P is for Polistil's Plagiarised People

Mixing it up here at Small Scale World today, from Chinasaur-Dinorasers to die-cast 40mm vehicle accessories, with futuristic space warriors to come! I do know what these came with, but can't find the reference, it was something like re-badged/re-boxed Solido, or 'something like that' so don't quote me, it'll be right on the A-Z entry; one day!

Whatever the actual nature of the Polistil vehicles/AFV's they each got a small set of figures, which are manufactured in die-cast alloy (mazac/zamak), but which happen to look mightily familiar!

In this case the figures are ex-Britains Deetail German mortar crew! The mortar being copied nearer to the original size - seemingly in order to also take the same firing-mechanism! The figures reduced by about a half to an approximate 40mm/1:43/48th scale . . . ish - I think the range were nominally 1:50th?

The method of mounting the mortar tube and legs is also copied from Britains and a paint variation in sun-bleached stone seem to have existed, although I olny have a mortar in the other colour, no figures.

Other (European theatre paint-finish) vehicles got a set of scaled-down Airfix 1:32nd Commando clones, with a green wash (the 'Afrika Korps' are properly painted with a thick coat) and I think the short muzzles are down to poor copying/moulding rather than damage - but stand to be corrected - as I do on most aspects of these, given the loss of notes!

These (the Commandos) were intermingled with a set of Russian sculpts, again -  three items (kneeling firing  is missing) - taken from Airfix, but the stance of the running guy suggests the donors were the already pirated/licensed Esci kit-figures, Esci being connected to Polytoys/Polistil through previous mould-sharing, which would mean he was scaled up for the Polistil clone!