Whot! Nostalgia Again!!

[Mirofsoft]

Sorry to ressurect this old thread .I worked in Seagull models and also painted for Under Two Flags as well as Suren 's Willie figures ,Rose mIniatures and others .i then started Sculpting but late r.Worked for Pheonix Model Developments and others but mainly sculpting model railway figures .I remeber the bill Hearn figures arrivingat Real Model and I did some 54 mm imperial Germans for them .My first sculpts .Still doing sculpting but apart from amy own tiny 30 mm range calle Altezeit miniatures which at present has all of 2 figures in the range ,I just do model railway figures in N ,00 and 0 scale for my sins .just got back into painting flats .

Perhaps this one, I painted with great pleasure in the 70ies

 

[MalcC]

Pete Wilcox was a member of the Gravesham club, sadly he passed away shortly after I joined, so I never got to know him.
John Tassell and David Grieve are still members, and John still surprises us with his modelling skills.
I work around the corner from where Under Two Flags were, it's now a sweet shop. Used to spend most of my lunch hours in there.
Back in the day when I got back into the Hobby, it was mainly Poste Militaire, David Grieve and Almond Sculptors.

Malc

 

[altezeit]

Perhaps this one, I painted with great pleasure in the 70ies
Yes that was my master .Thanks for posting it .I never got a casting (story of my life ). nicely painted .i'll upload some shots of later works if anyone is interested.

 

[theBaron]

Sorry to ressurect this old thread .I worked in Seagull models and also painted for Under Two Flags as well as Suren 's Willie figures ,Rose mIniatures and others .i then started Sculpting but late r.Worked for Pheonix Model Developments and others but mainly sculpting model railway figures .I remeber the bill Hearn figures arrivingat Real Model and I did some 54 mm imperial Germans for them .My first sculpts .Still doing sculpting but apart from amy own tiny 30 mm range calle Altezeit miniatures which at present has all of 2 figures in the range ,I just do model railway figures in N ,00 and 0 scale for my sins .just got back into painting flats .

No need to apologize, it was good of you to rekindle this discussion, and I'm fascinated to learn of your background. I love Rose and Phoenix figures and snap them up when I can find them. It's nice to meet someone who worked for them. Gammage's 54mm 18th century German States cavalry figures are just about the only ones out there, even today, and the Imperial German figures are also very well done. Same goes for the Phoenix 54mm Georgian series. They fill out my Seven Years War/18th Century collection, and my Imperial German Army collection.

Welcome aboard, prosit!
Brad

 

[Mirofsoft]

Yes we would appreciate
Best

 

[Mirofsoft]

Yes that was my master .Thanks for posting it .I never got a casting (story of my life ). nicely painted .i'll upload some shots of later works if anyone is interested.

Yes we would appreciate
Best

 

[Ray Stout]

I remember back to my first trip to Chicago (1980s) on buisness, meeting with Mike Cobb, who then took me across the street to Shep Paine's house, and later Phil Stearn. An unforgetable day, ending with the 4 of us having an Evening meal at a replica American W.W.1 Airforce Base. The following day we took in a visit to "The Hobby Chest" shop, and I met Wally Plank, the owner and who was soon to be imortalised with a Series 77 Pirate named after him.