A tale of two Matchbox Messerschmitt’s Bf109s from 1973 and 1989.

I build and compare a couple of Matchbox Bf109s, a mint original from 1973 and Revell re-release from 1989.
A couple of notes, I keep saying 1983, I mean 1989 and I will revisit the Airfix kit when I get a chance to finish it.
Thanks for watching.

[@Jungleland33]

Wow! This brings back so many memories for me. I was 8 in '73 and can still remember buying this 109. I used to spend every single bob I had on Airfix models ( Tamiya were just too dear for an 8 year old). Thanks for the trip down memory lane.❤

[@creativetimewasting]

I remember seeing Tamiya kits for the first time in the mid 1980s, they were indeed the gold standard and I did achieve the acquisition of a Tiger 1 in 1986, a great day indeed. However keep watching for more Matchbox builds they seem popular

[@lelajo1739]

Built this in the late 70s, brush painted literal yellow...... thanks for posting this. Brings back memories

[@MHMajid-yi8iu]

Yeah..me too, I build that 70s one brush painted and using house hold paint by guessing. All because I can't afford to buy model enamel😅

[@jaws848]

I really dont know why people these days are so woke /sensitive when it comes to the Swaztika...sorry people but its a fact of life,it DOES exist and pretending it doesn't wont change history.

[@creativetimewasting]

Yep, totally agree but we seem to be going through a phase of History revision. Hopefully it will pass and History will be viewed in context and perspective that it requires to be fully understood.

[@jaws848]

@@creativetimewasting agreed 100%

[@conorduggan6682]

People are all worried about some old symbol, but they wouldn't recognize modern authoritarianism if it bit them on the backside.

[@marcblank3036]

Strangely enough the same wokeness does not apply to Japanese war flags or Soviet stars

[@michaelpalmer9849]

Agreed all this wokeness is becoming the very thing it claims to be against hmm seem to remember a similar shift in society in 1934

[@obi-ron]

For me, Matchbox plastic kits always felt better than many competitor's offerings, and often went together more easily.

[@ichbins8588]

you did right not to paint the 109 - love these old Matchbox multicoloured kits, so much charme!

[@larrycoldwater1964]

Remember the matchbox TV ad? “Bring it to life with matchbox”. Also, the catalogs were fantastic

[@creativetimewasting]

I don’t remember the adverts but I do have some old Warlord comics with adverts for models including matchbox n them. I might dig them out and share on a quick video 👍

[@ianbeeston2881]

I loved the matchbox kits when I was a kid, they went together well and with them being moulded in two colours you didn’t need to spend lots of money on paint. I made the 109 as a teenager about 40 years ago, such a great little kit, that one was painted and put on a desert diorama.

[@KurtRauschmair]

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[@creativetimewasting]

Thank you, stand by for more trips down modelling memory lane 👍

[@willf1175]

I'm really glad you built it, it was made to be built and enjoyed, not to sit in a box gathering dust on a shelf. Subbed, Liked and commented as a result. Keep up the great work!

[@Duececoupe]

Roy Cross and Roy Huxley has a lot to answer for, with their wonderful boxarts! Excellent video! I have to agree, leaving....certain markings out is ridiculous, it defeats the purpose of us learning from history, to prevent it from happening again! I've got a few vintage Airfix, Matchbox, ESCI, Italeri, Heller kits to build, even have an old FROG Blenheim....nostalgia can be expensive! 😉😆😂

[@esajuhanirintamaki965]

FROG Blenheim? Congratulations, if it had Finnish Air Force decals, thumbs up!

[@dcanmore]

German owned companies by law can't display Nazi symbols, been like that since the de-Nazification of the country since the 1940s. Matchbox has been owned by Revell since the 80s.

[@alex_the_balding_fat_man]

That's a really fabulous build of the ancient Matchbox 109. Amazing!

[@markdahl9831]

Matchbox my favourite all-time kits..such fun.....

[@mimmopolichetti2057]

Magnificent video on the making models ,one of the best guides I ever seen...Co ngratulations! 😊

[@creativetimewasting]

Thank you 👍

[@flyboy451]

I loved that desert scheme so much, I finished my radio controlled one in that camo! Those top opening boxed kits are great, the first Hawker Fury I attempted to build back in 1973 must have been one of those.

[@toysoldiernostalgia]

Great build as always :)

[@creativetimewasting]

Cheers @toysoldiernostalgia 👍

[@leoncsorba9085]

Brilliant video sir. I had this kit back in the day. As a 'good little Jewish boy' I had no issue with the rudder cross, it was history. ❤👍

[@KirstyCaddick-ne4vk]

Lovely job Darling x

[@psychodermix]

Great video. just subscribed. I love the old kits!

[@pauldyer3312]

Hi, my name is Paul. When I used to work at the Matchbox factory in Rochford, I was in charge of the plastics store. When a certain colour had run out of stock, I would get the management to tell me to use an alternative colour. At the end 1988/89 we saw a down turn in the kits that were coming from the factory floor. I believe that must of the moulds were being stored for the move to Revell.

[@creativetimewasting]

@@pauldyer3312 hi Paul, thanks for the comment. By the sounds of it they were running it down when you were there, such a shame as these kits from Matchbox are iconic but never felt or had the same appeal under the Revell label. Stay tuned for more Matchbox on my channel.

[@PanzerChicken69]

I remember and build both in theire original boxings as a kid. I did like Mathbox as a brand the best, before Tamiya came around. Thanks for sharing, both are quite pleasing models in the end

[@neilhaas]

Those are Luftwaffe aircraft fighters of the Luftwaffe German Air Force. Very nice model kits build & details. Looks awesome.

[@davidharrington1133]

Ah the memories of Matchbox kits

[@JohnSmith-ve8mj]

Lovely build mate, those matchbox kits are a joy to build and you did a great job!!

[@petehyde1540]

Oh happy days as a kid in the 90s of sending my old kits our the window on a line and watching them turn into molten plastic....

[@jefthing]

Loved Matchbox kits - much preferred making them to Airfix when I was a kid. As well as being better engineered, they were often sold in newsagents, which meant you could scam your parents on Sundays for a kit when all the other shops were closed!

[@cosmarendy8417]

Nice kit, thanks for sharing 😊

[@conorduggan6682]

I understand why I preferred Matchbox when I see the old one built up. I can't blame you for building that kit and leaving it unpainted, I'd have probably done the same.

[@StevenPotts-ij9ue]

Super builds there mate, who doesn't like Matchbox kits? I have one of these kits and am inspired to build it now, having watched this video.

[@weslake3204]

Love your matchbox vidéos. Such good time machine towards my childhood!

[@williwass6837]

Kits are made for building! 😉!I build the Matchbox Me when it came out!A loooong time ago!i was 10 years old!

[@grahams7697]

Fantastic effort 🙏 Thank you for posting 👍

[@davidsirett5560]

a few years ago i was given some made but broken Matchbox kits including the BF 109 from 1973. no landing gear and broken propeller. the person who made the kit was quite liberal with the glue. the other kits i was given are the Brewster buffalo Hawker Tempest Bristol Beau fighter (with the long nose) and a Blackburn Buccaneer (fuselage and port wing only).

[@happee_meal8302]

I have fond memories of these Matchbox kits from the late 80's/ early 90's. Something abou the Matchbox offerings vs Airfix and Revell, they were a bit more toylike but very consistent quality.

[@esajuhanirintamaki965]

Airfix Spitfire Mk. IX was awful! Especially its wings, - bleecchh!

[@createdezign1840]

I've ALWAYS wanted to make this Matchbox bf109E I loved the colour scheme as a kid. I think if I was to build it now I'd do a 1/48 version in that great desert scheme. Matchbox was so important to me as a kid. I think it was a Hawker Hunter matchbox kit that was my first kit bought for me by my dad. You could buy them anywhere here in the UK, I got most of mine from the newsagents down the road.

[@creativetimewasting]

Thanks for you comment, there is a similar theme in comments on my channel regarding Matchbox kits and I think I might do a little video summarising people’s and my experience with the kits 👍

[@createdezign1840]

@@creativetimewasting Oh cool! look forward to seeing that. :)

[@stuartmiller8053]

great video as usual. rarely enjoying the matchbox kits of old being made up. cheers stu

[@ricardoroberto7054]

The Matchbox are a lovely solid mould and I like that the exhausts are separate making it much easier for painting. For some reason airfix moulded the engine but not the machine guns. I also found the airfix canopy to be useless with too many attachment marks and had to replace it.

[@Agakhanyansmotivation]

Thank you for sharing us!

[@ModelMinutes]

I'm pretty sure I saw you post images of this on IG as well? It is interesting the "2 colour" offerings they made with the plastic which gives an interesting finish when unpainted

[@creativetimewasting]

Correct, it went up on IG yesterday. 👍

[@GhostRider247]

beautiful job on that 109 lad !!!

[@joachimschmitt9001]

Nice job...

[@tonyde6423]

Great video mate still see odd matchbox 109 at swap meets cheers

[@jaws848]

LOVE Matchbox kits ...and well done on 1,000 subs

[@Castlebank_Sidings]

That certainly holds its own against modern kits

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

Pity the Airfix one doesn’t come with a pilot figure. Love those vintage kits.

[@telekommandant]

Aorund the early 80s I built model kits in Germany. Due to the ban all swastikas on the decals were either cut out or crossed out with black marker before the kits were going to retailers. In latter case you could use spirit to remove the marker and still use that decals.

[@t55a2]

Good kit for its day, Romanian markings were nice

[@jaws848]

Cheers....having a can or 2 of Carlsberg while watching.🍻🍻👍👍

[@creativetimewasting]

The Romanian making on the He111 from Matchbox are also a tempting option.

[@jaws848]

@@creativetimewasting never had to use any filler on my matchbox kits as the fit of the parts really IS that good

[@t55a2]

@@creativetimewasting Or put them on a better kit

[@t55a2]

@@jaws848 Meteor NF took a lot of filler, as does the Privateer

[@michaelgrey7854]

This was my first model in 1989 :)

[@esajuhanirintamaki965]

That was a pity, that Matchbox models had so coarse panel lines. Especially in their F-14 Tomcat. But, it was cured with a little amount of putty. Not a tough job. Matchbox's Bf109 E was the best of all 1/72 109 E's. When I remember Revell's early 109 E, I'm getting sick...

[@unclegargameldgargameld4888]

recently built an Airfix Me 109 from 1973 & a FROG Macchi 202 from 1963 both great kits , do you think some may think that's a flogging offence LOL

[@creativetimewasting]

I think models are meant to be built, I understand collecting but I really enjoy building the older kit. 👍

[@philsmodelmaking2260]

just wondering if you've built the old tool airfix 1/72 109 E, I think it was tooled in 1975 and is a really good little kit, in my view almost as nice as the modern airfix kit.

[@creativetimewasting]

Good idea, I might try something like that in the future 👍

[@adrianfriend7599]

Lovely build and brushing the gloss coat in prep for decals is revelation. What and how did you apply the final matt coat and guess you remarked canopy for that ?

[@creativetimewasting]

Thanks for your kind comment. Yes, the model did receive a matt coat and I did apply a coat of Humbrol Maskol to the canopy before applying the coat of matt varnish. The next canopy video I do I will demonstrate that technique 👍

[@adrianfriend7599]

Ah thank you kind sir for that top tip - enjoy the way you show in depth build of all processes needed to build a top kit - looking forward to more

[@lancerevell5979]

Wiki on Revell Model Company: "Revell GmbH is an American-origin manufacturer of plastic scale models, currently based in Bünde, Germany. The original Revell company merged with Monogram in 1986, becoming "Revell-Monogram". The business operated until 2007, when American Revell was purchased by Hobbico, while the German subsidiary "Revell Plastics GmbH" (established in 1956) had separated from the American firm in 2006 until Hobbico purchased it in 2012, bringing the two back together again under the same company umbrella.[1] After the Hobbico demise in 2018, Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) acquired Revell.[2]" Revell was founded by Lew Glaser, making a variety of products. "The toy line was marketed later under the brand name Revell. Reportedly, the name Revell came from the French word reveille meaning "new beginning".[6] This name of course has no relation whatsoever to the old family name Revell.

[@KennyBacchus-yg3uv]

A tale. Two matchbox. Model plane

[@greenslider]

Built the me410. And have a few sets of 1/32 soldiers from them.

[@janaheeger5362]

Very nice build and comparison of the 3 models! Thank you so much for sharing! What exactly did you use to restore the canopy of the 1989 matchbox model?

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΜπαραχάνος]

Thank you for your nice answer.I would like your oppinion about matchbox models.I wish they would circulate again because they are ideal for novice modellers nad would condribute greatly in the expansion of the hobby.

[@creativetimewasting]

Yes, excellent kits for the beginner. A lot have been re-released by Revell.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΜπαραχάνος]

@@creativetimewasting I would like to have them rereleased as Matchbox kits.When i was teenager my favorite matchbox kit was the pk-12 F-5a.Also i think very good starter kits for 1/48 the Esci kits.My speciality are the model soldiers Historex,Andrea,Pegaso and so on,but the i have started the hobby with aircraft kits which are my secondary subject in modelling.All the rest tanks ,cars,ships are coming after.

[@davidjones6778]

Models are meant to be built - not collected. I was brought up from 1960's on Airfix. I did have this kit. I did the Romanian version - I like the colours - no other reason. I did find matchbox were better kits in my opinion. They seemed to go together more easily and appeared to be more solid - if that makes sense?

[@creativetimewasting]

@@davidjones6778 I agree 👍

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Great vid and presentation, 👍🏻 though the vid title sounds dangerously close to a copy of my own work? (Wellingtons, Victors, Harriers, etc) I take it that was just a coincedence? 😡 I would hate to send a 'Cease & Desist order'! 😂 Look forward to seeing more from you...☺️

[@creativetimewasting]

Cheers Peter, any similarity would be totally coincidental as I have to say my videos are a bit rough around the edges and are done on the ‘fly’ I didn’t intend to do too many Matchbox kits but people really love them and I have quite a few of them. Not as many as yourself but I do enjoy building them too. I have been enjoying your videos too Peter and your last one about ‘Sharky’ Ward was excellent and I must congratulate you on it. Otherwise I will keep watching your channel as you have built up a nice community of like minded people and I enjoy that very much. Keep up the good work and get on with the Mossie! 😁

[@lancerevell5979]

While I like the molding of the Matchbox kits, their plastic colors were horrendous, fully as bad as the early 1/48 Aurora kits, such as their metallic red Bf-109, yellow Zero and black Fw-190.

[@esajuhanirintamaki965]

Underside of "Black 9" in desert scheme, it is quite funny...? Too grey for RLM 65, perhaps? In the final years of WW2 paint references in nazi-Germany were a pure "Tohuwabohu". Then RLM 02 could be anything from usual grey to greyish green or something else.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΜπαραχάνος]

I don't think that doing scale models you are wasting your time.On the contrary is a very creative occupation.Your video is marvellous.

[@creativetimewasting]

Thank you 👍

[@cyberleaderandy1]

I have an original Matchbox BF109 and just acquired a top opening Matchbox FW190. Neither will be built lol.

[@darrenashton2485]

Please consider doing a Matchbox Brewster Buffalo in Dutch Airforce markings🙏🏻😀

[@creativetimewasting]

I don’t have one in the stash but if I get one I will do a build video, stay tuned. 👍

[@davidharrington1133]

The Swaztika thing is ridiculous

[@Riccardo_Silva]

It's like writing a vulgar profanity on your model. It might offend someone, even 80 years after. Even 2024 years after the birth of Jesus.

[@lllordllloyd]

Between 35:25 and 35:35 a lot of work seems to be done on this build?

[@creativetimewasting]

Is the video too long or too short? Do you want to see more detail? What do you think I have missed out? If you give me more detail or what I’ve missed in the video I will try to include in the next 👍

[@lllordllloyd]

@@creativetimewasting No problem good sir, I just watched the half-track/Pak40/motorcycle video and all was revealed!

[@user-Harry.Stottle]

The swaztika is centuries old and appeared in Ancient Rome and other cultures.