Just acquired four more plastic farming characters. Three of them were damaged but at only £4.50 delivered I didn't mind restoring them. This gives me nineteen rural civilians, but my collection could still use some more town folk. Also included are a few photos of others recently completed. Its been a good run clearing odd figures in my spares box.
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FARMING FOLK
A couple of French toys repaired
WW2 British tommy, some colonial troops, NKVD Officer (Soviet)
I have the shepherd on the left in metal in the first picture , I do like the campfire . Is the still from 'The Prisoner of Zenda ' ?
ReplyDeleteHi Tony, yes, they made the shepherd later in plastic during the 1960s. I have two, normally painted in blue or green smocks. The repaired campfire is part of that batch of French toys I picked up, made by Clairet Toys, 1970s. Indeed, the still is from the 1952 movie, which inspired my Zenda collection.
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Beautiful restorations Michael! I especially like the campfire and the colonial figures, very well done! Your civilians will come in very handy! H. G. Wells complained of a lack of civilian figures for his games, I don't think that you'll have that problem!
ReplyDeleteCheers Brad, my rural community is more than adequate, but my town folk are but a handful. My plan is to increase them to about twelve figures. Yes, the camp fire was well worth repairing, steel rods and miliput did the job, and then some paintwork. Just fighting a Dominion wargame!
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