F is for Phoenix Fallen

Or at least I think they have? They were a staple of Military Modelling magazine (and Battle) in that late 1970-early 1980's heyday when the ads' were sometimes better than the content, or it seemed that way as you drew-up your wants lists and circled things in Biro or pencil!

 

Checks google, remembers we've had this conversation before . . . they're still going, but exclusively supporting the dolls house hobby, which, being bigger, will be more lucrative? Although the previous mention was way back when and the website (now based in Eire and incorporating Warwick Miniatures) doesn't seem to have been updated since 2018, so I suspect they are now defunct?

Phoenix Model Developments, possibly known to wargamers as Phoenix Renown (it's how I think of them), an aftermarket manufacturer better known back then for their 54mm antique furniture and ECW stuff or their 30mm ceremonial sets (we looked at the Toyal Tournement's Naval gun-race teams, last time), produced a small range of OO-gauge compatible figures, which may or may not have extended beyond these four sets?

They were also originally associated with Ravenscourt Miniatures, as Jon Attwood, who supplied most of these images, reminded me.

The figures, as mentioned in the cutting below.

 

The cutting, from a 1980's railway modelling magazine.

 

 

How they were packaged, as with the first image, and both cuttings, these are Jon's, there's not much I can add, beyond the fact that this article might help me ID some of my unknowns at some point, let's hope it helps you too!

From the archive, and the only other OO/1:76th stuff they were known for was a small range of WWII vehicles, I actually have the Kubelwagen somewhere (orange or scarlet header-card, I think?), but it has an interesting story attached to it, involving Crown Court, witnesses and other shenanigans, so we'll look at it another day and tell whole the sorry tale!