grumman wildcat by frog 1/72nd

[woljags]

in moving more bits around due to the house extention i found a couple of spitfire kits of which one i didn't remember buying all those years ago,opening it up inside was a rare frog wildcat kit,pics to follow shortly,

thanks for looking

 

[brucejscott]

Can't wait to see them. This should be good.

 

[woljags]

i've made a start and plan to build this over the next week or so,

thanks for looking

 

[TimEwers]

Looks like it should only take about hour from building to painting to putting the decals on.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Wow, that brings back some memories. Very cool!

 

[brucejscott]

Love them Wildcats! Which are you going to do, the martlet or Operation Torch scheme?

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice.

 

[woljags]

i thought i'd do a martlet for a change to go with my fleet air arm collection

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool. My Fleet Arm collection consists of 1 so far

 

[Lucky13]

Nice! Wish that they would bring back Matchbox and Frog....!

 

[Airframes]

Jan, a lot of Frog kits have just been re-released by Ark Models - have a look at Model Hobbies and Hannants.

 

[vikingBerserker]

What ever happened to Matchbox?

 

[woljags]

there's not much to this kit and to be honest i forgot to take some of the photos to show it going together but she is now in camo plus i gloss varnished it late last night ready for its markings and extra detailing

thanks for looking

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[the ace]

Err VB ? I've managed to find matchbox kits on eBay, but for some reason made in China.

You can still get the old Novo (Soviet-made Frog with the amazing disintegrating decals) there as well.

Revell re-boxed some matchbox kits, but in a single colour, and the available Chinese ones are in the later, subdued, colours.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I've found old ones on eBay, just didn't think they were being made anymore.

 

[hawkeye2an]

You can still get the old Novo (Soviet-made Frog with the amazing disintegrating decals) there as well.

Not sure if you know about this one: For ANY old kit decals I either brush on a coat of MicroScale clear decal film (if they are small) or for larger decals I spray with clear acrylic rattle can you can get from any art supply store. If using the spray you have to trim the decals closely, as anything sprayed now becomes a clear decal.

 

[dirkpitt289]

I've recenly picked up some matchbox kits off EvilBay. They aren't like the newer kits made today (Obviously) but I still like them. Love the box art on them also

 

[woljags]

progress so far

 

[Wurger]

A little bit too shiny. But looking good.