Can’t get enough of these videos, brilliant work, thanks for sharing

If its Matchbox then im ALL OVER IT.

I love your videos. Every time a new model is mentioned , it is a gasp of delight!

I like how you took your Fantasy Model Kit Box Art to the next level with the Matchbox kits; which had artwork on all surfaces, and not just on the top and the sides. The clear window on the back to show the parts was also a nice, classic Matchbox touch! 69th like.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yeh, I'm really happy with how those 'back of the box' pics came out. Very evocative of the real kits :) I can almost smell that unique new plastic model smell :) Thanks for watching and commenting.

@modelermark172

2 ай бұрын

@@Matteline Seeing the back of the box for the Indiana Jones Tank at 11:33 especially makes me wish this was an actual kit and not a "what-if?" The inclusion of Indy fighting the Nazi is priceless! I also don't think there is a model of a Pilatus P-2 currently available, (or at least, not one available when the kit at 10:55 would have been new.) Matchbox could have gotten some additional mileage out of the tool by offering a separate kit in real-world livery. The same thing goes for the Short Solent Flying Boat at the beginning of this presentation . . . . You want a "unique new plastic model smell?" I take it you've never experienced the smell of a brand new 1970's Monogram 1/24th Scale Custom Show Car kit; especially those created by Tom Daniel. Now, THAT was a memorable smell! As always, I'm looking forward to your next installment in this series! Thanks again!

love this stuff - airfix revell and others take note - this is how you should expand your brands ! 👍

Always fascinating. Always fun.

I gave this a shout out in the livestream last night. Great video.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Max, you are an inspiration and a gent. Thank You I wish the 'great time zone river' were a bit more accommodating so I could join the livestream.

I had the good fortune to see the Tigerfish miniature at the MGM auction back in 1970. It was about 10 feet long- great looking miniature.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Wow. I bet that was cool to see in the flesh.

@kevinmaloney2391

2 ай бұрын

They also had a Mig21 and a Bear transport. The Mig 21 was approx 1/12 scale and was very highly detailed. The only way I could tell the scale was the pilot was a Maj Matt Mason toy which was about six inches high. The Bear transport was smaller with about a two and half foot wingspan.

Wonderful video as ever,thanks

Airfix already had the Ford Trimotor kit in 1/72 from 1968 to 2006, Monogram had the same in 1/77 scale from 1956.

I really enjoyed this video series!! What an imagination you have! Another Ice Station Zebra's connection to Firefox. During the escape flight Firefox shot down a Tu-95 Bear bomber. This miniature model also came from Ice Station Zebra. At the climatic showdown Tu-95s brought the Soviet paratroopers to seize the Ice Station. I saw the Tu-95 model at a Visual Effects Exhibition in Tokyo back in late 1980's. It was a big miniature. (about 5 feet wingspan). Making of Firefox article in Cinefantastique magazine also showed a photograph of the Tu-95 model.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Yes, although I don't think the TU-95 gets shot down, we see it refuelling the second Firefox. Thanks for posting. Do you recall what else was as this VFX exhibition. it sounds cool.

Some great "What if" Model box artwork Matte 👍

You, my man are an absolute genius. My modelling interests leaned heavily on Matchbox products during the early 80s. The Indiana Jones films are to this day are my all time favourites. To see how you've tied the two together here is to me an absolute treat. Even the way you've come up with the box rear artwork (diorama) leaves me gobsmacked. And to top it off after actually recently re-reading McClean's Guns Of Navarone you do a box art of the Greek caique featured in the story. This video is 17 minutes of pure joy.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Wow. An email like this makes it all worthwhile. Although your avatar looks grumpy, I can tell from reading this comment that the video put a smile on your face. Thanks again for watching :)

I would have bought just about every one of these (as my pocket money back the would allow ) lol

That Flying wing from "Raiders" has a definite Junkers G38 vibe to it, so cool, Yeah love these fantasy Kit videos :}

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

I love that very thick wing. The Germans had some giant planes where passengers would be seated in the wings. I do wonder quite where the ark - and its crate would go.

Excellent work again. Looking forward to future videos.

Loved this, especially the way you “reboxed” just like kit companies do.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Ha Ha. Thanks, When I read that the Gray Lady Down sub was the same model, I thought I have to do this as well as the Firefox version.

Sticking with Alistair Maclean, the snow plough equipped bus from Where Eagles Dare would be an interesting model kit, perhaps with a couple of pursuing German motorcycle combinations included...

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Ha ha - I am way ahead of you! Take a look at the first video :) approx 10:30 in... here's a link kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIxppJONhbi1cZM.html

another comment for pedantry: Zeppelin did research docking a biplane with the Hindenburg though they didn't get the trapeze placed right. The idea was the plane would rendezvous with the Hindenburg some time out from landing. The plane would drop off a pair of customs officers to do customs before landing, while the plane carried off the air mail

Absolutely fascinating. Love watching and listening to your wonderful imagination. Top artwork. 😊

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank You so much!

they are great, I could look at these pictures/artworks for hours

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank You. I did a calendar for 2024 that had 3 or 4 pictures for each month.. usually themed. It was quite popular so I will be doing a 2025 edition. Prints are available from my website.

a comment for the algorithm: no Pan Am did not fly the Short Solent, but there was one as a museum plane in California and the producers hoped you wouldn't notice it wasn't a Boeing 314

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Right. The Pan Am logo is part of the Matte Painting in the shot where you see it at the Dock.

This is great artwork and fascinating subject matter. Thank you for your efforts.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment. Please click LIKE and tell your friends :)

As always, I'm blown away by your talent and creativity, I love the Raiders tank, I did have a toy version of that, I think, but I'm not 100% That they were only available from the studio tour, I got mine from eBay. Love your videos, they're the highlight of my day

Excellent work. Keep it up!

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank You :)

You make the best box art. I love these videos.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank You

what a great channel love it

Fantastic work as always! Now I need to go re-watch some classic movies :P.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Yes indeed.Glad I rekindled some memories .

Great video! I always thought the biplane was a tricked up Tiger Moth!

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

...me too. It never looked quite right as a German biplane of the era. But it is a funny sequence ;)

Outstanding work as always.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank You :)

GOOD VIDEO AS ALWAYS SIR,MPC DID MAKE A DIORAMA KIT OF RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK IN 1/100 SCALE IN 82. IT CAME WITH A BUNCH OF LITTLE TRUCKS AND A CAR PLUS THE PLANE ALONG WITH LITTLE FIGURES FROM THE MOVIE. GOOD KIT FOR WARGAMING. TAKE CARE

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Wow I had no idea! I just looked it up on 'scalemates'... judging by the box - and the fact that it is from MPC kit - it is probably not a great kit. but looks like fun. Did you have it? www.scalemates.com/kits/mpc-1-1906-raiders-lost-ark--1234914

@ewmhop

2 ай бұрын

YES,,THERE INDY ON HORSEBACK,A GERMAN MOTORCYCLE W/SIDECAR,RAIDO TRUCK,STAFFCAR,CARGO TRUCK AND PLANE.ABOUT 100 GERMANS AND ARABS FIGURES PLUE TENTS,TREES AND ASST. WORK EQUIPMENTS FOR THE DIG.ALSO A WATCHTOWER..TURN IT INTO A DESERT AIRFIELD@@Matteline

Great video as always! There were two Ford Tri-motor kits available, the Airfix 1/72 and a "box scale" one by Monogram. The latter would have been more accurate "out of the box" because it had the uncowled radial engines. I believe it possibly came with a husky sled team as it depicted an aircraft used in the Admiral Byrd Arctic or Antarctic expeditions (willing to be corrected in this!) The sled parts could be adapted as the cargo the plane carried in the film.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Cool. I wonder if someone out there does a decal set for LAO CHE Air Freight?

Grey Lady Down was based on a book called "Event 1000" and the sub was called USS Lancerfish.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

I wonder why they changed the name.

Another great show. I really enjoy your art

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thank You :) They are quite a lot of work to put together, so it is always nice to hear when they are enjoyed and appreciated. Thanks for watching.

Great idea for a video! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Subbed.

Another enjoyable and interesting video, thank you.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Brilliant!😊

@Matteline

Ай бұрын

Thank You

Great work as always! thanks for the info that the submarine footage in Firefox (a favorite film of mine) was reused from Ice Station Zebra - I had no idea!

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

I was always aware of the similar scene where the sub's conning tower breaks through the ice, but i recall one time watching it on TV - probably around the same time Ice Station Zebra had been shown, so it was fresh in my mind - and noticing that the underwater shots were the same. I am a big fan of the movie Firefox and the plane. A great design. I did a 'what if' kit box of the MiG31 in a prior video... but I can't recall which one.

In Ice Station Zebra, the USS Tigerfish is stated to be a nuclear attack boat. However, it is played by a US Navy Diesel boat, USS Ronquil (SS-396). Unusually for a film, the hull number was repainted during filming. USS Ronquil was a WWII Balao class submarine, modernized after the war to GUPPY IIA standard. GUPPY was a program to update WWII subs to extend their service life into the Cold War.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. That makes a lot more sense now. When I was looking for reference I was quite confused by the Guppy designation, I'd see pictures of a 'Guppy II class' but the conning tower/sail was a completely different shape.

@JohnWilliamNowak

2 ай бұрын

@@Matteline Greater Underwater Propulsion Power, if you can believe it.

The tank from "The Last Crusade" was an American 1918 "International": the original is in Bovingdon Tank Museum.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I thought they built it for the film.. I cam''t find any pictures or reference to the inadina jones tank on their website. The pictures of the Internatio al do not have the gun turret, and it has different tracks. Do you know if it was modified for the film and then put it back to normal? Do you have more info on the vehicle at Bovington?

matchbox dioarama kits were the bees knees of kits and i bought them all and 2 of some. i also bought a few aircraft. the 2 colour and crisp fit with no flash was superb,sad they stopped and i always wished they would do the same with sci fi....

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Yeh, I remember when the kits first came out. They were available from our local sweet shop and that is where I would usually buy them - instead of Beatties. I think this accompanied with the 2 or 3 colour gimmick, and the fact that they were made by the same people who made the toy cars, lessened their impact for me as 'proper kits'. But the tanks were a home-run. Fantastic. I think I must have bought them all. and rarely painted them. Great stuff. Thanks for watching. There are some Matchbox kits in the other videos in the series.

@ajivins1

2 ай бұрын

Revell still make some of them. With the tanks you have to check that they're 1.76 scale as the 1.72nd ones are Revell toolings with no dioramas. I did Monty's Caravan, the Half Tracks (German and American) and the twin set of French Char B and Renault tanks in a street scene amongst (many) others... I have a 1.72nd Walrus in the house, pretty sure that's an old matchbox too.

Some of the small diorama kits are now available from Revell.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Yes. But alas, with regular single coloured sprues :)

Interestingly, the Stampe SV. 4 used in Indiana Jones and the last crusade was modified for the 1986 film Biggles adventures in time.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Interesting. The Biggles movie was made before Last Crusade. I guess it is only right that Biggles got to fly.it first :)

@JanoTuotanto

2 ай бұрын

​@@Matteline Seeing is believing. Biggles is a restless kind of guy. No time to think, no time to worry

Greek fishing boats have a bow at each end and are called "caiques"

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for.commenting. This boat has distinct front and back (bow and stern?), so maybe it is not a true Greek Fishing Boat. I named the kit this to best describe what is shown in the film. I read somewhere that the 'German E-Boat' that they encounter is actually some sort of British patrol boat.

Ialways thought the Pan Am plane was a Short Sunderland thank's for the clarification

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

I did some.researcha and apparently, the Short Soelnt started life as a Sunderland. With some. Changes . I think the changes Weeley so extensive that it warranted being designated a new Aeroplance. If course, being a descendant of the Sunderland means it could not have been around in 1938 - when 'Raiders' takes place. There's a cool.video that goes into much more detail - check.out the link in the description to the 'all the aircraft in Raiders' video. description

@barrysteinlage6888

2 ай бұрын

@@Matteline back I. 2005 my daughter a nd I gout a tour of Kermit Weeks Sunderland. Had a partial custom Interior with a bar and lounge.

I allways wanted Tron models.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

It is sort of surprising that they didn't do kits. I wonder if they considered it, but didn't want to suggest to people that they were real, physical models in the film, and not CGI. There are/were some garage kits. check out these links to scalemates; www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION%5B%5D=All&q=light+cycle* www.scalemates.com/kits/garage-kit-game-tank--1417323

How about doing a kit of the MiG-31 Firefox?

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. If you watch video #4 in this series, you will see a kit of the Firefox. I love that plane!

Raiders of the Lost... what?!... never heard of it... cough, cough... chuckle... ;P

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

..it is directed by some guy named Steven something or other..

What about a kit of the Blue Thunder helicopter?

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

I loved that movie. (There was a TV series which was not great). I think Monogram - who did a pretty decent kit from what.I remember.

As someone interested in the history of China, the problem with the shot of the aircraft flying from Shanghai over the Great Wall of China is that Shanghai is nowhere near the Great Wall of China! About 800 miles away, from what I've read. As for the idea of hanging a biplane under an airship, launching a smaller aircraft from a larger has been tried many times. The difficult part is hooking it on again...

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Ha. That is interesting about the Great Wall of China. I wonder as they crash land in India, is there a flight path from Shanghia, over the Great Wall, that would have them going in enough of the right direction for India? Artistic license aplenty in these Indiana Jones movies. I thought the biplane would not re-dock with the airship, i figured it would go and do whatever it was dispatched to do and then land at an appropriate airstrip.

This reminds me of my brother: He had a vast collection of inter-war plane models. These would have fit right in. Beautifully done. I do note that you have the "symbols" on the tail of the flying wing backwards (I don't know if KZread allows me to use the standard term) . Typically the arms were all bent in a clockwise direction, they were on the "Pilatus P-2." A minor point of course.

@Matteline

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. Yes i was having some trouble .with the symbols... I thought they looked odd, but I checked them with a reference.photo... maybe that was flopped or something.. oops.