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The Matchbox vehicles are about 1:48 while the Zinnbrigade figures are more like 1:43, close enough for my purposes but the figures won't sit comfy without a bit of surgery around the ankles. It can be a cruel world when you are a toy soldier!
Once again, it will be sad to cover the glorious paint jobs and for now they can serve as is as commandeered civilian vehicles carrying supplies in a sideshow theater of war in Atlantica. (The kegs of beer from the middle truck have already been commandeered!) Eventually though I will do enough seated soldiers to fill 2 military green trucks as motorized infantry.
Dear Ross,
ReplyDeleteThese look terrific and very much like the trucks and vehicles I've seen for the period. Will you be using the open trucks for supply loads? beer is important, especially with dangerously polluted water sources...You really have captured the look and feel of the period. Great work!
Jerry
Thanks Jerry. I`ll put the barrels back for supply convoys and leave the canvas onthe other.
DeleteI don't know if you've ever read Guy Sejure's Forgotten Soldier (recommend it if you haven't), but when ever the subject of Civilian veicles comes up I am reminded of the time he reports coming back of leave, heading back to the East Front found him commandeered to accompany a 'zug' or tarain/convoy of 100 trucks with 100 drievrs and 100 armed guards (who doubled as an anti-partisan unit for the duration fo the convoy), one of whom was Guy.
ReplyDeleteHe clearly states that one of these lorries heading into the steppes of Mother Russia with a load of dunkel-grau and gleb Opels, Bussungs and Merc's (and presumably - the odd MAZ and Tatra?) was a removal lorry (pantechnicon) with the sign-written English company's graphics intact! presumably captured in the fall [collapse] of France and the rush for Dunkirk?
H
Read a few decades ago. good reference though. I was surprised to find that there were already a few civilian lorries in 1914 East Africa to be commandeered.
DeleteGreat loking convoy Ross...so many souvenirs for me with Matchbox models!
ReplyDeleteMe too. The ones I had were smaller but the Dinky Toys were close.
Delete"We crashed the gate doing nine-point-eight*; I said 'let these truckers roll...'" 9.8mph - cross-country speed. Handy logistics and other transports for your Great war project!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of 'Forgotten Soldier' (Guy Sajer) - that is one hard read, and a sad one.
Agreed.
DeletePerhaps its in the truck with the canopy.
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