Deanflyer Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ok folks, here we go...I haven't been around my modelling bench much lately for one reason or another, so I thought I'd mark my return with a traditional Deanflyer bit of silliness... I think we all know about Matchbox two colour kits, don't we? How the good people at Matchbox thought that having two different colours of plastic negated the need for painting? Well, I'm not really into 1/72 scale, so I thought it'd be interesting to build a larger and more up to date kit, but do it as Mr Matchbox intended. At Cosford, I secured a second hand Tamiya 1/48 109E and two appropriate pots of paint. So here we go, a Tamiya kit painted like a Matchbox kit... Construction progressed speedily: A slightly tricky bit of masking was required due to the strange way that the wings attach on the Matchbox kit...completely different to the one piece lower wing of the Tamiya kit, so I had to paint it to represent this: Eventually it was all together, and coated with Klear: I then added the decals, being careful to use only those that were included in the Matchbox kit - so, no stencils or swastikas. I was going to overcoat the decals with Klear afterwards, but I decided to leave them as that'd be closer to what Matchbox envisaged. So here we are, a 1/48 scale model painted to represent a 1/72 scale model: So what do you reckon? Daft enough...? Cheers, Dean 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvulcan Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That's awsome and pure mad mental ! fun too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ha ha ha ha! Excellent! I remember building that very Matchbox kit in the 80's. Great and different idea doing it in 1/48, very cool. You might just start something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Are you now going to do the Matchbox kit as Tamiya intended? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Love it! Crazy, Daft, Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 What fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I love it! Modelling is fun, after all!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Takes me back to my childhood- built so many of these growing up. I didnt start painting any of my models until I had been building about 5 years- they all looked like yours, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Alan Bardell Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 crackers - but good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Happy memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Great idea!So, will you do the Matchbox B-17G next? Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Just fantastic!!! the execution is spot on - and thats what makes it work. Now this could start a trend...... Jonners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Great idea,looks superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Genius! it really looks good; I almost convinced myself that the yellow and brown was a proper colour scheme when I got to the 3/4 rear view picture. Great stuff! Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 A model of a model? Makes sense to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 A model of a model? Makes sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That's wonderful! Now, where's my lime green paint, brown paint, beige paint and Tamiya 1:48th Stranraer? Oh, wait a minute... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ha ha channelling the inner matchbox. The MB kit was the first model I ever made, and no it was not painted! Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Still crazy after all these years, eh, Deanflyer? Excellent and witty modelling as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 You, Sir, are barking! Cluck-cluck, jibber-jibber, my old man's a mushroom etc! Completely hatstand!! I LOVE IT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) I can see some type of a group build coming on?I've always loved some of the colours that Matchbox used... Further inspiration can be found here -http://www.matchboxkits.org/index.php?cPath=27&osCsid=3l238fl1ve4krmfvi5hkp3f494 OK - I'll do "Dooleybird" !!Cheers.. And very well done .. Dave Edited April 22, 2014 by Rabbit Leader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I really like this I've never seen a kit painted as a matchbox kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Love it!!! Just needs a hole in the bottom for the stand, & it'll be perfect! I really CAN see this creating a trend on here, & it'll help shift gallons of garishly-coloured paint, too! What was the worst colour-clashing sprues in the matchbox range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I looked at the pictures without reading the text first and thought "I don't remember the original matchbox kit being that refined or detailed"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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