Articles
* Peter Evans kicks-off the issue with
part two of the Fontanini military
figures and there must be a part three on the way?
* A follow-up
editorial on Colin Penn's BR Moulding kit reveals more about this fascinating
home-casting plastic moulding set
* 'Converter's
Corner' is occupied by Les White
again, with some simple but striking things to do with an Armies in Plastic (AIP)
FFL running figure; providing WWI Frenchmen for several different units.
* Andreas Dittmann reveals Randa-branded Astronauts from Co-Ma, coming out of . . . if I tell
you, you might not subscribe?!!
* A round-up
of Airfix slot-racing figures comes
in from Jeremy Brook, it looks like
my Airfix figure which was and then wasn't,
is again - Grandstand!
* Bill Hanlon explains all (or enough to
start) on the Mack Moulding Co., of Canada
. . . and New Jersey, showing rare copies along the way
* 'What
The !&*$?' looks at four question-marks this quarter;
- Barney Brown seeks more information on the larger horse I've pencilled-in as possibly the missing Charbens cake decorations
- Eric Critchley hopes someone can name his camel; Camel McCamelface is not an option!
- A cake-decoration footballer needs branding for Philip Alliston
- The seen-previously and 'still unknown' cargo-loads are bumped-up the list hopefully by Mike Harding - someone must know! Tri-Ang-Mettoy, Marx Swansea?
* Steve Pugh returns to early dinosaurs
from British toy soldier firms with a look at the set from Timpo, clearing up the previous issue's extra Dimetrodon (although if
you follow the blog you'll know there's never too many Dimetrodons!)
* Trojan's non-plastic products are
smuggled into the plastic magazine by Gerald
Edwards
* A new series
on Britains hospital begins whilst also
closing the issue; with the early Superdeetail
sets courtesy of Colin Penn
Regular Features
* 'NEWS
and VIEWS and other stuff ' covers
- News of the passing of George Falconer and Philip Hamilton (of the Hamilton Collection museum), both collectors and friends of PW
- News on the Airfix HO-OO figures book authored by Peter Williams
- A stockist is sought for DSG figures in the UK
- The demolition of Woking's Toys'R'Us store is mentioned
- Contact details, subscription instructions and front cover caption fill the gaps
- In addition to all the above or below-named; John Begg gets a credit for providing pictures
* 'Readers
Letters' include
- Feedback on the PW Show last May from Ashley Needham, Peter Spackman and Brian Heaps
- Brian Berke asks on possible Speedwell Indians he may have seen, yards from the factory, at the time?
- Peter Cole links Speedwell and Morestone with a sculptor, helped by the Ed.
- Brian's back with memories of Kleeware toys and kits on sale in North London, too long ago!
- Peter C also returns with a mini-report on an arts event with dioramas in Brighton earlier in the year.
- Sad update on the state of Atlantic House from Philip Alliston, can someone not pop-down there with a step-ladder and rescue the word 'Atlantic' while it's still intact?
- The recent call for news of Blue Box ACW packaging is nicely answered by Richard Lewis
- Finally Eric Keggans makes some salient points on the current state and future of 3D-printing, specifically with regard to toy soldiers.
* 'Book
Review' has a look at Simon
Garfield's In Miniature, penned
by Peter Evans
* 'What's
New' has two set from Chintoys;
- CHT17 - Knights Templar
- CHT18 - Knights Hospitaller
Plus all the usual readers small-ads
Covers - Front cover is a lovely Hong Kong carded
set from the collection of Barry Blood, the back has more on the BR Moulds (one of which is painted to
match Trojan?!!)
PW's contact details;
Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/PlasticWarrior?fref=ts
Blogger -
http://plasticwarrioreditor.blogspot.co.uk/
eMail -
mailto:pw.editor@ntlworld.com
Website's
back on the menu but won't be updated (eMail first) - www.plasticwarrior.com
Tel:
01483 722 778
Fax:
01483 722 723
Address;
Mr. P. Morehead, 65 Walton Court, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5EE, UK
And they are on Paypal