Toot Toot!

Posted on January 14, 2019 by 26soldiersoftin

Emily the Stirling Engine arrives at a vintage wooden station crowded with 15mm Peter Laing Victorian Civilians.

Cross posted by Mark Man of TIN from my occasional railway / gaming blog

https://sidetracked2017blog.wordpress.com/2019/01/13/emily-the-stirling-4-2-2-engine/

Blogposted by Mark, Man of TIN, 14 January 2019

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Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin

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John January 15, 201911:25 am Reply

A while back I was thinking of getting into model trains again and was looking at Thomas the Trains as they are distinctly British. After seeing this, I might have to look for thereto go with my Peter Laing Victorian figures. By the way, I’m still green with envy of your PL citizens figures!

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1. 26soldiersoftin January 15, 20197:14 pm Reply
  
  Hello John. Model trains are a family curse or madness that I hold at bay with toy soldiers. I spotted this kids magazine Plastic pushalong freebie Train in the newsagents, that looked promising, old fashioned and roughly 15mm.
  I think N gauge should be close in scale to 15mm? (But expensive)
  The Peter Laing Civilians were a lucky tip off by another collector of other non-Laing 15mm figures. Never seen anything like them before or since. I’m lucky to have them!
  
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  1. tradgardmastre January 18, 20194:05 pm
    
    The PL civilians are great!
    
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  2. 26soldiersoftin January 18, 20199:00 pm
    
    Derek Moore has also put some fine civilians on the Google+ Peter Laing Curcle that Ian Dury set up.
    
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tradgardmastre January 18, 20194:04 pm Reply

Great train! I am pondering doing my first railway modelling since I had an oval tacked to a board and a clockwork train circa 1967. We will see…

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1. 26soldiersoftin January 18, 20198:59 pm Reply
  
  That way madness lies …
  
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