Well I am fairly broke! It is nearing Christmas, the winter bills are rolling in etc etc so my financial condition has gone from skint to acutely skint. Fortunately the war gaming Gods smile kindly on those in my situation and one can swerve the shortage of cash problem by adopting a smaller scale, going for skirmish or going plastic.
This month I went ebay plastic-to the extreme of 1/72 scale! A new company called Ultima Ratio has in it's catalogue a box of Taliban which have painted up quite well. They also produce some Soviet mechanised infantry but I have not been able to track these down (forgive the pun).
The plastic is hard and the castings thick enough to prevent any bending or the dreaded curved barrel! These chaps got a coating of PVA to protect them from general wear and tear...they have lots of comrades soon to join them including some great pack donkeys and a man armed with a stinger missile! I have just noticed I missed the lenses on the binoculars....I will sort that!
Back soon when my Grubby Tanks order arrives and I can complete the T 55 which is a cheap ebay Fabbri find....keep busy lads it's the only way to stay sane.
The Taliban do look good models. I would like the Soviet mech infantry though, I shall look out for them.
ReplyDeleteThey look superb, very nice job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Chaps, they were easy to paint...now to find some Soviets!
ReplyDeleteVery very nice!
ReplyDeleteThese look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYours look better than mine. Good job.
ReplyDeleteYours look better than mine. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chaps...I look at other peoples figures and always think the same Neal!
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