1/72 Matchbox Saab J29-F Tunnan

by Tim Groombridge

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As much as I enjoy getting stuck into more detailed kits, I appreciate the simplicity of the old Matchbox kits and often find that they afford me a chance to 'practice' with certain things - without fear of making the kit look too awful. This kit is such an example, where I had been wanting to practice bare metal finishes and to experiment with riveting detail.

It's all a bit rough-and-ready I appreciate, but it has at least given me some confidence to tackle some bigger, more expensive builds that I didn't want to start until I'd had the practice this gave me. For anyone that's interested, the riveting was achieved by dipping the end of a wooden cocktail stick in humbrol enamel (dark grey), waiting for it to partially dry for a few seconds - and then pressing it against the panel lines at (admittedly slightly irregular) intervals.

Tim 

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Photos and text © by Tim Groombridge