"28mm US Sailors" Topic
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| Charles Besly | 25 Sep 2013 2:16 p.m. PST |
Ok thanks to my friend mike I am now in possession of a LCI/G in 28mm. I have Marines but I do not have a crew. I also have several questions.
#1 Would Pulp figures sailors be acceptable? I know brigade games has a few guys for Landing craft/ LVT but they don't make anything like a crew.
#2 Would sailors uniforms be Blue or white. I thought they usually fought in the dungarees but there are almost no gaming examples of them I know of.
#3 How late in the war were the tin hats worn by the navy when did they change to the steel pot?
Any advice help would be greatly appreciated. |
Frederick  | 25 Sep 2013 5:42 p.m. PST |
Good questions While I am no expert I think the Pulp figs would work – and I think dungarees would be good for the Pacific, although some of the colour photos I have seen of D-Day have the crew in blue uniforms – at least by D-Day pretty much all the crews had steel pots, and I suspect by 1943 in the Pacific that would be the case too |
| Rhino Co | 25 Sep 2013 6:50 p.m. PST |
You could use the Company B LVT crew figures.
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| nnascati | 25 Sep 2013 6:50 p.m. PST |
Bob Murch's Pulp Figures features a set or two of 1930ish Sailors in deck uniform, jeans and fatigue shirts. Pretty sure they would work for WWII. No helmets on the though, just "sailor hats". |
| Joes Shop | 26 Sep 2013 3:22 a.m. PST |
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| johnnytodd | 26 Sep 2013 5:49 a.m. PST |
Do you have some photos of the LCI? I've been thinking of building an LCI myself… I've used Murch sailors for 4 USN boats so far. He should have enough various poses for a basic crew. I've had to modify some of them by adding kapok vests, helmets or sailor caps from green stuff.
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| Charles Besly | 26 Sep 2013 9:27 a.m. PST |
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| johnnytodd | 26 Sep 2013 12:13 p.m. PST |
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