being done for a matchbox gb elsewhere, no revell repops allowed, only original matchbox
always have great memories of matchbox kits
i was first into modelmaking in the 70's in my teens, grew up in a village where there was two places to buy kits..........the post office was always stocked with airfix (i can even remember when there was airfix paint in squarish glass bottles!), and then there was the newsagent that carried a small stock of revell..............and then along came matchbox .....the newsagent started stocking them as soon as they came out, think the rep didnt even bother going to the post office since they were airfix stockists
matchbox seemed like a breath of fresh air......nice crisply moulded......unusual subjects and of course coming in 2 or 3 colours ......the armour had those bases
ones i remember well would be the boeing p12 and the strikemaster and the halftrack with the aa gun
so for this trip down memory lane i picked up a Gloster Glad for next to nothing.....one i never did back in the day
must be a late issue as it comes in a single colour styrene and not the box with the little window in......i almost feel cheated!
always have great memories of matchbox kits
i was first into modelmaking in the 70's in my teens, grew up in a village where there was two places to buy kits..........the post office was always stocked with airfix (i can even remember when there was airfix paint in squarish glass bottles!), and then there was the newsagent that carried a small stock of revell..............and then along came matchbox .....the newsagent started stocking them as soon as they came out, think the rep didnt even bother going to the post office since they were airfix stockists
matchbox seemed like a breath of fresh air......nice crisply moulded......unusual subjects and of course coming in 2 or 3 colours ......the armour had those bases
ones i remember well would be the boeing p12 and the strikemaster and the halftrack with the aa gun
so for this trip down memory lane i picked up a Gloster Glad for next to nothing.....one i never did back in the day
must be a late issue as it comes in a single colour styrene and not the box with the little window in......i almost feel cheated!
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those halcyon days of saving up pocket money, tearing parts of the sprues & sticking it together with as few glue-prints as possible! Was model making more fun in those innocent times?
