Thanks Karl for another well written and thoughtful response.
J
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Yes I think you are right. I have that excellent ref. book and consult it almost daily. If you only wanna get one book on the topic I would say that is the one to get.
Thanks for the very very kind remarks bubba!
J
Thanks matey. For once I cannot take any credit at all for the poses. Straight from the old box. I did mess aroud with details and it,etc but not the posing. I took a break!
J
Hulk has his tripod
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Excellent scene, and amazing dio. These squadies sure look weighted under their MG, the tripod and the tw others carrying ammo and the coolant water (not potable) are with the lighter load.
Amazing stuff Jerry
Thanks for noticing all that stuff buddy,
J
Beautiful work as always JR
So far from an expert here , but I found this and thought you could add it to your refs.
Curious about the drawstrings on the bottoms of the jackets , interesting pic.
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These are the Smocks, Windproof, normally worn as a “set” with the trousers. These were issued as and when in a camouflage pattern not immediately discernible in this particular picture. In detail they looked like this:
They continued in use up until at least the 70s, being worn by all arms and services of the Army, and the Royal Marines. I recall they were much in vogue with the SAS, even as late as 1971, when I first encountered such a species in the guise of the Corps Patrol Unit (a specialist SAS unit destined for stay-behind ops should the Soviets/Warsaw Pact ever decide to come a-visiting). They were also issued for adventure training, and worn by members of the Women’s Royal Army Corps, just in case anyone thinks they were an especially macho piece of kit (!)
I’ve just remembered that there may have been a plain green pattern which may be why the camouflage pattern doesn’t show in the original picture.
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Thanks buddy for the kudos and also for that great pic!
J
Thanks for the clarification man. You can always be depended on.
J
I just got a digital copy of After the Battle 193 , the Allied capture of Caen. I don’t know if there is anything of interest for you in there??
Who knows?? It is a pretty old publication and has been shown to already contain a lot of errors about every topic.
It’s hard to tell if this one is OK or falls into the first category?
J
Apparently this is a new edition? I’ll send it to you. You may decide if it is a keeper or not
OK then thanks matey!
J
Beautiful work as always Jerry, a pure pleasure to look at. Could you possibly not make us selfish lot wait so long between postings?? I know ,pure selfishness on my part for asking but you cant blame a guy for trying.I hope all is well with you Jerry and thanks again for another stunner. Best regards…Dale
I could post a bunch more but don’t wanna wear out my welcome!
J
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“wear out my welcome” he said. There is no chance of that. Every post, with images of your amazing work, is expectantly waited upon, each new image is ogled by each and every person following. Nah, you can post as much as you have, they will be welcome, I’m sure
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Thanks buddy!
Very kind comments to read this morning. You made my day!
J
I am working
on a counterattack scene for this series next. Here are some conversions underway.
A superb new Alpine guy. But I wanted him to be bringing his men on line and spreading them out,much like I had to da many times in the Infantry so…
He got changed to this.
Next a very nice Rado fig. But I needed more indians and less chiefs so I demoted him to private by removing the MP40 stuff.
Lastly a Dragon fig from the excellent Hohenstaufen in Normandy set. He got new low boots and a Hornet head so far. In the last pic I began to convert the trousers by adding length and volume to his right leg.
Thanks for looking and lurking!
J
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Always happy to look and lurk 
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