VBCW Public Schoolboys / Skybirds Figures

[leadboy]

I've recently put together a WTDW Platoon of uniformed "Public Schoolboys"
supported by lots of armour (Dinky/Corgi) and artillery both light and heavy
(Airfix/HAT/Lledo/conversions). Details here -

https://hereford1938avbcwtng.blogspot.com/search/label/Public%20Schoolboys

The infantry are all ancient "Skybirds" figures, but the command party is from
Mark's Little Soldiers and somewhere along the line some plastic 1970's Atlantic
Equipment makes it in, too.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

They definitely have the old school quality!

[Doug ex-em4]

Clive, that’s a brilliant unit and a splendid blog post - really enjoyed it. I love the innovation and general classic VBCW-ness of it - the eclectic mix of the sources of figures and equipment. Marvellous 

I was also pleased and not a little surprised by the choice of command vehicle because, of course, it’s the very same as that selected by Chief Superintendent Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs, commander of the Wiltshire Police Flying Column. Whilst searching, some may say scavenging, for support weapons when equipping his command, he discovered a prototype of a scout car tucked away in an old shed on Salisbury Plain. He had no doubt that his was the only one of these vehicles that had been made and so finding that the Public School platoon had several has been unexpected.  "Trust the bloody toffs to find a garage full of them" was his disobliging reaction.





Superintendent Biggs in his hitherto thought-to-be-unique command vehicle.

Keep up the really great work, Clive

Doug

[Roo]

Agree some of Clive’s finest work and a thoroughly entertaining set of posts

[Doug ex-em4]

I’ve just read more of the blog post. The stuff about Skybirds is really fascinating.


Doug

[leadboy]

Many thanks all - too kind. They were just a random discovery
on Ebay and one thing led to another...mind you, still looking
for a slim top hatted figure(s) that I can use for the Eton Rifles..