The adventures of an 18th century imagination, located in Northern Europe formerly ruled over by joint rulers Duke Karl Frederick and Duchess Liv.Not to mention the American colony of Ny Tradgardland the 17th century Colony of New Tradgardstadt and the newly restored territory of the Shetland Isles.
Featuring a supporting bill of gaming in a diversity of times,places and scales.Hopefully something to interest all who pop by...
More nostalgic loveliness!! So many happy memories playing with my Airfix collection, the old man being a WW2 veteran was a source of stories and information, he enjoyed a game of "soldiers" as well!
I went to a Society of Ancients weekend twenty plus years ago and had an enjoyable evening playing Airfix Charades. We had a small spontaneous outbreak of it at the vwc at Christmas. Scrabble dictionary indeed.
Thanks Alan. It gladdens the heart to start the day like this ... 1st version figures too! I shall enjoy reading and rereading the text and looking at the pictures. Foreign legion text ends with that curioulsy satisfying and delightful phrase ..." and, of course, a bugler." Shame they didn't show the box label and figures in colour for every set and just put a list of all that dull airplane and ship stuff in the catalogue ... P.S. Look at the Americans WW1 - text description - what is a remote control rifle?
This is what is now on offer from Airfix, WW1 WW2 , slightly better than previous dearth years in their usual boom and bust, feast and famine ranges ... Best advice: buy them when you see them in stock. https://uk.airfix.com/shop/figures
I am a big version fan, especially of the Germans. I never really felt the same about later versions of the figures, they were too realistic if you know what I mean. I followed your link to the Airfix shop but found it a little sad, a shadow of the glory days. I was a tad surprised what they weren’t selling more than what they were.
Looking through these photos, they take me back to my first box of small figures, the Confederate Infantry. Also, I think I bought all of the boxed sets shown except the Guards on parade. In particular I loved the US Cavalry set and ACW Artillery set. I tried to make an artillery caisson out of balsa wood, as recommended in the Airfix Magazine, but my DIY skills have always been....poor....no, awful, so I did not finish it.
I found it so fiddly trying to get the cavalry to stay on the bases and the limber onto the horses. Good for you for trying the caisson. In the words of the Flashing Blade- it’s better to have fought and lost than not have fought at all!
YouTube site MOS6510 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCUFIpXJcsulVsfIsOXot8TA
Photographed in HD digital quality from above looking down, showing someone leafing slowly through a range of Airfix, Matchbox and other maker catalogues from the 60s to today (one per video) including the 1971Airfix one - slow it to 1/4 or 0.25 speed. Relaxing? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qLmoyq8V1XE
I am pretty sure I had all of those sets, though they have long been parted from me in those darn Time Passages, to quote Al Stewart. Thanks for reminding me of them. I wonder what the gamers who came up in the oughts will reminisce about fifty years from now?
I remember getting that catalogue when I was about 13 and being totally enamoured with the Airfix sets. It also set me on a short term diversion from 54mm toy soldiers and to collecting HO sets and painting ACW ones. I loved the illustrations of painted HO sets.
More nostalgic loveliness!! So many happy memories playing with my Airfix collection, the old man being a WW2 veteran was a source of stories and information, he enjoyed a game of "soldiers" as well!
ReplyDeleteAirfix evokes such joy in so many as the years roll back to their childhood.
DeleteA catalogue that launched a thousand wargames armies .
ReplyDeleteThere is no equivalent today I fear, or is there?
DeleteLooks like the equivalent of the Scrabble dictionary for Airfix charades.
ReplyDeleteRonnie
I went to a Society of Ancients weekend twenty plus years ago and had an enjoyable evening playing Airfix Charades. We had a small spontaneous outbreak of it at the vwc at Christmas. Scrabble dictionary indeed.
DeleteThanks Alan. It gladdens the heart to start the day like this ... 1st version figures too! I shall enjoy reading and rereading the text and looking at the pictures.
ReplyDeleteForeign legion text ends with that curioulsy satisfying and delightful phrase ..." and, of course, a bugler."
Shame they didn't show the box label and figures in colour for every set and just put a list of all that dull airplane and ship stuff in the catalogue ...
P.S. Look at the Americans WW1 - text description - what is a remote control rifle?
This is what is now on offer from Airfix, WW1 WW2 , slightly better than previous dearth years in their usual boom and bust, feast and famine ranges ... Best advice: buy them when you see them in stock. https://uk.airfix.com/shop/figures
DeleteI am a big version fan, especially of the Germans. I never really felt the same about later versions of the figures, they were too realistic if you know what I mean. I followed your link to the Airfix shop but found it a little sad, a shadow of the glory days. I was a tad surprised what they weren’t selling more than what they were.
DeleteI cannot for the life of me work out what on earth a “ Remote control rifle” could possibly mean!
DeleteLooking through these photos, they take me back to my first box of small figures, the Confederate Infantry. Also, I think I bought all of the boxed sets shown except the Guards on parade. In particular I loved the US Cavalry set and ACW Artillery set. I tried to make an artillery caisson out of balsa wood, as recommended in the Airfix Magazine, but my DIY skills have always been....poor....no, awful, so I did not finish it.
ReplyDeleteI found it so fiddly trying to get the cavalry to stay on the bases and the limber onto the horses. Good for you for trying the caisson. In the words of the Flashing Blade- it’s better to have fought and lost than not have fought at all!
DeleteFantastic.. Featherstone and Airfix.. the dream team..
ReplyDeleteVery true!
DeleteYouTube site MOS6510 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCUFIpXJcsulVsfIsOXot8TA
ReplyDeletePhotographed in HD digital quality from above looking down, showing someone leafing slowly through a range of Airfix, Matchbox and other maker catalogues from the 60s to today (one per video) including the 1971Airfix one - slow it to 1/4 or 0.25 speed. Relaxing?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qLmoyq8V1XE
I am pretty sure I had all of those sets, though they have long been parted from me in those darn Time Passages, to quote Al Stewart. Thanks for reminding me of them. I wonder what the gamers who came up in the oughts will reminisce about fifty years from now?
ReplyDeleteI remember getting that catalogue when I was about 13 and being totally enamoured with the Airfix sets. It also set me on a short term diversion from 54mm toy soldiers and to collecting HO sets and painting ACW ones. I loved the illustrations of painted HO sets.
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