"My oldest 20mm WW2 Germans" Topic

I needed a Heer sniper team for the Battle Group Ponyri campaign so I raided the plastics box for inspiration and I found the chaps in the photos. They are both soft plastic figures from my childhood that I'd kept. I believe they are both Airfix. The chap aiming is a Mountain trooper and the chap I am using as a spotter is Wehrmacht from the 1960's. Now the spotter chap actually predates my childhood as it was purchased by my Dad to play with his younger brother probably in the mid to late 1960's.

I have a few more photos on the blog.
thewargamingmegalomaniac.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/my-oldest-20mm-ww2-germans.html

I don't know about anyone else but I get a kick about being able to field such old figures that stand up to their modern better sculpted brethren.

I base my troops individually, but organized as "platoons" of 10 figures. I have a couple of units of the first version Airfix German Infantry – they never fail morale, always capture their objectives and are able to defeat their opponents even when severely outnumbered. Being veterans of battles for 50 years rubs off I guess!

Nice to see a first generation Airfix figure has survived to fight again. I foolishly gave all mine away in my teens.

I still have mine (purchased mid-1960's) but the plastic is so old they snap!

Like seeing a pic of a long-lost buddy!
Bob

I have his first edition chums