Ron Bell Posted April 19, 2022 Report Posted April 19, 2022 This is the 1964 re-boxing of the unchanged original 1960 Aurora kit. No wheel wells, so I painted them in rather than go thru all the cutting and filling in to make them. The fit was surprisingly good and with attention, the seams were minimal. The panel lines were engraved by the same guy that did the early Matchbox kits, if you know what I mean, but at least there were no raised decal locators. It did take a whole lot of weight to keep it on its legs instead of its tail. The decals are from Skylancer and were beautiful. 2
VMF211 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Posted April 19, 2022 Great job! Old kits need love too. I don't think I've ever seen one of these built.
Mark Deliduka Posted April 19, 2022 Report Posted April 19, 2022 You did magnificent Ron! Fantastic work!
ghodges Posted April 20, 2022 Report Posted April 20, 2022 Excellent! Those painted gear wells look pretty convincing...not sure I'd have noticed if you hadn't mentioned them! Gil
johneaton Posted May 9, 2022 Report Posted May 9, 2022 That's the way to build these old kits. Looks good and was fun too, I'll bet.
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