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Graham Tetley

THE GOLDEN YEARS OF MATCHBOX ART

BY ROY HUXLEY ISBN: 9781906592684 RED KITE PUBLICATIONS

When I started in this hobby there were two companies whose models I built - Airfix & Matchbox. I found myself preferring Matchbox kits because they had plastic in different colours, came in a lovely box with a window in the back, the tanks came with a base and, of course, the eye-catching box artwork with a bit of history included. Some prefer the work by Roy Cross for Airfix, but I was always drawn to Roy Huxley of Matchbox.

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