A Primer on
15mm WWII Miniatures

Old Glory

By Mark Serafin



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McFigures, meaning they are available just about everywhere. Good infantry, with a lot of variation and an unfriendly packaging system that forces you to buy things like 10-12 mortars at a time. This line started out with a lot of promise, then kind of fizzled out as Old Glory went on to other projects. Additions to this line seem to have dried up in the past few years. As with all Old Glory stuff, the key seems to be buying packs when they are new to the range - OG never seems to clean their molds, so quality declines as more are made.

They also have a large line of vehicles that is compromised by lousy casting quality (the actual casting is done by Skytrex in the UK). I have some very nice stuff from them (Horch command cars), and stuff I didn't even assemble because the pieces fit so horribly (T34s). Sometimes the casting is so bad that the model just can't be used (I got an Opel Blitz with only 1/2 of the engine compartment). They can also be a bit inconsistent with their packaging - I once had to buy 2 packs of AT guns just to get what was supposed to be the contents of one bag (luckily the store gave me a break). But they do make a lot of different models, and some of them are quite good. I would recommend inspection before purchase, if possible.

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