Pontoon Bridge Assault Set

Remember getting one of these one Christmas - must have been early 70's

Picked this up a few years back, been boxed up for ages but managed to dig it out this afternoon.

Along with Action Man, Airfix was a staple toy for me. The thing I loved the most about Airfix was the ability to wage large scale war with two or three boxes of figures.










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Oh wow that brings back memories...I had the gun emplacement too.

Beatlefan wrote:

The thing I loved the most about Airfix was the ability to wage large scale war with two or three boxes of figures.

The small scale's appeal in a nutshell!

Never had this set but I remember the tank traps!

Cool!

Thanks guys!

Fantastic Rich

Wow, awesome set!!!

thanks for all the photos!

I remember having this set as a kid, loved it then and looking at it now love to have one now

I did sell off my Airfix sets a few years with bits of the pontoon bridge

Very nice collection Richard

Nice set!  I remember buying bags of highly detailed HO soldiers for 10¢.

This pretty much typifies why the smaller scales were so popular: something like this in 1:32 would be huge. Imagine the size and price of this in 1:6 scale!

Thanks for the comments guys

Joe90 wrote:

Nice set!  I remember buying bags of highly detailed HO soldiers for 10¢.

This pretty much typifies why the smaller scales were so popular: something like this in 1:32 would be huge.  Imagine the size and price of this in 1:6 scale!

Thanks Doug!

Yeah I always preferred the 1/72 to 1/32, more figures per box and bigger battles in a smaller space.

Hours of fun!

Great pics , I still have this set , and hundreds of soldiers , tanks , coastal sets , buildings ...
Love the 1/72

..just noticed the Jerries are the exact same poses as the 1/32 ones!

Thanks Dean!

Dig out those 1/72's

somekindajoe wrote:

..just noticed the Jerries are the exact same poses as the 1/32 ones!

I'm pretty sure all the 1/32's were just larger scale versions of the 1/72 figures.

I do have a few 1/32 figures, I'll dig them out and check.

My son and I were into O gauge model trains like Lionel which translates to 1/48th scale. It's not a bad scale for size. A little on the large side, but allows for more detail. Tamiya started making some military kits in 1/48th. I had some plans to use some of these in our layout, but the kits are still on our shelves, the boy's at school and the layout is getting pretty dusty...

I do love your Airfix sets Richard!!! 1/72nd definitely allows for some pretty large dioramas.

   

Thanks Bri!

You've just reminded me of the lay outs I used to do with my Hornby train set and Airfix soldiers. I used to fill open back trucks/carriages with Germans and have allied forces waiting in ambush

Hornby was the perfect scale for Airfix 1/72

Ah yes! Back in the days when you got everything you needed in the one box!
No need to buy any "expansion sets", just unpack and play!

The kayaks are too cool! I don't recall the Marx sets we had here in the States having anything like that!

LeStryge wrote:

Ah yes! Back in the days when you got everything you needed in the one box!
No need to buy any "expansion sets", just unpack and play!

Absolutely Barry, those were the days!

These Airfix sets were a massive part of my childhood, to a six year old they were huge! So many hours of play with these sets and like you say - everything you needed for a huge battle.

I've since picked up a few more sets including another favourite from childhood, Fort Sahara with the Foreign Legion and Arabs (Bedouins)

All packed away at the moment as I'm due to move soon but as soon as they are unpacked I'll be setting up some of these sets and get more pics on here.

SCU_HQ wrote:

The kayaks are too cool! I don't recall the Marx sets we had here in the States having anything like that!

Those were from the British Commando set Dave, I have very vivid memories of all these figures.

I think these figures were loosely based on the Sand Pebbles story.

Hi Richard

That set is great ...and it has the late / 1/32nd scale at 1/72nd scale Germans too. My very early sets were first issue Germans. A bit 'weedy" I thought.

I still remember the thrill of being taken in Woolies by my dear old Nan and getting a box of figures..

Later me and my mates seemed to have a huge Napoleonic phase and started to get into "real" war-games ( well a D6 and a 12 inch ruler and simple rules like SMG shoots 3 " , rifle/Musket 6 " .. that kinda thing..)

I quickly moved on to 1/32nd scale sets and exited my Airfix phase with the fantastic (imo) 1/32nd scale multipose sets ...

Thanks or the trip down memory lane..

Beatlefan wrote:

All packed away at the moment as I'm due to move soon but as soon as they are unpacked I'll be setting up some of these sets and get more pics on here.

As most here already know, I recently moved from acreage and a large house into something much smaller.
This necessitated the packing up of all my collection. It is amazing how much you miss having it around and also the surprises you get when you finally manage to unpack.