The other day l get the first instalment of my State Pension. A slightly momentous time , possibly a milestone passed. It certainly caused me to think about the passing of the years and my lost youth in particular . This got me thinking what would be a good way to mark this albeit in a small low key hobby manner. So l went for this-
As a boy l loved my Airfix figures and fought across the sitting room carpet endlessly. I recall buying my Airfix boxes at the newsagent’s near Happy Valley . I mixed WW1 and WW2 with careless abandon until my father explained the difference. I was also blessed with a dad who was a Roman aficionado and taken to Hadrian’s Wall and museums. Amongst my favourites of all the figures were the Ancient Britons and the Roman boxes!
So , in the light of Airfix re releasing them this summer what better a thing to do than pre order those Ancient Britons l loved then and still do. So l will need to be patient as I await their summer arrival and enjoy the anticipation of their return. I have gone for three boxes to give some options. Summer , sun and Airfix what could be better ?
Ancient Britons for an ancient Briton? Just kidding! You are younger than me! Enjoy your pension!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I used to get some of those Airfix packs from a local hobby store when I was a kid back in the 1960s, and played with a mixed batch of French Foreign Legion, cowboys and Indians, Tarzan, and I don't know what else (all left unpainted in those days), across my bedroom floor), on scraps of cardboard, foam rubber, and other odds and ends for terrain. No rules other than throwing pen caps at them to knock them over.
Super nostalgia! I loved the Ancient Briton set and had a couple of them for inter tribal warfare as I found the Romans too fiddly, the shields kept falling off!! Great stuff!!
ReplyDeleteA suitable retro way to mark a significant (Roman) Milestone. Asterix in a box! I am still umming and aaarhing about whether to stock up on reissues for the future. I still have the Roman Milecastle.
ReplyDeleteIt was these and the Romans that were the first troops I painted to my satisfaction and so bought my first unpainted lead - Minifigs Napoleonic British Guards in bearskins.
ReplyDeleteMy father was also influential in my hobby.
The painted Airfix were given away when I left Suffolk and the Minifigs sold when I left Northumberland. I've no plans to go back to either but plenty more projects on the go.
Bon chance
Stephen
Obviously Airfix are going for the nostalgia market, I was considering Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham myself
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