A February Workbench update

Some few of the secondhand figures I bought online described in the last blogpost, has already found fought their way to the workbench, suppressing some few other ongoing projects.

The barrel on one submachine gun was broken, and since these figures are quite small (40mm) they were too small to drill a new hole to insert a new barrel. Thats why I just glued a rod on the top. Hopefully the paintjob will 'cover' the 'quick fix' so it doesn't become too obvious. 

After they got painted they're up for Sealing using ModPodge as this gives them a sturdier cover for wargame handling.

With these new figures and their new plans orders, some few new 3D-printings seemed neccessary too. More will follow on this blog.

On the workbench this month is also something that turned out to be a not only one, but two small disasters. This distracted me so much that I didn't even take a photo of it, but I'll get back to it in a following blogpost if I manage to fix it, but that suddenly got the highest priority now...

I'm strictly not only doing military or railway modelling, as I like other modelling projects as well. -Like this 3D-printed kit of the Monaco Race Track requested by my son, who is very interested in F1.

Follow this blog for coming updates on these workbench projects 

New Toy Soldiers added to the collection

None of my planned wargaming projects for 2024 actually required any new purchases this year, but on a Norwegian online marketplace I recently found an interesting lot of a collection of cheap looking toy soldiers/ army men. Since I could get the whole lot for $48,78/£38,40/€44,55 including shipping, not buying them was actually not an option. The market for new or used toy soldiers and army men is very limited in Norway, and lots like this are rare for a reasonable price.

So What did I get for $48,78/£38,40/€44,55???

First impressions was that there were various figures from various manufacturers in various scales.
Most of them seems to be Hong Kong copies of Airfix' US infantry, German infantry and 8th Army. But there was some 'originals there as well.

There were 16 original 1:32 scale Matchbox German Infantry. Only one rifle and1 handgrenade was broken:

There were 44 Hong Kong copies of Airfix' German Infantry, 50mm-ish:

There were 48 Hong Kong copies of 40mm German infantry with helmets based on Airfix German infantry and Africa Corps:

The Africa Corps soldiers with helmets to the left, and their German infantry counterparts to the right. Very nice that the guy with the submachine gun finally had a weapon based upon a real one.

There were 37 Hong Kong copies of Airfix 8th Army, slightly smaller than their originals:

There were 20 Hong Kong Copies of Airfix US infantry, again slightly smaller than their originals...

...-But to same size as 13 similar figures:

In this lot there were also some few copies of Airfix American infantry in different small scales, closer to 40mm height:

There were also some very few single figures copied from the Airfix range:

And there were 3 casualtiesto similar scale as the 8th Army. I'm not sure who made the originals, as I've never seen these before. Anyone who knows?

At the bottom of the box there was also some 'casualties of play' I guess a couple of them can be rebased or used for  conversions- or paint-tests.

There were also some vehicles, tanks and planes included in the lot. The gun, fortification and amphibious jeep are closer to the larger figures in this lot.

I think this was a good deal, and good value for money for almost 200 figures. As I initially said, I didn't actually need these new figures for any of my planned wargaming projects this year. -But, now as I got these extras, I've got a resource if I want to try out some figure conversions and some new wargaming scenarios, themes or periods. Too bad, it seems like Thor Sheil's salvaged website is 'down' again, so I can't access his section for 'troop substitusions' to see his suggestions for 'the 8th Army figures'. Anyone who remember or saved a screenshot of it??
Time will show.

So, do you think this was value for money?