Another Matchbox Classic gets the treatment, Brewster Buffalo build.

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

What a lovely model from a 50 year old kit - a testament to Matchbox’s kit making skills and yours as a modeller. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@creativetimewasting]

Thank you very much 👍

[@PKowalski2009]

I had it! Mine was of green and brown plastic. But it's the same model. In the 1980s, Matchbox models appeared, quite a one-off in communist Poland. I managed to buy this Buffalo, a Boening P-12 (I still have it), a Hawker Fury, a Lysander and a Walrus. It was such a breath of the West.

[@carltondial2749]

What a crackup - "If it's the best thing you have, it's the best thing since sliced bread." Timeless sense of humour.

[@danielburkett7835]

Matchbox models were made for kids as a starting point for them to building models. The different colors was supposed to (I think) catch a kid's eye, and make them want the kit. I like that you're making Matchbox kits look better than people think they SHOULD look.

[@creativetimewasting]

Thanks, more Matchbox builds to come.

[@jimaltergott9326]

HURRAH! You saved the Buffalo!, good for you sir! That red may be the WORST color Matchbox ever used in their model kits 😮 I have a soft spot for Matchbox models, built a few as young modeller back in the late 70s. Seeing that box art brings back a lot of good memories 😊 Amazing that the decals worked! My compliments on a job well done 👍👍

[@creativetimewasting]

Thank you 👍

[@t55a2]

Primer solves most problems, tbf

[@t55a2]

Nice wee kit

[@cyberleaderandy1]

They used that red and bright yellow on the Red Arrows kit. Certainly more apt for that one 😂

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

The red was ace for the Folland Gnat though, especially if you were not good at painting. 😉

[@ukmarsadelaide]

WOW WOW you took a 1970s matchbox kit and made it look like Tamiya. And thanks for the Humbrol Maskol tip.....

[@pandaphil]

That kit made me fall in love with that little plane.

[@rustybuckets07]

I remember building this kit. Matchbox are fantastic. Just enough detail to get a really nice result, without all the faff of photetch and fiddling about. And all at pocket-money prices. I came across a Matchbox Fairey Swordfish in a box a couple of years ago, and it turned out really nicely all rigged up with florists wire. I've still got a Boston Havoc kicking around too, waiting for the right moment.

[@creativetimewasting]

@@rustybuckets07 I’ve built both the Swordfish and the Havoc in the last few years, if you look on my instagram account of the same name you can see some images of them 👍

[@Jack2Japan]

Lovely little build. Takes me back quite a few years.

[@creativetimewasting]

Keep watching for more 👍

[@zanewilsnach1690]

Best Matchbox Buffalo build I have seen.

[@svensvensson2724]

Lovely paint job. Making Matchbox fans proud.

[@leoncsorba9085]

Excellent job, a piece of art even. ❤

[@ModelMinutes]

Very interesting! I've just finished the Airfix Vintage Classic Buffalo and I think the Matchbox version has a slightly better looking tooling from what I've seen in your video. You did a great job of building this one :D

[@creativetimewasting]

I might have a look at the Airfix kit for comparison, might be an interesting little video 👍

[@roslanhamidi2830]

Wow! Bring back memories!❤

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Peter Oxley will have a fainting fit if he sees you made one of these classic kits 😂

[@creativetimewasting]

Yes, Peter has messaged voicing his concern. In a humorous way 😁

[@cyberleaderandy1]

​@@creativetimewasting lol he definitely loves the old Matchbox kits 😊

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

@@creativetimewasting ☺️

[@George-pp2hr]

That is a very nice build and paint treatment really worked out great on this 1970s Matchbox kit. I don't much do 1/72 except big transport or big bomber Aircraft. I have some old Matchbox amongst my mess somewhere. I wish I had that buffalo now. You've inspired me to build a Matchbox 1/72 Strike master Jet with the same colours almost with exception of a dark green as to south East Asia camoflauge. It's the New Zealand Airforce. Very impressive build your model. I'm surprised the decals survived after so many years. I hope decals with my models will be ok. I bought not to long ago the Matchbox 1/32 scale Messerschmitt BF109E. The protective paper on decals had turned brown and part of it was stuck on the decals. I pealed of what I could but not sure what to expect. I've had decals disintegrate after I had finished a model. To my surprise. Excellent finish on your kit. Love those colours.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@creativetimewasting]

Stay tuned for my Airfix build of their new 1/24 scale Spitfire Mk VIII which I will do in the same earth and green colours you see here 👍

[@PhyerMendo]

Very nicely finished. Kudos! Matchbox's Me410 is also one of their most underrated kits.

[@creativetimewasting]

@@PhyerMendo I have one in my stash and may make an appearance soon 👍

[@PhyerMendo]

@@creativetimewasting I've built 2 of them. Other than clear vac canopy replacement and aftermarket decals, the rest of the builds have been OTB. Kit look is outstanding. Nice for such an old kit.

[@hermannjoseph]

Lovely job, you'd be more than happy to have that on the shelf

[@jomon723]

I wish I had the patience back in the 70's ...at 65 maybe i will try again....Thanks for the show

[@creativetimewasting]

Give it a go, what’s the worst that could happen? I’m sure you will enjoy the experience and if you have any questions drop me a line and I will see if I can help 👍

[@834arglebardconnden7]

Amazing job as always. The touch with the frames at the end is great! Love these old matchbox builds.

[@lancerevell5979]

The Brewster Buffalo was a very mediocre fighter plane, but the Finnish did well with them. They had removed all the useless-to-them US Navy equipment that only added weight. 😎 That red&cream color makes it resemble an early racing plane. 😮

[@michaleeuwe]

Nice video, I build this kit back in 2008, when I still was a big fan of Matchbox, I build of Matchbox kits back in the day, it's bit it's a bit of nostalgia.

[@jean-lucvilladary556]

Good job👍👍👍👍👍

[@stefanoponti580]

This video..very nice!

[@gsr4535]

Very nice job with an very old kit! 👍

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

I built quite a few Matchbox kits and always found they fitted together well even if by today's standard they were simple. I also built a few Revell I think kits and thought they were great because they had sliding canopies that you could open. I've found over the years that the best method for me at least with masking is sausages rolled out of Blu-tac and then a split tissue that gets stuck to the sausages. The stretched sprue for rigging and aerials is great but I've found some brands work better than others, I'm guessing it's a variation in the type of plastic. How I wish the internet had been around when I was a kid building these, so much information about things like the stretched sprue, a technique I could've tried as a child but never knew about until I was an adult. Nice job all round on the little Buffalo.

[@creativetimewasting]

You are correct on the stretched sprue technique, some just catches fire immediately and some pull apart like chewing gum. 👍

[@rogerboniface8086]

I remember doing that. No paint needed. I lived very close to thenSeletar Air Base where they were stationed. .And played on a wreck as a boy. By the way the Buffalo had a 2 to 1 kill rate until overwhelmed. Squadrons on Burma preferred it to their Hurricanes. It holds a 42 to 1 kill rate. The highest of s prop aircraft. Not bad for a bad plane.

[@なすの-x9s]

イギリス機を作る良いお手本になりました。しかし、マッチボックスの需要が未だにあって、私はうれしいです👍️。

[@DutchDaveModels]

Awesome little Brewster. Nice scheme done on this one. Still love the Matchbox range as they have such a wide variety of subjects 💥👍💥

[@evanhughes7609]

My brother loved this kit.

[@darrenashton2485]

Stunning, bit disappointed you didn’t go Dutch😄but thats an amazing build…..👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@creativetimewasting]

@@darrenashton2485 maybe next time 👍

[@plbingham]

wow,.. memory! I bought this in the early 80's!! LOVED it,..

[@orbitalair2103]

I recently picked up a matchbox 1973 SB2C-1 Helldiver in 1/72, same line. only mines not in red ! its blue and grey !. Its a right smart little kit, with lots of panel detail for 1973.

[@markharnitchek2009]

wow ... great job on a great old kit!

[@mickturner9201]

Outstanding mate. Awesome build.

[@raylovell4711]

Your the best , cheers from Ray in Canada o7

[@creativetimewasting]

Thank you very much 👍

[@joeconrad3828]

The red and the barrel shape makes it look like a Gee Bee Racer. Nice build.

[@jaws848]

Great result.love these old Matchbox kits

[@qwerk707]

Great video …learned a couple of new tricks there…keep them coming 👍

[@johnashley-smith4987]

Thanks for this video! You have done a fantastic job on that old dog! Inspiring ! I swear though, when I first saw this kit (age 7) in 74'.the alternative markings were for a Buffalo in Finnish service with the " Hakaristi" markings...I am in Canada though and it could have been strictly for the North American market. Thanks again for this outstanding build of a classic from my childhood!

[@nikbear]

Excellent build, I built the very same kit back in the early 80's, I loved the buffalo 🐃 mine never looked as good as yours turned out though 😮 I believe the colour of the kit is best summed up as Kelloggs cereal box red! 😂

[@gilleslemanach6054]

Nice kit! Nice souvenirs!

[@markwilliams2620]

MPC also had a version of that kit. The first kit I built that I felt looked good. It came in MPC's usual white styrene. Hand painted it aluminum with yellow wings. My take on pre-war US Navy color scheme. Nice work.

[@StevenPotts-ij9ue]

Super build of one of my all time favourite kits, I may still have one in the stash, in which case it's getting built, cheers.

[@creativetimewasting]

Go for it 👍

[@KirstyCaddick-ne4vk]

Lovely little job x

[@robertstickler5232]

Netter Kleiner Bausatz Ich liebe diese alten Matchbox Kits Sie waren schon etwas Besonderes😊

[@VileTraveller]

Most of my early builds in the '80s were Matchbox, far better quality than Airfix at the time even if accuracy and details were not all they could be. I've started collecting them again - and now I build them without paint! An instructional exercise as you have to be very careful not to mark the plastic, but the main point is that they were unique with their multi-coloured sprues. I need to get one of those Post Office Red Buffalos! They still get painted canopy frames (to match the fuselage plastic), decals, and clear coat. I eventually pair them with a modern kit of a similar type, just for contrast.

[@creativetimewasting]

Good to hear Matchbox is still being built so long after their demise.

[@edwinsmith-jones6205]

I like the red and cream colouring, myself... it's very remanisant of those 20/30s racers.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Buffaloes over Singapore is a great book

[@unclegargameldgargameld4888]

that red is quite fetching ,I do like Matchbox kits , Hobby boss remind me of them

[@johnf3885]

I used to love the artwork. Roy's depictions on the box helped sell 000s of them.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Theres a great book he produced that has many of his paintings in and an explanation of why he had to repaint a lot of them to remove "violence". He wasn't happy.

[@johnf3885]

@@cyberleaderandy1 I'll check it out thanks

[@TimoRasimus]

Buffalo was great fighter. That was Backbone for FAF in early 1940:s and was exellent against VVS.

[@MichaelWilde.pushbikegraddad]

These kits bring back memories , in the late 1970's a paper shop on Saltwell Road, Gateshead used to sell Matchbox cars and kits, Brian was the owner, if I did not fancy the walk over to Blenheim St Model Shop in Newcastle , (across the old Redheugh Bridge), I used to buy a match box kit instead. Also bought a diecast Matchbox king tiger from that paper shop too, happy days!

[@creativetimewasting]

I’m from Newcastle so I know it well. 👍

[@MichaelWilde.pushbikegraddad]

@@creativetimewasting A Gateshead lad myself but in the 70's and early 80's I l was never away from Blenheim St or Beaties at the bottom of Northumberland Street, (wish they were both still there. Though by your dulcet tones that you were a fellow Tyneside lad. Love your videos, keep up the great work, if you ever get a chance Matchbox did a Lysander, never got a chance to build one back in the day. The multi colour plastic was always a great draw factor for me, as was the 'free' diorama base.

[@creativetimewasting]

Northumberland Street Beatties was one of my favourite shops and yes it’s sad they are all gone now. If you look on my instagram account, same name as the channel, I have some images of the Matchbox Lysander in 1/72 scale. You might have to scroll down about half way to find it. 👍

[@MichaelWilde.pushbikegraddad]

@@creativetimewasting thanks for taking the time to reply and share I shall look out for your images of the Lysander

[@michaelwain3198]

That's very well done. I would recommend the Hasegawa Buffalo kit (reboxed by Hobby 2000) as it's still a fairly simple kit but has much nicer details to start with. You can also get Eduard canopy mask for the Hasegawa kit, which I find a lot easier to use than liquid mask. BTW a 1/35 HMS Vanguard would be very impressive but I think you mean 1/350 :)

[@creativetimewasting]

@@michaelwain3198 did I say 1/35? I must watch my videos back for errors. They are fine on the ‘fly’ at the moment but I promise improvements soon 👍

[@Anymouse6980]

That is American Fire Engine (Fire Truck) red. Your painting efforts and their results are very nice and “make” the kit. The decals reinforce this. A very good quick build.

[@kenhanson1819]

Great build video! With that red plastic, maybe Matchbox was planning on a racing version of the Buffalo...😆

[@creativetimewasting]

@@kenhanson1819 it makes sense 😁👍

[@Giancarlo-r4h]

Stupendo,uno dei miei preferiti!!!

[@leeford6398]

Definitely Rosso Corsa (Ferrari Red) 😂 Great video thanks 😊

[@mattiascavero]

Well done sir!

[@ryokolynn6948]

i had built one of this and had another 2 spare box....its a nice kit, rare to find in 1/72 scale in my country.

[@cudathehawgjetfixer7520]

Try this if it's available where you live for masking large areas, try Silly Putty play toy. It gives excellent declamation lines, and it's easy clean up too! Plus, it can be used multiple times before you need to replace it, cheap, easy to use, and reusable, all wins in my book!

[@creativetimewasting]

Good idea, I was thinking of that method or a ‘loose’ mask for my 1/24 Airfix spitfire. Stay tuned for results 👍

[@melvynkersley-nc8fx]

Great rescue! But one must also remember that a lot of these world war 2 aircraft were painted by “hand” using hard board templates and large long handled brushes or rollers! Called “slap it on and get them in the field as quick as possible!

[@mannywilliams6409]

As I watched you open the kit, my first thought was that red is going to be fun to paint over, unless you prime it like you did. When I first began model kit building priming before paint was not a technique I was familiar with.

[@avoracing]

Bel lavoro, complimenti.

[@iangoldstraw6002]

Plastic reminds me of rhubarb and custard...Nicely finished Buffalo though

[@thumbwhacker4845]

I built this when I was a kid! I remember that red plastic. And, oddly enough, I nearly bought that kit again today as part of an estate collection being sold at a local hobby store. But I went with Monogram F4B-4 (another one I also built) and a Frog Blackburn Skua. Maybe I should swing back and pick up the Brewster as it fits in with my preference for not very successful planes.

[@gleggett3817]

I'm fairly sure I built the Matchbox Buffalo back in the 70s but don't remember the red plastic. Possibly I had reissue in different two tone plastic. Unfortunately the Matchbox reference site I know of isn't loading images so I can't check.

[@shanewaterman4125]

I remember making a few Matchbox kits in the 70s, but the only one I can actually remember was the AlphaJet. I do remember how much better the moulding and quality of the plastic was compared to Airfix of the time though.

[@lancerevell5979]

I use the Micro Mask for masking glue contact areas on mostly car model bodies and chassis before spray painting. Works fine for this. I cannot get it to work on clear styrene, it just beads up. Never tried masking camo patterns either. Used correctly it does work.

[@creativetimewasting]

I’ve found Humbrol Maskol works best for me, seems more versatile just always goes off before you use the whole bottle.

[@johnnoble01]

I have some Micro mask and had the same results as you untill i found out the stuff is water soluble even when dry. It is easy to remove with a cotton bud or a stiff short bristle brush. It is actually quite good for canopies. The bottle says not for water based paints hence the difficulty you had trying to peel it like maskol. If you had washed it off with water I'm willing to bet you would have had better results. I'm still finding out what i can do with the stuff but so far I've found that it doesn't leave a ragged edge like maskol. I used it to mask the metal areas of a 1/144 Revell F15 and was very happy with it.

[@creativetimewasting]

Thanks for the tip, I will try it out. 👍

[@johnnoble01]

@@creativetimewasting Don't get me wrong, It won't replace my maskol, but it certainly has its uses.

[@ricardoroberto7054]

Airfix released a buffalo in RAF markings but the kit is actually the navy version. It can be converted with work. The matchbox is a far more rare kit.

[@alexc8209]

My mum and grandparents never really understood me. From age 7 to 14 they would buy me hundreds of kits like this of planes and tanks and ships and I would make them very badly and very quickly and then smash them up in my war games with toy soldiers (which I loved then and still love now). For me all I wanted was a couple of those solid metal planes or tanks that a kid could throw across the room and not break instead of these annoying and fragile models all the time. I never got the matchbox(?) rugged metal toys that were appropriate for my destructive gameplay but i have probably 'killed' more plastic planes, tanks and ships than every other kid in my town combined. Sad really because today I can appreciate that they are small peices of art and engineering.

[@NWales45Kilo]

I used to set my models on fire...especially the several b17s I made. Maybe to hide the final shoddy construction.

[@monostripezebras]

look neat

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool. 🛩

[@marcoavillalobos441]

I think, the two tone under carriage, are to choose if you want it painted for day or night operation.

[@creativetimewasting]

Early RAF schemes were painted two tone for ID purposes. It soon fell out of fashion and it they went to a standard single colour.

[@George-pp2hr]

I built that back in the mid 70s. I bought it from the local Milk Bar directly across the road from the flats apartment I lived at.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@ryokolynn6948]

i was trying to build a diaroma set of Midway Island,1942......with F4F widcat, TBF Avenger, SB2U Vindicator (just got it a few days ago), PBY Cataline, etc.

[@SimonWallwork]

I built this as a young 'un, I remember it as a good kit. Sadly, I got an air rifle....

[@creativetimewasting]

Ah, many a model ended up as target practice.

[@martinrichards2680]

Fantastic, I'm just getting back into building kits.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Revell sell these reboxed kits under their own brand now.

[@martinuhr6760]

great

[@bam7965]

Came out spot on👌🏻 What is the brand of gloss lacquer you used and can you advise where to purchase it, is it also able to be applied with an airbrush. Keep up the great work

[@creativetimewasting]

Yes, I use a product from AK Interactive, it’s called, Intermediate Gauzy Agent, I bought this from PM Models in the UK.

[@itcu185]

Matchbox 1974 red plastic 'cuz the red plastic pellets were the cheapest

[@samb2052]

That red is even worse than the poo-brown scheme they did the Harrier in. Great build and paint to cover it up though.

[@mikeycraig8970]

30p wouldn't buy a bag of crisps today, even the last remaining phone boxes are 40p for a couple of seconds.

[@richardmcclelland2991]

Half of the worlds model builders swear BY micro mask the other half swear AT it

[@fredburley9512]

Remember when Matchbox came on the scene with their kits and kicked Airfix in the butt with their indentation panel lines and precise fit. Nice work. (Had the Bristol Beaufighter myself which was ace.)

[@sentimentalbloke185]

These were great kits back in the day, much better than Airfix.

[@Supremmm2]

You should do the matchbox me262

[@creativetimewasting]

I have two on the bench right now and will be my next video.

[@giorgiomoretti9434]

💪🤩👏👏👏

[@anjkovo2138]

👍👍

[@SaltimusMaximus]

First kit I ever built in the 70’s, bought it with 50p I was given, no money for paint, glue everywhere, why did Matchbox do them is such strange colours

[@creativetimewasting]

The colours I think reflect 70s thinking.

[@weekendmodeller2740]

What happened to the Dutch Air Force colours? A subscriber "asked"

[@creativetimewasting]

I decided to do the alternative markings as I found them more interesting.

[@weekendmodeller2740]

@@creativetimewasting At last she was built and yes Flory still makes the clay washes, good honest product. Nice video by the way.

[@markstott6689]

I built this thing as a child, circa 78/79. It is still top of the list for the worst kit that I personally have ever built. It was before I was old enough to be trusted with paint so it never got painted. I know that I built it before an hour was up. It was a waste of that weeks pocket money.

[@creativetimewasting]

Are you still building models?

[@markstott6689]

@@creativetimewasting I restarted in June of 2023 after a break of 34 years.

[@creativetimewasting]

@@markstott6689 good luck and welcome back 👍

[@markstott6689]

@creativetimewasting Thanks. I've nearly finished my first ever Spitfire. I can't quite believe that I've never built one before. I was probably too busy 40 years ago building multiple Mosquitoes. 😍

[@kevinsands7639]

Glam Rock model😂.. Why do people use dark green for the interior? It was usually light interior green. I've never seen dark green used as cockpit colours in the real aircraft? The darkest green I've seen is chromite green and that is lighter than that.

[@creativetimewasting]

It was a demonstration of building a model with what was at hand, I wouldn’t take it too seriously as a definitive guide to the actual colours of the Buffalo.

[@Georg-r4q]

Solche Kits baut man nicht das sind Sammlerstücke 🙄🤷‍♂️

[@creativetimewasting]

Why not? Let the model complete its journey 👍

[@George-pp2hr]

PS I don't remember it being that piercing red colour. I thought it was red brown. But that was decades ago so I could be mistaken.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@cyberleaderandy1]

They defo used it on the red arrow kit.

[@George-pp2hr]

@@cyberleaderandy1 Now that I remember. The Red Arrow. I have a 1/32 scale Revell Hawk it's moulded in Red!!! Because it's got decals for The Red Arrows. I've actually got four and decals to go. And I do have 1/32 Australian Hawk.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Nooooooo! It's an original boxing! 🫣😩 What have you done? 😰 Despite your crimes, I have subscribed! ☺️ Nice job despite being a fellony. 😂

[@creativetimewasting]

Cheers Peter, nice to have you on board. I’m always drawn back to Matchbox kits, I have plenty of modern cutting edge kits in the stash but I just love building Matchbox and judging my the comments on my Matchbox videos I think many modellers hold them in high regard. I think the nostalgia value is also a factor and yes I could build the Revell re-issues but it’s not as rewarding as the original kits. By the way you channel influenced me to do this one, I like the way you have built a little community of modellers and added something different and welcome to the hobby. Thanks for your efforts and I look forward to your next video. Cheers Neil

[@AlanToon-fy4hg]

I bought that kit, well, about 1975. It was typical Matchbox. It could be built in a weekend!