Saturday, November 22, 2014

Matchbox's Skoda - The Customs


Image from gopixpic.com

Always one of my favorite 80s Matchbox castings. It was unique, had suspension, opening trunk and plastic inserts as front lights made up from the windows. We only saw one release of this casting so as I find them in the beater bins which is rare these days, I pick them up and lay a new color on them to add to my collection. Let's take a look at the original Matchbox release first:

Image from Matchbox-Dan.com

Image from Matchbox-Dan.com

The following are a few pictures of real Skoda sedans from this era in non-racing paint that I wish Matchbox would have also produced...

Image from Auta5p.eu





Now let's take a look at some of the customs I did many years ago...











And let's take a look at them all loaded up on the car carrier....notice the addition of the yellow and red models:






I hope you all find these to your liking. Let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Jeff (94SS)

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Custom Mercedes Benz Unimogs

The UNIMOG...such a cool vehicle in reality...becomes one of my favorite 3inchbliss subjects. Most of my Unimogs are from Matchbox, Majorette and Hotwheels, but most companies have done one in some scale such as Siku, Herpa and Wiking. In any case, I hope you enjoy my custom Unimogs.

MAJORETTE






M A T C H B O X






























HOT WHEELS







Monday, November 17, 2014

Custom Matchbox Mercedes Benz 500 SL

Custom of the week...Please provide some feedback good or bad.



These newer Matchbox wheels work perfectly with this color combination



Such detail on these older Matchbox castings!