1/72 Revell AG/Matchbox Dassault Mystere IVA

[Marek]

Greetings guys,
I managed to finish the Mystery / Surprise for the Nifty Fifties Group Build yesterday thus I am happy to present my latest mediocrity:
Dassault Mystere IVA, 7-BQ, No.321 of Escadron de Chasse 2/7 "Nice". Done almost 'oob' with exception of scratchbuilt cockpit, bang-seat (Matchbox decided to place the French pilot on a sort of a toilet rather than ejection seat). Pitot tube, VHF antenna and gun barrels from stretched sprue. Rescribed to resemble modern kit and antenna behind the cockpit made using spare PE part from kit long-gone. I am happy it is finally over as I love early jets but started being little 'under-the-kit' because of impatience of mine. NMF with Model Master metalizers: aluminum buffing and non-buffing. Dirtying on a heavier side to cover some rescribing and surface preparation mistakes (Honesty in the era of Photoshop ).





















Hope you like it.
Marek

[Eric Mc]

That turned out very nice. With a little bit of attention, Matchbox kits can produce a very nice model.

[vacant]

Splendid job.

[Springy67]

Really good effort. I particularly like the first picture, it has a nice weathered look about it.

[Titan]

Nice work Marek, I've built a couple of these myself so appreciate the effort you have put into this.

[Marek]

Thank You Guys!

[Migrant]

You don't see too many of these built up, probably for a good reason :D You've done a lovely job of that Marek.

[ShaunW]

Excellent work Marek and what a great looking early French jet the Mystere is.

[skypirate]

Amazing result from the Matchbox kit!
Well done!

David

[shangos70]

Great work, looks really good. I keep looking at mine in the pile.I'll move it up the list a little after seeing yours.