"Battlefront/Flames of War Ski Troops reviewed" Topic
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| Yesthatphil | 06 May 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
Just updated the reviews page of P.B.Eye-Candy with a feature on the recently added Finnish Ski Troops.
(what you get in the packet)Dressed in white coveralls and ushankas with little equipment showing, these are pretty versatile figures for a season that is not well supplied by manufacturers … I have added mine to a varied Peter Pig Soviet PBI platoon …
I like the proportions of the figures (nicer than the older figures with big heads and no middles) and they mix well with other ranges …
(of course they are standing up straighter than the other two but …)I like them … for more pics and details, see the page. Thanks Phil
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dragon6  | 06 May 2014 1:49 p.m. PST |
It's difficult to tell but they don't appear to dressed for cold weather. I mean they look thin, no padded winter clothing. But I like that they show little equipment. Perhaps they can be dressed as opponents of Khurasan's arctic figures? |
| Yesthatphil | 06 May 2014 5:52 p.m. PST |
The hooded 2 piece outfits are certainly meant to be snow camo suits … But it's a valid point, dragon6 … I much prefer realistic proportions to the clumsy barrel physiques of the typical 28mm soldier and they do look and paint up great. But yes they do seem quite closely tailored compared with what we see in archive photos – not enough to be a problem maybe – but a worthwhile prompt to other manufacturers maybe. Phil |
| Fish | 07 May 2014 5:51 a.m. PST |
Nice review! What on earth is that (halftrack?) truck on the 2nd pic above though?
Doesn't look familiar (=finnish) to me…
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| Yesthatphil | 07 May 2014 7:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks … It is a Zis-22, Lonkka1Actual …
(Phil's Zis-22 Zvezda conversion)… used in the Winter War … Soviet (though it is hard to imagine that the Finns would not have captured some) like the platoon in the picture. There are some more pictures on P.B.Eye-Candy/Zis-22-added … The Zis-22 and Gaz-60 were early attempts to produce an all weather/all terrain truck of which the better known mid-war Zis-42 was the result (apparently they made some 6,000 of them). Despite so much being available in 1:100/15mm, there is limited availability of such vehicles (and making your own is one solution) … Phil
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| poiter50 | 07 May 2014 8:19 p.m. PST |
Does the Axis & Allies Zis half track fit into this truck category? |
| Fish | 08 May 2014 4:49 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the info.
I'll have to leaf through some books to see if our forces indeed captured any. I find it hard to believe that they'd used/fitted any skis on the front wheels though… |
| Yesthatphil | 21 May 2014 8:40 a.m. PST |
I find it hard to believe that they'd used/fitted any skis on the front wheels though… Plenty of photgraphs around … however here's a museum photo I recently came across which shows the sabot style ski fittings …
It is the later '42' model, of course, but you get the picture. Useful web page o5m6.de Phil
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