British Army Special Operations unit from World War II Burma campaign ; Chindit with mule.
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/chindits-4
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/chindits-4
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At first glance this looks fine, but yet again (amongst 1/35 figures that is), the rendition of ’37 Pat webbing leaves a little to be desired.
First off, the belt. It’s difficult to make out in the images shown but I believe the sculptor has confused the buckle with that of the US pistol belt. The British belt fastens – and looks like - this:
The US belt looks like this:
and I believe the sculptor has depicted this, though as I say, it’s difficult to see exactly. Happy to be wrong as ever.
The cross straps are too short – certainly at the rear. This means that the water bottle could not be affixed; at the front, one should protrude below the pouches, so that the rear end and the front end , can suspend the water bottle.
This can be seen here:
Lastly the boot laces; again, a little difficult to see from the pics but the British Army laces its boots in a ladder fashion, or rather did, when short ankle boots were the fashion:
I was a little concerned about the puttees but I cannot discern the details; that said, we are talking about 1/35 here.
I’m sure most of this can be fixed by those who wish to bother, and in 1/35 scale I should think an easy enough fix.
I am not remotely interested in the Far East campaigns of WW2, but I do get concerned, when despite even today, given the ready availability of the real articles, manufacturers either still get it wrong, or seem not to bother. There again, to be charitable, it does take some knowledge to get it assembled accurately.
I am sure these figures will be welcomed by those who are interested in the Far East campaigns, and therefore I hope my comments are received in the manner in which I intend(!)
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