SimonR Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Not one for the purists, but nevertherless I really enjoyed this and can now add a T7 to my collection until we see the Xtrakit. I re-built the cockpit and added some airwaves seats and replaced the pipe (albeit with the wrong one!). The kit had no decals so they are a mix of Airfix & Xtradecal, not quite right in some places. Painted with Revell Silver which went on great, and a small amount of weatheirng - I tried to ignore the worst of the panel lines! Anyway, her she is! Si 1
woody37 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Superb, these old Matchbox kits do come up well with a bit of TLC as you've shown here. Enjoyed watching your build.
SimonR Posted January 15, 2011 Author Posted January 15, 2011 Cheers guys, was my first attempt at spraying overall silver and I am quite impressed with the Revell acryllic paint. Forgot to add, I sanded the nose down a fair bit to try and get the shape a bit better. Got a Matchbox Brit Phantom in the queue so will be interested to see how that comes out, think I may do a new tool Airfix Hawk in 74 Sqn markings next though. Cheers Si
vtecjack Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 very nice I built one of those in my "yoof" they were great kits were matchbox
Davec_24 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Nice, she looks very smart. Love the silver with yellow trainer stripes scheme!
Silver Fox Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Brings back happy memories of when I did 1/72nd scale. I alway worked on the basis of sanding the Hunters nose until the panel lines were barely there, at that point I reckoned the nose was as right as possible without rebuilding. Nice work and a lovely finish. I did my 1/48 Aeroclub conversion for the Academy kit in the same markings.
SimonR Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 Thanks again guys, I too sanded the nose until the first panel line had disappeared!! Cheers Si
ChancerUK Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 Great looking Hunter, nice to see a Matchbox kit so well built.
The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Very nice. My only advice would be to pay a bit more attention to filling the seam lines, especially if spraying with silver as it'll highlight ANY flaw.
SimonR Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Very nice. My only advice would be to pay a bit more attention to filling the seam lines, especially if spraying with silver as it'll highlight ANY flaw. Thanks for the feedback guys, you're right though about the seams, they do need more work, bit more patience required I think! Cheers Simon
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