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French Foreign Legion

Posted by vellek on 29 Jun 2015, 17:05

The Airfix Foreign Legion set is one of the favorites from my younger years. I remember jumping on my bicycle and pedaling to the hobby shop, even before the credits to 'March or Die' had finished rolling on the TV. These are not from the 70s, they are from the reissued Fort Sahara set. Some of their mates from ESCI fill in the ranks.
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Cheers,
Kurt
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Posted by Kekso on 29 Jun 2015, 17:16

WOW mate, they' re so neat and beautiful :love:
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Posted by mickey mouse on 29 Jun 2015, 18:09

I can only agree with Kekso!
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Posted by Old Wolf on 29 Jun 2015, 20:09

good work.
this is one of my favorite Airfix sets ever.
it was my second set when i was 6 years old.

cheers
Andreas
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Posted by Marvin on 29 Jun 2015, 20:42

Did someone mention the Foreign Legion...?! :mrgreen:

Yes I love these figures too and your painting reminds me why. :thumbup:
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Posted by santifernandez on 29 Jun 2015, 21:53

Nice paint and nice job.....you are make a diorama?
Santi.
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Posted by Peter on 01 Jul 2015, 11:51

Fantastic painted Jean-Claudes! ;-) :thumbup:
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Posted by ADM on 01 Jul 2015, 12:44

perfect painting !
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Posted by vellek on 01 Jul 2015, 16:12

santifernandez wrote:Nice paint and nice job.....you are make a diorama?
Santi.

No diorama for these fellows yet, Santi. It's back to Nappies for me for the rest of the summer. :winky:

Thanks for all your kind words, everyone.
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Posted by anguskahn98 on 04 Jul 2015, 14:29

Very nice, clean, crisp details. Great job on the painting!
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