"Brooks Miniatures vs Airfix - Modern Brits" Topic
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| Inventedregiment | 14 Feb 2014 5:09 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know how these two sets of Modern Brits stack up against each other? Photos in particular would be great. |
nnascati  | 14 Feb 2014 6:30 p.m. PST |
Brooks minis are advertised as "True" 28mm, whatever that is. Which Airfix are you referring to? |
| bruntonboy | 15 Feb 2014 3:11 a.m. PST |
I would assume he means the 1/48th "Operation Herrick" range figures. |
| shaun from s and s models | 15 Feb 2014 3:20 a.m. PST |
they are completely different sizes, brooks figs are 28mm high and 1/48 is normally about 32-35mm high so i doubt they will look ok together. |
| Mick in Switzerland | 15 Feb 2014 5:30 a.m. PST |
I do not have any Brooks but here are Empress mixed with Airfix. They actually mix quite well.
Front row L to R are Empress, Airfix, Airfix, Airfix, Empress, Empress. Second row middle is Airfix, rest are Empress. The remaining Airfix were converted as vehicle crew (at the back). I would recommend Empress figures and Airfix vehicles. Be warned, these Airfix kits are for model makers and have a lot of parts.
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| Inventedregiment | 15 Feb 2014 3:03 p.m. PST |
I do mean the 1/48ths. Thanks Mick, I had seen this picture before – it inspired me to get a few cheap kits when Modelzone died – but I am planning an unrelated order at Old Glory, and I thought I might just bulk it out with a few Brooks bits for mortarmen &c. |
| Delta Vee | 16 Feb 2014 4:10 a.m. PST |
I would add that the now OG ex Brooks minis I got did have some problems with pitting and bubbles round the necks, and did seem rather poor casts, compared to the Empress ones ive got. |
| Inventedregiment | 16 Feb 2014 4:42 p.m. PST |
But are they the same size? In that case, if Airfix fits Empress, and Brooks fits Empress, presumably Airfix fits Brooks. |
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