I was sent these ages ago by Jonathan Newman
with the intention of the contributor for
me to Blog them, but they slipped through the net at the time and I found them
the other day, checked back in Hotmail and will pop them here, as an example of
the interim production of Preiser's
inherited Elastolin stuff from the
late 1980's/early 1990's, when they matched the corporate identity of Preiser with font, layout and packaging,
but retained the Elastolin brand-name.
Many of you probably remember the adverts
in Military Modelling and other hobby
mag's around 1994-7? Now all ex-Elastolin
is listed as Preiser but still has the Elastolin moniker attached and increasingly
finds itself reproduced by Preiser's prodigious
CAD/CAM workshop in other sizes.
As they are low-res, I'll just throw
them-up as an example, there's not much to 'blurb' on, interesting that they
have gaps in the line-up hidden in the centre of the band, presumably (as with all the 'complete' bands Preiser issues) there is
a specific make-up to a Fire Brigade band, accurately represented in a generic
carton.
Obviously using the old German Infantry
musicians, with new helmets/added helmet-ridge.
The current incarnation of these sculpts is
as separate figures in the standard Wehrmacht format/paint. From time to time Preiser still issue the bands with other
paint finishes, while private sellers paint them-up as black-clad Nazi's and
put them on feeBay for Brexiteers to spend too much on.
And many thanks again to Mr. Newman
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