Marklo Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 A bit rich for me especially as I used up all my goodwill on my scroll saw. But this is currently on evil bay and is according to scalemates a reboxing of the matchbox kit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainierHooker Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Put me down for another Buffalo (PK-024), I just started it today... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Well look what the postman just delivered. If I can make progress with the MiG 21, I’ll crack on with one of these (or both) SD 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Great stuff SD Look forward to seeing these join the GB, when you finish your Mig 21. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 10:18 AM, Rabbit Leader said: Just 18 14 original Matchbox subjects still not accounted for, that's pretty good going. The Missing subjects are - Orange Series - Military kits - 1 kit PK-172 : Morris C8 MK-II & 17pdr Gun, Willys Jeep (1977 / 1983) I'd love to do this one but the only kits available on eBay are going for silly money - this GB seems to have had an inflationary effect.. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Two more floaty builds: PK-62 Matchbox 1/700 Z-38 Narvik Class Build thread here. and secondly: PK-163 Matchbox 1/700 USS San Diego Build thread here. Dave 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 8:42 PM, 71chally said: Can I please add two more kits, I've found a Revell (ex Matchbox PK-507) Puma HC.1 and a PK-34 Aeritalia G91Y lurking in the darkest recesses of the loft. @Rabbit Leader just in case this was missed, don't forget to add these to the master list for me🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, 71chally said: @Rabbit Leader just in case this was missed, don't forget to add these to the master list for me🙂 James, yes they were missed so I’ll happily fall on my sword in utter disgrace! I’m just getting ready to go to work so give me a little time and I’ll update the build list accordingly. Many thanks for the reminder and picking out these two excellent kits to build here. Cheers.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Sounds like you've had a bit more on your plate to worry about to be honest Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 These GB stats have not been updated for weeks, so I've just spent some time going over them and can happily report that we are only six kits away from nominating the entire Matchbox back catalogue! There are a few single kit subjects, whose WIP threads have not been started as yet so hopefully we will see these ones get going before time runs out. (*Note - following data based on original Matchbox subjects unless noted) Total Matchbox Kits - 177 (Aircraft / AFV / Cars & Motorbikes / Ships ) Total Matchbox kit subjects chosen in this GB - 171 Percentage of Matchbox subjects covered in this GB - 96.6% Total Matchbox Aircraft kits - 120 Total Aircraft kits chosen in this GB - 117 Percentage of Aircraft kits covered in this GB - 98% Total Matchbox AFV kits - 27 Total AFV kits chosen in this GB - 26 Percentage of AFV kits covered in this GB - 96% Total Matchbox Cars & Motorbike kits - 18 Total Cars & Motorbike kits chosen in this GB - 17 Percentage of Cars & Motorbike kits covered in this GB - 94% Total Matchbox Ship kits - 12 Total Ship kits chosen in this GB - 11 Percentage of Ship kits covered in this GB - 92% Total overall Matchbox GB Builds - 281 (.i.e. - WIP threads including non-Matchbox designed kits) Total overall Matchbox GB Completions - 80 (28.5%) Cheers and regards.. Dave * Updated - 17 Mar 2022 // 06:30 UTC 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 Just 6 original Matchbox subjects still not accounted for, that's absolutely amazing! The Missing subjects to complete this GB are - Orange Series - Aircraft kits - 1 kit PK-119 : Saab AJ-37 Viggen (1978) Orange Series - Military kits - 1 kit PK-172 : Morris C8 MK-II & 17pdr Gun, Willys Jeep (1977 / 1983) Blue Series - Ship Kits - 1 kit PK-351 : Bismarck Green Series - Aircraft kits - 2 kits PK-502 : Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 (1977) PK-503 : Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 (1978) Brown Range - Motorcycle kits - 1 kit PK-701 : Suzuki RGA 500 (1980) 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 17/03/2022 at 06:31, Rabbit Leader said: PK-502 : Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 (1977) Lord knows I'm trying Dave another iron in the fire at the moment but they really do reach silly prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Having looked at the list of outstanding kits , I had another look in the stash and found one of these Orange Series - Military kits - 1 kit PK-172 : Morris C8 MK-II & 17pdr Gun, Willys Jeep (1977 / 1983) Please put me down to build it . I will start a build thread tomorrow 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Was having a quiet read of Carbonel's book the other morning and all of a sudden an SMS pinged through and lo and behold it was Dave @Rabbit Leader and I mentioned to him in reply of the list in the book of Matchbox "ring-ins" and duly sent him a photo of the page but it was very fuzzy so here is the list intertwined with the listing from Page 1. Matchbox labelled / other manufacturers kits (various) 1:72 Aircraft Post 1992 40002 - Mitsubishi Zero (Frog would you believe! Someone on the Forklift really effed up there picking up that mould!) 40012 - Macchi MC202 Folgore (Frog / Revell) 40019 - Polikarpov I-16 (Revell) 40020 - Fiat CR42 Falco (Revell) 40135 - Dornier Do335 (Frog / Revell) 40139 - Tornado F3 (He has a Question Mark on this one as he reckons it's ex Revell but it's the Matchbox Kit which Scalemates also says it is so scrub this one) 40140 - P-70 Nightfighter (Revell) 40143 - Yak-15 (PM) 40144 - Fokker D XXI (Carbonel says Frog but it would have to be the PM kit as the Frog kit went to the Soviet Union and Scalemates also says it's the PM kit) 40145 - Bell AH-1 Seacobra (He has a Question Mark on this one but in the Text He says it's from Ace in Korea) 40147 - Horten GO 229 A-1 (PM) 40148 - Hawker Sea Fury T-20 (PM) 40149 - Vultee BT-13 (PM) 40200 - Ta154 (PM) (Already on the list - Walter) 40201 - Beech AT-11 Kansan (PM) 40202 - Heinkel He 219 'Uhu' (Frog) (Already on the list - PeterB) 40203 - Mil Mi-24 Hind (He has a Question Mark on this one but in the Text He says it's from ESCI) 40414 - F-117A Stealth (Revell) (Already on the list - Adm Lord de Univers) 40415 - AH-64A Apache (Revell) 40416 - Arado Ar234 Blitz (Frog) 40417 - Dornier Do17Z (Frog) 40607 - MiG-29 (Revell) 40608 - F-15C Eagle (Revell) 40610 - PBY-5 Catalina (Revell) 1:72 Armour Post 1992 40179 - M1 Abrams (ACE in Korea although in the Text for some reason Carbonel also says ESCI) (Already on the list - Ernie) 40180 - Sturmegeschutz IV (ACE in Korea) (Already on the list - TonyW) 40181 - Sherman M4 (ACE in Korea) 40182 - Leopard II (ACE in Korea although in the Text for some reason Carbonel also says ESCI) 40183 - T-80B Soviet Main Battle Tank (ACE in Korea) (Already on the list - Dazzio) 1:144 and 1:35 and 1:35 I'll edit in later as I'm having (yet another) coughing fit at the moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Thanks Rob Is there any way of getting a list of the AMT/Matchbox kits, I would have loved to have seen more of those, especially the big American trucks. Who knows we might still be lucky Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Is there any way of getting a list of the AMT/Matchbox kits, I would have loved to have seen more of those, especially the big American trucks. I put Matchbox/AMT into the Scalemates search engine. You might want to sit down before you try it - '63 Corvette anyone? 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesModeller Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Managed to pick up another one of the airline kits off eBay. Hoping to get the complete set but the bid snipers are beating me to it. Good news is plenty come up despite the supposed ‘rarity’. This is the PK-802 Boeing 727. Will be doing this in the American Airlines livery methinks. All complete. Nice, crisp moulding and the decal sheet looks in excellent shape. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Great stuff @BluesModeller Please start your build thread best of luck. Cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 5:31 PM, Rabbit Leader said: Just 6 original Matchbox subjects still not accounted for, that's absolutely amazing! The Missing subjects to complete this GB are - Orange Series - Aircraft kits - 1 kit PK-119 : Saab AJ-37 Viggen (1978) Orange Series - Military kits - 1 kit PK-172 : Morris C8 MK-II & 17pdr Gun, Willys Jeep (1977 / 1983) Blue Series - Ship Kits - 1 kit PK-351 : Bismarck Green Series - Aircraft kits - 2 kits PK-502 : Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 (1977) PK-503 : Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 (1978) Brown Range - Motorcycle kits - 1 kit PK-701 : Suzuki RGA 500 (1980) Hi Dave, With this group build being so close to featuring the whole range, since I have them I'll jump in with the following: PK-119 : SAAB VIGGEN (1976 according to the box and 1977 according to the instructions and plastic) PK-502 : Messerschmitt Bf/109E (1976 according to the box and 1977 according to the plastic) Threads to follow soon. Cheers, Daniel. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Well done Daniel @Daniel Cox, excellent stuff. I’m afraid I’ve been away for the last week and the wifi reception where I was was quite bad. I’m back home now so will do my best to update and visit many missed threads in the next few days. So good to see both the Single Seat Viggen and large 109 make an appearance, they are most welcome indeed. Cheers.. Dave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Teasing time is over: Not sure when I will start the actual build but I hope to get it finished before the gallery closes. * The build thread is here. Dave * Build was started 9th April. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 An extremely belated update from your Co-Host, who appears to be the only member not progressing or finishing his/her builds! A truly awesome contribution by everyone since the last update which now sees only two original Matchbox kits (1/32 Dauntless and Barry Sheen's Suzuki) not taking part. Although 175 kits out of 177 subjects have been nominated, it may be a bit difficult to get at least one of each kit finished in the gallery, however this is a marvellous input and we still have approx. eight weeks until the end. Great going everyone, I'm proud of all of you. Big push to the end although even I admit the mojo is certainly waning a little. (*Note - following data based on original Matchbox subjects unless noted) Total Matchbox Kits - 177 (Aircraft / AFV / Cars & Motorbikes / Ships ) Total Matchbox kit subjects chosen in this GB - 175 Percentage of Matchbox subjects covered in this GB - 98.9% Total Matchbox Aircraft kits - 120 Total Aircraft kits chosen in this GB - 119 (all but the 1/32 Dauntless) Percentage of Aircraft kits covered in this GB - 99% Total Matchbox AFV kits - 27 Total AFV kits chosen in this GB - 27 Percentage of AFV kits covered in this GB - 100% Total Matchbox Cars & Motorbike kits - 18 Total Cars & Motorbike kits chosen in this GB - 17 (all but Barry Sheen's Suzuki) Percentage of Cars & Motorbike kits covered in this GB - 94% Total Matchbox Ship kits - 12 Total Ship kits chosen in this GB - 12 Percentage of Ship kits covered in this GB - 100% Total overall Matchbox GB Builds - 304 (.i.e. - WIP threads including non-Matchbox designed kits) Total overall Matchbox GB Completions - 128 (42.1%) Cheers and regards.. Dave * Updated - 11 April 2022 // 03:15 UTC 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 If you don't mind I will jump in with the Revell Boxing of the Bristol Beaufighter. Opened it last night and have pics taken, Amazingly simple kit! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 While The Beau if drying I took a trip to the loft and dragged out a later boxing Lightning and when I worked in the LMS A Chap sold me about 4 Meteor NF's at a good price, I can see why now!! Anyhow I had parked these kits and they now longer hit the mark but with the group build no better time to Roll with them so they were started today. I have made the F.6 about 5 times already so now it well the Meteor not so..... The F.6 will be Grey Green Camo and both will be 5 Sqn birds. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Oh no! I just came across what appears to be PK-460 Matchbox 1:48 Spitfire Mk. VIII. This is not in the build list but is listed in Scalemates and there are a couple on eBay… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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