Arc's Big Supermarine Stranraer

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Arc's Big Supermarine Stranraer

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It's the old classic ex-MB 1/72 Stranraer from Revell. This seems to be one of the most highly-regarded and beloved of the old Matchbox moulds (as a side note, Revell are keen to acknowledge their lineage these days, which is nice). I'll probably do the NMF pre-war option but I'm as yet undecided on whether it'll be on the beaching gear or in flight. I'll have to figure out a way of posing it (I don't think even the Airfix 1/48 stands would be up to the job!)

Four sprues of solid grey plastic. "Chunky" is the word that springs to mind. One not-so-clear clear sprue as well, of course. Gazing at it fondly and looking at locations for lots and lots and lotsa rigging holes and wondering if I can turn the two-part construction of each wings to my advantage.
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Excellent choice sir! It'll look nice in NMF.
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Is that the boxart? It is really nice.
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It is, pretty much unchanged from the originaL MB art (an Arado and some gunners has been added)
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The Stranraer was the Aircraft Described in the October 1959 Aeromodeller. I was fascinated by it and at Christmas that year, I got a drafting board, T-square, and my uncles old drafting set. I spent several days patiently redrawing it.

For the model, I did a Canadian aircraft from the West Coast Flying Boat Stations, a mix of camo and silver.
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yes, John, it's one of my favourite planes, too. I'm a big fan of Supermarine FBs and wish more were available in injection kits (€80 for the Silver Wings Southampton :shock: )

Some of the Canadian military and civil schemes are very attractive, which is as good an excuse as any to build another!
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An interesting book is "Jericho Beach & the West Coast Flying Boat Stations" ....
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and very reasonably priced from Amazon.ca.. hmm..
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I was/am sorely tempted to build my Matchbox Stranraer for this build but with a flare up of a long term health condition and having a week away at the start of October, I can't see me finishing in time. I guess I will have to content myself with watching this build.

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I'll try and do it justice, Martin.

Well, I'm finally going to have some free time this evening in between yet more guiding stunned-looking incoming 1st years around University and telling them vital info that they're going to instantly forget/proofreading my GF's Masters' Thesis (due Tuesday.. eep!)/working so I'll get this underway later. I'm guessing no-one here is unfamiliar with the sprues, but I guess those shots are traditional!
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and here we go...

Box Art, and very nice it is too..

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Sprues

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Clear parts.. sort of

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Decals (again, looking good but my, what a lot of little footprints)

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Hello chaps, went out and got legless, I see?

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No interior detail.. I may add some, but in all honesty very little will be visible

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Guess I should get building, hey?
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Researched Stranraer internal colours, came across a very informative discussion about Supermarine greens on this very forum involving joint gbl Lancfan..

Read it, ignored it, grabbed a tin of H120 and slopped it on . I'm a terrible modeller. (and the Supermarine colour thread will come in very handy down the line, so well done, gents)

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Nice start! I still may not be able to stay out of this build. Perhaps I have something a bit simpler I could do. Off to the stash methinks.

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The Stranraer is ticking along.. fuselage buttoned up, windows masked, a rattlecan blast of Aluminium to see where the seam needed fixing etc

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Wings being cut off and cleaned up (boy, there are some mighty gates on some of these)

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Moar soonest
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The more I see this kit being built by you and others, the more I think I need one, I just love the look of these old flying boats.
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