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[Ace-Garageguy]

4 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:

I was going to suggest the same. The Matchbox kit doesn’t have the contra-prop, though...

Yup, I was wrong. It's got the 5-bladed prop. 

I have a rusty brain or eyeballs, apparently.  

Edited October 8, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy
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[Matt Bacon]

31 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I have a rusty brain or eyeballs, apparently.  

I doubt that.... you'll have seen a fair number built as Seafire 47s: when Jen's or the Freightdog bits were new several people (including me) built them and put them on forums (including Large Scale Planes), and I think Jen actually built one using her prototype parts for Scale Aircraft Modelling, so it made it into print as well. In fact there are probably more published internet-era builds of the Seafire conversion than the base kit. It's a cooler-looking plane, for a start and the Matchbox kit is not one of their very best on its own. I suspect the Revell Germany rebox was closely followed by the conversion parts as people decided to make something a bit special with it...

best,

M.