Received 4 packs of Peter Pig's WW1 Russian horse-drawn limbers today, with the intention of converting them for WW2. I have also ordered similar WW1 German limbers from QRF so will compare when they arrive… Thought I'd try my hand at a review…
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photo sharing websitesLimbers are 4 pounds sterling each, and four horse (you might want to add a couple more if you are aiming for total authenticity). As with most Peter pig 15mm miniatures, they are true 15mm rather than 18mm (1:100). The limber comes in 4 parts: chassis, wheels and combined caisson/seat and crew (three). There are also 4 horses and two mounted drivers to make an 5 man gun crew.
Russian WW1 figures are fairly easy to convert to WW2 with a head swap (or even filing down the WW1 peaked soft cap into a WW2 forage cap, I choose to do full head swaps – four to helmets and one to a fur cap. The rest of the uniform is broadly compatible, especially for mounted figures without much equipment.
The miniatures are crisply moulded with little flash, although some fairly heavy filing is necessary to clean up the underside of the seat/crew moulding to gt a near fit with the chassis. It makes sense to glue down the seat before affixing the wheels, as the wheels ride down onto the axle too far and you will have difficultly squeezing the seat into place if you attach them beforehand.
There might be some minor accuracy issues. I looked on the web at the 1914 Russian limber at the IWM Duxford, and the model seems to be more reminiscent of the French limber than the Russian variety, but the differences are minimal and could easily be addressed by cutting back the protruding bar in from the wheels and a bit of filling to the back of the caisson. For me this is not an issue.
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Overall its an excellent miniature and good value, delivered very quickly as usual by Peter Pig, and will help to make my Soviet artillery more authentic.
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