An artist has saluted two painters who fired generations of youthful imaginations by creating art for Matchbox and Airfix model kit boxes. Mark Postlethwaite tipped his wings in tribute following the ...

but uses the matchbox as a variable tuning inductor. There’s no oatmeal box in this design and just a few components. The matchbox contains some ferrite rods and two different windings.

Contributed Roy Huxley, who painted aircraft on boxes housing Matchbox plane models, has died Postlethwaite said Roy Huxley, who died on 18 January, first produced paintings for Matchbox in 1972 ...