Lee Drennen’s 1/72 Matchbox Gloster Gladiator R.A.F. No.73 (Fighter) Squadron Digby 1938.

[Lee Drennen]

Off to a great start Lee. This brings back memories, built this when I was a youngster. Matchbox biplanes are nice to build due to the positive strut construction.

Thanks Joe. It’s been a fun build so far glad you stopped by

[Steve-the-Duck]

I had a rush of blood to the head recently and thought I'd like to re-build the Matchbox armour, seeing as I did each and every one up to a point as they were released. They really are nice little kits, and well detailed

But the Firefly is now being retailed by Revell as a starter kit for nigh on twenty quid!

[scottie3158]

Lee coming on nicely mate.

[Lee Drennen]

Lee coming on nicely mate.

Thanks Paul glad you stopped by

[Lee Drennen]

I had a rush of blood to the head recently and thought I'd like to re-build the Matchbox armour, seeing as I did each and every one up to a point as they were released. They really are nice little kits, and well detailed

But the Firefly is now being retailed by Revell as a starter kit for nigh on twenty quid!

Yes I have that kit bought it many years ago as a Revell it but the tracks are a nightmare but you could work with them I guess. I thought about building the diorama with it

[Steve-the-Duck]

Back in the day, I had this Gladiator with a thought to back-dating it to a Gauntlet
More fool me
But that might have been less effort than the Pegasus Gauntlet that took me twelve years to finish

[Lee Drennen]

Well I don’t think I’m going to get this across the GB finish line but I’m going to try to be close. Here’s some updates. It’s primed and ready for paint

[Steve-the-Duck]

Yep

[David Lovell]

Great stuff Lee not my thing but always enjoy reading the wingy builds ,yes its stirred a lot of child ,youth in my case memories but quite sad no persons of a younger stamp have piped in with a big"WHAT YOU HAD TO BE JOKING" to wich we could have replied no this was the dogs the best pocket/first wage packet money could buy ,I wonder how prices compare now with then ,todays tec in design and production kits should cost about the same as then wich would make em as cheap as chips ........nice thought anyway. Dave
Ps if some of you lovelys have some thoughts on this stick em up on a chit chat bit somewhere to keep Lees build on track. :thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Great stuff Lee not my thing but always enjoy reading the wingy builds ,yes its stirred a lot of child ,youth in my case memories but quite sad no persons of a younger stamp have piped in with a big"WHAT YOU HAD TO BE JOKING" to wich we could have replied no this was the dogs the best pocket/first wage packet money could buy ,I wonder how prices compare now with then ,todays tec in design and production kits should cost about the same as then wich would make em as cheap as chips ........nice thought anyway. Dave
Ps if some of you lovelys have some thoughts on this stick em up on a chit chat bit somewhere to keep Lees build on track. :thumb2:

Thanks David. I’m sure the price would be up there with the modern Airfix stuff I have to tell myself when I was building this that it was made in 1973-74 because of the way it’s design to go together was and fit.

[Lee Drennen]

Got main part painted going to paint the wing and get this thing together

[The Smythe Meister]

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Looking nice there Lee

[Mickc1440]

Nice work Lee, always good to see the paint going on

[vizenz]

The plane triggers something in me. I think I built this once as a child... :thinking:

[JR]

Hi Lee,
That's looking fine.

I spent some happy years living at RAF Digby in the late 60's. A lovely place .
J