Melchester Rovers

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Just revisiting my childhood by buying Roy of the Rovers 1970s book. "208 pages of Thrilling Football Action".... Tempted to get paint my own team... just need a steadier hand.

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Wiki states:

"A number of official Melchester Rovers Subbuteo teams were produced in the 1980s and 1990s"

Does anyone know which kits they were?.

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Hi PunkReaper

I believe this was one of them ...

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PunkReaper wrote:: Just revisiting my childhood by buying Roy of the Rovers 1970s book. "208 pages of Thrilling Football Action".... Tempted to get paint my own team... just need a steadier hand.

Great memories! Especially MIKE'S MINI MEN!

Smile

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ESSGEE wrote:

PunkReaper wrote:: Just revisiting my childhood by buying Roy of the Rovers 1970s book. "208 pages of Thrilling Football Action".... Tempted to get paint my own team... just need a steadier hand.

Great memories! Especially MIKE'S MINI MEN!

Smile

This one you mean. Melchester Rovers P1000942ok

By gullseye at 2011-06-13

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Brilliant, Gully. Love it!

Subject: Re: Melchester Rovers Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:47 am

excellent image gullseye Very Happy

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Cheers guys, as you liked that one here is another. Melchester Rovers P1000940s

By gullseye at 2011-06-13

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PunkReaper wrote:: Wiki states:

"A number of official Melchester Rovers Subbuteo teams were produced in the 1980s and 1990s"

Does anyone know which kits they were?.

It 's a rare team? A friend of mine gave it to me on Sunday

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Gullseye wrote:: Great memories! Especially MIKE'S MINI MEN!

By gullseye at 2011-06-13[/quote]

Great job!

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You have a nice friend there...... Wink

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nice!

Here's my Melchester

Melchester Rovers DSC03497

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And here's one of their opponents - Fordhampton - from the 1971/72 season:

Melchester Rovers IMG_1449

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Nice one Ian...Nicely done mate. Proper 'Kent Style'. I like. Looking forward to seeing more. Cool

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Here you go mate...just painted one up in my bestest 'Kent stylie'... Laughing

CASTLEFORD...I really like it on HW style figures Cool

Blue, Gold and White...

Melchester Rovers 001-7

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Carford City (I think?!)

Will take better pics at some pint once I've painted a few more Wink

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Interesting how the kits changed over the years, reflecting the times.

I'll be painting up an earlier Carford on HW-style figures soon.

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Spud, ... that Castleford's a beauty!

Like those figures, of course Wink

Be a while before I get to Castleford's team ... not sure if it appears in the 70s ...

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Nice Castleford, Spud.
Particularly like the base combo. Good match, and very stylish.

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Very nice, Fordhampton too, Ian.

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Melchester Rovers, 1961-63:

Melchester Rovers IMG_1597

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Melchester Rovers, 1964-73:

Melchester Rovers IMG_1598

Subject: Re: Melchester Rovers Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:14 am

Couple of excellent teams Ian , love 'em , nice one Cool

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Very nice, Ian.

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forfoxsake wrote:: Couple of excellent teams Ian , love 'em , nice one

Thanks, Jim.

Not quite 'Subbuteo blue' I know (and apparently Mel Rovers had 'navy blue' shorts), but this blue looks closer to that used in the Tiger comics/annuals.

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ESSGEE wrote:: Very nice, Ian.

Thanks ... I'll find that resize button on Photobucket soon Shocked

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Heavyweight021 wrote:

forfoxsake wrote:: Couple of excellent teams Ian , love 'em , nice one

Thanks, Jim.

Not quite 'Subbuteo blue' I know (and apparently Mel Rovers had 'navy blue' shorts), but this blue looks closer to that used in the Tiger comics/annuals.

Ian I think you have the blue just right. Was thinking of painting up a team but have a question about the socks. The only RotR publication I have is a 1968 annual which has a picture on the front cover showing red socks with a yellow band at the top. May be they used some older artwork as the b&w pictures inside show lighter socks than the band ?

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Princes Park - complete with Hotshot Hamish!

Melchester Rovers DSC04582

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Who's shot is more powerful? Roy's rocket or Hamish's hotshot?

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My vote's with Hamish ... Very Happy

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Heavyweight021 wrote:

ESSGEE wrote:: Very nice, Ian.

Thanks ... I'll find that resize button on Photobucket soon Shocked

No need, Ian.
I just increased the width of the forum. Problem solved.

Very Happy

Subject: Re: Melchester Rovers Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:30 pm

Brilliant Adam , love the "Hamish" mate , nice one Cool

Subject: Re: Melchester Rovers Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:58 pm

Here's mine on HWT figures , painted for me by Mark Cool

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forfoxsake wrote:: Brilliant Adam , love the "Hamish" mate , nice one

Thanks bud Cool

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forfoxsake wrote:: Here's mine on HWT figures , painted for me by Mark

Can't beat the genuine HW figure Exclamation

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Another opponent - Seaford Athletic, 1969/70 season:

Melchester Rovers IMG_1600

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Very nice. These comic strips (no pun intended) are better than reality.

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A most unusual kit worn by Melchester Rover's opponents in the first league match of the 1970-71 season. Problem is, no name is given to them in the comic strip. Anyone know who they are?

Melchester Rovers IMG_1805

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Gullseye wrote:: The only RotR publication I have is a 1968 annual which has a picture on the front cover showing red socks with a yellow band at the top. May be they used some older artwork as the b&w pictures inside show lighter socks than the band ?

Mel Rovers wore those socks (red with yellow tops) from 1955-57, then reverted to them in 1986.

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Thanks for the info Ian. Just for ref here are the photo's of the front and back and a b&w team photo inside cover.

Melchester Rovers P1010743q

By gullseye at 2011-07-15

Melchester Rovers P1010744f

By gullseye at 2011-07-15

Melchester Rovers P1010745x

By gullseye at 2011-07-15

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Regular version, 1973-80:

Melchester Rovers IMG_1812

The gold inserts will likely go in favour of the traditional yellow.

Away kit, 1973-77:

Melchester Rovers IMG_1810-1

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Getting ready to put a few stickers on a number of box-ends:

Melchester Rovers 6RotRTeamLabels

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Brilliant, they look really great. How many teams are you painting for the league?

I'm in the process of painting the 1976 Melchester team. Gave me another excuse to get the modelling clay out again. Spent about 5 hours on them so far and haven't got around to painting the strip yet !

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From details I've picked up about the 1967/68 Season, it seems there were 22 teams in the First Division, giving 42 games per team.

I've painted up 20+ teams at the moment (a few of these are Melchester Rovers themselves), and plan a few more during the course of this week.

Had a 'green splurge' yesterday ... aiming for the 'blue corner' tomorrow ... .

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One of the 'green teams' - Ashchurch (1971-72):

Melchester Rovers IMG_1941-1

Subject: Re: Melchester Rovers Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:15 am

ian these are brilliant mate Cool

the box end designs did you use the shoot first kit creator or another format ?
when you have finished them all a group photo would be fantastic

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Keeping to one colour saves keep washing those brushes out. Good bit of research to find all those teams study

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Thanks, guys!

Spurs: Yes, I used Shoot First Creator, then loaded the images into Graphic Converter and tweaked a few details (stripe on Melchester, etc), saved as .jpg and pulled them over onto the sticker label template supplied by Avery Labels.

Gulls: Certainly does ... I'd 'skinned' a few teams earlier in the day, then ran off 3 predominantly green teams in late evening.

Planning both a blue and a red day soon (I've the teams coloured coded on my Roy of the Rovers list). I'm still snapping up comics to make my list as comprehensive as possible. A major problem is many of the Roy of the Rovers stories are rendered in black and white Suspect

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Gullseye wrote:: Brilliant, they look really great. How many teams are you painting for the league?

I'm in the process of painting the 1976 Melchester team. Gave me another excuse to get the modelling clay out again. Spent about 5 hours on them so far and haven't got around to painting the strip yet !

Looking forward to seeing these .... Wink

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