A tale of two Matchbox Messerschmitt’s Bf109s from 1973 and 1989. 

I really dont know why people these days are so woke /sensitive when it comes to the Swaztika...sorry people but its a fact of life,it DOES exist and pretending it doesn't wont change history.

Wow! This brings back so many memories for me. I was 8 in '73 and can still remember buying this 109. I used to spend every single bob I had on Airfix models ( Tamiya were just too dear for an 8 year old). Thanks for the trip down memory lane.❤

For me, Matchbox plastic kits always felt better than many competitor's offerings, and often went together more easily.

I loved the matchbox kits when I was a kid, they went together well and with them being moulded in two colours you didn’t need to spend lots of money on paint. I made the 109 as a teenager about 40 years ago, such a great little kit, that one was painted and put on a desert diorama.

you did right not to paint the 109 - love these old Matchbox multicoloured kits, so much charme!

Remember the matchbox TV ad? “Bring it to life with matchbox”. Also, the catalogs were fantastic

Built this in the late 70s, brush painted literal yellow...... thanks for posting this. Brings back memories

That's a really fabulous build of the ancient Matchbox 109. Amazing!

I loved that desert scheme so much, I finished my radio controlled one in that camo! Those top opening boxed kits are great, the first Hawker Fury I attempted to build back in 1973 must have been one of those.

I'm really glad you built it, it was made to be built and enjoyed, not to sit in a box gathering dust on a shelf. Subbed, Liked and commented as a result. Keep up the great work!

Matchbox my favourite all-time kits..such fun.....

Great build as always :)

Lovely build mate, those matchbox kits are a joy to build and you did a great job!!

Nice kit, thanks for sharing 😊

Fantastic effort 🙏 Thank you for posting 👍

Magnificent video on the making models ,one of the best guides I ever seen...Co ngratulations! 😊

Those are Luftwaffe aircraft fighters of the Luftwaffe German Air Force. Very nice model kits build & details. Looks awesome.

Brilliant video sir. I had this kit back in the day. As a 'good little Jewish boy' I had no issue with the rudder cross, it was history. ❤👍

Love your matchbox vidéos. Such good time machine towards my childhood!

Loved Matchbox kits - much preferred making them to Airfix when I was a kid. As well as being better engineered, they were often sold in newsagents, which meant you could scam your parents on Sundays for a kit when all the other shops were closed!

Thank you for sharing us!

Roy Cross and Roy Huxley has a lot to answer for, with their wonderful boxarts! Excellent video! I have to agree, leaving....certain markings out is ridiculous, it defeats the purpose of us learning from history, to prevent it from happening again! I've got a few vintage Airfix, Matchbox, ESCI, Italeri, Heller kits to build, even have an old FROG Blenheim....nostalgia can be expensive! 😉😆😂

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a few years ago i was given some made but broken Matchbox kits including the BF 109 from 1973. no landing gear and broken propeller. the person who made the kit was quite liberal with the glue. the other kits i was given are the Brewster buffalo Hawker Tempest Bristol Beau fighter (with the long nose) and a Blackburn Buccaneer (fuselage and port wing only).

Ah the memories of Matchbox kits

Super builds there mate, who doesn't like Matchbox kits? I have one of these kits and am inspired to build it now, having watched this video.

Kits are made for building! 😉!I build the Matchbox Me when it came out!A loooong time ago!i was 10 years old!

The Matchbox are a lovely solid mould and I like that the exhausts are separate making it much easier for painting. For some reason airfix moulded the engine but not the machine guns. I also found the airfix canopy to be useless with too many attachment marks and had to replace it.

Pity the Airfix one doesn’t come with a pilot figure. Love those vintage kits.

great video as usual. rarely enjoying the matchbox kits of old being made up. cheers stu

I understand why I preferred Matchbox when I see the old one built up. I can't blame you for building that kit and leaving it unpainted, I'd have probably done the same.

I have fond memories of these Matchbox kits from the late 80's/ early 90's. Something abou the Matchbox offerings vs Airfix and Revell, they were a bit more toylike but very consistent quality.

beautiful job on that 109 lad !!!

Nice job...

I've ALWAYS wanted to make this Matchbox bf109E I loved the colour scheme as a kid. I think if I was to build it now I'd do a 1/48 version in that great desert scheme. Matchbox was so important to me as a kid. I think it was a Hawker Hunter matchbox kit that was my first kit bought for me by my dad. You could buy them anywhere here in the UK, I got most of mine from the newsagents down the road.

LOVE Matchbox kits ...and well done on 1,000 subs

Great video mate still see odd matchbox 109 at swap meets cheers

That was a pity, that Matchbox models had so coarse panel lines. Especially in their F-14 Tomcat. But, it was cured with a little amount of putty. Not a tough job. Matchbox's Bf109 E was the best of all 1/72 109 E's. When I remember Revell's early 109 E, I'm getting sick...

I'm pretty sure I saw you post images of this on IG as well? It is interesting the "2 colour" offerings they made with the plastic which gives an interesting finish when unpainted

That certainly holds its own against modern kits

This was my first model in 1989 :)

A tale. Two matchbox. Model plane

Wiki on Revell Model Company: "Revell GmbH is an American-origin manufacturer of plastic scale models, currently based in Bünde, Germany. The original Revell company merged with Monogram in 1986, becoming "Revell-Monogram". The business operated until 2007, when American Revell was purchased by Hobbico, while the German subsidiary "Revell Plastics GmbH" (established in 1956) had separated from the American firm in 2006 until Hobbico purchased it in 2012, bringing the two back together again under the same company umbrella.[1] After the Hobbico demise in 2018, Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) acquired Revell.[2]" Revell was founded by Lew Glaser, making a variety of products. "The toy line was marketed later under the brand name Revell. Reportedly, the name Revell came from the French word reveille meaning "new beginning".[6] This name of course has no relation whatsoever to the old family name Revell.

recently built an Airfix Me 109 from 1973 & a FROG Macchi 202 from 1963 both great kits , do you think some may think that's a flogging offence LOL

Underside of "Black 9" in desert scheme, it is quite funny...? Too grey for RLM 65, perhaps? In the final years of WW2 paint references in nazi-Germany were a pure "Tohuwabohu". Then RLM 02 could be anything from usual grey to greyish green or something else.

Good kit for its day, Romanian markings were nice

Built the me410. And have a few sets of 1/32 soldiers from them.

While I like the molding of the Matchbox kits, their plastic colors were horrendous, fully as bad as the early 1/48 Aurora kits, such as their metallic red Bf-109, yellow Zero and black Fw-190.

Great vid and presentation, 👍🏻 though the vid title sounds dangerously close to a copy of my own work? (Wellingtons, Victors, Harriers, etc) I take it that was just a coincedence? 😡 I would hate to send a 'Cease & Desist order'! 😂 Look forward to seeing more from you...☺️

Very nice build and comparison of the 3 models! Thank you so much for sharing! What exactly did you use to restore the canopy of the 1989 matchbox model?

just wondering if you've built the old tool airfix 1/72 109 E, I think it was tooled in 1975 and is a really good little kit, in my view almost as nice as the modern airfix kit.

Lovely build and brushing the gloss coat in prep for decals is revelation. What and how did you apply the final matt coat and guess you remarked canopy for that ?

Thank you for your nice answer.I would like your oppinion about matchbox models.I wish they would circulate again because they are ideal for novice modellers nad would condribute greatly in the expansion of the hobby.

The Swaztika thing is ridiculous

Please consider doing a Matchbox Brewster Buffalo in Dutch Airforce markings🙏🏻😀

I don't think that doing scale models you are wasting your time.On the contrary is a very creative occupation.Your video is marvellous.

The swaztika is centuries old and appeared in Ancient Rome and other cultures.