PK-17 Bf 109 E

[vppelt68]

Just posted an order and paid 15,49£ incl. shipping for a Matchbox Emil. That in my opinion was money well spent! Cemented one together when I was more child than today, it must have been before '79 and haven't even seen one since. V-P

Edited October 1, 2017 by vppelt68
Added that PK- prefix

[Arniec]

1 hour ago, vppelt68 said:

Just posted an order and paid 15,49£ incl. shipping for a Matchbox Emil. That in my opinion was money well spent! Cemented one together when I was more child than today, it must have been before '79 and haven't even seen one since. V-P

Nice one V-P. Luckely it is still a week to go before it starts.

 

Cheers

[old thumper]

Very nice, what scale is it?

[vppelt68]

6 minutes ago, old thumper said:

Very nice, what scale is it?

1:72. Devoted to that!

[stevej60]

A great choice this would have been one of the first Matchbox kit's I did, just to be different I did the Romanian scheme!

[vppelt68]

if my memory serves me right, back in those days I sometimes used all the decals that came with the kit... Very blingy they became too!

[vppelt68]

I knew something good would follow from buying that Jagdpanther... And when I got back home, there was a parcel from Kingkit waiting for me in the mailbox !

I believe this kit - I mean this exact one I bought - must me mighty old, as I can't recall Matchbox kits coming in anything else than an end-opening box with clear window? This one is definitely different!

"Quality engineered in two colours", it says and I must agree! "Finished model with parts and decals as supplied - no painting necessary."

Maybe I just have to brush on some Humbrols - this time! It does come with a stand and thin wheels for posing it in-flight. I think that option can't be avoided!

This kit made me very, very happy... Once again! Best regards, V-P

[shatters]

I wonder  when it was that kits stopped including swastikas? 

 

Phil

[vppelt68]

I can't say... This one still has them.

[Hewy]

The E is My favourite 109 mk, good choice vp

Glynn 

[modelling minion]

Excellent choice V.P.

Built a fair few of these, in both Luftwaffe and Romanian markings, and much preferred them to the Airfix offering as they went together easier and had attractive colour schemes. Look forward to seeing what you can do with this one.

[Martian]

Its a very nice little kit. Indeed one resides in my stash and very nearly made the cut for this GB. Maybe if I get the Boeing done reasonably quickly..................

 

Martian

[bbudde]

20 hours ago, shatters said:

I wonder  when it was that kits stopped including swastikas? 

Here in Germany it was 1979, when they stopped using swastikas in public. The sellers had to cut them out  from each decal film and paint them over on the old boxarts on the boxes. In fact Germany is the only land in the world, where their use in public is forbidden under penalty (§ 86a III StGB). So Matchbox, Airfix and all others had to remove them, when tading with/ in Germany.

This was part of the litigation and jugded by the BGH (supreme court) dealing with Matchbox PK 83 and 171:

https://www.jurion.de/urteile/bgh/1979-04-25/3-str-89_79/

[old thumper]

1 hour ago, bbudde said:

 (§ 86a III StGB).

Does stgb stand for single type group build?

 

Nice choice, The Bf 109 is one of my favorite Matchbox kits, I built the Romanian version again about a year ago and may add the desert version to this group build.

 

Edited October 12, 2017 by old thumper

[bbudde]

31 minutes ago, old thumper said:

Does stgb stand for single type group build?

I often wondered, what the heck they build there in or for  the Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) von Deutschland

Edited October 12, 2017 by bbudde

[John]

When Ray Rimmel built his Battle of Britain collection for the RAF Museum back in 1979-1980 he used the Matchbox Bf109E in preference to the Airfix kit. It certainly looked the part when he was finished with it. 

John