A few more Melchester Rovers kits

It feels like my blog is slowly but surely turning into a Roy of the Rovers homage rather than about painting subbuteo!

I've painted up a couple more Melchester Rovers kits; the first is from the 1950's era, the second is from the 1970's era.  Both kits have been painted up on Superfooty figures and bases which are available from http://www.worldtablesoccer.com/engine/shop/index.html 

Another Roy of the Rovers

I had a request to paint another Roy of the Rovers team; this time the 1986 kit on LW figures and bases.

Here's how it turned out

Roy of the Rovers - Melchester Rovers

My mum used to buy me 3 comics a week when I was a kid; Shoot, Match and Roy of the Rovers.  Out of all 3, RotR was my favourite.

I painted up a 70's kit quite a few months back (can be found in an earlier post).  As I play my own subbuteo leagues at home, I thought it was about time Roy's men updated their kit.  So, with this in mind, and thanks to a recent purchase from a car boot sale for reference, Melchester Rovers have now been updated to their 1981 kit.

Here's how its turned out

L - R: Charlie "Cat" Carter, Roy Race, Blackie Gray

L- R: Blackie Gray, Paco Diaz, Nat "Grandad" Gosden, Noel Baxter

L-R: Noel Baxter, Vernon Eliot

L-R: Jimmy Slade, Duncan McKay

L-R: Mervyn Wallace, Vic "Superbrat" Guthrie

The figures and bases are original Subbuteo HW "walkers" from the 1970's