Some Production Models

[Mervyn Mitton]

I always enjoy looking through this section - and as with others comments, am envious of the skills shown.

I bought this week, a set of 74 moulded figures - 6.5 mm high. Many of you have possibly seen them since the companies who make these things rely on Worldwide sales and high volumes to make money. Apparantly , you buy a monthly descriptive magazine at your newsagent - and he has the next models in the series, which you also buy. I was told they worked out at about 7 pounds ,$10, each.

They are quite heavy and of a composite material. What impressed me was the high quality of the moulding and the detail in the uniforms and , webbing and equipment. I think they were made in Spain and possibly hand painted there or, in Morocco - where labour is cheap.

There are large (ish) groups of German, British, French, American and Russian - each one representitive of a particular arm of service. Additionally, there are single figures from other European Countries - Rumania, Turkey etc..

I will show the German group + some close-ups of a few. Should anyone be interested in the others please tell me and I will add them.

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Rear view of group.

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Four from the group

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Reverse.

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Titles

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2nd. set of 4

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Reverse

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2nd set of titles

[ColinRF]

Nice collectibles and great value.

Colin

[Brian Wolfe]

Quite interesting Mervyn.

Thanks for posting them, I trust there are more to come?

Regards

Brian

[peter monahan]

They look to be of excellent quality foer the size and price. Nice find. Please do share any more you get too, Mervyn, :rolleyes:

[Mervyn Mitton]

As requested I will complete the series - US, Italy and Russia today. The remainder later in the week.

U.S. troops -front

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U.S. rear

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Some of the specialist units

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Same set - rear

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Titles for this set

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ITALIAN

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Italian - rear

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Titles for set

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RUSSIAN

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Russian - rear of set

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Russian close-ups

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Russian close-ups rear

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Titles for Russian set