Roger that!
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Top class sculpting on that fig Jerry- the added equipment looks very natural and has that âjust rightâ sit to it that you always manage. Have to say I like the flesh painting too- the hands in particular look incredible for 1/35 and the face is full of character.
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Thanks Karl, as you know I am always happy to read your comments and this time is no exception. Glad you liked this one.
J
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I have to agree, great stache, Jerry!
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Thanks man. You know I love when you guys go black and white on me !
J
Thanks Ski,glad you liked it man.
J
Nice figure Jerry, a bit out of the ordinary. My wifeâs great uncle was killed on D+1. He was in the 5th Berkshires, a long service pre-war regular. He was 34 (quite old for a front line infantryman) and never got to see his daughter. At the time of his death he was a CSM (Company Serjeant Major - WOII). The Colour Serjeant rank at the time was usually a CQMS (Company Quartermaster Serjeant) in an infantry regiment. This was quite an important rank, because although as the title suggests, the quartermasterâs duties were mainly concerned with kit issue etc, he was being âgroomed for stardomâ, the next step being WOII and then on to RSM. Of course, in action, it was âall hands to the pumpâ, so he could well find himself in a trench with a rifle or Sten or manning an anti-tank gun.
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Very good info there. Thanks for all of that. That was indeed my quandary as I wanted to show an âolderâ guy and that would probably mean someone of long service and higher rank. I usually do not show officers because in my experience they were not around that much.
J
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Slightly off topic, but speaking of officers not being around. My father-in-lawâs cousin married an ex-RAF bomber pilot called Bob who wrote a book, published privately (âvanity pressâ) about his experiences flying Wellingtons in the Middle East during WW2. He visited a Blenheim squadron on Malta several times; each time it was commanded by the same sergeant. Between his visits, the squadron officers were replaced, but by the time he returned they had all been shot down and the sergeant was in charge again! Iâve always thought itâs the NCOâs that actually run things. The officers are just icing on the cake!
Between the wars, the British Army recognised that there was a potential shortage of officers, so in the 1930âs they came up with the rank of Platoon Serjeant Major, or WOIII. The idea was that deserving serjeants who showed genuine leadership potential could be promoted to this rank, so they could replace missing officers as platoon leaders. The rank was only used in the Infantry of the Line (not the Guards) and as the war progressed it fell into abeyance. However soldiers who held the rank continued to wear the insignia, a crown on the forearm (now the insignia of WOII). Thus for a while WOII (CSM) wore a crown in a wreath (now used by RQMS) and RSM the Royal Cypher as usual. Naturally PSMs could be promoted out of the rank in the usual way, but were not replaced.
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So very true in mine as well 
Eagerly waiting your next installment here. The NCOs better get on the job here. 
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Oh yes! The AT gunners ready to do some business. Beautiful!
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Glad you liked in man !
J
That gun crew is really well done, Jerry!
Keep up the great work!
Thanks Sean,glad you liked it buddy.
I will give it a go.
J
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The Sgt Major is amazing Jerry, the moustache and hair really give him a dishevelled look, brilliant, 
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Lookin great, Jerry!