[KICKSTARTER] ARNHEM HEROES PART 2. May 2024 PG.14 Glider Pilots

[carlos marighela]

Very nice!

They do seem to be missing a cross strap?

Not necessarily. The '37 pattern had a canvas cover and straps at the top as opposed to the more familiar WW1 era felt covered type with the skeleton webbing carrier and the distinctive cross straps. How common these were vis a vis the older pattern I don't know but they are not necessarily wrong. Paul is pretty good at doing his research, so I trust these are all based on period photos.

[carlos marighela]

By the by it was the same bottle inside just the carrier differed.

[fred]

Interesting, I wasn’t aware of this version, most minis seem to use the earlier version with the cross straps. This made me have a look through Then and Now for Market Garden. The first thing is that most photos are of the front of people, and rear shots tend to be rather distant. But I found two

First with the 37 pattern, which looks very much the same colour through out




Second showing the older version which is the darker felt shade

[Harry Faversham]

All will be revealed when I return to the Emporium  from seafront perambulate!

🤔

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Both types in action.

[Harry Faversham]

Some piccys, courtesy of Bob and Dave showing the full webbing water bottle carrier. Mr. Hicks has kindly made us these remarkable little sowjers, it's only right we dab our paints on 'em as best we can!
With this in mind, and being super anal, the carrier wants to be the same colour as the webbing with just the canteen top picked out in brown felt. Being a proper sad wanker where the Airborne's concerned, mine will have the smocks with knitted cuffs, picked out in green. They'll also have the cotton .303 bandoleers a different shade to the webbing.

[Dags]

Easy fix.

The bandoliers are already a completely different color to the webbing 

[Harry Faversham]

You iz di' man Dags!

[carlos marighela]

A distinctly useful site for British webbing enthusiasts/ fetishists.

http://www.karkeeweb.com/index.html#home

As Fred Astaire almost sang:

'I'm in webbing, I'm in webbing and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek, when we are out there patrolling cheek to cheek.'

[Sparrow]

A distinctly useful site for British webbing enthusiasts/ fetishists.

http://www.karkeeweb.com/index.html#home

As Fred Astaire almost sang:

'I'm in webbing, I'm in webbing and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek, when we are out there patrolling cheek to cheek.'

Dear Lord that’s awful 

[carlos marighela]

Don't blame me that one is down to an old mate of mine. It's better than 'Some enchanted evening, you may kill a stranger...' or 'M60s in the night, together we were firing on fixed lines...'

[Ash]

They really are some very tasty looking sculpts. Is there a release ETA on these yet?

I think those samples look great. Nice to see how they look with some paint, particularly like the camo.
Re the bottles, cuffs etc; pretty much what Harry said, he knows his stuff.

With this in mind, and being super anal, the carrier wants to be the same colour as the webbing with just the canteen top picked out in brown felt. Being a proper sad wanker where the Airborne's concerned, mine will have the smocks with knitted cuffs, picked out in green. They'll also have the cotton .303 bandoleers a different shade to the webbing.

[Cubs]

If you can find a book called 'For King and Country: British Airborne Uniforms, Insignia & Equipment in WW2' it's an absolute gem for the painter of Paras and Airborne dudes. It is such a comprehensive guide, covering just about everything that was carried from the start of the war till the end, how it was carried on the webbing, all variations and marks, all colour detailed photos so you get a really look at what you're meant to be colouring in and you get a choice as to how you want to paint it, depending on when and where your guys are fighting.

Having said that, I must have snaffled up a rare cheap copy (well, £20 which I thought was expensive at the time) because it can go for silly money these days, but I do thoroughly recommend it. It helped me no end in painting my paras and glider pilots.

[Harry Faversham]

That book's worth a fortune these days. My lad's in a couple of the piccys, poncing about playing sowjers!

 

[M Blakey]

That book's worth a fortune these days. My lad's in a couple of the piccys, poncing about playing sowjers!

 

I saw it once for £50.00 and fought with myself and ended up not buying it... a decision I later regrettably massively. However I did get the "Then and Now" books and they are fantastic.