Obviously, the Spitfire is a plane that needs no introduction. It was in production before WWII and continued in production even after the War. It was produced in a staggering variety of variants for a number of roles, and has long been a darling of model kit makers and model builders.
Of course, even I have a couple of Spits in the stash, but I’m a particular fan of the bubbletops, and I prefer building them to the more “normal” Malcom-hooded variety of Spit. Now, I also love Matchboxes, so when I got the chance to get my mitts on a Matchbox bubbletop, you KNOW I was all in!
Check out this interesting late-life remould, the Matchbox Spitfire XVI, out of box at the link below. Don’t tell me a clipped wing bubbletop isn’t cool, even if this might not be the best kit of it!
Nice - I also like the nostalgia of Matchbox kits, and have a few in the stash. Some are Revell reboxes (Wellington, Halifax), but some are the real I-am (Westland Lynx, Curtiss SBC-4). And who doesn’t love a Spitfire - oops, sorry, Bish[:D]! I didn’t get to build the one you’ve got, but I did build the Mk IX - moulded with a green fuselage & brown wings (or the other way round?) - very basic, but I was only about 10 at the time. As for their bubbletops, I did later build their 1/32 Mk 22/24, which I finished in silver paint, from a rattle can. Now there’s one I’d like to do again!
Looks good, I have an affection for Matchbox kits. Yes, I know they have issues, but as a young teenager, they were the best, most affordable kits available at our discount department store.
I still have a number or them in my collection. A few rarer ones like the A-10A Thunderbolt II, B-17G Flying Fortress, AH-1G Cobra, CH-47D Chinook, FJ-4B Fury, Tiger Moth and a few different Harriers.
Now, I have a heck of a lot more of their 1/76 scale armor kits. They really did some nice ones.
