Were The Airfix Plastic Military Vehicles The Best Of The 1960s And 70s?? 

I had the Gun Emplacement. I remember being shocked when out of the blue in Woolworths my dad (who was a bit tight lol) just said do you want it. He was obviously into it himself. Many happy hours along with Subbuteo of course. Re the commandos balancing one on the ladder was fun.

Nicely put. Cheers 😀

Sounds exactly like what I used to do. I was lucky in that the small town I lived in had two model shops. Two shillings and sixpence could go a long way.

@@backrowbrighton shop like a Prince on 2/6

I too bought Airfix kits in Woolworths in the early 1970's. I have a Westland Scout Helicopter which I finally made last year and an Aerospatiale Gazelle still to be made. Both cost 23 pence.

me too in the 70's. Shermans model shop in Scunthorpe

I´m not so sure the workers (mostly women back then) saw them the same we see them. But their kids and friends and families kids probably got a lot of cool toys free or dirt cheap.

Ohhh YES absolutely ! My grand father was, in the 1970's and 1980's, actually a PANTOGRAPH worker for Matchbox and after for Airfix. And, YES we did get fantastic presents for Xmas ! 😊

Wow that´s sooo cool. Must have been so much fun.@@simonbrown9310

The boxes are at least half of the reason to collect these.

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They realy are some pretty darn nice little toys.

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You´re probably right on the Tiger and Pz4. No reason for them to make one and then not release it.

Great for you. We get one try at this life. Caring what others think is not an option.

Good for you!

It kinda looks like it could be the weak point on an otherwise very sturdy toy.

Yes, definitely an FV-432 (note the moulded mortar hatch in the roof).

Thanks so much. Glad you enjoy my little videos. They are fun to make and it makes even more fun when people like them. Nostalgia is a fantastic tool for better mental health. For me it´s just very calming and kinda grounding if you know what I mean.

@@toysoldiernostalgia boy do I. I think that's what "Grown ups" forgot how to do. Having your own little world to escape to was awesome for me as a kid. Like you I had toys that aided my imagination the possibilities were endless. I remember watching a video about WWII airplanes back in the 70s and a guy saying "Nostalgia is wonderful for those who live long enough to experience it" how right he was.

Young boys will always play out conflict. The best way to learn when to use Brains or Brawn.

LOL😂😂😂 You can take away war toys from boys but you can't stop boys from playing war.

I need to get me some of those.

@@toysoldiernostalgia www.87thscale.info/images/Catalogues/Peetzy-2.jpg

I think this is the best catalogue I can find. But as I understand it, they are not made anymore? www.gaugemasterretail.com/media/downloads/MinitanksCatalogue2016.pdf

The best of times. Cheers.

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Sounds like you and your brother had it made 😃

Thanks for watching and commenting. This was our childhood.

Wow what a boss mom 😃

That would have been awesome. I´m thinking about getting most of the BMC 1/32 scale vehicles so that I have a bigger variety.

That is the big mystery with some of the military toys Airfix produced. They did the same with the 1/32 scale vehicles and the first sets of cold war 1/32 toy soldiers which were both NATO countries (Germany and Britain)

They coincide with the war movies of the the time Hollywood used anything and slapped a white star or a cross on it

Thank you so much for that. I´ll send yours out next week.

You to, cheers 😃

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That´s a great price for the grey DUKW. Congrats 😃

Have you got the elephant because that's worth nice money, I've got 2 perfect no box would never sell them.

I have the Elephant. it´s in the video@@tonyrobinson362

@@tonyrobinson362 yes, in the box and in excellent condition. I think I paid £90 for it about 4 years ago. The DUKW is by far the hardest to find, in fact, I’ve only ever seen it come up twice, I got out bid the first time.

Wow that´s a lot. I wouldn´t know what to do with all that stuff.

Great. Thanks for the info 😃

And now you have it 😃

The first Attack Force landingcraft had one turret with two machine guns. So yeah maybe a Blue Box or other Hong Kong manufaturer.

The plastic kits were great to. Did you use them to play with or just build and display?

@@toysoldiernostalgia Well I played a lot with my toy soldiers, often with my friends (and with their toy soldiers). Some of them had quite a collection of soft plastic vehicles which were easier (and safer😄) to play with than hard plastic toys. Too brittle and vulnerable especially during transport. However at a certain moment I got more and more interested in building just all sorts of model kits which are more suited for static display. I still have all of my toy soldier sets. I lost a few figures. Many have guns with broken off barrels. Many of my hard plastic models haven't survived the decades - and because of limited space I've had to throw many away. But I kept the best! 😊

4 Elephants would be worth a bit of cash these days. Sounds like fun to do wargaming with that many units.

@@toysoldiernostalgia we played huge tank and infrantry war games using dice and score card for each type of tank, armour level etc, thing is these were all a quite common toy for the time with lads so we used to trade to get more tanks etc … a friend of mine had about 70 such vehicles that he’d swapped unwanted toys for … some very happy times in these models for me and my friends

Luckily I bought it probably 20 years and it wasn´t as pricey as these days.

I think they had that nailed with the durability mixed with great details and great looks.

Same here. The town I grew up in, in Sweden was about 80-100k population. Then Sweden was and is a small country so some things the importers didn´t even bother getting as they would sell to few of them.

Yes that was part of the Attack Force and didn´t carry over to these.

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That sounds like a real childhood 😃

I´m not sure that the Airfix toy departement looked much at geopolitics when designing toys. But who knows 😃

Thanks dude.

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They were not all that common in Sweden eather. Have a few catalogs with price lists and they are listed but there´s no price so some years they weren´t available. It´s my favorite range shirt from Helikon Tex.

Sure is 😃

In Sweden they were called different "series" comics. Like Patrol Series or Attack Series. Loved them and still have some.

@@toysoldiernostalgia Excellent, the British always won in our comics during the 70s 😉😊

I used to allow the Airfix Africa korps beat the 8th army 👌

I totaly agree. I have decided to start building again and I´m going full out old school. Some Matchbox planes and armor I also want to just build and not paint. Just to enjoy the pure craftmanship in these models.

Flames of war seem like good game. I have both a German army and a British army. We kinda started painting them (me and my son) but haven´t gotten around to play it yet.

@toysoldiernostalgia I am in the process of completing a German and a Soviet force, which I hope to get to the table in the next few weeks. Painting 15mm figures is a challenge for my 62 year old eyes?!

That´s true. I don´t think the scale between the tracked APC and the armor is correct for instance.

That would be awesome but I don´t realy have any unboxed vehicles though.

@toysoldiernostalgia I would still like you to have it as you're have a fantastic collection and are so enthusiastic about this wonderful vehicles. I just need a replacement for mine? I'm sure we can work something out : )

I can trade you for a green truck. I have two boxed.@@user-vr6kt5ds7b

@toysoldiernostalgia Yes, that would be great 👍 Now, how do you want me to send it?

I have a contact email on my RU-vid home page. @@user-vr6kt5ds7b

Yes I can´t wait to get the two 1/72 sets of Guards. I have the original sets from 1959.

@@toysoldiernostalgia Funny Fantasy: A big naked Gulliverfoot over 65 Years old breakable bearhelmet Originals. Not one of these Liliputians will get out alive under this Big foot circumstances. 😨😜🤣

Yeah who knows what they were going for realy. But maybe it was so that kids could by eather color to match the ones they had alredy or something.