Flat out with getting stuff ready for this weekends game, so a minor update tonight. Head swaps from Matchbox British 8th Army onto Matchbox British Infantry
I probably will use these mixed in with regular Matchbox British Infantry to form a Battalion of Scots or maybe Canada's Black Watch or other Highland Regiments. More research needed, but its always good to start something new.
Blimey, thanks for the memories. I spent many happy hours with Britich 8th Army and German Africa Corps with a couple of 25 pounder metal artillery guns.
ReplyDeleteI thought a lot of my old miniatures were "00" scale but I could be wrong, wasn't that the standard Airfix size for their smaller miniatures ? I had quite a few matchbox miniatures and models too, I think they overtook Airfix in the quality of their vehicles. I also recall some excellent diorama type boxed sets. I think one was a command post with a halftrack that looked superb.
Anyway, like I said, thanks for the memories. I moved on from WWII but not far, just into the fantasy and sci-fi world. I'm still heavily involved in war gaming.
Keep up the excellent blog,
Sigmar
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Hi Sigmar, Matchbox figures were 1/76 compared to HO/OO for Airfix, but they are quite the same.
ReplyDeleteA good link to see this is:
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=28
Quite true also about the quaility of most of the Airfix kits as well.
Thanks for the nice comments and you have a good lot of blogs on the go I see.
Cheers Paul
Initiative, that's what always keep you ahead!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Paul!
T.
What a great idea !
ReplyDeleteThose look the business.
At a pinch, if you cut the pom off, the Tam might just about pass for a beret at this scale and you could use them as Commandos.
You're tempting me to start chopping up my old beloved Matchbox figures.
Congrats mate, over 100,000 hits!
ReplyDelete00 gauge is a model railroad scale, which is the same as 1:76 scale.
ReplyDeleteCheers again fella's. I think that I shall leave the Commandos to Al.
ReplyDeleteI still think that their is enough spare Matchbox figures around to butcher without getting too sentimental about it.
Model on!
Yep, there are some good memories there. Ah, the good old days.
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