| Signals20 | 19 Jan 2008 7:23 a.m. PST |
Hi Guys, i just bought a BF bits box of Ebay. It included a lot useful items, but I am having trouble identifying some of them. Maybe some of you can help. I haven't got a digital camera, so all I can do is try to describe them to you. 1. A small two-wheel cart with handlebar, and some dufflebag like thing on it. Maybe airborne? 2. A small piece of terrain with rather short crossed logs at one end, a small recangular hole at the other. Only the logs are detailed. 3. A small piece of terrain looking like the broken down end of a wooden fence. 4. A cast base the size of a standard small BF base with a round hole approx. 1.5cm across. Maybe a Ringstand? 5. A cast base as above, with an open drop canister with what looks like an MG34 in it, and a small rectangular hole with beside the canister. Fallschirmjäger? I would like to know which sets these may originate from. Okay, I know this is kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack, but hey, some of you might know because you won the respective sets. Kind regards, |
| Signals20 | 19 Jan 2008 7:26 a.m. PST |
That's "own", not won – sorry. |
| Signals20 | 19 Jan 2008 7:41 a.m. PST |
Oh, by the way forgot one piece: A Warrior miniature in light kit and pointing with a rifle in one hand, the other raised high. He wears a sidecap, and the nationalist emblem is a square cross. A Romanian guy perhaps? Nothing the the BF catalog, though. |
| nazrat | 19 Jan 2008 8:47 a.m. PST |
Some of these sound familiar so I'll give it a shot… 1. A small two-wheel cart with handlebar, and some dufflebag like thing on it. Maybe airborne? Definitely from the new US Airborne boxed set or MG Plattoon. There are guys included with that to pull the thing. Unfortunately there are no pics of this on the site that I can find. 2. A small piece of terrain with rather short crossed logs at one end, a small recangular hole at the other. Only the logs are detailed. Sounds like the piece for the new German Panzergrenadier LMG gunner to sit on. The rectangular hole would be for the gunner to be glued into. See link 3. A small piece of terrain looking like the broken down end of a wooden fence. Perhaps from the same set as above. Scroll down on that last link and there's a piece of scenery on one of the bases. 4. A cast base the size of a standard small BF base with a round hole approx. 1.5cm across. Maybe a Ringstand? No idea here either. I don't even know what a Ringstand is, but I'm dense sometimes… 8)= 5. A cast base as above, with an open drop canister with what looks like an MG34 in it, and a small rectangular hole with beside the canister. Fallschirmjäger? Yep! From the Company boxed set, I'd imagine. link |
| nazrat | 19 Jan 2008 8:49 a.m. PST |
I'd also add that most scenic pieces are relatively easy to find as they are only in the Company boxed sets or the newest packs released. Unfortunately BF seems to be dumping a lot of the spotlights on many of these boxes so that you can't find too many pictures of the contents on the web. Jerry |
| Jakar Nilson | 19 Jan 2008 9:30 a.m. PST |
1. A small two-wheel cart with handlebar, and some dufflebag like thing on it. Maybe airborne? The British Airborne figs have a similar wheelbarrow (with some bloke pushing it). I know that I haven't figured out where he could be useful. |
| The GM | 19 Jan 2008 12:34 p.m. PST |
3. If this one is from the US Airborne Company (which we're nearly done with for our Army Boxes series), then it is for the snipers – it really is the end of a fence to give them a place to hide behind. nazrat => Talk about being dense sometimes… Thanks! I missed the part where dudes with open hands are intended to pull the cart. You saved me from looking like an idiot in the Army Boxes review ;-). Don. |
| Signals20 | 19 Jan 2008 12:35 p.m. PST |
Guys, Thanks for the responses. Nazrat, You're spot on with the US airborne trolley, the PzGrenadier MG gunner base and the FJ company canister. Great work! and Jakar, I have some Brit airborne, and some of the wheelbarrows.
I find these little extras are really neat for building objective bases or just spiffing up your stands. The idea of small dioramas on some bases is great, I think! The broken fence end might be from the British Infanrty recently released, but I wouldn't really know. The Ringstand is what you would probably know as a Tobruk position, but if so, this one can only hold one figure. The Warrior guy with the rifle outstreched in one hand and the other in the air is still a complete mystery?? He looks Italian, but the square cross looks like the Romanian tank markings. Keep the ideas coming :) |
| nazrat | 19 Jan 2008 1:29 p.m. PST |
"The Ringstand is what you would probably know as a Tobruk position, but if so, this one can only hold one figure." Ah, Eureka! That would be out of the German D-Day Company boxed set. link And was the Warrior guy this one from the Italian Company HQ pack? link |
| nazrat | 19 Jan 2008 1:33 p.m. PST |
Flip through the images on each of those pages-- the first one will be on the picture shown on the back of the box, and the Italian fellow is three or four images in on those HQ piccies. Don-- Glad to be of some limited yet accidental help! |
| Signals20 | 19 Jan 2008 1:57 p.m. PST |
Nazrat,sir! Again you are spot on! The Warrior is indeed the one in the Italian Coy HQ, and the Ringstand is the one form the Festungskompagnie. And as a bonus, the Fence end is from the same box, the snipers are hiding behind it. So, gentlemen, everything is identified. Thank you! What a wonderfull resource TMP is never ceases to amaze me! Cheers, |
aecurtis  | 19 Jan 2008 2:48 p.m. PST |
Dang! You got this sorted, and I missed it all. Nice job, nazrat! Allen |
| GeoffQRF | 20 Jan 2008 2:41 a.m. PST |
And there's me thinking you were hard-wired into TMP Allen ;-) |
| aecurtis | 20 Jan 2008 9:48 a.m. PST |
The implant has to be removed and recharged every now and then. Allen |
| nazrat | 21 Jan 2008 8:24 p.m. PST |
It's always amazing when one can beat Allen to ANY answer here! Glad to be of service-- it was fun. Jerry |
