Like the increasingly hard to fine Bandai 1/48th scale figure kits; this is
not a common thing! I had no idea it even existed and I have quite a good Fujimi Mokei archive including all sorts
of listings, imagery and several catalogues including an old one. A set of
eight figures taken ostensibly from the Revell
set but with several figures closer to the Monogram
originals; Fujimi F:KIT No.U1.
Classic 1960/70's (I think this is the
1970's boxing?) instruction sheet "...paint
the soldiers with civility"! OK? No rude painting of these figures
please! No loud colours, no swearing at the cat and do your dressing-gown or
smoking-jacket up properly before you sit down at your work station . . . and
don't forget to say grace!
The figures, the kit element is limited (as
it is/was with both donor sets) to a few small parts; here - attaching the
flamethrower tanks and fixing the figures to their bases. The 'modelling' came
from the cleaning-up of often quite flashy figures, heavy gate-mark removal and
such like, which you can see from the images - in the case with this set.
We looked at their 1:76th scale cousins
here (link) and they were equally in need of cleaning-up to get them to a
photogenic state! Thanks again to Dougal for sharing this rare set with the
rest of us.
4 comments:
Glad it was of interest - I think said before that I'm still fascinated by the obscurities that RIKO and A.A.Hales imported in the early 1970, a complete world away from contemporary productions from, say, Historex's 'Armour Accessories' range ! I think you've covered the Nichimo 1/30 German infantry set - if not, I can dign mine out and take some pictures.
If you've got it, I'd love to blog it, IIRC it was only the [anonymous] instruction sheet, and a vague agreement in the comments that it 'must' be Nichimo?!!
H
Another trip into the loft of the Aged P's is in order then !
As and when, Cosmo' . . . I wouldn't want to rush anyone!
H
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