There are kits we all want because we think they’re amazing from an engineering standpoint. You know the kind, they’re big, impressive and the box is packed so full of styrene that you can’t even figure out how to get it all back in there. Sometimes, it’s a subject we’ve always wanted, sometimes, it’s just because we can’t resist the lure of something so impressive.

There are lots of kits like that. However, I’m sure most of us also have kits that we’ve wanted just because they look fun. Maybe they’re funky, or different, or classic; there can be a million reasons why a specific kit just “calls to you”. For me, one of those kinds of kits is old-school Matchbox LRDG. This Orange Range armour kit always just looked “fun” to me. Lots of “stuff” like Gerry cans, bags, boxes and the like, lots of machine guns, and a cool, almost “Mad Max” survival vibe, really sold me on it. Sure, it’s 40 years old, but so what?

Thankfully, through the kindness of a friend (Thanks Alan!) I was able to finally get my hands on one, and it’s an old Matchbox, not Revell reissue! I’m really pumped to build this one, and will be starting it very shortly. Check out this classic take on the famous Long Range Desert Group of WWII fame at the link below. Get ready, because there’s always all kinds of awesome in a Matchbox armour kit!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/matchbox-1-76-lrdg-oob/

Yeah, still love the old matchbox kits. I managed to pick up an original Monty's Caravan set last year to add to the few I have. With some TLC they can really come out well, even by today's standards.

Yeah, I agree. Even though I'm not an "armour guy" and don't really have "armour skills", I love the Matchboxes.

Lucky guy, finding an original Monty's caravan. The box art on it is so much better than the Revell one. I was thrilled to find the Char B1/FT-17 set at a local shop just before the Covid lockdown. Even as a reissue, it's cool! The box, though... wow. So sad.

I'm hoping I can make something good out of this- it's been a grail of mine for a while, and I'd hate to wreck it!