Hello mr. Ctw!i build exakt the same kit in 1996 at the age of 12. I hope u had the same fun i had. The 1/72looked so big in my small child hands,as 1/35now appears in my hands today.with sticky greetings from Brandenburg germany.faithfully yours.your modellmate.christian
I am getting nostalgic to look for these Matchbox 1/76 kits. It does bring back memories of the 70s. I did have this one also but all lost over the decades past.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️
Great build, really enjoyable to watch, brings back fond memories. It’s great to see modellers get the full potential out of these classic kits, which is a stark contrast to the way we would have made them as kids back in the day.
The days before photo esch and half a dozen small and fiddley parts where a couple would do and as long as the finished model was a reasonable depiction of the original a few inaccuracies were ignored and overlooked . Today these imperfections would be criticised by the rivet counting modelling purists where accuracy is the be all and end of the hobby . What happened to fun and enjoyment ?
*the best part about the Matchbox kits, especially those that included a part of a diorama was that you could build it and have a finished result without needing to paint it....*
Very good vid. I always thought the Airfix Sd.Kfz.7 and the Matchbox Sd.Kfz.11 were the most useful German kits, as they could tow / be posed with a wide variety of guns, from the Nitto 1/76 light flak to the 10.5cm, which requires a slight cheat by using a 1/72 Zvezda or ACE gun, but the larger scale not noticeable as there are no 1/76 10.5s, unless you count the Matchbox polythene horse-drawn version. I also thought the Matchbox had the edge as it had opening doors to the ammo compartment. But the big difference between your build and my 1970s builds is the spray paint. I used to brush paint all the wheels, tyres, etc, front and back on the sprues, avoiding any surfaces that needed gluing, which took ages. That is why my Afrika Korps still remains mostly unbuilt 50 - 60 years later in a cupboard! I do have one of these on the go at the moment, to be paired with a Zvezda le.FH 10.5 cm, which will require a thin bit of plasticard in the cubby to show 10.5cm ammo instead of 7.5cm, and I have yet to find a pic of a real one with open doors to show how many ammo cells are needed. I have also not seen a pic of how the 2cm or 3.7cm ammo was stored, but I assume it was in stacked boxes. Thanks again for the vid.
Thanks for your comments, most of the model was details brush painted. Only the main base coat a bit of dust and the matt varnish was airbrushed. I try to build as much before painting which can provide it challenges. 👍
l love these old Matchbox kits . ln those days getting figures with the models was an added bonus we no longer see but Matchbox excelled by including dioramas with their military vehicles .Have this one to build mine being the Revell reissue which is nice to see these classic old kits once more available at a reasonable price . Good video .
Hi. You,ve done a really good job on this one. Its amazing how these old kits stand up against their more modern counterparts. A lick of paint and a good build and they turn out fine. Your absolutely right about the diorama bases. I don,t understand why other manufacturers don,t pick up on this. Its not like they don,t charge enough for small scale kits nowadays. A good job well done my friend.
Fantastic build mate, I've got one of these in my stash, purely because I enjoyed it so much first time around as a young lad. You're absolutely right on the dioramas, they lift little scales like these incredibly. Makes it a real display piece rather than an out of place afv model on a shelf! Wish more manufacturers would take this onboard. Thanks again. James
My thoughts too . Wish more model companies would include figures with their kits but l think dioramas would be hoping for too much and if they did think how much they would cost . l have most of the Revell reissues of these classic kits in my stash waiting to be built .
What a great job you've made of that lovely diorama. My memory of Matchbox kits were that they went together well, bit like 1/76 Tamiya. I remember the first kits being released about 1973, the 1930s Boeing biplane with green and yellow sprues, and a Fury biplane with light blue and light brown sprues, I would have been coming up to 10 years old in December '73, but we moved a lot, so my memory is connected to different places we lived in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Aldershot, Fareham, and before that New Milton, New Forest area, so my dates are not clear. Anyway, pleasure watching you revive this lovely old kit that doesn't look particularly dated to me. Subbed, and look forward to your other builds.
I love those Matchbox kits, currently looking for that Sd.Kfz.11 set and the Char B1/FT-17 combo. Great build, I'd only open up the holes on the road wheels, it gains a lot. I've done it on my T-34 and A34 Comet kits.
Great looking model. I built some of those in the 70s as a kid and had great fun. The Bovington tiger has the disruption pattern but in a very similar colour to the base yellow, not grey.
Nice to see this kit again. Made this one a few years ago in an eastern front coloring. I collected them all when I was young. Just love that boxart. Great work on the kit and base, subbed💥👍💥
Nice job. Matchbox were really on point with these kits with everything a kid could want in a box - vehicles, scenery and figures! Its a shame that Revell tend to reissue the tanks rather than these multi vehicle sets (like the Monty's Caravan) - perhaps an email campaign....!
I remember building this one when i was about 8 years old, matchbox were brilliant kits for their time. I always think the current airfix range would do alot better if they included matchbox style diarama stands with their kits 🤔
A ripper. Do these Matchbox diorama kits ever get re-released or do you have to go looking for the originals on eBay? How many were in this range with the larger diorama base?
Most have been re-released by Revell and turn up from time to time. There were 27 AFV diorama kits used by Matchbox and eight of them were the lager kits. If you check out my instagram page you will see all of them there. @creativetimewasting
Mine never looked that great. Pretty sure the camo is fantasy though. Are you sure any of these were ever produced with the zwastika? I never saw one outside of the old catalogues, and those look painted on. I think the mould was destroyed before production began. Early case of political correctness destroying a hobby!
Not 100% sure but I will have to buy an early release of the kit to check. Otherwise I did say in the video the model was been built in the ‘spirit’ of the Matchbox artwork and I also thought the camo was inaccurate.
@@creativetimewasting Yeah, I'm just agreeing about the camo. It's not impossible that someone painted like that though. Maybe they were running out of paint. Not sure when I got my first of these kits. It was pretty early. No mustache cross.
PS maybe they did have motorbikes in Panzer grey in the desert. They did in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. All were grey vehicles with the exception of the black staff car. I just can't remember the colour of the bike with the side car if tan or grey. 🤫🙂👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️
