Large scale Vietnam War PBR crew and small scale different figure groups.
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/paracel-miniatures---new-items-in-various-scales
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/paracel-miniatures---new-items-in-various-scales
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Nice. Now give us 1/35 NVA Soldiers. No, not those. The ones from the DDR.
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Absolutely. I have these very nice Hornet heads with East German Helmets and can’t use them. I had the old ICM set and got rid of them, but want something up to today’s standards without having to convert if possible.
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Wht can’t you use them? Want to trade?
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The heads you mean? No figures to use them on. I do have the D-Day set of DDR Border troops but they’re not regular army, and I don’t want to convert.
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I think I have that set too. They should be usable,I’m just not totally sure of the differences between the various East German uniforms; I’ve never studied them. As I told Robert, I have the MT-12 kit from Spalah and would love to make a diorama with it in East German service.
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I’ve seen them - couldn’t find a place that had them in stock. I would definitely get them, and try to paint them like the fellas I saw back in '86.
But it’s a different uniform.
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Seconded! I talked with Fox Hopp Models a while ago about NVA soldiers. With his new figure line:
https://foxhoppmodels.co.uk/collections/figures
I hope he will add NVA soldiers in the future.
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NVA looks similar to the Wehrmacht one, but thats all. GDR government wanted a different uniform compared with Bundeswehr, so they got back to something Wehrmacht-like. Give the guy a Sturmgewehr 44 and a Blumentarn pattern and you will have a Wehrmacht 1947 soldier.
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Fat chance Richard! I feel there’s no option but to convert; I’ve got form I admit and my efforts aren’t brilliant, though I kid myself that as time goes on they get a little better, but you’ll recall these I’m sure (all based on the Alanger/ICM kit with Hornet Heads added). There are obviously in the earlier Flachenmuster cam:
The scheme is relatively easy to paint. For later pattern uniforms life gets complicated as they adopted the Einstrich-Keinstrich “dashed” pattern, but this too can be tackled, at least for an effect using a fine needle-pen:
shown in the background of this pic:
If you trawl around a bit you’ll find plenty on the www re the differing uniforms and personal equipment:
Thereafter, it’s reach for the Magic Sculp/Milliput (and possibly gin) and set to; be prepared for a lot of sanding down though, and I mean a lot.
Using this as starter donor kit your MT-12 could be realised sooner than you think perhaps?
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Is there a 1/24 scale PBR that I’m not aware of?
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I’ll see what I can do lol, yes some conversion is necessary
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