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There have been numerous sales at the AIP site. Now through June 15 are the American Civil War, Egypt and the Sudan, and Russo-Japanese War. I think the Egypt/Sudan are some of their best figures and the boxes range from $7.95 for the regular figures and only $3.00 for the Camel sets! Figure...

I really liked his different metal heads he offered, which were perfect sizes for converting Armies In Plastic figures. Also the movement trays would hold about 8 AIP soldiers nicely especially if you glued magnet strips to them.

Re: Rat Patrol Playset German Observation Truck I played Rat Patrol with my old Marx Desert Fox playset back in the 60's. I remember the German officer, played by Hans Gudegast aka Eric Braeden, sometimes used a observation tower mounted on a truck. I had a red toy plastic truck which had a...

http://regaltoysoldiers.com/ If you go to the Regal Toy Soldiers site, there are lots of painted figures to use as guides for your Armies In Plastic figures. If fact, many of the figures are identical to the plastic ones. You can click on individual photos and make them quite large. There...

Thanks for the photos. AIP sure makes nice figures. For their WW1 Russians, 1/2 of the figures in the box have the brimless cap. While these could make good Naval Infantry, has anyone done any simple conversions adding a short brim to the caps? The big advantage to this era is very simple...

I clicked the link but only got to Facebook. I am not a member so I can't see any painted figures. Can you post some? In the Osprey MAA The German Army in World War I (3) one of the color pictures show a Finnish NCO of the Prussian 27th Light Infantry wearing the steel helmet and puttees. An...

And another thought. Swapping the dixie head of the sailor for the tin helmet of the US Marine would give 2 great figures for the gunboat era, as suggested by johnnybach. A sailor in undress whites with the helmet, and a repainted US Marine in chambray, dungarees, and a dixie cup hat.

I have seen some 25-28mm US Marines with the tin helmet repainted as US Navy with the chambray shirt and blue dungarees instead of the Marine khaki. Maybe a simple paint job over the KC Marine figures would work. The main issue would probably be the epaulets on the khaki shirt. I suppose...

Is it possible to convert the retired King & Country Retired Sailor DD131, who is standing with the WW2 helmet, chambray shirt, and dungarees to a Sand Pebbles figure by switching the helmeted head to a dixie cup head from one of their China Sailors figures? Since the 131 figure has the...

Thanks. I have seen those Rolls Royce cars but they are kind of high. I was thinking more of something like the 1/32 Model T military models as sold by National Motor Museum with rolling tires and moving doors and hood. I have found some plastic 1/35 Polish Model T-FC Armoured Cars on Ebay...

Are there any reasonably priced 54mm WW1 style armoured cars as used by the Germans or Russians? I was needing some for a WW1/Russian Civil War/German Freikorps type scenario. I know Crescent and Lone Star made some WW2 or after metal toy armored cars but I am looking for something in plastic...

I am converting some AIP Russian infantry to the Russian Navy of WW1/Revolution/Civil War. The ones with the brimless caps have good possibilities but what can be used for the hanging 2 tapes from the rear of the cap? I need something that will hold up pretty well through wargame and storage...

You could add some British Redcoats and come up with a Walt Disney Scarecrow set. Much to the chagrin of our babysitter in the mid 60's my brothers and I insisted on watching Scarecrow instead of something called the Beatles on one Sunday night.

I am working on a simple 54mm wooden model Yangtze gunboat. What is the best way to replicate the steel bulwark that went around the hull? Some sort of heavy card tacked to the wood and then painted? Also, any hints on making a canvas awning?

I see The Toy Soldier Company has the different sets of Expeditionary Force Zulu War British Infantry. They come in helmets with badges, plain helmets, and spiked helmets. Looks like a lot of conversion potential. They also have the 2 sets of Zulu warriors.

AIP for Arthur Conan Doyle The Tragedy of the Korosko A great use of the new AIP khaki Egyptian Camel figures would be to recreate the 1898 Arthur Conan Doyle story The Tragedy of the Korosko, where British and American tourists are kidnapped by Dervishes and eventually rescued by British...

If you go to the Armies in Plastic site under Special Sets, you can find some good prices on their Soudan War Camel sets. A reasonable way to amass armies to fight the Dervishes. For instance I ordered 2 sets of the Khaki Anglo-Egyptian figures which has the following in each set Camel Corps...

An update on the Lazer glue. I am converting some 1/32 HaT Marching Bavarians to 1812 French Line Grenadiers. The uniforms of the Bavarians are almost identical to the Bardin ones of the French army. The look is also very similar to US Marines of the War of 1812. I use ATKM metal shako...

Nice painting. Do some have MP5 SMGs? They kind of remind me of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen steampunk figures.

Re: Marx WW2 6" Figures Cardboard Fort I too received several of the 6 inch German and American figures which came with a cardboard fort. The fort was rectangular in shape and had sturdy catwalks on all the walls. I was able to fit an American Log cabin in it and used it for 54mm figures...