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Greetings all,

 

Here is a new bust by Young Miniatures. D-Day Normandy, 1944, 1st Infantry Division.

 

For more pics go to: www.young-miniatures.com

 

Joe

 

 

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100 years ago...

 

ICM released another US WW I figure set: Casualties:

 

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=23849&mode=thread&order=0

 

Here's the matching ambulance:

 

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=12771

 

This could be a great dio...

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Proud Kraut

Found this one online today. Made by Stalingrad (russia). From what I've seen online, one of the most detailed/accurate 1/35 figure manufacturers today. As usual: you get what you pay for. The set including 10 figures is EUR 177,- over here:

 

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Vietnamese hookers? The diorama possibilities abound!

Terry

Hahaha. Add that box along with Bravo6's 'Me so horny' kit and you have the makings of some outrageous diorama possibilities. ;):rolleyes::D

 

Semper Fi.

 

Manny

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That's a rather unusual recovery vehicle, with a side mounted gun. One might think that could be more of a hinderence when working recovery operations.

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Hey Gil,

We were not the only ones guilty of placing "dummy" guns on a vehicle. About the same time the M31 came out the Germans placed a dummy gun on their Panzerbeobachtungswagen III to allow more room in the turret. Other than the deception part, I'm sure the dummy guns on the M31 were useful as "grab handles" for

the crew climbing up or down from the vehicle.

Best regards,

Mike

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Hello Gil,

This site may help in explaining the M31. The "guns" were dummies.

 

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_M31_tank_recovery_vehicle.html

 

Hope this helps.

Mike

 

Thanks for this info, Mike. Regarding these pics again I found the photo of a soldier entering the M31 through the "gun-dummy-door" (scroll down a bit);:

 

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2017/08/two-new-kits-transform-older-mouldings.html

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Lars,

Thank you for providing the link to Modeling News. I forget that they usually have pretty darn nice articles, info and news on the latest releases.

The photo of the M31 retrieving the pre-fab "stick in the ground" German pillbox (Italy) would make a nice diorama for sure. Attached is a photo from my photo archive

of an M31 recovering a Sherman in Italy. Note the lack of any markings on the M31.

Please share your progress photos & text with us as you build this kit.

All the best,

Mike

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Nice idea, but this kit from MiniArt DEFINITELY makes it a WWI kit, and that is noticeably due to the gas masks. The beauty of the other kits was that; as some of our fellow modelers did; was to make them crossover dioramas. i.e. Mike's dio of the Marines in the Banana Wars or Marines/Soldiers in pre-WWII regalia and weapons like Tom's rendition of Marines defending Wake Island. I hope it works out, if the dioramas are strictly WWI.

 

Semper Fi.

 

Manny

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