Tag: Matchbox

• Percival Provost T Mk1 – Part One – The Box In A Box

  

  I was delighted when my friend Warren presented me with this Matchbox Percival Provost – inasmuch as it has passed through three sets of hands for free I hope to make mine the last ones before it becomes an airplane. It was found inside another model box purchased at a secondhand arms and militaria fair…

  Dick Stein

  February 7, 2020

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, finances, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Secondhand

  Matchbox, Percival, RAF, trainer

• Spitfire Mk IX – Part One – Never Look A Gift Kit In The Box

  

  I was at dinner with a group of friends in Sydney when one of them pulled out a couple of old 1:72 kits from a shopping bag. They were historic remainders from his teenage stash…and as he’s distanced from that somewhat, they are truly historic. One’s a Matchbox Spitfire and one’s an Airfix Buccaneer. I…

  Dick Stein

  August 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  gift kit, Matchbox, nostalgia