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tisdag 24 februari 2015

Even the sun has its spots

To supplement my Perry plastic Afrika Korps, I decided to buy a couple of their metal packs. At £7 for six figures they are not exactly cheap, and three packs cost as much as a box of their plastic figures. But I decided it was worth it, to get some different poses not possible to build from the box, and also because I really like the Perry twins' sculpts. In my experience metals are always better than plastic if all other things (like sculptor) being equal.


Perry Miniatures. Excellent sculpts, not so good casts.
I was in for a surprise though. The surface of the figures was quite uneven, with pits and even tiny holes were the metal hadn't filled the mold completely. Several rifles and one smg barrel were unformed, there were a lot of flash between legs on some figures, and the equipment on the back of some figures had big lumps of metal underneath. The figures are not unusable, but the quality is definitely not up to scratch. Either the Perry metals are extremely popular and have already worn out their moulds, or their caster is not up to scratch. A shame really.

As I now find that I need a few extra British figures I choose to buy another box of plastic figures instead of metals. Too bad, because Perry's metal British have long trousers instead of shorts and I wanted some variety but I do not dare to order them now.

Hugh Jarce, sculpted by Richard Ansell for TooFatLardies
Speaking of long trousers I recently found the Hugh Jarce figure that Richard Clarke commissioned for those who pre-ordered IABSM 3rd edition. He was buried in my lead pile under a bunch of Bushido miniatures. I originally planned to use him with my early war British, but now he gets to lead my desert forces instead. Armed with a drum magazine Tommy gun he's ready to bag the hun.

8 kommentarer:

  1. Yes, buy the plastics, the British metals are awful as well

    SvaraRadera
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    1. Thanks for the confirmation!

      Radera
    2. Thanks for the confirmation!

      Radera
    3. Stämmer, såg samma med MMG teamet jag köpte, och även på crewen till carriern.

      Radera
    4. Blast! I had my eyes on some of the metal stuff too. Anyone know of this is age or caster related? I would really like som SAS/LRDG figures and they are very new so the moulds must still be in good shape.

      Radera
  2. I'm amazed with the extreme quality variation of the Perry minis
    I also bought some of the DAK extras and was quite disappointed too
    I concluded that some of the design and production is probably externalise and thye are not taking care of quality control issues... not good for their brand

    SvaraRadera
  3. Battle dress long trousers in the desert were reasonably common. It does actually get down to freezing out there. Go on buy 'em!

    SvaraRadera
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    1. Maybe later. Right now I have a box of plastic shorts-wearing brits coming my way from Caliver books. But I'm going to try and green stuff trousers on a couple of them at least.

      Radera

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