Matchbox 1/76 M24 Chaffee (PK-79)

[davecov]

Another oldie - my build of the Matchbox 1/76 M24 Chaffee (PK-79)

Dave

 

[David Lovell]

I like it by todays standards I suppose there not all that but but fond memories of what I think was quite dynamic packaging ,although airfix had great art work as a youngster you'd have reached out for the matchbox packaging every time multi coloured plastic and a diorama base no contest. I hope this makes sense but great to see it built with old hands showing it love and respect. Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

A real blast from the past there. Nice job Dave, it looks just as nature intended…..

 

[Jakko]

as a youngster you'd have reached out for the matchbox packaging every time multi coloured plastic and a diorama base no contest

I remember being disappointed when I discovered that other manufacturers didn’t include a diorama base with their 1:76/1:72 scale military vehicle kits.

 

[therapy]

I'm another with fond memories of building this as a teenager....

Nick

 

[Isitme]

Now for some reason I really like the simplicity of the whole model - great work.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Every time I see a Matchbox build I want to go and make them allover again...
Guys, are we all just showing our age now?

 

[davecov]

Thanks everybody.

I must admit to having a blast making Airfix, Frog, Revell and of course Matchbox kits that I made in my youth during the Seventies. Many of these kits I have only ever made once and in the case of the Chaffee it is the first time of asking. When revisiting these old kits I try and get the original Seventies boxings and building them OOB just as I did in the old days. Regression perhaps but I am enjoying the simplicity of it all.

Dave

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Every time I see a Matchbox build I want to go and make them allover again...
Guys, are we all just showing our age now?

Yeah, probably Steve....
.... But HEY!!... Who cares eh?!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Thanks everybody.

I must admit to having a blast making Airfix, Frog, Revell and of course Matchbox kits that I made in my youth during the Seventies. Many of these kits I have only ever made once and in the case of the Chaffee it is the first time of asking. When revisiting these old kits I try and get the original Seventies boxings and building them OOB just as I did in the old days. Regression perhaps but I am enjoying the simplicity of it all.

Dave

Couldn't agree more Dave
Problem is for me,these days,my peepers exclude me from those cracking,tiny scale,models generally !
Andy

 

[Mini Me]

That's a "classic" Dave....well done.
Rick H.