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Author Topic: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?  (Read 1669 times)

Offline Onebigriver

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Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« on: November 17, 2013, 03:42:38 PM »
Had a look on the Plastic Soldier Review site and it seems the Forgotten Army is still forgotten by plastic manufacturers in 1/72, so I was wondering what options were out there in 20mm metal?
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Offline Cubs

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2013, 03:54:12 PM »
I be starting with 1:72 plastic WW2 Australians and/or Gurkhas and taking it from there. A quick head-swap for helmets would be all it needs really.
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Offline dm

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2013, 06:21:43 PM »
I know Matchbox did Anzac's and Japanese and understand they have both been released again by one of the other plastic soldier firms but they were more 1/76 scale but were still superb sculpts. Maybe you could head swap them too

Offline frank xerox

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2013, 07:36:56 PM »
SHQ mediterranean british will do for men in tin helmets, berets etc but no slouch hats. Under the bed enterprises do Sikhs in long trousers,                freind or foe do anzacs & mediterranean types. But that could be it-FAA did chindits but I dont know if theyre still available

Offline V

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2013, 05:44:16 PM »
Britannia, shellhole, wartime, sgmm all have options.

Offline ARKOUDAKI

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2013, 08:40:33 PM »
Eureka Minis do a great range of WW2 Aussies and Japanese http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_694_695

FAA also does a number of figs for the conflict:

Chindits http://www.faaminiatures.com/c-277-lrp-chindits-in-burma.aspx

Japanese http://www.faaminiatures.com/c-275-jab-japanese-army-in-burma.aspx

Americans for Merrills Marauders http://www.faaminiatures.com/c-285-merrills-marauders.aspx

In plastic, you have the Matchbox Japanese and Aussies...Waterloo 1815 do some nice Japanese...and no doubt others.

So you do have a lot to choose from.

Offline NTM

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Offline Onebigriver

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2013, 11:52:45 PM »
Cheers all!  :)

Offline dm

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Re: Fighting in Burma in 20mm?
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2013, 06:30:15 PM »
If you wanted to do it in 15mm Peter Pig do a very nice range :)

 

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