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RCD


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Something not quite as contemptuous as my last question (I hope)

I was looking at the CAD drawings of Strelets' 9.2"  on their site - appears to be more complicated than the previous models. When I looked at the figures, unusually they are in winter clothing. If the finished figures are Ok they should paint up well.

As there is an indication that if all goes well this set may be out soon I had better do my homework. Can anyone point me in the right direction to do some research on how paint the figures - especially interesting is the figure which is a dead ringer to Field marshal Haig!

 

 



-- Edited by RCD on Wednesday 26th of November 2014 08:21:07 PM

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Can you atach here a picture of such drawings for us who aren't subscribed to the Strelets forum?

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You do not need to subscribe to the Strelet site. You can just go straight to the home page of Strelet but these are the masters for the 9.2" They have similar exploded cad illustrations for the German howitzer.

 



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Thanks! I think they improved a lot on the sculpting (no more monster hands and faces) and I even like the helmets. Helmets have been always a very difficult part of 1/72 figures.

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On the colours... I think that Khaki was completely dominant by the late war:


flic.kr/p/8NwzWZ
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i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02994/troops_2994097b.jpg
Perhaps with a few spots of colour if you can add some knit balaclavas and mufflers (I doubt they wore something too colorful, but perhps blues and greens were allowed). The officers, if wearing trench coats of private purchase might have had a lighter hue of khaki, alas, I guess that in the trenches the officers disliked being too distinguishable from the troops while going "over there". I recall a German account that said that snipers should always shoot to those "with skinny legs" (meaning wearing boots and breeches) before pointing to the rest of the rabble.
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I thought that this should also interest you as it is the first Central Powers set - the 21-cm MRS 10 German Heavy. Again more complex than some of the previous sets - will be interesting to see what they look like when they are in production

 



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Colour of late war British uniforms same as early war - khaki Service Dress. The basic uniform was the same throughout the war with the addition of gas masks, helmets, etc - there was an austerity pattern but only visible difference was no pleats on chest pockets and no 'rifle patches' on front of shoulders (extra layer of material)

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Nice German figures... but wouldn't the Jerry artillerymen weak a helmet with a ball instead of a spike?

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Already been discussed a long time ago on the Strelets Forum to my mind its a minor issue as it can be easily altered or just treat them as Bavarians, the three men with the telegraph poll and ammo carriers though seem rather wrong to me.... the officers I think are more for the parade ground... on balance I would say the Brit crew is much better... however I'd still buy both kitssmile



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