Matchbox Humber Amoured Car 5th Royal Tank Regiment

Hiya everybody.
Sorry about the long wait, but I'm doing another post before next year. I may post my other birthday stuff here later but for now i'm going to talk about my new model in 1/76 scale. It's called a Humber armoured car, 5th Royal Tank Regiment made by Matchbox. I don't know the exact date the model was made, but what I do know is that it was made sometime before 1986. I found it in a water-damaged box in the shed and decided to try to make it. It turned out to be one of the best 1/76 scale models i've done (make that one of the best models i've done overall)! You may not be able to tell it but I weathered it all, applied a wash, drybrushed it, painted it with acrylic, enamel and water-based paint, applied the transfers and then stuck the man to the tank, and the tank to the base. the picture may not show all of the detail, but it looks really good when it's in front of you.
I now want to collect and make all of the matchbox 1/76 scale tanks and have just bought 2 from ebay.com.

Untill next time,

James.G

Comments

[Beth Russell]

Well well James finally a post eh! I love your Humber 1/76... can't wait to see the other 2 that your going to make up. A Beth x

[Term Papers]

It's called a Humber armoured car, 5th Royal Tank Regiment made by Matchbox. you don't know the exact date the model was made,Well this is like a little Royal Tank game,I am going to buy this.

[Pete Hill]

Revell have re-released most of the old Matchbox 1/76 range although it now seems unlikely that the few remaining ones will not be coming out. To my knowledge, the ones that Revell haven't re-released are the Stuart/Honey Tank, the Panther G, the Panzer-III & the German sdfz-222 Radio armoured car. Re: the Stuart, Revell did initially announce that they were re-releasing that one and even had a picture on their website but it never appeared. I don't know why- maybe there were problems with the old original mould? Or a legal issue? Or Revell didn't think that one would sell?- (unlikely, given that the old Matchbox kit of the Stuart still fetches good prices on ebay).

[Pete Hill]

Indeed, some of the Revell re-releases have already been discontinued so if you want them, my advice is to grab them now.
I bought an old Matchbox kit of the Stuart tank last month on eBay and when it arrived in the post, the treads for the tank were broken. The soft, bendable plastic had dried out with age (the kit dated from the 1970s) and it had become so brittle that even a gentle touch would cause it to snap. In the end I had to glue it on piece by piece and because it couldn't be stretched (as was intended), there was about 7mm of wheels left uncovered by the time I ran out of tread, so I had to scrap-build a few pieces with hard-plastic. With some putty-work and a good paint-job, the treads will look fine but it was a fiddly job. Word of warning, if buying old Matchbox AFV kits from the 1970s or early 80s, be aware that the treads may have become brittle with age.

[Elliptical reviews]

No offense, but if there's a facebook like button, it'll be much easier for me to share.