:) Thanks john, i do like pulling out the old plastic toy sets.

Thanks Ed , I really wasnt on point with that one :)

THanks bruce., both the old lady and I got hit pretty bad, her worse than I. At least I was able to get around she was bedridden for several days. The research for the video was interesting, I learned that T Cohn (Superior) put out a lot more very cool military and western toy sets than I thought. Some of those sets are really hard to find these days, The Marine Base and the Naval Base. The Battle Ground set (The answer to Marx's Battle GRound Set) is extremely tough to find intact. They used the smaller tanks and the Monogram/Marx knock offs in green and grey, some even have the Lido Soldiers in the green and grey as well. I wanted to throw a bit more info like this into the video but my head was killing me and that nasal drip thing was just too much to deal with. Happy 4rth :)

@@robertgagne2388 Thanks for the additional info. I had not heard of the T COHN sets.. maybe it was after my time as a kid. I had the Marx BG set along with many of a the other Marx sets, like the ACW, ARW, even a Zorro set with Don Diego and dozens of Mexican soldiers.. All brings back great memories. Hope you and wife are over whatever you had, sounds very nasty. Wishing you and the family good health and happiness on this 4th of July.

Hello Mike, The search begins :) I feel your pain. Ebay was me' go to place for these old out of print Monogram Models. I grew up with the white box series, so i decided that there is where I would begin. Ebay is your best shot for these. Another thing you should look for are Monogram Catalogues from the 1970's - 1980s (usually on ebay) they have some really great photos of the armor Series Plus look for the Monogram Models book band by Thomas Graham (Amazon) there are several editions out. Take your time buying these, they can get expensive. There are two (2) model currently in production be Revell that you can find at Hobby Lobby, and some other chain stores as well as better stocked hobby shops we are talking about the German Panzer Kampfwagon 4, and the USA M48 Patton.

It is a pretty cool book. :)

LMAO I know!!! :) I just played a word game to see what would happen.

That's what she said :)

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Hello, Getting the paint to stay on miniatures can be a pain thats for sure. both metal and plastic miniatures may have residue releasing agents still coating them. Wash them in warm water, let dry and then prime them. Prime White if you want that high reflective bright color, Prime black if you want a darker painting scheme, and last is the mid tone primer Grey :), this is the medium color not so bright not so dark. Your primer should match your paints Acrylic to Acrylic, oils to oils, laquer to laquer. Dont mix and match you will have serious drying and paint adhering to your mini's problems. Paint consistancy is tough to get right. You are going to have to test the paint every now and then. I put a little water in a cap/cover from a jar. Very little water is needed in the lid. I then take a bit of paint from the pot and mix it in the jar lid. If the paint is to watery I add more paint. If the paint is to thick use your brush to get some clean water from your water jar and add it to the mix. See what happens and let me know if it helps. I will do a painting vid for you. Take Care

@@robertgagne2388 thanks. I appreciate it. I look forward to seeing your next video. I’m looking to set up Revolutionary War dioramas.

Thanks for the visit :) hope all is well and thanks again for stopping by and commenting :)

Thank you! Cheers!

I think they were lucky in getting some of the old Marx Molds, I believe they got the US Marine Molds, I m trying to think just off the top of my head.

@@robertgagne2388 yeah i think its great they actually went out and found these old molds cleaned them up and got them working again, and not just take the easy way and do clones! I think they did some Airfix also?....in soft plastic years before Airfix reissued sets in hard plastic, which would break easy!

​ @Ragnar6000 Interesting I am going to look into the Marx Airfix connection that would be really cool.

Thats Cool !!!!! Im still working on mine. :) as usual :)

Thank you very much!

Life just gets in the way :)

I do :) Took me a few to get them but its so cool opening up the closet every day and looking at em all

THanks Andrew :) I really do enjoy sharing this hobby with you all.

THat is such a great kit. I used to see that model at Hobby Lobby as well as the M48 Patton too.

You got that right!

:) So true. at least they know where we are :)

It has been a bit, thats for sure. :) Mid Afternoon for me when I did the video, cooking supper, getting ready for work and forgot about the dogs in the yard :). Tippy likes to escape through the railings of the porch and I have to go chasing him. I hear Tiara bark and Iknow Tippy has formulated his escape from Stalag 19 :)

I dont??? , I need to fix that :) ASAP,,,

I have been working a lot and free time I have been taking the wife to the casino. I will get a move on on some new videos.

Im still around :)

Danke, Danke, ich habe viele napoleonische Soldaten gesammelt. Ich wollte ein Diorama von Waterloo im Maßstab 1:6 machen

I bought two at my local hobby store years ago, I got the newest version off of an ebay buy. I check out Ebay alot!!! be patient you will find a set. You can also pick up the boxes seperate as well. I can do another video showing how to do this if you wish.

Yes one of those is a bonfide Airfix rig, let me check on the others Im pretty sure they are CTS vehicles.

They are on the way !!

Yes you can, its very good I use a 1/2 and 1/2 solution in a big plastic container, I just through a bunch of minis in there and after sitting over night I can get the majority of the paint off. It will take a little longer for mini's that are heavelypainted.

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I believe I did. :) Thank You , Im on my second cop job now retired from the first :)

:( Sadly once the process starts its a "Gonner", I used wood stain on my freshly opened figures it helps seal the figures and allows the paint to adhere to the figure. Once the paint jobs are finished I poly urethane. Depending on what you like Gloss coat, Semi Gloss or Satin (Flat). You can also use testers dull coat for flat finish or Gloss for the high gloss toy soldier look. Airfix rock!!!

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so true