I've been toying between 28mm & 1/72scale which is the most cost effective or should I say what can I afford with out upsetting her in doors. Well it has to be 1/72 of course, so where to begin, I was pointed in the direction of the plastic soldier company. I got hold of the late war US troop box along with the heavy support box. I need to put six squads of twelve men together. So far I've managed to build three squads together out of the troop box. Two of the squads have the M1917 added from the support box and of course the third squad is just twelve men. So to finish off the other three squads I need another troop box out of that one I need to make two squads of 12 men each, the third will have the third M1917 from the support box and then onto the troop's transport......
The M1917 gun team
Forgot to add the water can and rubber pipe - that's something to do over the weekend, so it should look something like this
This is the first stage of the watering can, used 2mm plasticard 3mm wide by 5mm high, short length of fishing line (10lbs) or fine wire.
Watch my channel of how I put it together. https://youtu.be/SvB2WR515tA
This 12man squad shows 2x NCO's, 1x Bar, 1x M1917 team - Gunner & Loader(rifleman), 7x Riflemen
The NCO - unshaven
Second Assistant (NCO) on the knee, 5x Riflemen, 1x Bar
Painting an unshaven GI at this scale is not easy.
M1917 Team, 2x riflemen, The NCO, and in the background is a piece of terrain from my 20mm Bocage lane Range - the Gate section. More details and pics to follow.
See my YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/gbZ8veW9sBk
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