Matchbox/Revell Flower Class Corvette - HMS Bluebell

[kjang12]

Sorry, here are some photos!  

 

 

 

 

 

[kjang12]

Here is the missing text for the photos.  My first post and now have figured it out!

 

Hello Everyone,

 

This is my first post to Britmodeller and I thought you might be interested in seeing my HMS Bluebell that has been converted to radio control.  I decided to build the old Matchbox kit pretty much out-of-the-box warts and all.  I have a soft spot for classic kits and building them as they were designed does have a special charm.  My intent was to use as few aftermarket bits as I could.

 

In that regard, for strength (being an RC model) I purchased some brass stanchions, and 3D printed a few items from .stls found on the web, such as a new flag locker, Oerlikon and Lewis guns.  I left off the rigging because all of the deck houses had to removable to access the motor inside. All of the RC gear was salvaged from old models.  I still have to build a proper cradle for the model for pondside, and I'll get around to that eventually.

 

I'm rather pleased with how it turned out.

 

Cheers,

 

Kerry

 

Vancouver, Canada

[dnl42]

Very nice work on that! 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

This looks great. Another member gifted one of these to me, hopefully I can get to it soon. 

Edited Friday at 09:21 PM by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[PF Naughton]

Hi,

That looks very nice

Pat

[ArnoldAmbrose]

8 hours ago, kjang12 said:

I thought you might be interested in seeing my HMS Bluebell

G'day Kerry, certainly interested, this is a great model. You've got some very nice detail on this, very well done. Regards, Jeff.

[AeroNauticalEngineer]

Looks awesome, what scale is it?

[stever219]

56 minutes ago, AeroNauticalEngineer said:

Looks awesome, what scale is it?

OP says it's the old Matchbox kit, so should be 1/72th.

[Flintstone]

Very impressive, I am sure it will look great on the water!

[kjang12]

Thanks all for the kind words. A friend has a GRP copy of the kit hull that he has gifted me.  I guess I will be doing another some day!

 

Warm regards,

 

Kerry

[Donald]

It takes a brave modeller to expose such a lovely, well-built model to the elements. I hope your voyages stay clear of pond weed, ducks, swans, stone-throwing kids, etc.