Sunday, January 24, 2016

Matchbox - WW2 British Infantry Part 1

      After a small break I'm back on track with my WW2 1:32 project. This time an "Allied Forces" set of figures is on my table. I've started the "Matchbox - British Infantry" set and I believe I will complete it within the next month! "British Infantry" and "8th Army" was my favorite sets of figures when I was young! I was upset with Matchbox because they had only 15 figures in the box against 20+ that Airfix sets had...
 



Despite that, I loved all the Matchbox figures and until now ,I believe that they are better than some Airfix sets ,even though some of the details was a little bit "chubby" or simple.
These figures where at the edges of 1:32 scale size (54mm) and they have 
excellent  face expressions . And I believe this is the part that they beat Airfix.





    Below you can see some pictures of the first two finished figures. Also some artistic and very dark photos.



























































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'Till next time.... Keep Up The Brushes!!!


 

14 comments:

  1. Oh,yes! Great painted minis. Uniforms are beatiful.

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  2. Wow - they look great painted up, certainly hidden gems. I think these would be great for something like Bolt Action.

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    1. Thanx you Dean! All this "messing up" with "Gamers" it will finally make me start building terrains and armies!!
      Regards, George.
      p.s.:Bolt Action is a Wargame right? (I'm a newbie, I know:))

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  3. George, what a wonderful post and painting you did!! These minis are part of my childhood in the seventies - if memory serves, they had a moustached officer :)... You turn toys into museum pieces! Thanks for sharing, cheers!! :D

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    1. Thanx again for your very warm comments my friend! Yes, the officer is it self a museum piece!I believe that it represents an Historical figure.(eg.The officer of the "8th Army" set is General Montgomery and is an excellent accurate figure!)

      If anyone could help about this figure?

      Regards, George.

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  4. A really fabulous job on these figures. Love the rich colors.

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  5. Hi, great job with these minis. Excellent colours. I am expecting the next post

    Regards!

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    1. Hola Kike! Bienvenido at my blog!Thanx for joining and for your nice comments! 2nd post is on it's way the next days ;)
      Regards, George.

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  6. Hey George you did a fantastic job on these figures. Again I must say! You have a very nice way of painting figures. I can't stop watching them. I hope Revell will reissue one day the "8th Army" and the "Afrika Corps" in this scale from Matchbox. I miss these in my collection. They did it with the 1/72 scale soldiers, so there is still hope.

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Hi Peter, I'm very happy to hear from you again!Thank you very much for your comments!I have one more figure ready to post later today!Stay tuned:)
      Regards, George.

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