Fat Lady Warming Up.. mmD's Penultimate Blitz... Done.. just

[mightymikeD]

At some point early on during this Blitz I set myself the arbitrary target of 15 completions.. we're at 13 and I have something planned for the final one.. and also out of Stash kits to Blitz.. however I wandered into Modelzone in Holborn and while perusing their sale section found this for the princely sum of £1.99



Eeeeeexcellent.... (in the voice of Monty Burns)

We are go at 20.00..

[ShaunW]

You cannot go wrong with that Mike for £1.99! An excellent choice sir

[mightymikeD]

You cannot go wrong with that Mike for £1.99! An excellent choice sir

I thought so.. it was all on its own in the sale section with no price tag (and I've never seen it for sale in MZ either, so I assume it was found in some dark corner of their stockroom) I asked an assistant what the price was, expecting to hear £7.99.. and when he came back and said £1.99 I merely answered "Sold".. it looks like a smashing kit..

really looking forward to this one..

[ShaunW]

Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong but I think this was originally a Matchbox kit. I'm not surprised you snapped it up for that money. Roll on the penultimate MMD Blitz then!

[mightymikeD]

It sure is. And you can tell, just by looking at it... (It's even got the PK-107 still visible on the sprue) The plastic has that "Weighty" look and feel and despite some flash, looks like a winner. And for sub-two-quid... yeah. Bit their arm off.

Second CBK of the Blitz! WHOOOOO!!!

[Ian]

I think Al (Beany) build one of these in a previous Blitz.

10 mins to go. Are you ready?

[mightymikeD]

I is ready....

Got a link to Al's build?

[Ian]

Give me a min

[Ian]

Give me a min

Nope - can't find it. But I am 99.99% certain he did Blitz one.

[mightymikeD]

And we're off...



Some sprues



Glorious Matchbox Action..


Mmmmmmmm


Matchbox Mould + Revell Decals= Happy mmD Time


The standard Revell obliteration of MB info on the sprues/parts..




Scalemates says 1974 for the original tooling.. so two years older than me, then...

Rapid rattlecan priming is first.. then interior work...

Here's The Spencer Davis Group with handy Finnish subtitles



Now you know how to get yourself into Serious Trouble in any Helsinki bar..

"Rakasta Minua"

[Ian]

I bet you don't use all those stencils!

[Gregers]

Looking forward to watching this one progress. I have a couple of these in the stash and I have built a couple. It's a damn fine kit.

All the best.

Greg

[mightymikeD]

I bet you don't use all those stencils!

68 Decals.. even by Revell standards, that's a lot.. some of them are just pin-pricks..we shall see how the build goes.. I'm back at work so after I stop tonight (which may be late: there's Hockey on) so tomorrow's build will only resume around the 17.30 mark..

Just dry-fitted the fuselage... oh my. I love Matchbox...

[ShaunW]

Yes, you can tell the MB heritage there by looking at the sprues. I'll bet you've got this largely built by the time the hockey comes on.

[mightymikeD]

I'll bet you've got this largely built by the time the hockey comes on.

Quite possible.. Revell have provided decals for the flipping insides of the doors.. amazing.

Obviously doing lots of tedious interior work pre-assembly.. here we go



love that fit..


bits..


and here are Jurgen and Bruno... Jurgen is big into his Lomography and has a great collection of plastic toy cameras that cost a ridiculous amount of money. Bruno is a season ticket holder at Schalke. He like beer, football and faded denim. They're the classic "Odd Couple!" (I smell a Sitcom!)




Chicago used to be a great R&B band.. then Terry Kath accidentally shot himself in the head playing with an "Unloaded" 9mm pistol.. and Pete Cetera dragged them down into tedious 80s MTV-Rock (and the theme to Karate Kid II).. this is how bloody good they were, once upon a time