airfix blast from the past, painted almost 20 years after buying

Started by petercooman, 28 April 2015, 09:09:25 PM

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petercooman

28 April 2015, 09:09:25 PM
I had the gun emplacement assault set as a kid, decided to finally paint it up now  :o

All these years left untouched and it actually only took 2 hours from start to finish!











fsn

28 April 2015, 09:29:19 PM #1
Nicely done, Sir!

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petercooman

28 April 2015, 09:31:18 PM #2
Quote from: fsn on 28 April 2015, 09:29:19 PM
Nicely done, Sir!

Happy memories!

Indeed ! The times that emplacement got conquered by the paratroopers 8-> 8-> 8-> 8->

FierceKitty

29 April 2015, 12:23:04 AM #3
Mine got conquered by Chief Lazy Dog Sleeps Late of the Ogala tribe. Still, the Wehrmacht conquered the stockade fort a few times too.
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petercooman

29 April 2015, 03:58:47 AM #4
Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 April 2015, 12:23:04 AM
Mine got conquered by Chief Lazy Dog Sleeps Late of the Ogala tribe. Still, the Wehrmacht conquered the stockade fort a few times too.

Think mine got stomped by a dinosaur once too...

Techno

29 April 2015, 04:32:07 AM #5
Great work, Peter.

Though I certainly collected the Airfix 'armies', I never bothered with many of the kits, so this is a 'new' one to me.  :)
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

29 April 2015, 06:16:13 AM #6
I had that one too!
Great set up, good paint job. 8)
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jambo1

29 April 2015, 08:35:57 AM #7
my goodness that a blast for the past, I got one of those many years ago one christmas, me and my dad had a great battle once the table was cleared of the dishes, happy days! You have made a grand job of it too! =D>

Subedai

29 April 2015, 09:39:33 AM #8
Nice job there. Never had any of the big Airfix stuff myself but I had loads of the vacuum formed Bellona terrain.
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Westmarcher

29 April 2015, 10:05:56 AM #9
Quote from: petercooman on 28 April 2015, 09:09:25 PM

.. and it actually only took 2 hours from start to finish!


... and it shows!   :P

Only joking, Peter. Good work!  :-bd
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skywalker

29 April 2015, 11:33:10 AM #10
Nicely done  :)

Didn't Airfix have another one that had a twin gun or is it my memory playing tricks on me again :D

petercooman

29 April 2015, 12:01:07 PM #11
Quote from: skywalker on 29 April 2015, 11:33:10 AM
Nicely done  :)

Didn't Airfix have another one that had a twin gun or is it my memory playing tricks on me again :D

That one was called coastal assault  ;)

Maenoferren

29 April 2015, 12:44:48 PM #12
Quote from: petercooman on 29 April 2015, 12:01:07 PM
That one was called coastal assault  ;)
yep I was luck enough to have both ( the coastal assault was second hand though)
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toxicpixie

29 April 2015, 01:30:52 PM #13
I've been really tempted to get one of those recently :D

Cracking!
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jambo1

29 April 2015, 03:51:53 PM #14
Quote from: skywalker on 29 April 2015, 11:33:10 AM
Nicely done  :)

Didn't Airfix have another one that had a twin gun or is it my memory playing tricks on me again :D

Yep you are spot on and thats the one I got many years ago, hadn't seen this in donkeys so a wee bit confused but it was a cracking kit. :)
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