Although you can get it from the craft
material suppliers as a mix-at-home goo, it's the same gunk those novelty fake
drinks you found in shops called 'But is it Art?' or similar back in the
1970/80's were made from, you know the thing, a real glass overflowing with
ever-lasteing beer, that sort of thing.
Some of Formtech's
stuff is a bit better finished than this, but I'll add it to the tag-list until
I know/hear different.
It's neither fish nor fowl, being scaled
(vaguely incised stonework, size of buttresses) for 54mm, but too narrow for
more than two figures to pass at a pinch, for which job you'd be unlikely to
build such a structure, while although you can get 1:76th scale wagons or light
vehicle across, the detailing IS out of scale?
Close-up of the rough detailing, poor
finish and basic fettling; with eight buttresses and three arches, you'd make
it wide-enough for a bloody farm cart - wouldn't you?
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Hi again Hugh,
ReplyDeleteThe helmets on those figures are actually masks! more specifically from Kenner Toys MASK vehicle and action figure line. the captain Nemo style one belongs to a character called Sly Rax who drove a motorcycle/sidecar combo where the side car turned into...a submarine! the idea was that the masks gave special abilities such as a dazzling flash which came from the other characters mask that character is called Matt Trakker. I'll stop there as I've gone on a bit and action figures, as you said, are not your bag.
It's all interesting stuff Spectrum, all 'grist to the mill', all pieces of the puzzle and I thank you for the correction, were they the same size as the Airfix line? 'bout 4-inch figures, 5" maybe?
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Hi Hugh,
ReplyDeleteHappy new year and sorry for the late reply (been a bit busy at work)as to size they were shorter than the Airfix Eagles at, if memory serves, three and a quarter inches I don't have access to my collection at this time. Thanks for the kind words, glad to help!
Thanks again Spectrum and a Happy New Year!
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