Hazebrouck
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- Aug 30, 2010
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I have been reading this forum for a while, so it’s probably appropriate that I introduce myself.
I stumbled across this site whilst looking for some references to figure kits made in the eighties and now stop and have a look through the threads most days. I also blame this site for a recent affliction to the “glossy” finish, something of an anathema to an old school plastic modeller.
I was a kid in the eighties and cut my teeth making Tamiya, Italeri, Airfix and the like 1/35th kits. I also made a few metal kits (Hinchliffe, Valiant, etc) although these were never that accessible in Australia to a teenager. I also painted a few 25mm wargames figures, but came to the conclusion that they are too small.
Like most young men I gave up military modelling as I started working and studying. Fast forward to the birth of my first child a few years back and I found myself looking for something to do in those spare few moments you get when baby is asleep. I bought a few Dragon kits and noticed that making figures was pretty relaxing.
So in the last few years when I get a bit of spare time I paint or put together a kit. I also ferret around e-bay and the like looking for older British and American white metal 54mm kits and old figures. I have stripped and re-painted a few, so you could call me a recycler. Bear in mind that some of the older sculpts still hold up well.
This forum has recently driven me in the direction of 54mm plastics and I have painted a few figures lately with a glossy finish. They seem good value for money and I’m not afraid to let my young bloke play with them. I can always repaint them!
Eras- I like Colonial, First World War, ACW and recently American Revolution.
So there you go! I may ask the experts to identify a few figures for me a little later.
Scott
I stumbled across this site whilst looking for some references to figure kits made in the eighties and now stop and have a look through the threads most days. I also blame this site for a recent affliction to the “glossy” finish, something of an anathema to an old school plastic modeller.
I was a kid in the eighties and cut my teeth making Tamiya, Italeri, Airfix and the like 1/35th kits. I also made a few metal kits (Hinchliffe, Valiant, etc) although these were never that accessible in Australia to a teenager. I also painted a few 25mm wargames figures, but came to the conclusion that they are too small.
Like most young men I gave up military modelling as I started working and studying. Fast forward to the birth of my first child a few years back and I found myself looking for something to do in those spare few moments you get when baby is asleep. I bought a few Dragon kits and noticed that making figures was pretty relaxing.
So in the last few years when I get a bit of spare time I paint or put together a kit. I also ferret around e-bay and the like looking for older British and American white metal 54mm kits and old figures. I have stripped and re-painted a few, so you could call me a recycler. Bear in mind that some of the older sculpts still hold up well.
This forum has recently driven me in the direction of 54mm plastics and I have painted a few figures lately with a glossy finish. They seem good value for money and I’m not afraid to let my young bloke play with them. I can always repaint them!
Eras- I like Colonial, First World War, ACW and recently American Revolution.
So there you go! I may ask the experts to identify a few figures for me a little later.
Scott
