Flea Mrket Find

I popped into the local Flea Market a couple of weeks ago, and spotted a sealed bag full of VAM stuff.



As I was looking, the stallholder told me that both the figures and all the kit was vintage - and said I could have the lot for a tenner!. Damn near snapped her hand off.

Both the figures are painted rivet jobs, suffering from a variety of stress cracks - some quite bad - but what the hey, at that price, I aint complaining!







The brown haired one has a stress crack in a place I`ve never seen before - on the side of his head.


There was an interesting selection of kit included.



An interesting KO sailor uniform. The white stitching seems a bit ropey, but the buttons and pockets on the trousers seem surprisingly good - anyone have any ideas as to the origins?




A nice vintage KO camo set, including a helmet. Not Red Box, possibly Combat Johhny?




A set of vintage Army Fatigues, a bit faded and missing a couple of buttons, but the brown boots are in good shape!



There was also part of a DSD set. The boots are actually Red Box. The helmet is split and has been repaired (poorly) some time in the past.



There was also a 1st issue space siut, in quite reasonable condition. I`ll probably put this aside for a Cosmonaut bash.

There were also a couple of other odds-n-ends, a blue plastic beret sans badge, a broken HK smg, a soft plastic white helmet, a set of grey ammo pouches (like the 1st issue VAM ones. I have a few of these - are they Red Box?), and a green belt made from a material akin to a shoelace, and finally, a nice bit of Mum-Brand stuff - a sky blue kitbag...

Nice little find mate and a good price! Love the term 'mum brand' gave me a chuckle, weve all had some of that along with 'nan brand' knitwear,

That's a good score for a tenner!!!   

If I'd have payed £10 Just for the divers helmet, I would have been happy, that's if I was in need of it to complete an outfit. You've definitely got yourself a bargain there, the faded uniform can be redyed, the camo uniform looks in good shape.

You might have luck trying to heat-weld the stress cracks together using a small flat tipped soldering iron, which must be spotlessly clean, then use various grades of 'wet 'n dry' rubbing paper to smooth off the melted plastic.

The repair might be successful if the plastic is not too brittle, it's worth a try. Take your time doing the repair and wear eye saftey glasses, you might find a repair article down in the tips section.

Brian (Sparklebudgie) is a master when it comes to vam repair work   

what an amazing find !! great stuff

great find , and a bargain