Plastic Soldier Review: AIRFIX 1/72 WATERLOO BRITISH ARTILLERY

[@FraserMitchell-k4j]

The Airfix Waterloo RHA are incredible. There is no equal to them. No other company has a detailed horse and limber system,nor do they have a large number of gun crew. Great job by Airfix.

[@NeilFLiversidge]

I bought this set in 1975 when I was 12 and it didn't have all those flashes. I think the moulds have worn. I added a load of Esci figures to my Waterloo collection in the 1990s which included General Staff figures. I just need the time now to repaint them all and set them up!

[@jaads7910]

I had them 40 years ago, great memories

[@johnkeilloh2682]

I was obsessed with Airfix 1/72 soldiers in the 1970’s, had literally thousands, sadly my dad got dementia and in early stages he threw out all of my collection 😢

[@camulogene1256]

Thanks for your excellent review. In fact, the box art from Brian Knight for both ACW and RHA artillery was a plagiarism of a 1879 painting by Alphonse de Neuville : "Défense de la porte de Longboyeau", depicting an episode of the FPW in 1870.

[@62seano]

More happy memories, had this set as a kid. thanks for sharing

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Thanks Sean!

[@timcolder2789]

Yes this was one of the first sets I had as a kid back in 1972. The only other sets I remember buying before were the WW1 British RHA and WW1 British infantry. Pocket money well spent, no question. I think they were about 17p a box back in those days if I remember rightly.

[@lancecaldwell3874]

Great review! Thanx. The figure with the implement was a match. A stick with salt peter hemp rope coiled around it. Navy used the same that's how I recognized it. Thanx again for sharing.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Thanks Lance, I had no end of trouble trying to find out what it was!!

[@timcolder2789]

Great set of figures. They were the first Waterloo set I owned back in 1972. Uniforms very well detailed and they look far better in grey than the yellow plastic set I had.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Definitely!!

[@seanbissett-powell5916]

One of the nicest and most historically accurate sets Airfix made. By the time the grey Battleset ones came out, the moulds were getting quite worn; I'm lucky enough to have bought one of the early sets from the 70's in yellow plastic, and there was virtually no flash. I think the idea was to have two crews, one for each gun, with one loading and the other firing. The guy with the short sponge was designed to go in front of the gun as if ramming it, with the rammer end hidden inside the barrel. The chap firing is using a length of slow match around a stick. I've done this when re-enacting Napoleonic artillery, the linstock is held by another crewman as a way of holding a longer piece of slow match as a reserve (and also a quick way to re-light the match if it gets blown out when you fire !) The great thing with this set was that in the days when Airfix was all we had, the heads could be cut off and pinned on other bodies to make (somewhat crude) Bavarians, Wurttemburgers, early Austrians and anyone else with crested helmets, while the mounted figures were converted en masse to make all different types of light cavalry.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Sean Thankyou very much for that information, it really makes my day when I recieve information like that from people who know!!!!

[@glennwhittaker197]

FYI, the Royal Artillery are now based at Larkhill, near Stonehenge, the Barracks in Woolwich is still called Royal Artillery Barracks from when they where there. Very close by at Napier Lines are now based The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery, that do ceremonial gun salutes with the guns from WW1.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Cracking info!!

[@ftumptch86]

I have actually painted this one. I drilled the barrels and replaced the limber with strips of thin card as it should be on both sides of both sets of horses. There was also a kind of yoke on the left side of the carriage I had to build Also the wheels didn't have sticky out rivets so chopped them off. I love this set very rewarding to build and paint.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

It's a golden oldy!!!

[@robmiah4501]

Remember buying this at model toy shop in weston super mare many years ago

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

What did you think?

[@johnwayneeverett6263]

THE GUNNERS LIKE IT LEARN SOMETHING ....GREAT JOB

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Thanks John!

[@marianovaliente2103]

La caballería a caballo británica en waterloo muy bien hecha y real.la casa airfix siempre dando la talla.ya de pequeño mi primo mayor los pintaba y hacia dioramas y de el herede esa afición puedo pintarlos y hacer dioramas tan buenos como el 😄😄😄

[@kitswithkaren5003]

Nice review a good set looks good painted.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Thanks Otto!

[@stephenhunt2806]

A very nice review of one of my favourite sets. I have two sets, one from 1982 (yellow) and the grey set from the farmhouse set and both have those injection pin marks that you mention.... on the same figures. So there has been no improvement in that department over 37 years! Like the reference to Bloody Ban, he was definitely a rum bugger! I live in Southport and nearby is the village of Tarleton and there is Banastre Road in Southport. So I think that he has a connection with the area.However, I'm sure that I read that he is buried in Leintwardine churchyard in Shropshire.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Thanks Stephen and thankyou for your extra information on Banastre!!

[@stephenhunt2806]

@@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW Just realised that Leintwardine is in Herefordshire and not Shropshire!

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

@@stephenhunt2806 I'll let you off this once Stephen.

[@haalstaag]

Didn’t the man with the rammer also load the charge as well? That might be why it was double ended?

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Yes could be!

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

I had many of these Airfix little soldier sets from around 1967 till 1971. I never treid painting any tho, far to small.

[@Alan_Saund_Models]

The red coats came from Cromwell's new model army English civil war

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Seemingly cloth dyed red was cheaper and more available, i have no idea why Alan!

[@gunner678]

One of my favourite sets of all time. I have several painted up in my napoleonic collection. The WW1 RHA is also very nice with a bit of work (see my video).

[@thebullfrog9416]

You finally released another video I see I was beginning to think you'd forgotten ha ha ha

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Took a while to finish!!

[@thebullfrog9416]

@@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW that's just how it is some time isn't it

[@philRminiatures]

One of my first Airfix box, many years ago, a 'must have'...Splendid!

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Agreed on that Phil!

[@darrenhall7636]

Can you do a review on a German half track vehicle pls? I think i saw one on eBay it's from America by the way.

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Airfix ready built?

[@johnclarke25]

The gun crews are made to be one firing and the other loading as there's four to each gun

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Gotcha!

[@darrenhall7636]

When was this artillery made in back then?

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Early 1970s

[@timcolder2789]

I had a new set in 1972.

[@wouterkraay6996]

Waarom maakt airfix nooit eens nieuwe setjes figuren dat ontbreekt er een beetje aan de oudjes zijn leuk maar iets nieuws zal ook enerverend zijn net als de vliegtuigen enz enz

[@marks.6480]

Cool.. this is the only Waterloo figure set my teenaged self never bought... too many horses, not enough guns :)

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

Probably true Mark but it looks damn cool!

[@marks.6480]

@@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW Totally agree. But when you're 10 years old, you just want guns and guys shooting rifles.

[@jeffreysmith6280]

Cannon is a 9pdr.

[@kennethbeaton8391]

Collectors do not call them toy soldiers they are MILITARY MINIATURES. THANK YOU

[@thebullfrog9416]

4 months come on man I love your videos but you just don't upload enough I mean once every 4 months is ridiculous when you're probably one of the best toy soldier review is on KZbin but you just don't upload

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

I know, we were moving house, then the virus hit, had to cancel house move, you tube messed with age restrictions on my videos to boot, however I will post soon Bullfrog!

[@MrPolicekarim]

@@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW I am sure you are trying your best! I cant wait to see your next video. Did you paint those germans! Because I could show you some YT videos. Did this kit in this vid accept poly cement. I heard the only glue it accepts is a brush on 2 stage glue from Loctite!

[@MrPolicekarim]

@@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW wish you all the best in these trying times! Do you often paint your soldiers by the way?

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

@@MrPolicekarim Thankyou very much for your support looking at making videos on Saturday and publish Sunday or monday morning!!

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

@@MrPolicekarim that sounds about Right!

[@stuartjarman4930]

A great set, spoiled by those dumb seated "limber riders" - it was called HORSE artillery because each gunner rode a horse......

[@TOYSOLDIERREVIEW]

More or less in parade they would probably be seated