I know what you're
thinking. Matchbox! " Why even bother building one of those
things!" you're saying to yourself. What with the poor fit, lack of
detail, terrible decals and way out of scale measurements, it's a wonder anyone EVER
built one. Well...I had this one sitting in it's box half built and I
kinda' felt sorry for it....I mean, it at least deserves to be completed! Besides,
it'll fill the space on my shelf until I get around to buying the Grand Phoenix
kit (Honey, I know I promised, but it's ONLY one more kit).
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I added a resin seat
and a Monogram pilot to the cockpit (I seem to have lots of those guys in my
spares box). Also my first try at using a photo-etched cockpit set
(Airwaves). Results were less than spectacular...a lot less. Hence,
the closed canopy.
Model was pre-shaded with
ModelMaster flat black (another first!) and painted with the standard light gull
gray upper and flat white lower surfaces. Weathering was done with
pastels. Made some big mistakes while decaling and the vertical stab
markings disintegrated with the application of the setting solution, but at
least it's finished. Now my conscience is clear and I can move on to my
next project (ProModeler F-15E) guilt free!
Vince
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