1/72 General Maitland at Waterloo, Airfix Style

[Cubs]

So, this fella was done as a favour-for-a-favour trade with our own 'King of the Deal' Harry Faversham. It's the Airfix British Infantry officer, with his shako swapped out for a bicorn taken from a French generals box. The limitations of what is sculpted on the model itself, plus my own lack of knowledge about what he might have worn on the day notwithstanding, I have done my best to make a fairly faithful representation of the fella. Hopefully he will lead the guards brigade on the table for many years.

[has.been]

Excellent job. I'm sure 'arry will be 'appy.
You are (almost) persuading me into painting
some Airfix figures. That would be some 55 years
after I started doing that.

[Cubs]

You are (almost) persuading me into painting
some Airfix figures. That would be some 55 years
after I started doing that.

I'm loving it, I won't lie. The nostalgia is wonderful and finding ways to paint around or rectify the deficiencies of the early figures is almost a hobby in itself. I'm (very very slowly) trying to piece together an article about bringing the Airfix Highlanders up to code and painting a battalion of them (hopefully using every pose in the box), with proper uniforms, colour party and all.

[jambo1]

Lovely, you wouldn't think he was an Airfix figure, superb job on him. Really looking forward to seeing your article on the Highlanders when it reaches fruition.

[Harry Faversham]

'Arry's anything but bleedin' happy!

 

Plan was to glean His Nibs, then tell all and sundry...
he was all mi' own work.

 

[Harry Faversham]

I'm loving it, I won't lie. The nostalgia is wonderful and finding ways to paint around or rectify the deficiencies of the early figures is almost a hobby in itself. I'm (very very slowly) trying to piece together an article about bringing the Airfix Highlanders up to code and painting a battalion of them (hopefully using every pose in the box), with proper uniforms, colour party and all.

Absolutely spiffing old bean, all I need to do now is find out another 500 Airfix chariot wheels as swopsies.

[Cubs]

Plan was to glean His Nibs, then tell all and sundry...
he was all mi' own work.

Someone actually did that once - I saw him displaying work I'd done for him and claiming he'd painted them! I didn't paint anything else for him.

[jim100]

May I say you have made an excellent job 👏👏👏  I really enjoying seeing what you do with these classic airfix figures I look forward to seeing more👍

[Harry Faversham]

Someone actually did that once - I saw him displaying work I'd done for him and claiming he'd painted them! I didn't paint anything else for him.

Plan like that almost worked for Hauptmann Stransky...
till this bloke turned up!