Completed Airfix 54mm French Line Infantry

[Nap]

Hi Neil

Nice casualty work there , they certainly look right position way and good modelling

Look forward to seeing more on this project it's really moving along now

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Nap]

Glad to hear it, I picked up some .2mm at the Bovington show at the weekend in the hope it was what you used. Someone also suggested flattening it to make straps and slings and you are right, it does flatten easily, I just tried it. Thanks for the tip on this one!

These are well worth looking at ...Troutcatchers

https://www.troutcatchers.co.uk/about-us.htm



Nap

 

[Merryweather]

Hi Neil

Nice casualty work there , they certainly look right position way and good modelling

Look forward to seeing more on this project it's really moving along now

Happy benchtime

Nap

cheers Kev

 

[Merryweather]

These are well worth looking at ...Troutcatchers

https://www.troutcatchers.co.uk/about-us.htm



Nap

wow that's nothing like as expensive as the solder I bought, although I have a wider range of sizes. Well worth checking out

 

[Merryweather]

The Officer is all painted and ready for a matt coat, which I will do with the airbrush when Fusilier 8 is ready(not far behind)

Thanks for looking in
Neil

 

[NigelR]

Good progress. Out of interest, what do you use for your matt coat?

 

[Merryweather]

Good progress. Out of interest, what do you use for your matt coat?

Cheers Nigel
this is the stuff. easy to use , sprays from the bottle and washes out with water.

 

[NigelR]

Thanks Neil, I have some of this (but never tried it on figures.....)

 

[Warren SMITH]

This is still growing.. excellent work on the flag, and the next two figures... very impressed..

 

[Merryweather]

Cheers Warren.
Now, I have to admit that I've been holding out on you all a bit, because whilst working on Fusiliers 9 & 10 ,(and in order to avoid doing any painting) I had a moment of madness and made Fusilier 11,

And Fusilier 12,

Fusilier 13,

Fusilier 14,

And finally…Fusilier 15!

I decided to make Fusilier 11 a drummer, once I discovered that French drums were just brass, and not decorated like British ones( I didn't fancy the painting)

I 3D printed the drum with holes perfectly spaced for the tensioning cords.
and here he is finished and ready for paint

He'll look better when I can glue all the equipment in place properly.
The drumsticks are brass rod , set in the chuck of the dremel and filed, in the absence of a lathe. I used a small piece of curtain tape, flooded with CA for the basket effect on the water bottle . I had fun threading the drum- I tried all sorts of wire and E-Z Line but I ended up using plain old sewing thread in the end. I had a bit of a job researching the correct uniform, and one option would be to paint his jacket green(which I quite fancied, for some variety). But, whether the scene is historically accurate or not, I have decided that it's at the Battle of Waterloo, just before Sergeant Ewart of the Scots Greys seizes the eagle, so his jacket will be blue.


Now you know why I needed to 3D print the hobnailed boot soles!
I have made many of the pieces of equipment already so hopefully they will not take so long to make as the others-and the lying down ones will not need quite so much work…
I’ve added almost as many figures again-I must be MAD, but I feel the scene tells a real story now-but all that PAINTING!
Thanks all for your continued interest in what has turned out to be rather an epic!
Neil

 

[NigelR]

Brilliant work, love the lace on the drummer! Now get painting.....

 

[Warren SMITH]

You certainly have been busy... amazing work...

 

[Merryweather]

Brilliant work, love the lace on the drummer! Now get painting.....

I am, I am!
The Officer and Fusilier 8 are almost done, and Fusiliers 9,10, and 11 are primed....

 

[Merryweather]

.....And here are Fusilier 8 and the Officer (at last!).

Thanks everyone for looking in
Neil

 

[NigelR]

Great progress, these will all look most impressive when presented as a group.

 

[Waterlooman]

Superb work.

W.

 

[Oda]

Neil, I have just gone online on Ebay and I saw that there is a ban on your name!Apparently you have singlehandedly created an artificial shortage of napoleonic Airfix kits worldwide! And to what a magnificent effect too!!!! I cannot commend highly enough on your dedication and stamina on this.When finally finishes it will look fantastic.

Oda.

 

[Merryweather]

Great progress, these will all look most impressive when presented as a group.

Many thanks Nigel for your continued support.

 

[Merryweather]

Superb work.

W.

Thanks again W

 

[Merryweather]

Neil, I have just gone online on Ebay and I saw that there is a ban on your name!Apparently you have singlehandedly created an artificial shortage of napoleonic Airfix kits worldwide! And to what a magnificent effect too!!!! I cannot commend highly enough on your dedication and stamina on this.When finally finishes it will look fantastic.

Oda.

Lol! Thanks Oda for that fantastic complement. Airfix figures have some kind of attraction for me, probably to do with my youth (fooling myself I'm still 18....?)
I know that things have moved on hugely, quality-wise, but they are so easy to work with and not expensive (especially if you use up the spares box like I am with most of these).
I didn't set out for this to be an epic , but it's developed a life of its own and now it's almost 2 years since I started! Let's hope it doesn't take another year to finish. I think I can see the end now - only 7 more figures to go!