Matt B's Mixed Bag for 2019

[Matt Bacon]

A bit of a slow year modelling-wise, thanks to an eventful year in real life. With luck, though, health and employment issues are behind me now  and I can get back to the bench more often in 2020...

1. Huracan Performante, Aoshima, 1/24

2. Triumph TR4A, Airfix, 1/32

3. Austin Healey Sprite, Airfix, 1/32

4. Ford Escort Mexico, Airfix, 1/32

5. Bugatti Type 59, Matchbox, 1/32

6. Porsche 935, Matchbox, 1/32

7. Porsche 911S, Arii Owners Club, 1/32

8. Little Owl, Airfix, 1/1 (ish)

9. Lamborghini Silhouette, Gunze Sangyo, 1/24

10. Lola T70 Mk1 Spyder, Union/IMC, 1/25 (or so...)

There are a couple more that will soon be the first completions of 2020, but in the circumstances I'm well-pleased to have managed 10 this year!

Happy New Year to you all...

best,

M.

[Modlbldr]

Wow! What a nice year! Even with the issues you did more and better quality than I did. How are the 1/32 kits for building? I have a couple Gunze kits I haven't built yet and have been looking at some from Arii on eBay.

Later-

Edited January 1, 2020 by Modlbldr

[bbowser]

Very nice work on them all.  

[Tom Geiger]

Love the Airfix 1/32s!   Tiny little kits with all the details (and often more) than 1/25 scale kits!

when I was a US military brat in Germany 1969-72, the post exchange never got American kits, just a steady supply of Airfix kits, so I grew up with these little cars!

Great work!

[peekay]

Nice work! I specially like your TR4 and Sprite builds - but the owl is excellent too.

[cobraman]

Great models.

[maltsr]

Very nice.

[Bernard Kron]

Very fine work indeed. If 10 is a "short" year then what can we be treated to when the boards are clear? The 1/32s are impressive. Of course I like the "ghost" Bugatti... All the best for 2020.

[Matt Bacon]

Thank you all, and a Happy New Year to you to you and yours.

@Modlbldr as @Tom Geiger says the genuine Airfix 1/32s are great. There are 3 generations: the 1950s-issued  "vintage" kits are like Revell Highway Pioneers, and generally crude and occasionally off scale; the 1960/70s kits split two ways: adapted slot racing cars (eg Ford 3 litre, Porsche 908 /917, Ferrari 250LM) and "everyday" family cars like the Ford Escort/Maxi/Triumph Herald which are well-detailed, broadly accurate, and complex to build...the Jaguar 420 is my "grail kit " of those; finally, there are the 1970s vintage racers, like the Bugatti 35, MG Magnette and Alfa 2300 which are accurate, detailed, complex and a bit brittle...

Matchbox 1/32s cover a broad range, all of which are reasonably detailed and usually can be built opened up or closed. There are some great pre-War models like the Bugatti 59 or the  Aston Martin Ulster, and 70s racers like the Surtees, Tyrrell or Porsche 917/10. None of them are bad kits -- it just depends what you are interested in building

best,

M.

[Cpt Tuttle]

Nice to see some unusual subjects being built up too!

[ATHU]

Beautiful line up, well done!!

[1959scudetto]

Some great builts, Matt - I especially like your TR4 (it is my favorite British roadster) - if that only qould be available in 1/24 (Gunze missed it -  stopped with the TR3 A) - this would be a great one for Tamiya...

[TooOld]

Super collection of builds , all very well done !    Sure wish a TR4 was available in 1/24th scale .

[440 Dakota]

some great builds and I really like the owl

[slusher]

Wonderful group for the year!!

[ChrisR]

They all look great!

[89AKurt]

I missed this, was searching for the Lamborghini Silhouette and see that you built it, and now recall the build topic.  Very nice selection of well done models!

[RiderZ]

Beautiful group of cars you built.

You have skills!!!