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Flat Figures Painters Forum => Review Section => Flat Figure Sets => Topic started by: marko on April 06, 2018, 12:20:08 PM

Title: The Art Seller - Werner Otto - Modellbau-Holland-Merten
Post by: marko on April 06, 2018, 12:20:08 PM
Another great example of what makes flat figures so magical...at least to me.

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Many years ago I clipped out a copy Jean-Antoine Watteau's painting "The Shop Sign of Gersaint" with the goal of reproducing the scene in 1/72 scale using converted Airfix figures as was a habit at the time.  It sat in my files for many years and then discovered there was 20 mm rendition of the painting using flat figures...

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Figures are engraved by Otto and are now available from Modelbau-Holland-Merten where I purchased them from.

Finally seeing a charming retention by the late Catherine Cesairo Poisson spurred me to finally purchase along with a Mohr set of the Leipzig fair.

http://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8259 (http://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8259)


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I have wanted this a great deal of time - 1996 picture from Military Modelling - November 1996 I saved:


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mark  8)