Hello from Finland

[nikharwood]

I'm sure I posted some pics of orcs and goblins in the top totty thread a while back

Yes, yes you did. Not sure if we've forgiven you yet...

[mollinary]

Welcome Aksu. Love that unit, forty men look the part in a way that sixteen don't! Also like the unusual way you have done your flags - very realistic 

Mollinary

[Steve J]

Very nice work indeed Aksu .

[Ace of Spades]

No, personal would be to call you a slave keeping reactionary.

It wouldn't be personal; it would be historically incorrect

Cheers,
Rob

[LondonPete51]

Oooooh Airfix! Those were the days....I remember having a (very) varied selection from Ancient Britons to ACW; all fighting on the D-Day beaches!!!

Peter

[Hertsblue]

Oooooh Airfix! Those were the days....I remember having a (very) varied selection from Ancient Britons to ACW; all fighting on the D-Day beaches!!!

Peter

Oh, very Doctor Who! Some sort of temporal hitch, perhaps?

[Techno]

Are all of the old Airfix boxes of soldiers still for sale ?.....Seen odd ones recently, but I seem to remember (Hah !) there were a load of different ones ?.....Some real 'goodies' too.
Cheers - Phil.

[Ace of Spades]

Some are now being reproduced bij HäT but still not all as far as I know. The old sets to go with the trains and the sets with the zoo animals are no longer available and neither are the old British 'Guards' and  'Guards Band' being done by anyone. Most WW-1 and WW-2 sets are still being marketed either by Airfix, Heller or HäT.

Cheers,
Rob

[Techno]

Ta, Rob !
Cheers - Phil

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi Rob

Some are now being reproduced bij HäT but still not all as far as I know. The old sets to go with the trains and the sets with the zoo animals are no longer available and neither are the old British 'Guards' and  'Guards Band' being done by anyone. Most WW-1 and WW-2 sets are still being marketed either by Airfix, Heller or HäT.

Cheers,
Rob

The figures to go with the trains are still available in a fashion from Dapol http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ManufacturerList.aspx?id=51 along with the old Airfix buildings. http://dapol.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=177_62_155.

The others are in eBay cloud cuckoo land as far as prices go  I wish I still had my Guards band that I converted to a an ACW Union band. This set was brought out by BUM http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7096 but I can't find any currnet link.



Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Techno]

False memory syndrome ?.....But I remember them looking a lot crisper than that.
(Maybe the colour of the plastic ?....Think the ones I had were almost pink)
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Could be age-related FMS. I remember the Guards band as being pretty ropey.

Wasn't it the first Airfix figure pack?

(He he - they're called 'BUM')



Heavy is the hand of age upon the shoulder of - FSN

[Techno]

I think I'm getting them mixed up with another pack ??
Was there a pack with just (almost all) marching figures with the rifles over t'shoulder ?

And do I remember packs of cowboys ?......Norman knights ?....A Robin Hood pack ?

Cheers - Mr Dazed and Confused.

[Ithoriel]

There was a pack of marching guardsmen, of similar style and quality to the band.

Cowboys in a dark brown plastic, Robin Hood and his merry band in green and, not Norman Knights but, The Sheriff of Nottingham in grey.

The Robin Hood figures I had were converted into Gothic Infantry using info from Airfix Magazine on how to do the conversion; using pins, drawing pins, Plasticine and banana oil.

Happy Days

[Techno]

There was a pack of marching guardsmen, of similar style and quality to the band.
Cowboys in a dark brown plastic, Robin Hood and his merry band in green and, not Norman Knights but, The Sheriff of Nottingham in grey.
Happy Days

Cowboys ?...Dark brown ?......That sounds right !......Robin Hood in green ?......Yep !.......Ahhhh.....That makes sense...The Sherriff and his nasty men, rather than Norman's  knights.
Were there 'red indians' in a 'terracotta' hue ?
Others.....ACW Union troops in almost navy ?.....The Confederates in grey ?.

Definitely happy days.
Cheers - Phil