After the Aussies left the table from their photo shoot the Brits came in, so even if they look alike these are two different posts. These are the two last battalions for the British Brigade for the Desert 1940/43. This Brigade is the only one I have fully with the Brodie helmet, with all other Commonwealth brigades, Hindu, Scottish and Australian using their most known headdress (turban, Balmoral and slouch hats). The New Zealand is at its beginnings and they will be WW2 British bodies with lemon squeezer hats from Airfix US WW1 infantry.
As I generally do I mixed figures from brands that are similar in size. Specially the helmets, when of different scales (1/72 or 1/76) make figures very different when placed side by side. Here, Revell, Airfix copies and Hat are all mixed to a good effect.
The only Matchbox and Airfix 1st version figures came together in the 2 and 3-inch mortar stands. When put together in the same stand they look ok with helmets of the same size.
The 2- inch mortar was scratch built and its No1 operator was the Matchbox figure firing the Bren gun. The same happened to the Boys AT rifle operator who now has a 3d printed one.
The command groups mixes all possible brands of the same size.
A few LMG figures in the rifle companies have scratchbuilt Lewis replacing their Bren. It just gives them a bit of "Beau Geste" looks, maybe still up to 1940, but I think the British Infantry had them already fully replaced by the Bren LMG. Even so there may be chance of them being used by the infantry in the desert as many Bren were lost at France in 1940 and something had to be used instead.
Next: The New Zealand Brigade at Gallipoli 1915
Nice figures sir
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard.
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