aeroken1 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Hi All, Im looking for a couple of sets I think they are Bachmann sets of 5 or 6 modern fire fighters/ fire and rescue. Can anyone help. Thanks Edited December 20, 2020 by aeroken1 Missed a few words. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDG Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Langley do a set of modern firefighters, painted (£17) or unpainted (£7), available on Ebay currently. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Noch set 15021 as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Peter Beckett Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 Try this site https://www.freewebs.com/firebrigademodels/figures/fire/176/index.html Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 If you’re looking for a bargain basement option you could have a stab at modifying some cheap figures! I did an office fire alarm evacuation scene on Worthing MRC’s Loftus Road a few years back using those cheap unpainted Chinese 1:75 figures you can buy on eBay for a pound or two a pack! Starting off with the unpainted figures, suitable examples were picked and Blu Tak helmets made up, and for those with breathing apparatus, a piece of cocktail stick was fashioned for each to wear! Next, they were painted into the older LFB black uniform (rather than the newer wine colour!) very carefully with tiny ‘00000’ paintbrush! I did a team of 5, and positioned them on scene, here some can be seen with their fire appliance, an Oxford model I’ve bodged with sides cut out and some equipment made up from offcuts of plastic (and more Blu Tak!) and then just painted up! Finally our assembled workers at the evacuation point await their return to the workplace once the all-clear is given! Painting all the figures from the cheap Chinese ones was quite fun and the whole scene literally cost less than a couple of pounds to do! Here’s our thread with some more detail, the postings were about 2015 if I recall correctly! Cheers, Jameso 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroken1 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Peter Beckett said: Try this site https://www.freewebs.com/firebrigademodels/figures/fire/176/index.html Peter Hi Thanks for the info, Had seen these to be honest and was not really impressed with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroken1 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 9 hours ago, James Makin said: If you’re looking for a bargain basement option you could have a stab at modifying some cheap figures! I did an office fire alarm evacuation scene on Worthing MRC’s Loftus Road a few years back using those cheap unpainted Chinese 1:75 figures you can buy on eBay for a pound or two a pack! Starting off with the unpainted figures, suitable examples were picked and Blu Tak helmets made up, and for those with breathing apparatus, a piece of cocktail stick was fashioned for each to wear! Next, they were painted into the older LFB black uniform (rather than the newer wine colour!) very carefully with tiny ‘00000’ paintbrush! I did a team of 5, and positioned them on scene, here some can be seen with their fire appliance, an Oxford model I’ve bodged with sides cut out and some equipment made up from offcuts of plastic (and more Blu Tak!) and then just painted up! Finally our assembled workers at the evacuation point await their return to the workplace once the all-clear is given! Painting all the figures from the cheap Chinese ones was quite fun and the whole scene literally cost less than a couple of pounds to do! Here’s our thread with some more detail, the postings were about 2015 if I recall correctly! This may be the last option i think, Have hundreds of figuers so will give it a a try. Cheers. Cheers, Jameso Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroken1 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 19 hours ago, ianmacc said: Noch set 15021 as well. These are about the best i have seen so far. Will check them out on internet and see what i can find. Many Thanks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroken1 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 23 hours ago, KDG said: Langley do a set of modern firefighters, painted (£17) or unpainted (£7), available on Ebay currently. Hi , Yes had seen these but not that impressed with them to be honest. Will keep them in mind though as a last resort. Cheers. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 On 20/12/2020 at 23:17, James Makin said: If you’re looking for a bargain basement option you could have a stab at modifying some cheap figures! I did an office fire alarm evacuation scene on Worthing MRC’s Loftus Road a few years back using those cheap unpainted Chinese 1:75 figures you can buy on eBay for a pound or two a pack! Starting off with the unpainted figures, suitable examples were picked and Blu Tak helmets made up, and for those with breathing apparatus, a piece of cocktail stick was fashioned for each to wear! Next, they were painted into the older LFB black uniform (rather than the newer wine colour!) very carefully with tiny ‘00000’ paintbrush! I did a team of 5, and positioned them on scene, here some can be seen with their fire appliance, an Oxford model I’ve bodged with sides cut out and some equipment made up from offcuts of plastic (and more Blu Tak!) and then just painted up! Finally our assembled workers at the evacuation point await their return to the workplace once the all-clear is given! Painting all the figures from the cheap Chinese ones was quite fun and the whole scene literally cost less than a couple of pounds to do! Here’s our thread with some more detail, the postings were about 2015 if I recall correctly! Cheers, Jameso Just wanted to say how you’ve really captured life in that pic! The yellow vested fire wardens, office folk and gaggle of factory workers all in matching uniform! All talking in their separate groups of us and them! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2020 5 hours ago, ianmacc said: Just wanted to say how you’ve really captured life in that pic! The yellow vested fire wardens, office folk and gaggle of factory workers all in matching uniform! All talking in their separate groups of us and them! Thank you so much! I took inspiration from the places I’ve worked and the dynamic which always seems to play out! The part I’ve yet to replicate is the experience of being outside in the works car park in the inevitable drizzle during a Winter’s morning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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