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This thread has been dormant for a long time :whistle:

Over on the ATF we are starting a Civil War Group Build and as I have three pikemen and five musketeers I thought it time I built them :bling:
49054199741_222fcb74b7_c.jpgDSC_0003 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

The first two have taken a couple of hours each to assemble. The Pikeman kit was first issued in 1977. It is packaged in a Type 4 Collector’s Series Blister Pack. The sculpting is crisp and well defined, moulded in white plastic with 23 parts and two pose options. This first figure will be built as a Charles Gerard’s Bluecoat in the A pose. I omitted the feathers on the semi-cabasset but cut earflaps from the plastic sheet provided. This sheet was also used for the various straps and belts.
49069093507_1d205afb93_z.jpgDSC_0001 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

For this Earl of Essex Regiment pikeman I used the legs from the musketeer (01560), a 1/35 head and a sash from the Cavalier horseman. The right arm is from spares.
49068886976_323d0e8268_z.jpgDSC_0002 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

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Thanks guys, I think the Airfix 54mm are great kits 🥰

For what will be the yellowcoat I exchanged odd legs with a musketeer (01560). His left arm is part 17, holding the drinking bottle (21) whilst the right arm is part 14, holding the pike.
49073878466_53c8f812ef_z.jpgDSC_0001 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

The musketeer kit was first issued in 1977 again in a Type 4 Collector’s Series Blister Pack. The sculpting is crisp and well defined, moulded in white plastic with 36 parts offering two pose options. I exchanged one leg with a pikeman to alter the stance slightly. Both arms were taken from the spares box.
49074085377_6361cf2753_z.jpgDSC_0003 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

I am pleased with this pose as it almost matches the illustration.

 

This figure utilises both pikeman pose B arms (17 & 18) and the cabasset of a roundhead that I had previously (very roughly) sculpted a hideous face.
49073351068_2c4bc12d01_z.jpgDSC_0004 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

There is much more flash on these parts than the first two. Most parts need remedial action. For the sergeant I have used a pikeman’s head with a hat from spares. The arms are from the pikeman’s B pose (15 & 16). The sword is from the spares box and the halberd was scratchbuilt. 
49074085382_a728921a4c_z.jpgDSC_0002 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

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On 11/15/2019 at 4:02 PM, Courageous said:

I used to love these Airfix 54mm figures when I was a boy but I could never fit the belts and webbing correctly to look right, so it'll interesting to see how these come out in the hands of an artisan.

 

Stuart

Same here, in my childhood days, I built all of the Airfix 54mm figures, but I couldn’t get on with the plastic card for the straps and reins, I couldn’t get it to sit right.  So I used paper instead.

 

Most of my completed childhood models ended in the bin, but my mum kept the cavalry, displayed in her china cabinet.

 

Cheers,

 

Nigel

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I used to have trouble with the thin plastic too, and for a long time used foil (the sort you get on wine bottles). But this time I decided to use the plastic and it has worked well enough.

The Greencoat was built in accordance with the instructions for the re-loading pose. I omitted the feathers from the hat.
49079497487_28144a7046_z.jpgDSC_0001 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

I chose the firing pose for the Royalist redcoat, and swapped arms with spares that did not wear gauntlets. I also omitted the feathers from the hat.
49078761963_2594a8d8e3_z.jpgDSC_0002 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

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A bit more progress today
The 3 pikemen
49105633476_20e113d948_z.jpgDSC_0001 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

3 more of the Musketeers
49105633461_90a3799820_z.jpgDSC_0002 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

 

and the other musketeer converted to a sergeant
49105820457_c7d8fd563c_z.jpgDSC_0003 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr

Some of the colours have been applied as a basic shade, a darker wash and a lighter dry brush, others are part way through that process.

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Yes, I tend to think of Parliamentarions/Putitans in black and white - maybe this is influenced by Hollywood's depiction of them.

More progress
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The Sergeant is practically done, a bit further to go on the other two.
The pikemen are moving along too.
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The sergeant is done. There was much more flash on these parts than the first two kits. Most parts needed remedial action. I used a pikeman’s head with a hat from spares. The arms are from the pikeman’s B pose (15 & 16). The sword is from the spares box and the halberd was scratchbuilt. 
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I'm rattling through them now. This kit was first issued in 1977. It was packaged in a Type 4 Collector’s Series Blister Pack. The sculpting is crisp and well defined, moulded in white plastic with 23 parts and two pose options. This build follows the A pose. I omitted the feathers on the semi-cabasset but cut earflaps from the plastic sheet provided. This sheet was also used for the various straps and belts.
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