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If you do a search on eBay for "1/76 Revell", you'll find hundreds of them -- I think ANYTHING in 1/76 sold by Revell is Matchbox in origin. You can also find loads of the originals at pretty accessible prices. Favorites of the CBK SIG include the "Monty's Caravan" set and the two French tanks in one box...

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M.

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Before Revell tipped their toes into reruns - and apparently were surprised at the high response - some of these kits were available from Chinese production. I'm told this led to some plastic colours even more lurid than the Matchbox originals, though the few I had were pretty normal.

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Anybody know if these 1/76 kits have ever been re-boxed over the years? Just to bring back memories of rainy weekends and getting glue over everything

Alreet marra, some of the old Matchbox kits are still in the revell range,chaffee tank,firefly(still with the half bridge dio base) Monty,s caravan etc nearly

all the matchbox range are available from King Kit prices from £7 to £10.

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It might be worth pointing out that the decal quality of the Revell re-boxes is a lot higher than the Matchbox originals.

But I qualify that observation with the fact that Matchbox branded kits produced from the early 1990s to 2000 were of Revell manufacture and also had better decals than the earlier kits made from 1973 onwards.

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Some temptation has been sent my way methinks. Hopefully if I gat hold of some I can make a better job on the rubber tracks. And those dio bases were great. The Wespe with the cows skull was my fave

Cheers all

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Alreet marra, some of the old Matchbox kits are still in the revell range,chaffee tank,firefly(still with the half bridge dio base) Monty,s caravan etc nearly

all the matchbox range are available from King Kit prices from £7 to £10.

Forgot about Kingkit. Mind you that could open up a whole Pandora's Box for me

Cheers Steve

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Oliver in the for sale section has some matchbox originals and revell re-issues for £5 each. His thread is called 'more from the vault of doom'.

Have bought lots of kits from him and can highly recommend.

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I'll hunt around for a kit with the cow skull in it. It doesn't matter what else is in the box so long as I get a skull. In a similar vein, these Airfix kits which seem to be burgeoning everywhere, are these any good? I was tempted by the Cromwell or the Vickers light tank the other day but got a 109 instead.

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The Cromwell is as good as the better Matchbox, if a little chunky, which seems to be something of an Airfix "style" but quite suits such tanks. The Vickers is quite nice (I've had three) but the finer parts are rather clumsy - rather like the poorer Matchbox (eg M40), dare I say? The Vickers tanks, and most of the Airfix modern range currently available, were produced by an ex-Airfix employee under the JB range. They were then bought up by Airfix and reissued. I don't think you'd be disappointed with either.

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One thing I always liked about the Matchbox armour kits: diorama-in-a-box! B)

It's just a pity about the Wespe - nice base but as far as I'm aware they were never in North Africa.

Mike. :)

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One thing I always liked about the Matchbox armour kits: diorama-in-a-box! B)

It's just a pity about the Wespe - nice base but as far as I'm aware they were never in North Africa.

Mike. :)

Yes they were. How do think there was a skull in the box? It was in the 'Tunis Times,' 'Retreating Germans mow down cows in headlong retreat. Wespe crews to blame.' :mental:

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Ohh, Matchbox AFV ! Their M-40 GMC was my first US AFV.... Have nice diorama stand with crater.... and gorgeous box art ! Later- a15 year ago i bought the same type from AFVclub in 1/35....From nostalgia...

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It gets me how some of their kits are total dogs, but others, still stand up to modern kits.

I still will buy these at shows, and have the double French tank, and Churchill bridge layer in Matchbox and Revell boxes. Both kits are very nice, the Panther and Jagpanther I have both, are not very good at all, more like war gaming kits.

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