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I tried that block of figures and didn’t like it . Also tried the 6 man metal seated troop set . They are more scale but their feet made it difficult to jam them in . . Looking at pictures there wasn’t much room in the 251 , you were pretty much shoulder to shoulder and how you fit with canteen , bread bag , etc making you wider at the hips I have no idea . Most pictures of 10 – 12 men in the back are training or parade type occasions . Combat photos show 7 – 8 guys in the back . I managed to get 4 of the old early troops in with a couple kit bashed to jumping over the sides as was their habit to get out in a hurry , that rear door is a pia to get through fast . I have 3 running troops on single bases to portray guys who used the door . I really didn’t go to crazy on the door hinges as they are complicated and I couldn’t be bothered .
The pair of 251s has the seated truck passengers added sitting on the compartment sides , This way I was abel to add 7 to one track and 8 to the other , plus machine gunner , and yes there are driver figures crammed in their . I used somewhat smaller resin figures with feet cut off and helmets sanded down . These are part of a convoy of half doven vehicles , with a troop carrier Blitz , cargo Blitz and a couple of 250s , radio vehicle and the 20mm turret .
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Here’s a picture of a C chassis . 1. Driver . 2. Gunner 3. Loader 4. Commander X. 3-4 guys crammed in . Y. 2-3 guys on top of ammo storage . Not really something you would want to be in advancing under fire , plus the gun couldn’t fire . If you had to bug out PDQ , uncomfy but your haulin ass out of trouble
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I have so many prone Soviet figures ., I gave a bunch away . I think I’ve built 8 boxes of the original troops and 4 of the winter box , and 2 of the new guys . You can only so many guys with a rifle , light MG or anti tank rifle . I borrowed panzerfaust and binocular arm pairs from my German parts box which fit with a little sanding . Plus I’ve done some leg swaps from other Russians so it looks like the soldier is diving to the ground . I’ve also cut and adjusted the torso so it sits a little higher off the ground for a couple of guys throwing grenades . . I used the Japanese prone figure as a dead guy on his back which took a bit of work adding the details not included on a figure who is laying down . I used the extra small Russian rifle ammo pouches to sub for the Japanese kit , and then green stuff cross straps and belt . A couple of the Soviets in the quilted uniforms ( I hate those molded on packs and bed rolls ) can be fitted with the capes from the new box . If you trim the back pack off , the cape covers the mess you make . And the running guy can be depicted climbing a ladder or into the back of a truck if you give him the right arms and twist the feet a little .
I feel your pain in having to have more then one of a tank or gun . I too am afflicted with that malady . I tend to build more then one of something because there is such a variety of source material in the form of pictures , never mind a lot of kit fought in Asia , Africa , the Russian Steppe and Europe , so different paint schemes , crew uniforms , ground cover etc . Here’s a couple of examples : PSC 28mm Soviet 47mm Anti tank gun . I have 12 IRC , maybe 14 . Got the first 2 on sale years age . Loved it was plastic and was easy to kit bash . I have whitewashed guns on winter bases , I have a couple with closed trail legs in tow order and I even built one knocked out , that way I able to use some metal casualty figures
The WG plastic Pak 40 is awesome , will be getting one for my FJ troops . The new Brit 6 pounder is great as well . Just figuring out the crew and have ordered another one to base inside a building ruin .
I did add a few gun tools as that’s what my sources showed . Hopefully the next plastic gun will be the ZIS 3 , I do have 4 already , 2 WG metal & 2- 3D print , but who wouldn’t want more ?
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I pre ordered both the Pak 40 & the Heavy Weapons box . A little pricey for what you get but nice models . Nice having ammo boxes for the weapons as well as both left and right hands carrying them included . Having both boxes , I ended up with 16 crew figures ( 4 sprues of 4 ) , by adding extra troops from the parts box I was able to make a 5 man crew for the Pak and 3 man crews for all 4 MGs , both mortars and both Panzerschrecks .Still have lots of arms left over to sort into the parts box . Hopefully both the crew & weapons sprues will be available during the next half price sprue sale . My only negative comment is that the Panzerschreck loader has the round in his left hand , making it weird to load the weapon if he’s kneeling behind the gunner , which in pictures he usually is . I sometimes wonder if the guys designing these actually look at period photos to see how things were done . And don’t get me started on machine gun ammo cans and artillery ammo boxes that look nothing like the real thing . Thank goodness for 3D printers
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Just picked up the newish Warlord resin Winter British Vickers MG & a 3 inch mortar . The figures , while nicely sculpted are on the small side . I even added a camo mesh covered plastic helmet to a figure by just gluing it on top of molded helmet , another bare head figure got a plastic helmet as well . While basing the 3 man mortar crew I wanted to add a 4th figure , the new Brit/Canadian plastics are too big , so I dug out one of the original plastic Brits ( 5 figure sprue ) , he also is bigger than the resin guys but not as bad as the B/C guys so he’ll have to do . And don’t get me started on the Vickers loader , sitting there like he’s seated in a car , holding an ammo belt , not kneeling beside the gunner , feeding a belt from an ammo box . Come on Warlord , let’s try to make things look realistic
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Sorry Lee , that rifle is part 34 and has a bayonet folded against the barrel, not part 36 . Its got to be a short shot or a really tight mold gate which snaps the part off , as I’ve had 7 sprues with the same problem . There are 2 other rifles with extended bayonet per sprue so if you have platoon box you could figure it out with a little surgery and super glue . And speaking of missing parts , I’ve built 3 of the Warlord plastic Jagdtigers , all were missing the bow machine . Nothing in the sealed bags so it broke on when the plastic came out of the mold I guess . Lucky I have a deep parts box with spares from WG & Rubicon kits . Still bloody annoying though
