Neil's Airfix 54mm 95th Rifleman

[Neil Merryweather]

Right!
A new build, new energy!
This is what I am doing -a snip at £2.50


I'm going to convert his pose a little bit, and then make another one from the spares box to make a vignette.
And then I'm going to paint him really nicely with the proper colour paints and a proper brush!
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[rtfoe]

Would have liked to get a hold on this one Neil. I'll pull up a chair and sit in for the build and painting if you don't mind.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Looking forward to this Neil :smiling3:.

[Guest]

I remember this one so well - takes me right back to my teenage years and struggling with the over-thick plastic card.

One of my favourite subjects (did a Mitches 120mm German Legion rifleman fairly recently) and relevant locally, a unit being raised in Canterbury in 1805. There's also a Rifle Brigade memorial at Hythe.

[Steve Jones]

This looks fun. That base looks well detailed lol. Have fun with this one mate

[Neil Merryweather]

well for me it's the Sharpe books(not the series- although to be fair they got the look right)
I haven't decided whether to weather them fully , yet

[Neil Merryweather]

Richard,Ralph, Peter, Steve
welcome aboard!!

[Mickc1440]

I'm rubbish at figures so I shall be sitting in

[yak face]

Fantastic bargain neil , ive got this one to do yet , so ill be watching for tips ! These airfix figures still take some beating as far as the quality of the tooling goes , the details are just great . Cheers tony

[Neil Merryweather]

Welcome Mick and Tony- the Sheffield Massive!

[colin m]

It almost seems a shame to open the packet, but then again, we're modellers, and we can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs.

[Guest]

I'm in , hopefully will pick up some tips Neil .

[SimonT]

Have one or two of these in the stash, along with most of the rest of the series (including quite a lot of pikemen for some reason)

This one and the French Foreign Legionnaire are my favourites

[Neil Merryweather]

Welcome Colin, John & Simon.
I'm going to need more biscuits!
Simon, I was disappointed at the time that the Civil War pikeman was in a passive standing position ,rather than lunging forward ready to receive cavalry. Presumably it was so he wouldn't overhang the series square base.
I tried to convert one back in the day but without much success due to lack of skill. I've just bought one to try and make a better fist of it but I will probably just sculpt the legs from scratch rather trying to use the kit ones.
I like the Foreign Legionnaire too, but they never produced an adversary for him which was disappointing.

[Guest]

Remember it well, did a straight one and kit bashed another for KGL light company. Good stuff.