Every time I see your collection it brings me back to my childhood. Great work. Thanks for sharing

Hi Bob Gary from Waco Texas. Those Revolutionary War guns are small for a reason .Tthey used a lot of a four Pounders even two pounders. To make a long story short it was all about logistics. The battles were smaller than European battles ,light infantry tactics and the terrain was pretty rough moving big guns through those forest was not an easy endeavor. Moving big guns across the Atlantic back in those days was like moving tanks and apcs today. I don't even know if there was a cannon Factory here in the Americas at that time. One time they took the Cannons apart and move them on sledge's across the mountains and then reassembled them when they got across. The big guns tended to stay in Forts. If you need bigger guns those ESCI French guns are perfect they are Gribeauval and they didn't change much for 50 years hope that wasn't too long-winded and I didn't sound like a know-it-all. PS. Check out the AE movie The Crossing with Jeff Daniels you'll see how small the guns were. Great Revolutionary War movie also check out April Morning with Tommy Lee Jones

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!!!! Thanks Gary...

My very first Airfix soldiers was a box of Afrika Corp and 8th Army, i was 5 years old, mid 1960s. I made a troop train in school using the class playbox brio train set, and i remember the teacher wondering what a tot was doing with intricate bits of plastic....fortunately my parents understood me better than the teachers did, as although i was banned from bringing them in to school again, that was the start of saturday morning trips to get boxes of soldiers from woolworths.

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

:) Very Cool Recall I enjoyed that very much, ahh teachers just didn't get it did they :)

The Germans are from Tamiya.

Cool video. Interested in finding a copy of that Airfix book. Every page turn I was thinking, yep, got those! That British Army uinforms from the Seven Years War and American War of Independence is very cool too - might need that. I noticed, in the Airfix book, the Robin Hood set, which I had, and the classic Errol Flynn style costume. Robin Hood has not been portrayed like that for decades.

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

Julian believe it or not the Hobby store has a box of Robin Hood & a box of the Sheriff of Nottingham, they are re issues but they are there 6.99 each. I just bought 2 boxes of original British Commandos.

@Take27Ltd

6 жыл бұрын

The Robin Hood and Sheriff of Nottingham sets were/are actually pretty good. But ever since the Kevin Costner movie, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the costumes of that period have been portrayed very differently, making the Errol Flynn era look more like pantomime. I'm not sure how many figure companies are doing sets with that kind of clothing, the more varied and rougher look, I mean. The British Commandos are a great set. I got those as a fairly young kid I think, and played with them endlessly. Good poses and sculpting too. Airfix did some cool stuff.

That's a lot of projects on the go. Some fantastic buys there. Love that Airfix book and that original Airfix Waterloo box brings back memories of seeing it at the Merrion Centre Beatties store in Leeds. My folks response was NO. But I did get the 1/32 British Footguards and Imperial Guard as compensation (I think they worried about six yr old me eating the smaller figures!)(Although as everyone knows 1/32 swoppits taste best)😂

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew, even better with a large helping of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. :)

WOW I LIKE THAT

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

:) oh yah, very nice :) I was very lucky...

Nice one bob 👍

Are those small Cannons Grasshoppers? i think thats what they were called.

ha, love the rebel hat Bob. I like that Imex stuff particularly the artillery. What i find with the soft plastics is the varnishing makes them to brittle so I have given up on that. The Imex and Emhar guys are already brittle but hard so i varnish them. The rest, no.

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

The rebel unconformative side of me :), Good to know about the varnish. :) thanks Gary

I'm glad you could find the original Landwher, i don't need my Landwher so the offer still stands

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

Sure thing Miguel is there anything I can look and get for you????

@marjetschelkens2019

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertgagne2388 i painted my prussian italeri like carlist spanish

Up the Gunners! Thats a nice display of the boxes....i tend to cut the box front off and use as book markers and the rear as paint guides....the pictures are too good to throw away.

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

Me too, Love the art work. Maybe one day I will regret cutting up the Esci 1/72 boxes and all those Perry, Victrix and Black powder boxers. :)

I sent Gary the Revell Austrian Artillery set (18th century not napoleonic). He painted them up as continental artillery and they look good! Its a nice set!

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

Very Cool Matt. :)

Robert you have some great books there!!

@robertgagne2388

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) you have a fantastic channel, I visit quite often, great reviews!!!!

@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertgagne2388 I check your channel often, its amazing the amount of kits you have! All the best Robert!

I am just finishing up my first confederate brigade in 28mm perry plus a cavalry regiment and 3 guns, plus federal skirmishing cavalry....but i might give AWI a try once i have finished my ACW project.

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

That's awesome Matt, well done. Now if only I could get focused LOL :)

@gunner678

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Gagne exactly lol! Too much stuff about, its like a kid in a candy store, i know what you mean.

airfix book looks great! I have the Sears catalog remake from classic toy soldiers it is great too and the prices!

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

That book is so cool, that Sears Cat must be cool to browse through. you don't see them anymore or too often. :)

@e-4airman124

6 жыл бұрын

the Sears Cat. i bought from Classic toy soldiers combined all boys toys from about 1950-68 or so it was about $40.00 when i bought it on line from them. Old prices $5.98 for Fort Apache. wow

Hey bob the cat is on sale now 14.95 Sears Cat 1950-1969 Classic toy soldiers

What do you think about the airfix vintage classics that are coming out?

@robertgagne2388

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Kaiser, I bought a few boxes they seem ok, but I noticed that there was a bit of flash on some of the figs, I wasn't to impressed with that. I would rather stick with the 2nd generation stuff, the original are cool but antiquated.