Matchbox 1/72 Dornier Do.18 G1 | Beautiful vintage kit | Build and review
Cpt VFC
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In recent times I have been trying to stretch my modelling legs a little and try kits that I otherwise would have ignored. This includes my general avoidance of vintage kits.
Matchbox were a widespread brand from the past that are now only available in 2nd hand collections (or reboxed, I suppose) and they made some interesting subjects. Amongst them is this, the Dornier Do.18 flying boat, an interwar mail plane, and definitely not a thinly veiled military aircraft, built in Germany. Did Matchbox do a good job? Well watch to find out!
00:00 Introduction
00:44 The build
07:02 Painting
10:07 Decals
14:27 The end result
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Swordfish kit together it was fun to assemble and looked great.
I do have a love for Matchbox, even with their wacky colour choices for the plastics. As for the instructions, well, it is of it's era.
For those interested, Revell re-released this kit. Look for kit number 04134 Dornier Do 18 G-1/D-2 with different decals with two options, one of which is Swedish.
Suck a shame that Matchbox went under. Keep up the great work Capt 👍
I've built one, still got two in the stash.
Kit looks better in Luftwaffe splinter camouflage (read as camouflage hides a lot of the kit deficiencies).
It does capture the graceful lines of the Do18 quite well.
Thanks for sharing, and happy birthday!
Afaik RLM covered civil and military. Lusthansa was also state run and virtually paramilitary at the time. I’d go for RLM 03 silbergrau or the Ben RLM 63 grungrau along with RLM01 Silber but tbh the colours you’ve used would be pretty close if not identical.
Looking back at the Matchbox coloured plastic I now wonder if it was a cunning marketing deal with Humbrol in order to force people to paint the kits... :)
Great video Captain, very interesting floaty plane
Bill
Matchbox 1/72 Dornier Do.18 G1 | Beautiful vintage kit | Build and review
Cpt VFC
27,019 views
In recent times I have been trying to stretch my modelling legs a little and try kits that I otherwise would have ignored. This includes my general avoidance of vintage kits.
Matchbox were a widespread brand from the past that are now only available in 2nd hand collections (or reboxed, I suppose) and they made some interesting subjects. Amongst them is this, the Dornier Do.18 flying boat, an interwar mail plane, and definitely not a thinly veiled military aircraft, built in Germany. Did Matchbox do a good job? Well watch to find out!
00:00 Introduction
00:44 The build
07:02 Painting
10:07 Decals
14:27 The end result
Affiliate links:
https://www.gaahleri.com/discount/CPT...
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@vfcproductions