Airfix Toy Soliders 1 32

Japanese infantry soldiers are remarkably hard to find in the world of military models. They are literally the forgotten army and with such a chronic shortage of Japanese infantry models, any collections that do appear on the second hand market are immediately snapped up by eager collectors. Thankfully, the Japanese Airfix soldiers kits helps to fill the gap in the market for those who enjoy war gaming and collecting military models.

The set was first released in 1970 and has since been re-packaged many times. Although the set originally contained 12 figures, this number has since been reduced to 6. The Japanese Airfix soldiers infantry set is made in 1-32 scale. All of the figures are very malleable and easy to pose. Weapons, equipment, and all body parts have been molded separately by Airfix to allow for extra options by the modeler. Each figure can easily be trimmed, reshaped, and carved. Collectors can also add extra bits to the figures using modeling compounds.

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Toy Soldiers Marx PLASTIMARX 6 Inch WWII Japanese Complete Set 6 Old Store Stock    US $24.98

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The Airfix Japanese Soldiers 1/32 kit comes with detailed instructions as to how to pose each soldier authentically. The kit is labeled as “Mulitpose” and six possible poses are detailed, although there are plenty of other variables available to resourceful modelers and war-gamers. War-gamers can manipulate their soldiers into a crouch, prone, standing, and kneeling positions. There is also a charging soldier and a sword wielding officer pose detailed in the comprehensive instructions.

The Airfix Japanese soldier kit contains six sets of legs including feet, six torsos, twelve arms including hands, and six heads. An Airfix Japanese infantry 1:32 review describes the level of modeling detail very acceptable despite the length of time since the kits were first offered for sale. The review goes on to state that torsos are well molded with a great deal of attention paid to clothing detail such as belts, collars, pockets, buttons, and folds within the clothing. The legs in the kits are very detailed, although some of the folds are a bit over the top. Molding lacing's on the legs look very blobby and out of place, but the leather style boots are well done.

The kit also contains a painting guide using enamel paints and also includes six display bases for the serious modeler to stand their figures on while painting them.

There are a great variety of weapons included with the Japanese Airfix soldiers kit and quality of the detailing on each weapon is excellent considering the age of the kit. War-gamers can choose from an Officer’s swords, a pistol, three Ariska rifles, and SMG, and an LMG. There is also a strip of Plastic card included in the kit to enable modelers to create extra parts for weapons and equipment.

The kit contains loads of extra equipment so that entirely authentic battle scenes can be recreated with attention to detail. Helmets and caps fit on to heads nicely and there are plenty of ammunition pouches, field packs, respirator bags, tools, water bottles, bayonets, and many other small additions. There is also a list of decals included in the kit to enable gamers to achieve truly authentic figures for their battle scenes.

Airfix soldiers WW2 sets offer a fairly comprehensive selection of most of the main forces that fought during the Second World War and many of the iconic 1:32 scale original sets were re-released in 2009. These brand new sets of World War II soldiers used the same moulds, but a different type of K-Resin plastic to ensure that the figures were easier to paint compared to the original sets. The new sets even featured the original artwork on the boxes, albeit with some digitally enhanced backgrounds.

One of the earliest sets of World War II soldiers produced by Airfix was the Infantry Combat Group. Produced in the early 1960’s, the set was a generic box of Allied infantry soldiers, although many of the designs aspects strongly resembled British Infantry. Airfix British Paratroopers were released in 1965 and featured a varied selection of poses, some of which can only be described as “interesting”. The 8th Army were another wonderful set of World War II British soldiers. The figures are very detailed and realized with great skill. The uniforms are not 100% historically accurate, but they are beautifully sculpted and very well presented.

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Fighting for the other side, the Airfix German Infantry set was one of the first to be produced by Airfix. This early set was quickly redesigned and a type 2 set was created. The figures were well designed and very realistic. Most of the figures were historically accurate and even today the set remains a popular one for collectors. The Airfix Afrika Korps are widely considered to be one of the best Airfix Soldiers WW2 sets ever produced. The figures are remarkable for their excellent sculpting and superb attention to detail. There are a good number of poses for each of the soldiers, all of which are very natural looking with great animation.

The German Paratroopers set was released in 1976 and was a typical Airfix set from the era. The detail is good and the uniforms and weapons are reasonably accurate, although the figures are rather small for elite 20th century troops. Released the following year, German Mountain Troops was another very good quality set featuring some well thought out poses along with some creditable sculpting of the figures. Luftwaffa Personnel were released at the same time and were similar in quality.

Examples of Airfix US troops included US Marines, US Paratroopers, and USAF Soldiers. They were generally good quality figures with plenty of life in the poses. The US Marines are not considered to be terrible accurate and there are a few odd poses in there, but overall, the US troops are a welcome addition to any World War set of figures.

The Italian Infantry Airfix set were not released until 1980 and were one of the last sets Airfix created from that era. They are considered to be a very fine set of figures and although they lack enough poses to suit the true aficionados, they are still very popular.

Other Airfix soldiers WW2 sets include Russian Infantry, Japanese Infantry, Australian Infantry, and Gurkhas.