I started mentioning my passion for this subject in the other section of Shore leave, but I have decided to start a build thread for it in preperation for when I start it. When I was a kid I collected hundreads of the Airfix 1/72 soldiers but I did not have the skill or patience to paint them - so they stayed partialy or un painted and I just cluttered the living room carpet full of them while I played. This has ignited my desire to have a go but in the larger scale of 1/5