Post by alloydog on Oct 10, 2020 23:08:46 GMT -9
I last played with "big" plastic soldiers when I was about 10-years old. My mate and I used to dig trenches in my back garden and put the soldiers in the trenches - they had to be in "realistic" positions, like shooting over the edge and so on. We would then stand behind our own trench and throw hard lumps of soil at the other's trench to knock over the soldiers. Naturally, there was losses.
For years after, every now and then, my mum used to find a soldier or two when she did the gardening. As far as I remember, the last time she found anything was just before I left the UK - just over twenty years ago.
Today, she posted this on Facebook and tagged me:
It's an Airfix 1/32nd scale Commando. (Link to description)
From the photo, it looks to be in pretty good nick for something that has been buried for over 40-years! The barrel of the Thompson has broken off, but that can either be repaired or just left as it is.
I've asked her to post it over. If it is as good as it looks, I'm really temped to paint it up.
For years after, every now and then, my mum used to find a soldier or two when she did the gardening. As far as I remember, the last time she found anything was just before I left the UK - just over twenty years ago.
Today, she posted this on Facebook and tagged me:
It's an Airfix 1/32nd scale Commando. (Link to description)
From the photo, it looks to be in pretty good nick for something that has been buried for over 40-years! The barrel of the Thompson has broken off, but that can either be repaired or just left as it is.
I've asked her to post it over. If it is as good as it looks, I'm really temped to paint it up.
Spent two 'fun' hours last night unclogging a heat break tube (the nozzle was a lost cause and replaced). Stupid bowden tube slipped and molten plastic spilled up into the heat break tube and congealed.