Builds Group Build - The War in the Desert 1941 - 1943

[SPROCKET321]

I bloody love the Airfix multipose sets, but there's very little else out there in the same scale, or at least nowhere near what's available in 1/35.

I got the German NW Europe Infantry through today, looking through them, they do look good, the faces are impressively sculpted,

AIRFIX A55210 WWII German Infantry Multipose Starter Set 1:32 Military Model Kit 5014429552106 | eBay

Airfix Code - A55210. WWII German Infantry Multipose Starter Set. Airfix Starter Sets are ideal for beginners. Large Starter Sets are perfect for gifts or to build yourself once you have mastered the basics.

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odd that they don't provide a strip of thin plasticard for slings and straps, the 1/32 classic range used to. I plan to make this one in the near furture.

 

[SPROCKET321]

Airfix multi-pose series deserve a thread all by themselves, anyway here's a few details from the set above.

 

[robinrocket111]

Airfix multi-pose series deserve a thread all by themselves, anyway here's a few details from the set above.
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The MG42 looks rather good, but the Mauser looks stumpy and the Walther bit shoddy.

 

[Smeggers]

I know they were common, do you know if they were worn by infantry in the attack. It seems alien to me knowing the battering your elbows and knees get.

Seen quite a few pictures showing British & Commonwealth forces wearing shorts to the extent that an American General is reputed to have said "What is it with these limeys, going to war in their underwear?"

 

[Smeggers]

I know they were common, do you know if they were worn by infantry in the attack. It seems alien to me knowing the battering your elbows and knees get.

Further to post #440, here are some examples;

Hope this heps, sprocks.

 

[putteesinmyhands]

I know they were common, do you know if they were worn by infantry in the attack. It seems alien to me knowing the battering your elbows and knees get.

On a more recent note, when CS95 came in and pullovers ceased to be de rigeur on range days, I took to wearing elbow supports and long johns to save my delicate elbows and knees. So I'm quite surprised at the absence of photos depicting hose tops pulled over the knees for the same purpose.

 

[Northern_Biff]

On a more recent note, when CS95 came in and pullovers ceased to be de rigeur on range days, I took to wearing elbow supports and long johns to save my delicate elbows and knees. So I'm quite surprised at the absence of photos depicting hose tops pulled over the knees for the same purpose.

Shirts, hairy type KF would have taken your mind off any discomfort of wearing shorts .

 

[rockhoppercrab]

Are they short longs or long shorts? The bloke on the right has turn ups like mine

 

[Helm]

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Are they short longs or long shorts? The bloke on the right has turn ups like mine

Depends on the size of the bloke

 

[W21A]

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Are they short longs or long shorts? The bloke on the right has turn ups like mine

Surrendering Italians? They look quite chummy.

 

[Bodenplatte]

Surrendering Italians? They look quite chummy.

Giving them Biscuits AB to eat.
Must constitute a War Crime.

 

[W21A]

... and funny.

 

[robinrocket111]

... and funny.

According to Grandad, Vino in the trenches and lots of Vino!

 

[W21A]

Giving them Biscuits AB to eat.
Must constitute a War Crime.

Just noticed the tins. We got the same tins of biscuits as emergency rations in GW1! It's a great picture that says a lot about attitudes when the fighting was over.

 

[wasteofrations2]

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Are they short longs or long shorts? The bloke on the right has turn ups like mine

Bombay Bloomers, possibly.

Depends on the size of the bloke

Now then, lovely boys!

 

[NSP]

I know they were common, do you know if they were worn by infantry in the attack. It seems alien to me knowing the battering your elbows and knees get.

Ah, but those were the days of Empire when men were men.

And goats were nervous...