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