SPECIAL THANKS. I would like to thank Paul Watson for his sponsorship of several lead figure collections on this blog. Having decided to clear his spare/surplus figures, he generously forwarded them on with no other requirement than they deserved to be restored. I would also like to mention George S. Mills, who kindly furnished a quantity of plastic figures which greatly enhanced several collections.

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

SOVIET WW2 ARTILLERYMEN (Revell-Italaeri)

Had to find a solution to my Soviet WW2 collection having no artillerymen. Picked up this box for £13.50 delivered. Have seen them going for even more. My plan is to raise two teams of three figures, and a command base of two figures. In conjunction with my armoured train, and the naval gunboat, this should provide all I really need for an interesting war-game. The figures are listed as 1/35 but pleased to find they are only slightly less than my Airfix infantry, although definitely slimmer. Will fix them on higher bases, giving the illusion of a larger scale.

Well, just completed them today, and have given them the 54mm Toy-look, with a coat of gloss varnish. The two mortars are scratch built, using bits of metal, and plastic and a good superglue. They are firm and secure. Will later construct some ammo boxes. There is an Airfix figure in the first photo, to show the scale difference.

MGB

2 comments:

  1. Your use of base thickness is very subtle, but works beautifully Michael! Marvelous looking artillery units that will come in very handy in the future! Very well done!

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    1. Thank you Brad, Its another tick towards completing this army. And they look ok with my Airfix Soviet infantry, which was my main concern.
      Michael

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