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Well That's another old pal passed - the worst thing about getting older is when people die. Tam Laurie I first met, around 2002 when he had been working at a pub in Rose St on the door. He turned out to be pals with a few of the ex-bar staff and regulars from that pub and they all started drinking in the 3 tuns.

Another of the Action force toys that has recently fell into my hands is that of the Q-force Aqua trooper. Q-force was the naval arm of Action Force, and this particular one was an underwater swimmer with breathing aparatus, forming up the mainstay of their troops. As you can see the blister is coming away and is a bit bashed, but complete enough that with a little superglue it is prime to be resealed, and be placed in the collection!

So the toy I wanted more than anything growing up was the Red Shadows Shadowtrack. I managed to get the laser exterminator as my big action force vehicle, then transformers from then on as my folks simply couldn't afford any (I was grateful for what I got!) and the pickings were slim - we had the Jolly Green Giant as our only nearby toy shop - long before the Toys'r'us or Smyths days!

This is another kit that I was fortunate enough to pick up from a clearance house with a very generous multi-buy discount on top of the low price. I actually bought two sets, as I wanted to assemble both artillery and anti-tank teams; in this article, I’ll only be covering the anti-tank guns, but there’s very little difference between the two, primarily just swapping parts out to get a different model of weapon.