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Tuesday, 23 April 2013

A blast from the past.

Some very very old airfix (and a couple of others) from way way back in the days of Humbrol enamel paints and when the choice of bods made converting them a necessity. 


A drawing pin stuck into the bod..a shield. The archer has got some legs from an Airfic ACW confederate bod.

EEK!! That gloss paint!!! Sunglasses on!..Bavarian  and Nassau grenadiers

This little lot is about half what remains of my napoleonic bods, most of the cavalry and a lot of the cannons have "dissapeared" along with t two farm houses .........and hundreds of tanks, planes and 1000´s of infantry......... without counting hundreds of 1/32nd bods and thier vehicles etc. 

They used to have regimental Standards and were attached to strips of cardboard from Old cereal packets. 

Superman in his scratchbuilt war taxi.


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13 comments:

  1. Mike23 April 2013 at 05:09

    Nice post, great figures. My friend, Jerry, had the Airfix Highlanders in his army; I faced them in every battle. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane.

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  2. legatus hedlius23 April 2013 at 05:57

    Fantastic! Takes me back to the early seventies!

    I only painted about one in twenty figures! My battles were very cream coloured affairs!

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  3. Michael Awdry23 April 2013 at 07:40

    My word Paul, what a fabulous post, full of charm and nostalgia. The dreaded gloss painting chipping off brings back memories.

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  4. DeanM23 April 2013 at 08:09

    Nice blast from the past. I recognize some of them - the guy holding the cannon ball looks like the French arty guy I had. The Celtic Chariot was one of the best Aifix sets IMO. Best, Dean

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  5. Jay23 April 2013 at 08:50

    Joyous memories of the early day's of one's modeling and gaming. I was fighting mini battles in the field across from our home in 1952 (If not earlier). Thanks for the memories.

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  6. Silver Whistle23 April 2013 at 08:52

    You obviously never get rid of any of your old stuff Paul, it certainly brings back memories.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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  7. Sean23 April 2013 at 09:22

    Actually pretty cool that you still have these. I am probably going to go through my old 1/32 WW2 stuff this summer and take it back from my parents house.

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  8. Markus Schenk23 April 2013 at 09:29

    Back to the good ole times. Wonderful Paul.....

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  9. Fraxinus23 April 2013 at 10:10

    Awesome! will post the battered remnants of my early Napoleonic & ACW soon, great blast from the past.... Airfix guides used to have conversion ideas as well, always remember the 8th army conversions from set 1 figures boys anti tank rifles etc.kellogs served in my army too!

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  10. The Angry Lurker23 April 2013 at 10:30

    I had some of the highlanders I believe, swapped my lunch money back in the day for a decent handful of painted coolness.

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  11. Anonymous23 April 2013 at 13:58

    This really takes me back. Back in the 70s I belonged to a club that had a dozen different Napoleonic armies - all made from the Airfix sets that were then available. I made a Spanish army using French infantry with bicornes made from plasticine and hardened by coating them in PVA. Humbrol enamel paint as the converter's best friend.

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  12. Daisy Gowan Ditchburn23 April 2013 at 15:06

    wow paul you certainly have come a long way. great post and a nice look into the past.

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  13. Hugh Walter24 April 2013 at 11:51

    Ahhh....old school 'proper' bods!! You ever going to paint those gladiators?!!

    H

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