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All figures are supplied unpainted (Numbers of each pose in brackets)
| Date Released |
1966 |
| Contents |
48 figures |
| Poses |
20 poses |
| Material |
Plastic (Medium Consistency) |
| Colours |
Grey, Bright Blue, Tan |
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Average Height
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23 mm (= 1.66 m)
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By the time Airfix came to produce their large Great War range, their sculpting quality was up to modern standards and the number of poses provided was at its peak.
The number of poses is superb, and was probably one of the most generous sets until the likes of Orion and Strelets-R starting producing their everyone-different sets. What's more, there are many interesting and useful poses, not just assorted riflemen. There is the man using his entrenching tool (all too common a task), the man carrying a sack of supplies (again very common), the cyclist, the bugler, the observer with telescope, the flag-bearer and the signaller with pigeon. All perfectly appropriate and useful, which goes to show what can be achieved when there are a good many poses and some imagination is used.
This set depicts the French infantry with their Adrian helmets, making them suitable for all but the first few months of the Great War. All wear the greatcoat except the officer, who has retained his 'tunique' and kepi as many officers did. The detail is excellent, though there is some flash to be removed and a few figures have ugly mould marks on them (such as the cyclist).
The set includes a wounded man and a dead casualty, which would be appropriate for any war, but particularly so for this one. About the only omission is a machine gun, which is provided in all the other World War I sets, including the Revell French set. However, it seems hard to complain when we get 20 poses.
This is a most excellent set, and superior in many ways to the much later Revell set. What's more, since the French uniform barely changed until the 1940's, most of these figures can be painted khaki and used as early World War II troops as well.
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Historical Accuracy
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 9
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Pose Quality
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 10
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Pose Number
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10
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Sculpting
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9
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Mould
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 8
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