masterqq Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Hi, Latest completion from Me... Matchbox Wessex HAS 1 Service in Borneo.. Hope you like it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 The wessex is lovely, the real thing has so much 'character' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) Some nice builds in this thread. I liked the Matchbox Gnat, I wonder if Revell will ever re-issue it. Sorry I have no pic of mine, but it bit the dust a long while ago! But I think I have a pic of one my late dad built one year. Edited June 26, 2010 by daz greenwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I liked the Matchbox Gnat, I wonder if Revell will ever re-issue it. Add that to the list of other Matchbox kits that have gone AWOL like the 109E, HS 125 Dominie etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcooljules Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 i used to get my mbox kits as a brat when my granddad went to the local warehouse as he had a corner shop, so if it was a school holiday and i went with him i could get any i want..........remember having a load of spitfires built, hung from the roof. if i got airfix kits, that was from the local model shop but Mbox always from the warehouse.... remember when my nan died, in her wardrobe i found some that she got stocked up, to give me on birthdays n xmas's etc but obviously forgot to lol. i still have to complete, the large venom, but smaller strikemaster and 2 seater hunter, been half way through for many years now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 OK...seeing as we are are all on a bit of a Matchbox bender here i thought i'd put my Halifax on....ok... its the Revell re pop but i think it qualifies. Built OOB apart from drilling some hole in the front of the exhaust manifolds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Some really amazing stuff on here, will have a good look through when I've got some more time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jumbo Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I really enjoyed reading this thread - as I scrolled down the page it brought back so many memories! Anyway, I thought I'd share my recent attempts at a MB Hurricane which was built purely for nostalgia's sake - no weathering, washes or anything else. I think I'll have to do a few more of these - maybe the Spit IX next? PS If anybody has a spare tailwheel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) G'day people, I missed thus thread the first time around but the bus is back in town so here are a couple of mine: The Revell re-pop of the Matchbox Wimpy, in a maritime scheme operated by 455 SQN RAAF bird in Bone, Algeria I built the extended Leigh light and added the rockets and launchers. 455SQN sank at least one sub with them I believe The Matchbox Wimpy may not be as detailed as the Italeri/MPM/Trumpeter boxings, but I does go together extremely well and IMHO it still has THE BEST representation of fabric covered Geodetic construction of all the kits. And the Vickers Wellesley. This is one is done up as one of the three birds that set a world record flight. This particular aircraft suffered an oil line failure but made a successful emergency landing in the outback. The crew were stranded for a couple of days until a rescue party was able to trek and rescue them. The aircraft was abandoned even though it only needed an oil line, and the aircraft was later bought by the RAAF as a WWII instructional airframe after changing hands several times. It was scrapped after the war Lastly, a plug for a current Matchbox build in progress, happening over in the Buccaneer group build Linky here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62130 Edited January 16, 2011 by Pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Wow, some great builds there, I've got the Falcon canopy sets for the Wellington and Welsley, so may just have to get the kits as you've shown they can come up well. Here's a couple I've built recently, they've been up before, but it's only right to put them in the Matchbox section... First one completed late last year is the Swordfish with some extra detailing in the cockpit Second one is a Christmas build, the ugly but interesting Heyford Edited January 16, 2011 by woody37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonR Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Some really nice builds on here, shows what can be done with these old kits. Might as well add a couple of pics of my recently completed matchbox Hunter T7!! Cheers Si Edited January 16, 2011 by SimonR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gn Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I rate Matchbox models highly, irrespective of age! Here's my Matchbox 1:32 Bf.109 E3(4). seen previously on BM here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=44278 and here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59365 Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I built this Matchbox last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Keep 'em coming lads. Some lovely builds there. Here's my Dooleybird, from last year. I'm gonna try and get a few more Matchboxers done this year. Love 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seavixenxj494 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 heres another ... steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Looking over the past six pages I am impressed with the overall high to excellent quality of the models presented. Say what you will about the simplicity of the Matchbox offerings, almost every one of them provided the average modeller the opportunity to create a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisrope Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 My Matchbox Flying Fortress Recently nearly finished. Just need to paint rudder, add a few guns and finish props. Airbrushed Humbrol 11 and lots of artistic license used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 That is nice I never built the Matchbox B-17, but it sure does look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) 1/72 Lysander 1/72 Beaufighter Edited January 23, 2011 by wkennerley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisrope Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 That is nice I never built the Matchbox B-17, but it sure does look nice. Its not bad but i wish I'd got the new Revell one instead. I'd forgotten about it and got this 2 days before it came out Still I'd built one when I was younger and remember it being way better than the old Airfix one my mate built. Forgot to say, the main wheels are True Details resin to replace featureless kit wheels and decals are not 100% accurate as I had to make do with some damaged kit decals and some spare Airfix ones. Other than that its OOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesterhud Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 All the artwork is here, http://www.matchboxkits.org/ Its like kit porn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 As the recent edition is courtesy of Matchbox, here's a resurection of the MB thread thanks to Smiffy for pointing me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trpsarge Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) HS 125 IAAC Percival Piston provost. All Match box kits with Max Decals. have had them for a few years now in 72 scale but ideal for the subjects, Edited July 31, 2011 by trpsarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Some nice ones there Paul... I did not know MB did the HS 125, I have the decal sheel but I just can't find the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfv Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) I saw this tread and decided to add a couple of mine from the Matchbox stable Recently completed Meteor NF14 and a P-38 which I finished a couple of months ago Cheers Edited June 29, 2011 by murfv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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