The Plastic General Ep#13 - Battle of France in
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- The PLASTIC GENERAL is a Biweekly 1:32, WWII Plastic Toy Soldier Review. We cover and review Figure Sets, Vehicles and Customizing Tips.
Hosted by Christian Aldo a passionate toy soldier collector for 35 years! Shot and Edited by - Matthew Lie Ken Jie
Toy Credits: AIRFIX German Infantry & Panzer IV, ATLAS Renault Tank, MARX French Infantry, HING-FAT French Infantry. - Hry
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Thank you! I'll circle around and do France again.
Loved this episode. Great idea to focus on the battle of France
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video, Christian! You can also use AIP WW1 French infantry in a pinch. Maybe a tiny bit larger than the Marx, but the greatcoat uniforms match well with the Hing Fat Frenchmen. VERY envious of your Airfix Panzer IV. I regret not taking advantage of the reissue in the late 1990s!
You are 100% correct! That's when I bought mine when I visited Michigan Toy soldier.
That is an awesome UHF reference with the profile. Love it!
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Great episode! Enjoyed it a lot.
Thanks!! Fun new episodes every Wednesday!
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There is a six figure French set made by CTS. I've always been amazed at how the French and Italians have been ignored so much in the 1/32nd scale. There are some great French and Italian sets in 1/72nd scale. Maybe your show will help spur some production of those troops.
WHAT?! No Way!! OK, FRENCH YES. MARX - 6 poses, HING-FAT - 12 Poses.
ITALIANS - Airfix - 7 poses, CTS - 6 poses, Waterloo 6 + 8 + 8 poses, 21st Cent Toys - 7 poses, Hing-Fat - 12 Poses!!! The Italians have been decently covered. Not mentioning any Atlantic Italians because all their Italian sets are substandard.
@@ThePlasticGeneral Waterloo 1815 has eleven sets of Italians in 1/72 scale, one of which is a re issue of the Airfix set. They must want to concentrate on the smaller scale. They have infantry, cavalry, artillery and the three sets that are in 1/32 scale only with more poses. They also have the 90mm gun. Maybe in the future they will release more 1/32 sets.
@@jamesmaddox8261 Ya, I think due to bad marketing that Waterloo has dropped out of 1:32, but their 90mm artillery set inspired me to buy a 1/35 kit of that big gun.
Huge fan of your channel here general. One hobbyist to another French uniforms would be olive in color for wwii. Other than that detail this is great work. Thanks for all you do.
I Agree, I messed that up!! One day I'll repaint.
I love this set German airfix 1/32 classic silver
Everyone Loves that set!
@@ThePlasticGeneral Yes I hope I can find this silver set one day
First. I just found your channel and I love it! Thanks for doing what you do.
I just had one comment. When you were describing the figures by Hing Fat, you described them as using Sub machine guns, and talked about trimming the figures to make them more accurate. The thing is that those figures with the larger automatic weapons are NOT carrying sub machine guns. They are carrying light machine guns... the Chatellerault Model 1929 (modele 1924/29), as opposed to the MAS 1938 sub machine gun seen on the Marx figure.
Correct! But they were oversized so they Must be trimmed down!
Love this, there is not enough online about 1/32 scale. Can you put any links you have of any manufacturers that you have. I'm still building my list of them and I keep finding so many that have gone out of business.
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eBay!!!!
Sorry, I got side tracked. The very first set of these Airfix 54mm soft plastic figures, , was a set of 'modern' (1960's) British paratroopers from the "Suez Crisis" (not WWII paratroopers that most people assume they are) The next two sets were the WWII Germans and WWII Commandos, but they weren't released till 1971 (if my memory serves me). Much later, perhaps their last sets were Modern British and Modern German
Incidentally, soft plastic is "polythene' (not polystyrene, polystyrene is the hard plastic that bonds with polystyrene cement) figures
YES! Now I understand! That first set of British Paras is now very rare and pricy!
Tanks my fav
You're Welcome!
Got 21st Century toys 1/32 Panzer 4 Ausf D and Panzer 3 Ausf E (Afrika Korps) it says Ausf D but its not a D its a E 😂
Both are great models
Agreed!
1971 Airfix released these, along with the Commandos, they had released one previous set, that didn't last long, they were (Modern) British Paratroops
The sculpting was perfection for the modern Brits and Germans.
@@ThePlasticGeneral this was a different set, by modern It was the suez crisis, originally done in HO/OO and pantographed up. People think these figures are "1st series WWII British paras but they are not, they are 1960's British paras. And yes they were beautiful figures, the modern British and German
In your first comment you didn;t establish what you are talking about in reference to what? Please clarify.
@@ThePlasticGeneral I can't, my reply is to long for U tube, so I will put my reply in comments
@@ianmajor1558 Got ya!
Damn these Hing Fat french actually look pretty good. Are they 54mm or 60mm?
54mm. get them!
Have you looked at Armies in Plastic French WW1 figures? They can pass for early WW2 French Army. I wished they offered better WW2 French figures. I thought about converting the Conte or Britains Deetail French Foreign Legion figures with Marx or AiP French heads and weapons.
Another area where I have had difficulty finding WW2 figures are with the Dutch helmet. I been wanting to use them for Romanian WW2 soldiers for the Eastern Front or Dutch soldiers for early Western front. The closest I could find were some of the Engineer Basevich early Soviet troop sets wearing the wide brim helmets. But conversions would be very costly. Christian have you come across any WW2 Romanian or Dutch figures in 1/32 or 54/60mm?
I'm hoping that someone eventually does the Romanians. If not, I'll eventually address the issue by affixing 3D printed Romanian Helmets to Italian Bodies!
@@ThePlasticGeneral 3D printing has revolutionized this hobby! What kind of 3D Printer do you have?
Im using the Tamiya French tanks there not to far off in scale. Plus l use the Armies in Plastic french WW1 with my Marx French just my choice
Big size disparity.
Hey brother where can I find one of those Atlas FT-17s in 1/32? I been looking for months on end for one on ebay and the web, but no such luck. PM me if you know someone who may have one they want to sell. Cheers!
I got mine YEARS AGO! I recommend ordering a 1:32 3D Print or breaking down and building a 1:35 kit.
Christian what did you use for that French artillery piece in the battle scene?
It was an artillery piece that was made originally by Britains Deetail but copied in plastic by everybody for use in dollar store bags of figures. I found a quality one and converted it to look like a French gun.
@@ThePlasticGeneral it looks really good. Is it a Schneider Gun? you'll have to show me how you made it
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Hey, this is great!
I'm glad you like it
The French tanks were good but used not in tank groups like the Germans used their tanks but in penny packets primarily for infantry support.I always wondered why the Germans in the 1940 peace treaty with France did not insist the French hand over all their tanks.
They did and turned many of them into improvised Self Propelled Guns.
I don’t think panda 4 where in Poland they didn’t make an appearance until the battle of France but I l could be wrong but I don’t l don’t think l am
I just looked it up, they did.
The French still used a lot of WW1 equipment and gear in the battle of France.
Agreed, but you can tell that the poses had a WWI flair to them.
@@ThePlasticGeneral the French didn't really update their tactics. They won ww1 they thought the next war would have been fought the same way.
You didn't hear the news?! They Won WWII!!
why are the French uniforms grey?
Because I'm an idiot! I did my research wrong!
@@ThePlasticGeneral how do u mess dat up?
@@ODSTfilmz1917 I'm a full time Fool!
@@ODSTfilmz1917 Retarded.
I made a lit ft 17 out of card board u should do dat
What is a lit ft 17?
@@ThePlasticGeneral I mean the Renault FT 17 out of cardboard
@@tansoldierproductions390 COOL!