"Airfix and the Wild West" Topic
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KoppiBlogger | 24 Apr 2016 2:55 a.m. PST |
Follow me to my childhood. See some of my minis and share my experience. The text is in german AND in english. Maybe you like my thoughts and my minis. link |
Houdini | 24 Apr 2016 4:09 a.m. PST |
Ah yes. Thanks for posting. Stirred many of my own memories. For me it all started with the 1/72 Airfix Foreign Legion. My cousin gardening in the back yard recently unearthed a figure we lost over 50 years ago. Still had tiny remnants of red and blue paint. |
20thmaine | 24 Apr 2016 4:33 a.m. PST |
This was rather neat from Airfix as well : link |
Dave Jackson | 24 Apr 2016 4:51 a.m. PST |
Yup. My start was on my bedroom floor with Airfix Napoleonic. Still have loads of them, converted etc. Plus the Lay Haye Sainte farm….all painted up, on a base with trees, the gardens etc. Also have the Robin Hood/Sheriff sets. My FFL are still around defending Zinderneuf! |
KoppiBlogger | 24 Apr 2016 5:59 a.m. PST |
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god. Never saw that Airfix Railway set. You couldn't buy that in Germany. BBBBBBBBBBBBuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh. Where can I get it? |
20thmaine | 24 Apr 2016 6:22 a.m. PST |
It was only available for a couple of years – I won a copy in a competition ! I'm not sure where it is now…or what happened to it. :-( I guess Ebay is your "friend" here : although if this is any guide to the likely price, maybe not a really good friend ! auction |
Jeigheff | 24 Apr 2016 7:13 a.m. PST |
Your miniature Airfix cowboys look great, KoppiBlloger. I haven't painted very many Wild West Figures, but I have enjoyed painting a handful of 25mm cowboys, etc., |
bobspruster | 24 Apr 2016 7:42 a.m. PST |
Was the Airfix wagon train mentioned? Revell made a nice set of cowboys, too. Bob |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 24 Apr 2016 8:05 a.m. PST |
The Airfix stagecoach had working doors,IIRC. |
CPBelt | 24 Apr 2016 10:35 a.m. PST |
Most of my miniatures are 28mm Westerns. I was a Marx kid in the 60s and 70s. These were my two wild west sets. Fond memories. The Airfix sets look awesome!
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