Love this dave , its a real nostalgia trip. Like many others i built plenty of matchbox kits in the day some unpainted like this . They were always easy to build , the fit being very good and as you say their choice of subjects was excellent .
Yes youre right chris , Matchbox did take their measurements from the static prototype of the Alpha jet , which differed quite a bit from the production versions ( mainly the tail ) . They werent alone in this type of thing though , plenty of kit makers base their models on pre production airframes in the rush to be the first to get a particular aircraft on sale to capitalise on the interest surrounding the latest thing . The F22 raptor ,F16 , su57 ,su34 , F35 to name a few , all had early releases that were based on prototypes which were ultimately different to production versions .
Yes youre right chris , Matchbox did take their measurements from the static prototype of the Alpha jet , which differed quite a bit from the production versions ( mainly the tail ) . They werent alone in this type of thing though , plenty of kit makers base their models on pre production airframes in the rush to be the first to get a particular aircraft on sale to capitalise on the interest surrounding the latest thing . The F22 raptor ,F16 , su57 ,su34 , F35 to name a few , all had early releases that were based on prototypes which were ultimately different to production versions .
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