Hi there.
Attached you`ll see some pictures of my second Vintage build: Gloster Gladiator straight of the box by Matchbox.
Painted with brush and using the almost 40 years old decals.
Hope you enjoy it.
I would like to add some more pictures if you like to see them?
Very nice! And you were able to get 40 year old decals to work? Impressive!
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The kit is oder then me. Bought it a few years ago on Ebay.
I built three of those old Matchbox, but the decals worked to my surprise. Those from the Gladiator were a bit tricky...
I always evaded having to do the rigging on an aircraft... You did a fine job on this tiny plane!
The propeller shows a realistic wooden paint job, maybe a little bit too glossy for my taste.
Thanks Thomas!
Yepp, u are right, it might bei to glossy - it looks like the wooden elements of a Riva-Boat, but I like it as it is.
In general I like these old Matchbox kits. They are not very detailed, they have those heavy ingraved panel lines and most of them only a few decals. Nevertheless one they are built they look good to me and have there own character. The old box-arts are also very impressing and it is really satisfying to build the kits like I used to when I was a kid. That's what I like to recomend to all of you.
And finally Matchbox hadert some very unique kits in production.
Beautiful job on that ancient model! I also love Matchbox kits. Matchbox decals are some very hardy little buggers! I built on old Matchbox Stranraer that was a good 35-40 years old and used the decals fine without any decal film! Went on like the best Cartograf decals.
Beautiful job once again! I love that little plane!
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