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First of all a big thank you to Neil Patterson for reminding me of CMSC and its history, as I forgot the name of this lovely brand in my Syrian army video. Also the "Fabbri" and other nonsense I said in this and the previous video about mystery resin and metal "collectibles" were in fact 1/87th scale Salvat models, as I checked in old posts from my blog. Fortunately I keep on finding them in flea markets and 2nd hand shops. Again you can see plenty of Roco Miniatures (1/87th scale) together with Peter Pig and QRF (1/100th). Some of the M60 MBT are Chinese toy models, and after covering them in ERA they play the part very well and are almost as good as the Roco or Salvat models. The infantry are whether Atlantic plastics or Peter Pig. The Aircraft are all 1/100th scale from Tamiya, Fabbri diecast and Revell.

Lebanon 1982 - QRF 1/100th scale models for the Syrian Airforce

The SU-20/22 was the mainstay bomber of the Syrian Airforce in the Lebanon campaign of 1982. Apparently they attacked with success a number of Israeli AFV columns. This QRF model is made of resin and metal but it's showing its age as it needs some filler here and there.

The Mig-21is a much better model and I presume more recent. The Israelis destroyed many of them after blinding the SAF with the destruction of the Syrian missile and warning ground system in operation Mole Cricket.

Now I'm eagerly trying to get both the Mig-23/27 and the Mig-25 in 1/100th scale. Does any one have some surplus or know were to find them?

The most successful aircraft of the SAF was the Aerospatialle Gazelle equipped with Hot missiles. As usual Syrians and Israelis give different numbers for the casualties inflicted and suffered by these small machines. The QRF model comes quite bare with no Hot missiles nor the dark gray box for target acquisition over the pilots compartment so they had to be scratch built.

Next: more Contemporary Russian Wars in 1/72nd scale  for you to stop biting your nails.

Lebanon 1982, 1/100th scale Syrian Infantry

 And now the Syrian infantry - hope you like it JMM. The main brand is Irregular Miniatures as they are large 15mm and so close to 1/87th scale. Besides they are cheap, well done and arrive pretty fast as this is Irregular M. trade mark.

  The picture shows the 1 to 15 Syrian regular company, as for RF! The figures are Irregular Miniatures. As you can see the Irregular M. figures (1/100th scale) go quite well with the CMSC (1/87th scale) BMP-1, as they are large castings. The Peter Pig ones are slender and true 15mm figures and don´t look so well with 1/87th scale vehicles. But when we mix the figures in the same stands or side by side, the difference is barely noticed.

The support weapons are Irregular Miniatures and Peter Pig: 12,7 MMG; 120mm mortar; Recoiless Rifle; Command Stand; SA-7 Grail and Degtyarev sharpshooter.

 The Commando company; mixed Irregular Miniatures and Peter Pig.

The Commando Support company which includes the AT-4 Spigot (Peter Pig).

 The 3 Commando battalions.

The 5 regular infantry battalions.