Jets of the cold war

January 18, 2021

Elhiem 1:72 Soviet Motor Rifle Infantry

Continuing from my two previous posts featuring Elhiem figures (Quick look at Elhiem 1:72 (20mm) figures and BAOR British Infantry 1:72) I finally got around to painting the Elhiem 1:72 Soviet Motor Rifle Infantry. These guys had quite a bit of flash on them, but that was easily removed with some snippers. Then if required cleaned up with a metal...

Figures

January 7, 2021

New from Airfix 2021

So what is new from Airfix 2021? Quite a bit actually. So there are no spoilers in my blog, here is a YouTube video from Airfix. What I think is really great about what Airfix have released for 2021, is that they are continuing to market to and produce kits for the younger generation. As you will have seen from...

Aviation Kits/Updates

December 17, 2020

Revell 1:76 Challenger 1 (03308)

The Revell 1:76 Challenger 1 is a re-boxing of an old Matchbox offering of the Challenger. Apart from adding the aerials to the tank plus some static grass to the base, the kit was built straight out of the box. Revell 1:76 Challenger 1 box art The build Supplied on 3 runners and with rubber band style tracks. There are...

AFV Kits

December 10, 2020

RAF yellow stripes and lettering

Just a very quick video looking at a decal sheet of RAF yellow stripes and lettering (1/76- a/72) from Kingfisher Miniatures. Ordering and delivery from Kingfisher Miniatures was easy and quick. The decal sheet cost £3.50 (price as at November 2020). Postage was £1.20. These look ideal for any 1/76 or 1/72 scale vehicles that I get in the future....

Decals

November 20, 2020

BAOR British Infantry 1:72

A follow on from my previous blog post (Quick look at Elhiem 1:72 (20mm) figures). I take a quick look at the Elhiem BAOR British Infantry 1:72 scale (BAOR08 British skirmishing with SLRs). I’ve managed to get some bench time and painted this set. I think they came out looking OK. Started with a coat of Halfords grey car primer....

Figures

November 14, 2020

Quick look at Elhiem 1:72 (20mm) figures

In my quest to find some suitable figures to go with my Cold War builds, I came across a UK based company called Elhiem Figures. So this short blog post will be a quick look at Elhiem 1:72 (20mm) figures. Elhiem do a great selection of Cold War period 1:72 figures, in pewter and resin. They also do them at...

Figures

November 13, 2020

Airfix 1:72 Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.4 (A68219)

I have quite a few of these Airfix 1:72 Jet Provost T.4 kits in my stash. All purchased when Aldi were doing their Airfix promotions. As I have a few of these kits, including a couple T.3’s it made sense to acquire some other decal options. In this case Xtradecal set ‘X72291 Hunting Jet Provost T.3/T.4/T.51/T.52’. This set contains 10...

Aviation Kits

November 6, 2020

Italeri 1:72 NATO Pilots and Ground Crew

A follow on BLOG post from the Airfix 1:72 NATO Ground Crew review, a look at the Italeri 1:72 NATO Pilots and Ground Crew equivalent set. The Italeri set does appear to actually represent NATO pilots and ground crew. The Airfix set is very Royal Air Force looking. Esci originally released the set sometime in the 1980’s. Re-boxed by Italeri...

Figures

October 31, 2020

Airfix 1:72 NATO Ground Crew

Just a quick look at the contents of the Airfix 1:72 NATO Ground Crew set. This set was first released in 1981. Re-boxed in 2000, this is the example in this review. Last re-boxing was in 2013. It will be interesting to see if Airfix re-box these figures. I hope they do, as I suspect they would be very popular....

Figures

October 24, 2020

Cold War armour in miniature

Revell 1:76 Challenger 1 I decided it was time to add some Cold War armour subjects to my Cold War in miniature collection. I liked the look of the Revell Challenger 1. It is from the old Matchbox range, so comes with a little display base, which is an added benefit. So I plan to complete this one in the...

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