28mm late war British & Germans Arnhem etc

[carlos marighela]

Indeedy! Is that the Tamiya one?

Love the doffed smock, brilliant bit of work.

By the by on one of the other threads here, a chap has used wet wipes rather than tissue for tarps as they hold moisture better. Going to try that one myself.

[Ash]

Now, that is a Firefly!  Well done!

Thanks Jim. Think I may have forgotten to varnish it..!

Indeedy! Is that the Tamiya one?
Love the doffed smock, brilliant bit of work.
By the by on one of the other threads here, a chap has used wet wipes rather than tissue for tarps as they hold moisture better. Going to try that one myself.

It's the Rubicon option:

https://rubiconmodels.co.uk/collections/british-vehicles/products/280088-m4a4-sherman-firefly-vc

Picked it up from eBay, nice kit; has an extra turret which I'll turn into a terrain piece at some stage. Also has an excellent decal sheet.

The smock was mainly because I didn't think the gunner would work if I tried to add one to that figure, fitted the space on the base quite nicely.
A second attempt at doing clothing, previous effort was a camo shirt for Cpt Willard on the PBR:



Another eBay find , was the Stanley Hollis VC figure from Warlord. He's a bit bigger than their other blokes, not by a lot...
Gave him a windproof smock to add to the winter British.

[Harry Faversham]

Had the honour of chatting to Stan at a Green Howard's reunion, many years ago.
 

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Quite a dour character by all accounts.  (My experience of very brave chaps is that they often aren't what you might call a "people person".)

[Harry Faversham]

Someone said very much the same thing about Major Cain VC of the South Staffs. New Occifer walked into the Mess and asked who was that inoffensive little fellow sat in the corner reading a newspaper. He got the shock of his young life when said 'little fellow' lowered his paper, revealing the purple ribbon on his BD!

[Ash]

Needed another section to finish the unit, so got these blokes. Will add snow...






Like the detail on the chap second from left, sporting a D Day Battle Jerkin.

[carlos marighela]

Very nice. The chap with the gas cape/poncho draped over his back is an excellent figure. Who is manufacturer of the greatcoated lot?

[Ash]

Who is manufacturer of the greatcoated lot?

They're all part of the same set, Winter British, Warlord metal figures.

https://store.warlordgames.com/products/british-infantry-section-winter?_pos=6&_sid=d9110685e&_ss=r

[carlos marighela]

Cheers! I was blithely unaware of those.

[Ash]

They're pretty much straight out of the box, only thing I adjusted was the rather bulky front end of the rifles. Just filed down the bottom of the 'metal' bit under the foresight.

[carlos marighela]

I wonder who sculpted those? They look like a decent fit with the Empress Range. I often dismiss WG too readily, largely cos they are all over the place but forgetting there are some gems in there, like Paul Hicks old paras.

[Ash]

Size wise, they should look the part next to the Empress late War Brits. I'll take some pics...

...and talking about Paul Hicks old Paras, after reading Louis Hagen's book 'Arnhem Lift' I thought it would be rude to not add at least one section of Polish Airborne.

[Ash]

Here's the size comparison; pretty much bang on.



 Empress, Warlord, Empress, Warlord

[carlos marighela]

Cheers! Paras don't surprise me. Same sculptor.

[CapnJim]

Those winter British look good.  And thanks for the comparison shot...