bigcheed Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 so i walk into home bargains for a few bits and find Airfix 1/32 ww2 british infantry and ww2 british paratroopers on the shelf for £2.99 a box. so i think ill have a bit of that if only for nostalgia reasons. had emense fun painting these up. not perfect by any means. missed a couple of ejection pin marks and some of em where a pain to get the flash off. but hay ho theyre keeping me quiet. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Nice work! I believe Airfix have recently rereleased much of their 1/32 hard plastic multipose range too.....Even better detail and you can pose 'em how you want, but they are a bit more expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenMG Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Wow, these bring back some memories! Are they still moulded in the same flexible plastic they were when I was a kid? I thought I read somewhere they were in hard plastic these days? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcheed Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 the paras seemed to be of a harder plastic and the detail was pretty good. the tommys however are alot softer. they are a bit of a pain to get the flash and ejection pin marks off. anything to abrasive cut right into the plastic. i used a blade to trim most of it down and believe it or not a buff and polish pad for doing ladies nails. the quality of the detail is not as good as on the paras as well. but for less than 3 quid a box cant complain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 3 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Nice work! I believe Airfix have recently rereleased much of their 1/32 hard plastic multipose range too.....Even better detail and you can pose 'em how you want, but they are a bit more expensive. 1 hour ago, StephenMG said: Wow, these bring back some memories! Are they still moulded in the same flexible plastic they were when I was a kid? I thought I read somewhere they were in hard plastic these days? yes, the figures are now some kind of flexible styrene, poly cement melts it, and you can scrape off the mould lines, and smooth them out with liquid poly, and they can be painted easily. this also means you can saw them up and cross kit with the multipose sets. Here's an Australian one I did see http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235002739-australian-infantry-airfix-132nd/ has links to a webpage with details of all the 1/32nd Airfix figures, box art poses etc etc Some are very well sculpted, US Paratroops are a favourite, and now can be done justice. bigcheed, neat work on the figures above, I got some of the HB ones as well. cheers T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenMG Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 That's good news. I can always remember the paras being particularly well-sculpted (I think I have a few of my original childhood paras around here somewhere!) but the old bendy polythene was a bugger to clean up, modify and paint. I think I just might get a box for nostalgia if nothing else! Cracking paint job by the way bigcheed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcheed Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 thanks gents. nice to have the memory jogged to happy times by something that gave me so much pleasure as a boy. glad you like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 That brings back memories. I remember the Airfix 'Combat Pack.' Paras, German infantry, plastic Cromwell, Hanomag, Plastic ruined house and sandbags and printed cardboard base and walls. Hours of fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I had loads of these when smaller. The German Infantry annoyed me because they had Thompsons instead of MP40's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 26 minutes ago, John_W said: I had loads of these when smaller. The German Infantry annoyed me because they had Thompsons instead of MP40's. Hmm, I don't think it's a Thompson note, the Thompson has a pistol grip, this doesn't. I not got an actual figure too hand to check, but never noticed it before... searching for WW2 German sub machine guns did not turn up the answer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_firearms_of_Germany#Submachine_guns but as you can see there a fair few more than the MP40... cheers T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 That sub-machine gun always bothered me. It looks a bit like a MP41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 pics of the MP41 lack the front pistol grip. Image searches for WW2 sub machine guns are not getting a match, not an area I'm that up on.though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 The only WWII SMG that I can find that even remotely resembles the Airfix weapon is the United Defence UD-42, which is an American weapon that was never adopted for service: http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=914 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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