"Afrika Korps Platoon Review" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Mar 2021 9:33 p.m. PST |
"While Germany had little interest in Africa in 1940, Hitler felt he could not see his ally Mussolini flounder in his military adventures, and so in early 1941 German soldiers began arriving in Libya. This must have been a considerable surprise to them, and without a recent history of possessions in such southerly parts there was much to learn about living and fighting in a desert environment. Yet adapt they did, and over the next two years they fought well against an experienced and often better-resourced enemy before eventual defeat in May 1943, when the Afrikakorps ceased to exist…"
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gregmita2 | 23 Mar 2021 10:29 a.m. PST |
This appears to use PSC's Ultracast system, molding a resin plastic using molds originally meant for metals. I have some of their Battlegroup Northag 10mm miniatures which use the same system, with the same mold line problems. They seem to have issues with keeping enough pressure and fit on the molds to prevent mold lines. |
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