jrlx Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear all, This is my first entry to this GB: Revell's rebox of Matchbox's Westland Lynx in 1/72: IMAG7546 Here are the sprues: 3 sprues of light grey plastic and 1 of transparent parts: IMAG7548 IMAG7549 IMAG7550 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: IMAG7554 I've started work by removing the main parts from the sprues: IMAG7560 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: IMAG7561 I removed a few more parts and cleaned them of flash but haven't progressed much yet. Thanks for looking Jaime 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Great to see yet another Lynx being built. Good luck with your build. BM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 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 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 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 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Hi Jaime Have you had a chance to make a start on your Lynx yet ? Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 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 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 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: IMAG7562 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: IMAG7563 The top of the fuselage and engine cover can be seen here. There are two lateral parts to be glued: IMAG7564 Dry-fitting all the fuselage parts I concluded that the doors cannot be inserted after glueing the top and lateral parts of the fuselage: IMAG7565 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: IMAG7566 I'll add some weight to the nose, just to be sure. Here we can see all parts ready for painting: IMAG7569 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 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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 Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Sorry to hear that Jaime, don't stress there is always the KUTA GB later on Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 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: IMAG7571 IMAG7572 Next, I glued the parts making up the main rotor: IMAG7573 IMAG7594 Lead weights were inserted in the nose, being kept in place by Milliput: IMAG7574 IMAG7575 The interior was latter painted matte black. A new dry fit shows that the model is now comfortably a non-tail seater: IMAG7576 Next, I painted the interior of the model matte black. Here is the cockpit and passenger cabin base: IMAG7600 I also painted black some smaller parts. The pilot seats were painted medium grey: IMAG7598 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: IMAG7591 IMAG7592 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: IMAG7593 Thanks for looking Jaime 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 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: IMAG7596 Here we can see some of the buckles, already shaped to form: IMAG7609 After installation of the seatbelts on the seats, I used a 1 mm-thick Liquid Chrome pen to paint the buckles: IMAG7613 There's a decal for the instruments on the central console between the seats. Here's the set-up for applying the decal: IMAG7603 After application of the decal and installation of the seats, here's the result: IMAG7614 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: IMAG7615 IMAG7616 The parts making up the fuselage underside where the main wheels will be installed, were also glued together. Some filler will be needed: 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: IMAG7628 IMAG7629 The main engine cover parts were glued together. The fit is nothing to cheer about: IMAG7631 Next, the nose was glued to the fuselage: IMAG7632 The holders for the torpedoes were also glued in place: IMAG7633 Finally, here's a view of the underside: IMAG7634 That's all for now, the thread is up to date. Thanks for looking Jaime 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Beautiful work Jaime, I'm really enjoying this build! I want one of these kits now, to do as an Army version! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 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. IMAG7646 In order to allow for an easier application of the IP decal, I decided to apply a piece of thin plasticard sheet: IMAG7647 Result after cutting to shape: IMAG7650 The seam on the cowling was filled in with PPP: IMAG7651 IMAG7652 After painting, the seam was still visible, so another application of PPP was needed: IMAG7658 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: IMAG7654 So, I painted the IP face white and also used the white paint as primer for the parts that will be latter painted yellow: IMAG7649 The thread is now up to date. Hopefully, I'll get back to this build after the New Year festivities. Cheers Jaime 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Nice to see her back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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