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If the film prop is made from compressed rubber keep it out of sunlight - or even light if you can because after a few years they start to disintegrate/delaminate. I had a 'Band of Brothers' Thompson SMG compressed rubber film prop and after 5 years or so the outside was virtually powder.
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Who remembers the AIRFIX SLR L1A1 Then?..................Lovely little Rifle that I always lusted after. But sadly never managed to obtain one! They also came with a plastic bayonet (No Scabbard) on a large card
Baseboard display.
There has been one on 'That' Auction site for quite a while now. However...listed at £700 that is why it is still up for sale!.......
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I don't remember the Airfix kit Tankie. Was it a full size one?
Talking of which....... In the Daily Mail (a national UK newspaper) on Thursday it showed a set of 16 year old triplets about to join the Army. They were shown with an SA80 dummy rifle each. Clearly dummy rifles. Can anyone (Skippy or BP ?) tell us what these are nowadays? We used to have a few different types of dummy rifles ranging from welded solid 'back-packer' rifles to fragile resin/plastic replicas for recruit training. But haven't seen the latest incarnation.
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Originally Posted by
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Who remembers the AIRFIX SLR L1A1 Then?..................Lovely little Rifle that I always lusted after. But sadly never managed to obtain one!
They also came with a plastic bayonet (No Scabbard) on a large card
Baseboard display.
There has been one on 'That' Auction site for quite a while now. However...listed at £700 that is why it is still up for sale!.......
A classic of the 70's! The barrel always broke off at the gas regulator. The magazine can out and was loaded with silver/grey plastic bullets which it fired at some speed, spring powered.
Just imagine the Health and Safety bods if you sold those these days, not to mention the fact that ARVs would be descending upon little kids all over town!
I've always been on the lookout for one, but they are rarer than a rare thing, and the one on ebay is commanding a kings ransom.
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Very fond memories of the Airfix FN rifle, about 50 years ago, cost about 7/6d (7 shillings and sixpence, that's 37.5p or $0.54) which was a lot of pocket money in those days. Even more pocket money now apparently. The barrels used to break, so the armourer's fix was to stuff a pencil in to join the two halves. Did nothing for the rate of fire of those plastic bullets!
As we are talking toys, the smaller variety, here are a couple of 1/6 L1A1s that I couldn't resist;
Attachment 69946Attachment 69947
Charlie
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Sorry about the SUIT sights Peter, even 1/6 shooters are usually in trouble!
Last edited by Charlie303; 02-14-2016 at 06:29 AM.
Reason: Apologies to Mr Laidler
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Roy, That is EXACTLY the one that has been up for sale for ages! & at £700 pounds, I'm not surprised it hasn't sold!...
There you go Pete, the photo provided by Roy says it all. It was NOT a kit. It came ready to 'fire' grey solid plastic 'Bullets' Happy days indeed!
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But was it FULL size or Kiddy size?
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