Matchbox Stuart M3/A1 Honey

Pk-84. The original printing of these directions were faint to begin with.

Matchbox Krupp Protz Kfz. 69

Kit # PK-88. Pardon the dark spots around step 9--that's some panzer grey overspray when I was airbrushing this kit. The part number on top is 27, the bottom piece 48.

Matchbox Morris C8 Mk II

Kit PK-172. My personal all-time favorite. Of course, I'm a sucker for angled, pig-nosed British trucks. Use these little trucks as 15 cwt platoon trucks (the purist in me says not too) but until HaT makes them...

Matchbox Churchill AVRE

PK-177. A great kit. A nice variation of the Churchill---not only a box girder bridge but a 'flying dustbin' to boot!

Matchbox Firefly

Matchbox A-34 MK-1 Comet

Kit PK-72. I have just one of these. Too late in the war--like the Pershing--to get some good battles going. I imagine isolated 16 or 45 year-olds with Panzerfausts taking them on.

I recall reading that these were issued to the British 11th Armoured about two weeks before the Germans launched the Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge.) The 11th were drawn into the battle and swapped out their new Comets for their old Shermans because the crews wouldn't be familiar enough with them before they got into combat. (Shame these weren't in combat during Goodwood.) Thoughts, comments?

Matchbox Char B.1 bis/FT17

In my opinion, one of the most refreshing kits out there. Especially when released. Most Matchbox kits included figures from their soft-plastic range. I always wish they made more French infantry.

Matchbox Panzer II

This was printed on some thin paper, the ink on the other side bleed through. I tried adjustments in Photoshop. This is as good as I could get it.

Matchbox Hanomag sdkfz 251/1

Matchbox kit PK83

Matchbox Humber Mk II

Where'd the directions go?

Lost directions to your model? Buy a loose kit on ebay? Or a Ziploc bag of sprue and bits and pieces at a show and the dealer said something like, "It's an Airfix Quad and 25 pounder. Good luck!"

Here is my personal collection of kit instructions from some (but not all) of the 1/72nd and 1/76th armor kits I've built. This includes Airfix, ESCI, Matchbox and others.

There's approx. thirty directions. If you have directions you would like to share please email me. (send jpgs files please) This is not limited to armor or braille scale.

The directions/artwork are copyright of the manufacturers. This is a free resource for modelers.