread title 😊

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

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Hi again,

 

Continuing with the thread update.

 

Due to the kit's age, the interior detail is basic. Since the cabin doors will be closed, only the seats and instrument panel will be visible through the front windows. So, I decided to make seatbelts to provide some detail to the seats. The belts are done from painted masking tape and fine copper wire bent to shape for the buckles.

 

I started by cutting 1 mm-wide stripes on a piece of masking tape glued to the cutting mat. These stripes were painted medium grey:

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Here we can see some of the buckles, already shaped to form:

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After installation of the seatbelts on the seats, I used a 1 mm-thick Liquid Chrome pen to paint the buckles:

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There's a decal for the instruments on the central console between the seats. Here's the set-up for applying the decal:

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After application of the decal and installation of the seats, here's the result:

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Before closing the fuselage, I decided to apply masking tape to the lateral windows. Since these clear parts were held in place by filing around the gaps with clear glue, it would be risky to apply the masking with the fuselage already closed. So, I covered the clear parts with pieces of masking tape, and cut the tape to shape with a sharp modelling blade:

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The parts making up the fuselage underside where the main wheels will be installed, were also glued together. Some filler will be needed:

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Next, the cockpit and cabin base was glued to the inner side of one of the fuselage halves and the fuselage was closed. The previous sub-assebly was also glued to the underside of the fuselage:

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The main engine cover parts were glued together. The fit is nothing to cheer about:

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Next, the nose was glued to the fuselage:

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The holders for the torpedoes were also glued in place:

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Finally, here's a view of the underside:

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That's all for now, the thread is up to date.

 

Thanks for looking

 

Jaime

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7 hours ago, k5054nz said:

Beautiful work Jaime, I'm really enjoying this build! I want one of these kits now, to do as an Army version!

 

Thank you very much Zac!

 

This specific kit might be difficult to find and is a bit old. I believe Hobby Boss has several Lynx versions available, which should be a bit more detailed. I have the boxing for the Portuguese Navy Lynx.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

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Hi again,

 

I've been away from BM as an active contributor for a long time now because I haven't done any modelling for a while. I intend to resume work on my shelf of doom in January but I still have some updating to do on a few WIP threads. This is one of them.

 

The work below was done back in August.

 

After closing the fuselage, I had to finish the instrument panel and install the canopy. As can be seen in the next picture, the seams on the IP face and cowling need attention.

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In order to allow for an easier application of the IP decal, I decided to apply a piece of thin plasticard sheet:

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Result after cutting to shape:

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The seam on the cowling was filled in with PPP:

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After painting, the seam was still visible, so another application of PPP was needed:

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I still haven't removed the PPP to check if the seam is now invisible.

 

Along these steps, I had painted the IP face black and applied the IP decal but found that the IP face should be painted white so that the instruments on the decal could be visible. I managed to remove the decal and return it to the decal sheet before it dried in place:

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So, I painted the IP face white and also used the white paint as primer for the parts that will be latter painted yellow:

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The thread is now up to date. Hopefully, I'll get back to this build after the New Year festivities.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

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