IanC Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I hope people won't mind them having another quick outing here but these are my armour entries from the recent Matchbox GB. The models and diorama bases were tweaked to varying degrees and a bit of detail added here and there. It was great fun doing these old classics, although all were actually built from Revell boxes. The only thing lacking was the great Roy Huxley artwork! Jagdpanther rearranging the landscape: Captured Wespe: SdKfz 251 Hanomag and crew in action: BMW R75, SdKfz 11 and 7.5cm A/T gun: Jagdpanzer IV: 55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Mynar Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Great built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Loverly work on the old kits, great modelling ! Wuilfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Wow, they look great. Regards Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardaukar Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 wow very good work. jagdpanther looking very beefy for 1/76. and I love that German leaping out of the half track. they could be right out of a present day matchbox catalogue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 17 hours ago, sardaukar said: wow very good work. jagdpanther looking very beefy for 1/76. and I love that German leaping out of the half track. they could be right out of a present day matchbox catalogue. Many thanks. Yes, that chap was always a favourite of mine as a lad - Matchbox certainly instilled a bit of movement and drama into some of their diorama scenes! 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 When the kits were new on the market "nobody" had an airbrush, nobody knew about dry brushing, nobody new about panel wash, nobody knew about a filter or pastels, and these builds would have been way to good to be shown in the matchbox catalogue. I'm envious. ("white" envy = I wish mine would have looked half as good) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Such things were available before these kits. Certainly dry brushing and washes, although airbrushes were expensive and you had to be fairly dedicated to have one. However both Badger and Revell Sprite (De Vilbis) were certainly available at the same time as Matchbox kits, if a little later than the first aircraft. I remain unclear as to how a "filter" differs from the kind of wash that was used then. Can I suggest a bit of research into "Verlinden", who/which was a fairly obvious ancestor of what is now called "the Spanish School". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 "nobody" Around that time (1974 the Jagdpanther, VW was about the replace the beetle with the Golf and West-Germany won the soccer world championship the second time) a cheap (but usefull in that scale) airbrush was a russian one, around 100,-DM (imported "somehow" by the store owner of my local hobby store), and you needed a compressor (not commonly available, there were instructions circulating to use an old fridge compressor and the tank of the VW bug's windshield washer system and a few pipes) - when the basic Matchbox (and Airfix and Escii) armored vehicle kits cost less than 5,-DM each. I don't remember when I first heard of Francois Verlinden or saw his first diorama (maybe '83), we were poor and didn't have any internet connection in those days, we didn't even own a computer or a smartphone (just a landline) and had just upgraded from B&W to color TV and we had an orange VW beetle (1200cc 34hp, no air condition, no radio, no leather seats, no alloy wheels) those days. Summary: When the kits came onto the market I did not personally know anybody owning an airbrush, but word had spraid to me there was such a thing. My and my friends' samples of these models were all covered in thick Humbrol layers of brush painting. Let's not get distracted, these "OOB" (if we disregard the people next to the captured Wespe) builds of historic kits do look good to me (and that's what I tried to convey with my words). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Superb! I remember building these as a lad when they first came out (That was even before black & white, possibly hieroglyphics!). You really have done a top job on those models 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Jochen Barett said: Let's not get distracted, these "OOB" (if we disregard the people next to the captured Wespe) builds of historic kits do look good to me (and that's what I tried to convey with my words). Many thanks Jochen. Yes, when I started out it was Airfix and Matchbox kits, Humbrol paints (including the much missed Authentics..) and a brush. Then I discovered Tamiya 1/35 AFVs and the work of Francois Verlinden - thanks to Military Modelling magazine. Shep Paine was another hero of mine. I can't remember when I first got an airbrush but I know it was a Badger 200. It's all a lot more complicated these days! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Hi IanC, Nostalgia attack!... Good job. Cheers and TC Francis👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Outstanding results ... Remember doing the Hanomag back in the day, and my dad put it on a base Eastern front diorama not sure what he used for snow but it looked pretty good back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Terrific models and model making. Quote I can't remember when I first got an airbrush but I know it was a Badger 200 Same. Circa 1975. Still have it. Must get an 'o' ring/washer kit and get it working again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenad Ilijic Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Great collection. They all look great, and not at all like 1/76 Top job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Well done these look brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat fingers Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Ah, lovely. I'm working my way through the set now, and hope mine are half as good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avereda Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 What a lovely bunch of models, might be just the inspiration I need to get back on the bench 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Very nice. Built most of them as a kid so nice to see someone build & paint them properly. And still loads of others - the long range desert group Chevy and Jeep, the Humber armoured car, the Priest SPG, the Sherman Firefly, etc. they were all great fun to build and I think the mini dioramas got me started liking to see models in a setting. Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
44 Years 2 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Still think matchbox kits made other companies up there game, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 9:36 PM, bar side said: Very nice. Built most of them as a kid so nice to see someone build & paint them properly. And still loads of others - the long range desert group Chevy and Jeep, the Humber armoured car, the Priest SPG, the Sherman Firefly, etc. they were all great fun to build and I think the mini dioramas got me started liking to see models in a setting. Great work Thanks! You mention the Humber Armoured Car - here's one I did recently in an Italian Front scheme, with some added Milicast figures. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 On 7/5/2022 at 11:05 AM, Hairtrigger said: Outstanding results ... Remember doing the Hanomag back in the day, and my dad put it on a base Eastern front diorama not sure what he used for snow but it looked pretty good back then. On 7/5/2022 at 11:05 AM, Hairtrigger said: Outstanding results ... Remember doing the Hanomag back in the day, and my dad put it on a base Eastern front diorama not sure what he used for snow but it looked pretty good back then. I remember using actual snow, but it didn’t last long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanketyblank Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Fantastic models. I can definitely remember building the jagdpanther when I was a youngster, bought from my local petrol station! A lot of modern manufacturers could learn a thing or two from these old mouldings about how to make modelling fun. I also love how the weathering has been kept to a minimum but they look just right. Something to think about for the Tamiya JS2 I am building at the moment. Many thanks for sharing Alan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Ooh, I missed these at the time. Really great work Ian.👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Blanketyblank said: Fantastic models. I can definitely remember building the jagdpanther when I was a youngster, bought from my local petrol station! A lot of modern manufacturers could learn a thing or two from these old mouldings about how to make modelling fun. I also love how the weathering has been kept to a minimum but they look just right. Something to think about for the Tamiya JS2 I am building at the moment. Many thanks for sharing Alan Thanks for your comments, Alan. Yes, I find these golden oldies a lot of fun and make for very relaxing and satisfying builds. Currently, I'm working my way through Airfix's 1/76 back catalogue. Looking forward to seeing your JS 2 on here! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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