It has been very quiet on the wargaming front, so like many
of us I like to look at all the other wargaming blogs that are around out there
and see what they are up too.
I was lucky to stumble on a blog that was giving away FREE Napoleonic Airfix and Esci
figures. There were boxes of British Infantry, which I have been collecting to
add more British regiments to my Waterloo project, Scottish Infantry, British
Hussars with French Infantry, Foot artillery and even French lancers. Could
this be true? So a quick email to James Womack from USA, to put my name down on
the list and YES it was true but I was next on the list.
After a day or two, James emailed me back as the other
person had dropped out as they did not want to pay for the p&p. Well that
was good news to me.
The parcel arrived on Saturday when I was away and so I
picked up the parcel yesterday. When I opened up the well packed box, the years
rolled back as there were all in the old Airfix boxes filled with all these
lovely figures. Remember when they had the little window at the back so you
could see inside the box?
So what did I have, well it was a very mixed box of figures.
The first pile was the British Infantry which as I said, I was collecting last
year. Found a good bag full at SELWG last year for a couple of quid. The first
box I opened contained a total of 108 figures which works out to be over two
box loads. The second box had 89 figures in them, so in all I have another
three regiments to paint here. The Airfix Highlanders was next, but when the
box was opened, only 22 figures in the box. Still I could make the 24th
Blackwatch and the 92nd Gordon’s regiments even bigger? Next a very light weight
box of French Old Guard. Only six figures in here including the Officer,
Drummer and the two NCO’s. Then I looked
at the four Esci boxes of the French Lancers, only one of these had been opened
but all the bits were there. Four boxes of Airfix Hussars came next and all
full of figures. I counted a total of 84 troopers and all their horses with
stands. French Foot Artillery came in two boxes, one full of horses and limbers
with a few crew members while the next had all the guns and painted crew. In
the very packed French Infantry box there were three box loads in here. Always
very use full with other nations. The Prussian Landwehr box was again very
light in weight and 29 figures including the Officer. The last box to open
which had nothing to do with Napoleonic War, was bits and bobs of the old
Airfix American Civil War Artillery crew and a couple of riders.
But in all this was a great find, a lot better than EBay.
Thanks again James.
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