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John Hughes (Gojira)
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Matchbox Hawker Tempest Mk.II

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50 5 February, 18:42
Nicolas
Following.
5 February, 19:38
Jennifer Franklin
following, want a front row seat on this one
5 February, 21:45
Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat as well!
6 February, 21:00
Cuajete
Me 4.
8 February, 20:50
J35J
Joining the project, can't miss an old Matchbox!👍🏻
8 February, 21:20
Guy Rump
Following. 👍
11 February, 14:13
Cuajete
Good job so far 👍
11 February, 18:44
Jennifer Franklin
Following all the seam filling/leveling with interest
11 February, 20:35
John Hughes
It's not a quick job, Jennifer, but it's possibly the most important part of the build. See what I mean about the primer showing up all the errors?
11 February, 20:39
Jennifer Franklin
Yes, I see
12 February, 01:14
Jennifer Franklin
Nice progress is being made.
24 February, 16:15
Mark de Boer
Looks great👍
24 February, 16:19
Cuajete
Good progress 👍
24 February, 20:26
Mikel
A lot of effort. For something that doesn't even have a dashboard?
25 February, 01:05
Alberto
Nice job. Old kits deserve some TLC too 🙂
25 February, 06:34
Duster_d
I like it when old kits are assembled
25 February, 06:51
Moreno Baruffini
I also really like when an old kit is assembled with special care!
25 February, 07:57
John Hughes
Thanks all for the encouraging comments. I wanted to see if a 50 year old kit could turn into something worthwhile, despite shortcomings like the lack of much interior. I think the worst thing about it will be the wide, shallow panel lines when it comes to putting panel liner on it. Some of the lines have almost vanished already.
25 February, 10:15
Alberto
I built the same kit a couple of years ago and had no issues with the decals, they'll probably be ok. Good luck John!
26 February, 08:05
John Hughes
Alberto, the red centres of the roundels are misaligned and one of the serial numbers is damaged to the point of being see-through.
26 February, 08:16
Alberto
You are right John, I hadn't seen the photo of the decals. I was luckier with them, mine were in better shape:
Hawker Tempest (Matchbox 1:72) | Album by Al_ (1:72)
26 February, 09:40
Cuajete
I also had bad luck with the decals on my Hunter. In my case I had to make the control panel from scratch. Luckily I won't need those decals anymore:

Hawker Hunter T.68 Project | Album by Cuajete (1:72)

John, You're doing a great job 👍
26 February, 19:00
John Hughes
Cuajete, ouch! I hate it when that happens. I had that problem with this kit very many years ago.
King Cobra Mustang II (MPC 1-0721, 1:25)
Had to abandon the decalling entirely as they disintegrated on contact with water.

1-0721
 
26 February, 19:14
Cuajete
John, I understand your problem, especially if it involves a special decoration like that. I'm sorry for what happened.
26 February, 19:17
Nicolas
Hi John, I realy like what you did with this oldie kit. It shows, one can still build beautiful models from those old kits if one takes a bit of time and effort. 👍
5 March, 19:24
John Hughes
Thanks, Nicolas. It's far from perfect, but it is the first aircraft kit I've built since the early '80's.
5 March, 19:32
Guy Rump
Very nice result! 👍
5 March, 20:48
John Hughes
Thanks, Guy
5 March, 20:57
Duster_d
I like! Such an old school modeling 👍
6 March, 04:52
Moreno Baruffini
Super! I totally agree with the above! 👍👍👍
6 March, 06:32
John Hughes
Thanks, Duster_d & Moreno
6 March, 08:21
Jennifer Franklin
Very nice build!
6 March, 23:08
John Hughes
Thanks, Jennifer.
7 March, 08:21
Cuajete
Very nice job with this old kit.

Congrats!
8 March, 20:00
John Hughes
Thanks, Cuajete!
8 March, 20:53

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