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01-03-23, 10:25 AM | #121 |
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^ See end of post #115 - they were exactly the same moulds
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01-03-23, 11:35 AM | #122 |
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Ah, right
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01-04-23, 05:54 AM | #123 |
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My Britains 'Swoppet' American War of Independence soldiers, also from the 1960's. They includedd a 'scout' in a buckskin coat - scarcer than the others because he was only ever available in boxed sets and never individually
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01-04-23, 05:58 AM | #124 |
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Very nice work. I wish I had a talent for coloring figures and small models, but all I was ever good at was drawing straight lines. With a ruler.
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01-04-23, 07:58 AM | #125 |
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Thanks - an uncle of mine used to look at my paintings and say all he could draw were his wages
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01-04-23, 08:44 AM | #126 |
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"The Redcoats are coming!"
I've got hold of a few more figures since I took that last photo
The scout in his element In the first photo you can see how I made the figure on the far left by using parts from the 2 other poses next to him - this is why they're called 'Swoppits'
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01-07-23, 09:21 AM | #127 |
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Britains Ltd also produced some beautiful civilian figures on sporting and country themes
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01-07-23, 07:30 PM | #128 |
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The groundcover and painting behind are working swell for photographing the figures.
I bet a little fog machine would add a nice touch to warfare scenes.
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01-08-23, 04:59 AM | #129 |
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Thanks, mate, and it's really funny you should say that - I was thinking something similar yesterday but more from the point of view of adding some "mist" to the sunlit forest scene
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01-09-23, 01:17 PM | #130 |
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Issued as one of the showjumping models was this "Military Rider". I think he was one of the best figures ever produced by Britains, moulded in a PVC material and pushed onto a spigot in the white plastic horse's mane. He also has the soft vinyl saddle, reins and stirrups common to many of Britains' best quality models of this time. I think that this horse was one of the most beautiful they ever produced The civilian figures were intended to appeal to girls, but they fitted in with many different themes that might appeal to any children, such as farming and zoological - their range of animals was second to none
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01-12-23, 11:14 AM | #131 |
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Another figure from Italeri, so not a vintage one. I think this guy may be pursuing enemies who've fled the field
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01-18-23, 12:12 PM | #132 |
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From the 1960's Britains "Eyes Right" range of ceremonial swoppet style figures came Royal Marines and Guardsmen
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02-09-23, 11:37 AM | #133 |
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Three more 60mm Romans from US maker Marx (see post #50) Despite being made from polyethylene these figures have become very fragile over time and are consequently very hard to find intact; all but one of mine have been repaired
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02-09-23, 12:17 PM | #134 |
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Nice!
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02-09-23, 04:55 PM | #135 |
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Santa just got a makeover before he goes away for another year Crescent produced this, possibly as a cake decoration in the 1960s - although there are no other figures similar to this excepting a Welsh Lady. She's not very seasonal of course and actually defies explanation The snow in the foreground is bicarb - an old modelling trick
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