Steve weston excellent british (2 Viewers)

[9thHussar]

Hi

get yourselves over to Steve Westons website and view his new set of most excellent 1/32nd (54mm) British Infantry D-Day 1944. Absolutely superb figures (available this October) - Steve is taking orders - get yours asap as they are so good I reckon they will sell like hotcakes!!!!!!

Hope they go well for Steve and he makes other types from WW2.

Regards
9TH

 

[Ragnar]

All i could find was the Masters?....I just got the Gunfighters & Mexican Bandits.
I like em! but any idea why the Gunfighters are Airfix size & the Mexicans are TSSD size .

 

[larso]

The grenade guy looks a little 'stiff' but as far as viewing the masters allows, they look fine. And yes, a selling point is thatb they are scaled to work properly with the excellent figures from TSSD and Conte.

 

[steve weston]

All i could find was the Masters?....I just got the Gunfighters & Mexican Bandits.
I like em! but any idea why the Gunfighters are Airfix size & the Mexicans are TSSD size .

I can answer that. The Gunfighters were made in Australia (!), where the rest of the figures should have been made, so they would have all matched size-wise. Due to incessant delays, and the amount of capitol tied up, the production was switched to China. Different production methods, different plastics used meant less shrinkage from the original Master figure.

Re-sizing would have meant yet more costs and more delays.

So we stuck with the TSSD size.

Cheers,

Steve Weston.

 

[Scott]

Mr. Weston, I really like the Mexican figures. They can stand alone against your bandits, Apaches, or other Mexicans.

I did a blog entry about one of the "peasant" figures.

http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/2010/08/steve-westons-mexican-figures.html

I hope you do more Western figures with settlers and towns people. Other companies have Custer and the cavalry covered.

 

[gk5717]

Just discovered the new WW2 British, already emailed Steve to hold me a couple bags at OTSN. I too think it is great that they are Conte and TSSD compatable. This is a much needed set as there has been a lack of WW2 plastic in recent years.
I will now email my buddy Gary B. and get him primed to do some Brit conversions.
Gary

 

[Ragnar]

I can answer that. The Gunfighters were made in Australia (!), where the rest of the figures should have been made, so they would have all matched size-wise. Due to incessant delays, and the amount of capitol tied up, the production was switched to China. Different production methods, different plastics used meant less shrinkage from the original Master figure.

Re-sizing would have meant yet more costs and more delays.

So we stuck with the TSSD size.

Cheers,

Steve Weston.

Thanks for the info.......The Mexicans are a hoot to paint by the way.

 

[steve weston]

Thanks for the info.......The Mexicans are a hoot to paint by the way.

Thanks! The Mexican with the pig was my sense of humour coming through. Originally, I thought of him with a chicken, but a pig was more to my liking!

As for the British WWII, we decided to keep them as simple as possible. Escalating costs in China, along with the new Laws that states we have to have all products tested and Certificated for Safety is costing every manufacturer a fortune. No doubt all the guys that have large ranges (A-i-P, BMC, Americana, Italeri, etc) will be shelling out fortunes to meet these requirements.

 

[binder001]

OK, I must be showing my ignorance - I went to the Steve Weston site and didn't see a darned thing about WW2 British troops. Can somebody post a direct link to the WW2 page? I'm interested in these.

Mr. Weston, will these be more "Airfix size" or "TSSD/Conte size"? As a converter I need to know what parts to stock up

Gary B.

 

[steve weston]

OK, I must be showing my ignorance - I went to the Steve Weston site and didn't see a darned thing about WW2 British troops. Can somebody post a direct link to the WW2 page? I'm interested in these.

Mr. Weston, will these be more "Airfix size" or "TSSD/Conte size"? As a converter I need to know what parts to stock up

Gary B.

Hi Gary,

This has already been answered by someone on this posting: "these have been scaled to match with those of Conte and TSSD" hope that this is what you are looking for?

See them on my site at www.plasticsoldiers.co.uk , New Products page. NOT WWII page! These are BRAND NEW and as asuch are not yet available.
If you have a problem with finding that, contact me direct at steve@plasticsoldiers.co.uk

Thanks,

Steve.

 

[9thHussar]

Steve is very knowledgeable regarding figures and a real enthusiast.
Regards
9th

 

[binder001]

Thanks Steve, NOW I found them. THese look delightful! You are right that we haven't had new plastic British ETO "Tommies" since??? (maybe the Airfix 1/32nd sets?). Your figures look quite nice.

Gary B.

 

[steve weston]

OK, I must be showing my ignorance - I went to the Steve Weston site and didn't see a darned thing about WW2 British troops. Can somebody post a direct link to the WW2 page? I'm interested in these.

Mr. Weston, will these be more "Airfix size" or "TSSD/Conte size"? As a converter I need to know what parts to stock up

Gary B.

No problem, go to http://www.plasticsoldiers.co.uk/newstock.htm

Steve.

 

[Propane & Propane acs.]

I didn't see a price on the website could someone tell me how nuch the figures will cost?

 

[joesgis]

I just read at Toy Soldier's of San Diego's site that Steve Weston will be debuting new figures at OTSN this year, and they are WWII D-Day British infantry! That certainly is great news, and it makes me wonder if there is a tie in to the playset that Ron Barzso traditionally unveils annually in Chicago. I've got to think there is, especially since just a few short months ago, a Normandy structure seemingly appeared out of nowhere on the Barzso webpage. Perhaps I'm late to the meeting on my speculation, but it is exciting nonetheless. I remember reading comments of conjecture from members awhile back concerning rumors of a possible Barzso playset based on the 1960's TV show "Combat". I bet that would sure go nice with Steve Weston's forthcoming creations, which I just looked up and there is even more good news....they are compatible w/ TSSD and Conte figures! The figures look great!

Joe

 

[binder001]

From the photos these appear to be in the "Battledress" common to the European campaign. One forgets the potential adaptability of these troops. THe same uniform was used by the Canadians in Europe as well as the Polish 1st Armoured Division that served in 21 Army Group. I hope this is the "tip of the spear" - hopefully sales will justify follow ons. I wish Steve welll with this project.

Gary B.

 

[9thHussar]

My Uncle Tommy wore this uniform when he was in 21Army Group in Belgium in 1944. He was commended by Field Marshall Montgomery for rescuing civilians trapped in a cinema that they were sheltering in during bombing by the enemy. He was a Corporal in The Pioneer Corps. Great figures like these can tell 1000's of similar stories of bravery and compassion.
9th

 

[Dave M]

9th Hussar,
If you have these figures can you tell me if they are compatable with the British Infantry by Britians Deetail ,Airfix and Matchbox.
By compatibale I mean if you were converting could you change heads between the different manufacturers and still have a human looking guy, no pea heads or fat heads, if you know what I mean.

Dave M

 

[9thHussar]

Hi Dave M

I havent tried this yet but I wanted to convert them into British Commandos using the Airfix heads - I reckon that this will work ok but they seem slightly bigger than the Airfix British Infantry although they do fit in ok with them.
I have noticed that the new harder plastic Airfix issues 1/32nd are definitely slightly bulkier in stature than the old original polythene versions. I have found this advantageous as they blend in with the Matchbox versions of WW2 figures.
I have painted 1 set of Steves new British and I added Airfix multipose backpacks which go well.
thanks
9th

 

[Dave M]

9th,
Thanks for checking this out. I was hoping that some other figure heads would work. Might buy a set now
The AIRFIX British Infantry were a bit smaller originally, as AIRFIX were going into their economy drive periods. The original sets were bigger figures in general and as the years went on the figures got smaller to eventually come out at about 1/35th scale by the time they did the Modern sets of NATO and Russian types.

I like the helmets on the 8th Army set, which are better than the ones on the British Infantry Support so I changed them and they look much better. These Helmets also fit on the Commandos to convert them into regular infantry. I haven't tried this yet, but I expect that the torso of an 8th Army guy would fit onto the legs of the British Infantry to create a shirtsleeve order for the Italian front, Australians in the Desert or just infantry fighting in hot weather. Try it an see how you get on

That's interesting what you say about size of the AIRFIX figures being different from the original size. I would think it is something to do with the shrinkage of the new plastic being less than the polythene.

By the way if you need any British Infantry Support sets you should pick them up now, before AIRFIX realise they have underpriced them, they are RRP at £ 5.99 although I see some online retailers are trying to get £ 12.99.
Haven't seen the contents of a set yet but I expect you don't get as many spare parts as the original.

Dave M