E is for Eye Candy - Atlantic Boxes

Not much to this post, but Atlantic aren't a big-priority here, they're not as rare as some people make out, they're not as mysterious as some people think and they're definitely not as mythological as some people would have you believe, but these shots have been kicking around since 2014, so it's time they got off the laptop!

The four sets in the Wild West accessory or scenics range were an eclectic assortment of buildings and 'vehicles', with a chunky fort, small village of timber-frame commercial properties, a wagon train and some Gatling-guns!

The artwork for Abilene West-City makes the content look much better than they are, the wagon train (with misplaced comma and dodgy syntax) tends towards brittleness when found these days, which seems to be down to a lot of 'minters' coming back from the Middle East in the 2000's, it also has the same cavalry crew as the Gatling-gun limbers.

The fort paint's up better than the heavy moulding would suggest while god knows what's happened to the gun-battery, but they've lost a team or two, with one man crushed under the horses - dead horses - and corpses littering the battlefield, the remaining teams rushing in two directions and a last-stand happening in the background . . . how can you be having a 'last stand' with four Gatling-guns at your disposal, you should be destroying the opposition!

The backs of the boxes are very-much 'after' the pattern of Airfix's forts and play-sets with a basic assembly diagram in black-line, but on a 'scroll'; both Abilene and Riley (the earlier pair issued) also get their titles on the back and Riley benefits from some red arrows!

They suffer here from flash-reflection (one reason they've sat in Picasa for so long!), and next-time I'll scan them, but I need to source an A3 scanner with depth of field first!