JOCKNEY Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 24/07/2021 at 07:07, johnlambert said: I've just bought this, so I guess I'd better put my name down Great to have you with us John, are you planning on painting it, or just Klear coating over the top, seeing as Matchbox have been kind enough to mold it in the right colour ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 11 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Great to have you with us John, are you planning on painting it, or just Klear coating over the top, seeing as Matchbox have been kind enough to mold it in the right colour ? Thanks Pat. My plans are nothing like that simple. I think the body is an American specification Scirocco, with the side marker lights. I don't like the way those marker lights look, so they have to go, which means painting. I don't like the molded color so I'll try painting it something nicer, or at least more to my taste. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Great stuff John, I suppose you could go the whole hog, check out the VW colour charts of the era for that model and make it original ? I know what you mean about the side repeaters / reflectors, MGBs were similarly afflicted Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Depending on when this GB takes place I am interested in joining with this. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 As mentioned in this post: ... I snatched up some Matchbox classics on Saturday, including two of the Siskin IIIA, which had eluded me for many years. I also got the Henschel 126 today, and the Revell rebox of the Chaffee some weeks ago. And not to tempt fate, but there may be other vintage Matchbox kits being disposed of in the near future, which I would get first refusal on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 9:09 PM, JOCKNEY said: Welcome @JosephLalor Great to have you with us. As Matchbox covered such a wide variety of subjects, I'm hoping that we see lots of non aircraft builds in this one. Anyone got the 1/72 convoy escort Corvette lurking in the stash ? Cheers Pat No, but it's just possible that sometime in the near future, I may be able to "liberate" it from someone else's. But since I would probably never, ever have the time to build it, let alone do it justice with extra detailing, I may have to pass on it (... and buy many other smaller Matchbox kits instead). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, dbostream said: Depending on when this GB takes place I am interested in joining with this. Yes please ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I have a Matchbox boxing of the old Revell 1/25 Austin Healey 100-6 . Would that be eligible ? If so , it's also a bit started - I glued the body together about 20 years ago - would that be a problem ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 hours ago, rs2man said: I have a Matchbox boxing of the old Revell 1/25 Austin Healey 100-6 . Would that be eligible ? If so , it's also a bit started - I glued the body together about 20 years ago - would that be a problem ? I assume you mean the one I posted 5 posts earlier. Seems like it was ok but mine is unstarted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Wrong post Edited July 27, 2021 by dbostream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 11 hours ago, rs2man said: I have a Matchbox boxing of the old Revell 1/25 Austin Healey 100-6 . Would that be eligible ? If so , it's also a bit started - I glued the body together about 20 years ago - would that be a problem ? I think we can be very flexible with the 25% under the circumstances, please dig it out so we can see, and I think it's waited long enough don't you ? Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Pat @JOCKNEY just popping the 'illegibility' question here. To my knowledge Matchbox only produced 1/32 scale Auto models in there own right, so to my knowledge that 1/25 Austin Healy is not an original Matchbox mould. Are we allowing any kit that was marketed in a Matchbox labelled box? If so, that will allow a larger number of Revell and AMT designed moulds that were not originally part of Matchbox's back catalogue. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 Hi Dave I think to broaden the scope of the GB I would like to include anything that appeared in a Matchbox box. I'm hoping to encourage lots of unusual kits we don't usually see and hopefully many new participants to a GB. I rashly agreed to building a Privateer for this forthcoming GB, which having just finished a Stirling in the under a tenner GB, and about to start a Farman in the French Fancy GB, is going to take some explaining to Mrs Jockney on the sudden shortage of shelf space ! So anyone reading this have a look in the stash lets get some seldom seen stuff lined up for this special GB Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I am shocked - SHOCKED, I say, to discover not appearing in the list. Amends MUST be made! Where can I send my strongly worded letter to the Editor, please? No, the Heyford is not a candidate for this GB, unfortunately. That will receive it's due attention. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 7:45 PM, Foxbat said: Wingy thing sorted. If you're going to do it then you really can't do better than PK-1, the very first Matchbox kit It's a scary number of years since I last built this one. And for reasons, a Revell re-pop of the Narvik class destroyer also fell into my basket. Oops!! I really should stop now Andy I just got one of these today, in the original 1972 two-piece box without the transparent panel at the back. I'd never seen one of those boxes before! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 10:19 PM, JOCKNEY said: I rashly agreed to building a Privateer for this forthcoming GB, which having just finished a Stirling in the under a tenner GB, and about to start a Farman in the French Fancy GB, is going to take some explaining to Mrs Jockney on the sudden shortage of shelf space Simple Pat you are going to need a bigger house Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 26/07/2021 at 17:53, dbostream said: Depending on when this GB takes place I am interested in joining with this. Nice choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I'm up for a bit of this 😀 I picked what must have been the 2 worst fitting Matchbox kits of them all for the 2017 GB so I think I'll look for something a bit more straightforward this time. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 30/07/2021 at 20:22, John said: I'm up for a bit of this 😀 I picked what must have been the 2 worst fitting Matchbox kits of them all for the 2017 GB so I think I'll look for something a bit more straightforward this time. John You are very welcome John What do you have in mind this time ? Lots of Matchbox experience on here to refer to, which will ensure it isn't a repeat of last time. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 28/07/2021 at 00:14, JOCKNEY said: I think we can be very flexible with the 25% under the circumstances, please dig it out so we can see, and I think it's waited long enough don't you ? Cheers Pat OK , here's a pic of the kit As you can see , all I've done is flued the body panels together . Everything else , though largely off the sprues , is untouched . If this is acceptable , please add me to the list of entrants . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 6 hours ago, rs2man said: OK , here's a pic of the kit As you can see , all I've done is flued the body panels together . Everything else , though largely off the sprues , is untouched . If this is acceptable , please add me to the list of entrants . Miles under 25%, so all good mate. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Having just completed a Matchbox set, OOB, https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235095700-matchbox-176-morris-c8-mk-ii-17pdr-gun-willys-jeep-set/ which has been a overall pleasing project, it inspired me to pick a some others of what were the Orange series 3 colour sets, that I never did any of in my youth. I suspect they were not out when I did a load of Matchbox armour, or were just less appealing than a tank. Monty's Caravan, the M-19 Tank Transporter and Char 1b and Renault FT-17. If anyone happens to have a LRDG set cheapish ...please let me know. I know I also have a Churchill AVRE bridgelayer from the same batch that I got the Morris C.8 and jeep in. And I have a Skyhawk that has been with me since, probably 1978, one of my oldest stash queens that I still have. I think the oldest is an Airfix Helldiver I got in Sep 77, from Woolworths, I had the receipt for many years and it was the month I started secondary school.... I just discovered 1/48th which is why some 72nd kits never got built, like the two mentioned. I'm mildly puzzled why I even bought the Skyhawk, possibly because it looked neat and was in the newsagent just up the street? I shall have to think on this. I was also given a Fury by a friend of a friend, who'd seen my many posts on Hurricanes and liked them, and a Mirage III that was part of a load of kits I swapped for a couple of LPs in the 80's.... It was a good swap, and I was easily able to replace the LP's. I think I have a Matchbox boxing of the Otaki F4U Corsair as well, though it might be the Airfix boxing. Certainly one of Otaki's best 1/48th kits. @JOCKNEY, I've not read all the details, but for others, would a non Matchbox original, that was boxed by Matchbox, but not in a Matchbox box, count? In this case as the Otaki kits kits were reboxed by ARII, then Matchbox, (AMT or AMT/Matchbox in the USA?) then Airfix, and are now still available as Arii Microace... cheers for letting me ramble on.... T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 Hi @Troy Smith If you can find a link on Scalemates back to Matchbox it's in. I'm conscious to take the small armour kits for example that boxed original Matchbox kits are getting very pricy whereas the same kit in a Revell box is affordable. Likewise Matchbox did box and sell AMT cars so that offers a wider scope than just the ones Matchbox designed and built themselves. I hope that makes sense, Dave @Rabbit Leader was brilliant last time tracking / catalogueing the builds so I'm sure he will keep us in order. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Huge thanks to IPMS Avon for their show today, enabling me to buy this Swordfish Confirming support. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 OK, you've convinced me, I'm in. Will build one of my duplicates. Maybe I'll start collecting again? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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