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i placed an order sunday night and it came today. except for back ordering the vac b29 canopies, it was correct. i bouth the pegasus dh2 kit on sale and i see what you guys meant about pegasus having nice kits but needing some degree of skill. it seems like a simple ac but the kit make it obvious it ain't no shake and bake. i believe my skills atr adequate and it should be fun. the hase 1/72 camel looks a lot easier. it could use some detailing but i suspect the hardest part will be sewing on the rigging. last kit was the rog 1/72 walrus, (yeah, i do have a thing for that ac.) it's a lot nicer than the matchbox, so many miles above the smer. i like the smer anyway because it's cheap, easy to sew and you can detail as much as you want. squadron still has some things going for it.

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frank

not even close.....unless rog did a major upgrade and added parts. fuselage has subtle lines and struts are much more delicate. only thing looks close are the floats.

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e

change that. i have two matchbox kits and it matches one of them. the other is quite a bit different on the fuselage but not the wings and floats. ok, i'm baffled.

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e

no, they are both original matchbox boxes but one says mk1 and one says mk3. the rog kit is the mk1 and it's a very clean and flash free molding. but identical to the matchbox mk1.

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e

Are both Matchboxes in the same boxes? If one's different it may say RoG on it somewhere in fine print. They may have freshened the moulds whilst still using Matchbox-style boxes.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad-Modeller

this link should clear things up

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STinGaH

Verry interesting. I've seen two versions of Matchbox kits but they usually just changed configurations. I have the TF-104G, the Mirage IIIB and the Lightning T.55, all of which started as single-seaters. I've never seen the mouldings totally upgraded like that.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad-Modeller

the 3's aren't common. of my 12 matchbox, only one is a 3.

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e

Remember what the one was that I sold you?

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad-Modeller

yes, that's in the bill box. a mk1.

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e

Funny, the bill box here is filled with slips of paper.

My point was that it is a fairly early Walrus kit. I expected it would be the less sophisticated version. Obviously RoG is behind that one Mk.3

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad-Modeller

the rog matches the match mk1 skips of paper, har, har!

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e

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