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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
French Infantry WW1 from Revell!
There are a lot of infantry sets from World War 2, but only a few from World War 1.
The "French infantry WW1" from Revell is one of them.
The "French infantry WW1" from Revell is one of them.
It was produced in 1991, but was hot for a looong time because the Airfix classic was out of production.
and now Pegasus produced paralel to their "WW2 french infantry", another set of "WW1 french infantry".
The lack of WW2 french infantry set forced me to paint and use the Revell figures for WW2 dioramas or wargames, like Memoir 44.
Here some photos:
All major figures combines with a Somua of Heller and Char B1 from Matchbox:
A commandant with a typical grenade thrower:
The number of poses in this set are nine with a heavy machine gun. They all are realistic with a small amount fo flash.
There are a lot of riflemen with different advancing poses, with a kneeling man, firing a Chauchat, a light machine gun.
The heavy machine gun is a Hotchkiss, with good detail. The MG and figures are sitting into holes well.
But for me its a little weird, that its being fired from the side!
Actually because of their uniform they may be not used in a WW2 diorama, thanks to Pegasus they will be replaced by the correct ones.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
WWII German Horse Drawn Multi-Purpose Wagon from Haet!
In our hobby there are some favourite models, like Tiger, Panther, T-34, and so on.
A lot of producers are offering those models, in different variants.
But some vehicles and weapons of WW2, which were used in great quantities are hard to find.
One of them is "horse-drawn"-vehicles.
Revell produced once the "German artillery WW2", really a wonderful model, after so many years still appreciated.
During WW2 the horse within German Army played a huge role. It’s actually a great paradox, when we think that this army invented Blitzkrieg.
The army which was most mechanized, was also the one using, the slowest and vulnerable transportation vehicle, the horse!
In fact, WWII German Army was the one employing the greatest number of horses, and pack animals in the history of mankind wars.
The number of horses needed yearly by the German Army was around 1.000.000.
Although the technological advance on every weapon was continuing especially during the war faster than as usual, the transport vehicle was one of the main problems in Wehrmacht.
After 1943 the number of horses serving in the German Army was increasing, due to Allies strategic bombardments of factories.
The production was being seriously affected while the horse-breeding farms escaped untouched.
And nowadays, the Haet is finishing the next "horse drawn multi-purpose wagon".
Here ist the test shot from their website:
and a second one:
After this short summary, it must be clear, why I'll buy this one and not just one!
A lot of producers are offering those models, in different variants.
But some vehicles and weapons of WW2, which were used in great quantities are hard to find.
One of them is "horse-drawn"-vehicles.
Revell produced once the "German artillery WW2", really a wonderful model, after so many years still appreciated.
During WW2 the horse within German Army played a huge role. It’s actually a great paradox, when we think that this army invented Blitzkrieg.
The army which was most mechanized, was also the one using, the slowest and vulnerable transportation vehicle, the horse!
In fact, WWII German Army was the one employing the greatest number of horses, and pack animals in the history of mankind wars.
The number of horses needed yearly by the German Army was around 1.000.000.
Although the technological advance on every weapon was continuing especially during the war faster than as usual, the transport vehicle was one of the main problems in Wehrmacht.
After 1943 the number of horses serving in the German Army was increasing, due to Allies strategic bombardments of factories.
The production was being seriously affected while the horse-breeding farms escaped untouched.
And nowadays, the Haet is finishing the next "horse drawn multi-purpose wagon".
Here ist the test shot from their website:
and a second one:After this short summary, it must be clear, why I'll buy this one and not just one!
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