Revell Humber mkII (Matchbox tool)

The original box art, this was the first kit I've ever build

Revells rebox, the version I'll be building for the groupbuild.Should be fun doing it again

Not the multicolor of yesteryear, and england crossed out on the sprue

And were off. Some styrene was inserted to improve fit

Fit is quite good, even with a tooling this old. Loads of flash though, so this is showing its age

Axles added

Progress so far.

Figure primed in dark yellow

And look what I just found... The propeller of the torpedo that was missing from my seehund kit 🙂

Figure painted 🙂

Ready for Paint

Base coat hand painted in good old Humbrol, just like in the olden days

After a drybrush of sandgrau

Added 'glass' to the mirrors

The base in progress, all hand painted and dry brushed

Decals are on

Oil stains added to the water

Base is done, just needs to dry

Same goes for the Humber

I'm calling it done 🙂

Comments

20 29 May 2022, 14:14

Jan Peters
This was the very first model I've ever build, longer ago than I care to remember😄
Should be fun building it again, with the 50th aniversary of matchbox coming up.

30 May 2022, 14:38

Rui
Not my first, but one of the first for me.

31 May 2022, 04:43

Ralf Topeters
Welcome to the group build. Nice one. I have it in my stash but never built it so far. Not even as a child. I'm excited! 🙂

31 May 2022, 10:20

Jan Peters
Made a start, loads of flash to handle, but fit is quite good 👍🏻

10 July 2022, 14:50

Jan Peters
Small progress made, amazing how much details there are in these,in my memory these kits were much less detailed...

16 July 2022, 14:51

Simon Nagorsnik
Nice progress👍

17 July 2022, 13:07

Jan Peters
Thanks Simon 🙂

17 July 2022, 14:19

Roy McKay
Thanks for joining in. Nice work.

22 July 2022, 16:18

Jan Peters
Thanks Roy 🙂
Its a nice trip trough memory lane

22 July 2022, 19:27

Neil Patrick
Looking forward to seeing this done Jan. Coming along very nicely. I reckon this must be the tiniest kit in the Matchbox range apart maybe from the FT17, but that doesn't count because it accompanies the Char B!

24 July 2022, 10:20

Jan Peters
Thanks Neil 🙂
I guess the BMW sidecar kit that is in another duo set (can't remember which one) is even smaller, but this one sure isn't large.

24 July 2022, 13:32

Neil Patrick
Yes of course. Thinking about it, there's also the Jeeps. Anyway, looking good already!

31 July 2022, 08:57

Jan Peters
Thanks mate 🙂
Got some work done again

31 July 2022, 09:58

Jan Peters
I'm calling it done 🙂

1 August 2022, 08:51

Simon Nagorsnik
👍👍👍

1 August 2022, 09:06

Jan Peters
Thanks Simon 🙂

1 August 2022, 10:15

Ralf Topeters
Great one well done! The oil is a terrific idea. 👍