This will be my entry for the GB. Thanks Ian for Hosting this and putting it together. I’ve never built a Matchbox plane so I decided on this on looks pretty straight forward hope you follow along. 
Lee Drennen’s 1/72 Matchbox Gloster Gladiator R.A.F. No.73 (Fighter) Squadron Digby 1938.
- Thread starter Lee Drennen
- Start date
langy71
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Ahhh good old Matchbox models,
takes me right back to my early days of just wanging them together and then running around the garden like a mad thing making dakka dakka noises..
takes me right back to my early days of just wanging them together and then running around the garden like a mad thing making dakka dakka noises..
Miko
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Yep, those were the days! Secretly a lot of us still do! I'll sometimes buzz the cat when no one is looking!!
Matchbox biplanes where just the best!!
Miko (can't remember my last Matchbox kit?)
Jim R
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That's a blast from the past Lee. Looks straightforward enough.
Fantastic choice lee , youll have no problems with the build - the matchbox kits always went together beautifully . The only slight problem you might have is covering that bright red plastic !! 
Yes I figured I would shake some childhood memories with this kit.
When life was a simple build
Thanks Jim. With Spring and Summer upon us and I have more chores to do on the Farm now I need a straight forward build
Yes this multi colored plastic messes with me but I keep telling myself your going to paint it and it won’t look so toyish Lol
I got the interior built and fuselage painted yesterday. 
Made some progress this week. Put the fuselage together added lower front wings. Front supports for top wing, hood and rear pylons. 
Steve-the-Duck
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Matchbox' cabane struts system was so elegant it makes me wish other companies would take few pointers along those lines. Yes, I'm looking at you Amodel!
Yes when I see that construction they way it inter locked I thought it was clever was to line this up. The more I built Matchbox kits the more I like them but I’m a little skeptical about there armor kits
Thanks Joe. It’s been a fun build so far glad you stopped by
Steve-the-Duck
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I had a rush of blood to the head recently and thought I'd like to re-build the Matchbox armour, seeing as I did each and every one up to a point as they were released. They really are nice little kits, and well detailed
But the Firefly is now being retailed by Revell as a starter kit for nigh on twenty quid!
But the Firefly is now being retailed by Revell as a starter kit for nigh on twenty quid!
scottie3158
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Lee coming on nicely mate.
Thanks Paul glad you stopped by
Yes I have that kit bought it many years ago as a Revell it but the tracks are a nightmare but you could work with them I guess. I thought about building the diorama with it