Hello from Finland

[Aksu]

Hi all,
I'm Aksu from Helsinki, Finland. I started wargaming with Airfix Napoleonics back in the Bruce Quarrie days of the grim 1970s, and after all these years dabbling in 6, 15 and 20 mm I've finally discovered the wonderful world of 10 mm figures. My first project will be ACW armies for Longstreet. I hope to be able to show my efforts to you soon, and I hope to get painting and basing tips and tricks from you veterans.
Cheers,
Aksu

[Techno]

Hi to you too, Aksu.
A very warm welcome to the madhouse forum.
Cheers - Phil

[barbarian]

Welcome.

[Ace of Spades]

Howdy Aksu,

ACW; good choice! A big Rebel 'Yeeeeehaaaaw' to that!

Cheers,
Rob

[Leman]

Welcome Aksu; I started wargaming in 1967 using Airfix ACW, eventually moving on to 15mm in the late 80s. If I had my time again I would do it in 10mm as the Pendraken range is fantastic. Take a look at the thread where Leon has commissioned all the ACW figures to be painted for the online catalogue. You will certainly get lots of help on this forum.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hi there!

[Hertsblue]

Hi Aksu. Airfix were probably the granddaddy of all wargaming, I certainly started out that way too. Welcome to the forum. 

[FierceKitty]

Mmmm. My grandfather was a useless, boozing layabout. The Airfix comparison is most apt.

Meanwhile, welcome, Aksu. I hope we'll get to see your collection of Scandanavian credit cards some day.

[Fenton]

Hi Aksu

Welcome to the club

[Steve J]

Welcome on board Aksu. I too started with Airfix, albeit WWII in the early '70's.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

More foreginers getting in, must speak to border control.

Welcome.

IanS (Angry of Birkenhead)

[FierceKitty]

Don't worry about Ian, you get used to him after a while.

[Subedai]

Ah yes, Christmas Day, 1962 or 63, Sek Kong Village, Hong Kong, Frank Ifield singing 'I Remember You' on Forces Favourites. Halcyon days. My first introduction to little chaps. My father had bought me two packs of Airfix Afrika Korps and 8th Army. Never looked back.

Welcome Aksu.

[Ithoriel]

Hi Aksu, welcome to the forum!

Apparently I started gaming with Airfix figures in 1961-62 though it was Little Wars style gaming with gunfire simulated with marbles flicked Subbuteo style at the opposing army!

Subedai, I must have boosted my forces with those same two sets at about the same time  you got yours. No problem in those days with having the vaguely NATO combat group and the 8th Army take on the German infantry and Afrika "Corpse" in a fight over a clearly English Pub/ Cottage/ Parish Church or a Signal Box clearly marked "Oakham."

My father was sure it was a craze I'd grow out of ... over half a century later he's still waiting

[Leon]

Hi Aksu, welcome to the Forum!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

What Ian doesn't know is we have secretly traced is DNA:
15% Serb
11% Finnish
10% Andalusian
7.89% Trinidadian
0.45% creole
0.1111111% Italianate Swiss
0.0000006% Orc


The rest is identified as 'Not of terrestrial origin'!

[Ithoriel]

Ultimately, we are all star stuff. The journey's our ancestors took to get us to where we are now, insignificant in terms of time and space.

[Rob]

Ultimately, we are all star stuff. The journey's our ancestors took to get us to where we are now, insignificant in terms of time and space.

Yeh man, far out. Pass the smoke....

[Rob]

...... or a Signal Box clearly marked "Oakham."

I'm not picking on you quoting two posts.  I just had to say I drive past this signal box quite often. It is in the centre of Oakham overlooking a level crossing.

I'll shut up now. 

Aksu you are very welcome and I hope you enjoy the new scale. There is a danger of overbuying and exceeding painting speed capacity, you'll know when you get to that stage as Leon comes and visits you, he then massages your shoulders and puts the paintbrush back in your hands. 

[Ithoriel]

I'm not picking on you quoting two posts.  I just had to say I drive past this signal box quite often. It is in the centre of Oakham overlooking a level crossing.

Not feeling picked on at all

My Airfix equivalent sat next to the level crossing on my little Hornby 3-rail train set layout. Games often involved a German assault on the outpost defending the level crossing which had to hold out long enough to allow the Brits to set up a defence in the village in the middle of the board.