Identifying Plastic Figures

[Russell Phillips]

My wife got me a load of (mostly unpainted) soft plastic Napoleonic figures. I’m guessing they’re Airfix or HaT, but I don’t know a great deal about Napoleonic uniforms, so I’m struggling to identify them. I’ll post photos of some of them below, if anyone could offer ideas as to what they are, I’d be very grateful. Each one is numbered to make referencing easier.

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

Number 7

Number 8

Number 9

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[AdmiralHawke]

I think I know a few:
1) Esci French line infantry
2) Italeri French line infantry
4) Esci French Guard artillery
7) Esci French Guard infantry
9) I think Airfix French Guard infantry
None look like HaT to me. 8 may be Revell.

Try http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com to confirm. 🙂

[willz]

Here you go Russell, think I have got number 1 and 2 the correct way around.  Just click on the links.

Number 1      http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=102

Number 2      http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=191

Number 3      http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=543

Number 4      http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=107

 

 

[willz]

Some more, for some reason the links won’t post.  So just cut and paste them Russell and it will take you to the reviews.

Number 5       http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=442

Number 6       http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=316

Number 7        http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=420

Number 8       http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=312

Number 9     http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=419

[Russell Phillips]

Thank you both, that’s very helpful. William, don’t worry, I can get to the pages easily enough.

I haven’t used plastics for many years. I didn’t even know about the Plastic Soldier Review website!

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[Deleted User]

You’ll also want to visit Bennos:

http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=ebdaf4c45afc85c6db829e779d38ad10

 

Mostly modellors & dioramists and usually amazing.

 

A sample of their work:

 

http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21060

http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20940

http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20842

 

donald

 

[Deleted User]

The HaT site is useful, too.

http://www.hat.com/

 

Apart from shots of their sets , there’s “Everything Toy Soldiers” with readers’ contributions.

 

donald

[PaintingLittleSoldiers]

3 are Airfix British Hussars.

2 are one of the Italeri French Line kits, they seemed to revert to the Esci mould after that

[Russell Phillips]

Thanks everyone. I’ve got all of these identified now, and there’s a much better chance I’ll be able to identify the other figures that I’ve got.

Now I just need to get around to painting them 😉

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[Cerdic]

Those Airfix hussars look a bit dodgy to me. They are definitely from the Airfix British Hussars set, but a really rubbish quality casting. Maybe they are cheap knock-offs?

http://28mmreview.blogspot.co.uk

[PaintingLittleSoldiers]

I have a set in front of me and to be honest a lot of the later Airfix stuff was a terrible casting. (My older figures are the same plastic colour.)

 

Recent WW1 figures are brutal.

[Cerdic]

That is very interesting!

I haven’t bought any since the 1970s and the difference is night and day. The old ones were so much crisper with really well defined detail!

http://28mmreview.blogspot.co.uk

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